And then there were none. Update on Marion Jones
Marion Jones returns five 2000 Olympic medals
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — Marion Jones has returned the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics, days after admitting she used performance-enhancing drugs, according to an Associated Press report.
The report quoted Jones’ lawyer, Henry DePippo, as saying on Monday that she had relinquished the medals, but declined to say to whom they were given.
The normal protocol would be for Jones to give them to the U.S. Olympic Committee, which then would return them to the International Olympic Committee, IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said, according to the AP report.
“The IOC wants to move forward as quickly as possible in getting the facts and sorting out all the issues from the BALCO case,” Davies was quoted as saying.
Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to U.S. government investigators about doping, saying she’d taken a designer steroid from September 2000 to July 2001.
(Source)
You’d think that there’s a “happily ever after” on every story, huh? I guess on the epilogue, the truth came out like how life promised it would. I wonder how her competitors feel. ‘Cheated’ would be an understatement. Will the silver medalist automatically be the gold medalist? If yes, will she feel that she is indeed the champion now? Her country’s flag wasn’t raised during the awarding ceremony and she standing on that top tier, singing her national anthem.
Tragic.
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7 opinions for And then there were none. Update on Marion Jones
James
Oct 9, 2007 at 8:35 pm
This sucks. She was like a hero. Superwomen. Then you find out it was drugs. Drugs ruins sports. It takes away a lot of the things that make sports and heroes great.
Olympics is especially bad for drugs, because of the so called amateurism.
Geoff Young
Oct 10, 2007 at 11:19 am
What a mess. All the women who ran with her in the relays have been asked to give back their medals. And as you say, who gets Marion’s golds? Most of the competitors in the 100-meter at Sydney are at least suspected of having used PEDs.
Sigh…
Cozmo
Oct 10, 2007 at 1:25 pm
The whole thing is sad. What about the person in 4th place who is suddenly a bronze? They didn’t get to stand on the podium. If I were any of them I’d be very angry. It makes me ashamed for our country really.
Rich Carlson
Oct 11, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Come on folks…it has nothing to do with being on the podium or hearing your national anthem played.
Being a champion means knowing you did your best, knowing that you won. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finishers now know they are truly the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers.
Jones handed in her medals, and I’m assuming the IOC will have everybody swap their medals.
Forget about the podium and anthems…the most important thing is this: the 2nd place finishers can now say “I’m an Olympic champion”. That is all that matters.
Jodie
Oct 18, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Wouldn’t it be great if Sports Illustrated profiled all the NEW champions, just to give them their moments in the sun?
villadar
Dec 2, 2007 at 8:51 am
that’s right…champions are those who really did their best, those who doesn’t use any drug or steroid but they believe in their capacity coming from their own enertia…
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