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Marion Jones sprinting to victory in the 100-metre race at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, …[Credit: Gunnar Berning—Bongarts/Getty Images]
Marion Jones at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.[Credit: AP]
Marion Jones of the United States pulling ahead of Pauline Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas in the …[Credit: AFP/Corbis]

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A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. Current Events, October 22, 2007
STOPPED IN HER TRACKS. Current Events, October 22, 2007
Champ or Cheat? Current Events, December 10, 2007
No mercy for Lady Marion as she's hauled off to prison. New York Amsterdam News, January 17, 2008
Jones and Gatlin shine at rainy Reebok Grand Prix. New York Amsterdam News, June 8, 2006

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born October 12, 1975, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Marion Jones sprinting to victory in the 100-metre race at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, …
[Credit: Gunnar Berning—Bongarts/Getty Images]

Marion Jones at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
[Credit: AP]

American athlete, who, at the 2000 Olympic Games, became the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics. In 2007, however, she admitted to using banned substances and subsequently returned the medals.

Jones early displayed talent on the track, and her family moved several times during her adolescence so that she could compete on prominent junior-high and high-school teams. By the time she was 12, Jones had begun competing internationally. She was also an accomplished high-school basketball player, winning California’s Division I Player of the Year award in ... (100 of 554 words)

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