| Belizean descent former American track and | | | | than she admitted in court last October; |
| field athlete will have to face another | | | | therefore, the District Court of New York |
| scandal, after denying the use of performance | | | | decided the athlete must be sentenced in |
| enhancing drugs last October, Jones was | | | | January 11th.The most revealing information |
| formally stripped of her Olympic Medals on | | | | in the ledger was when Jones took the drugs. |
| Dec 12th and banned from attending next | | | | Apparently, it was a month before the Sydney |
| year's Olympic Games. Now, according to the | | | | Olympics and during them also. The way the |
| several pages of the ledger that was released | | | | drugs were administered was also published; |
| to the media on Friday, Jones is guilty of | | | | it was through sublingual drops and |
| using human growth hormones, oxygen boosting | | | | subcutaneous injections. |
| drug (EPO) as well as steroids like | | | | |
| norbolethone and tetrahydrogestrinone. | | | | Jones also used a wide variety of performance |
| | | | enhancing drugs besides "the clear", one of |
| Even when the athlete was already penalized | | | | the substances distributed to athletes seven |
| by the sport authorities, the government | | | | years ago by Balco Laboratories of |
| recommended she must receive more than six | | | | Burlingame. The ledger, whose existence was |
| months in prison for lying to an Internal | | | | long known, has the names of several other |
| Revenue Service agent about her doping | | | | athletes, but the documents essentially |
| practices and her role in an elaborate check | | | | suggest the extent of doping by BALCO |
| fraud scheme. | | | | clients. |
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| At first, Jones only admitted to be taken the | | | | The exposure not only heats Jones' |
| designer steroid called "the clear" in 2001. | | | | reputation, it also hits the sports community |
| However, the ledger of the BALCO (Bay Area | | | | and the Olympic Games popularity. Marion |
| Laboratory Co-Operative) case revealed the | | | | Jones was one of the most famous people in |
| sport star was implicated in a long term | | | | sports due to her five medals (three gold |
| effort to enhance her performance through the | | | | ones) won at the Sydney Games in 2000; these |
| use of prohibit substances for her personal | | | | have already been given to someone else but |
| gain and was also linked to BALCO lab. | | | | that does not repair the damage done to the |
| | | | international sport image. |
| Marion Jones was definitely more involved | | | | |