Breaking news - Marion Jones admits lying to federal investigators over steroid use
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<< <i>Marion who? >>
Marion Jones (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete of half Belizean and half African American descent. She is the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She holds dual citizenship from the USA and Belize (her mother's home country).
Marion recently admitted to having taken steroids before the Sydney2000 Summer Olympics. This may result in the loss of her 3 gold and 2 bronze 2000 Olympic medals. It was announced that she intended to plead guilty to lying to federal investigators during the BALCO steroid investigation[1].
<< <i> Marion Jones admits lying to federal investigators over steroid use >>
....and then killed every one of them with her bare hands!
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Will she really lose the medals??? I have no problem with that, but do we only rely on her own admission? I am sure her coach knew about it too since he was the one to tell her about steroids in the first place.
I was under the impression that there must be objective evidence in order to disqualify someone. Her admission may come because she wants attention--I mean, what psychological state is she in right now?
One cannot jump to conclusions so quickly.
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<< <i>This is surprising. Why admit now??? Guilty conscience??? I guess some people can't deal with certain ethical dilemmas constantly haunting them.
Will she really lose the medals??? I have no problem with that, but do we only rely on her own admission? I am sure her coach knew about it too since he was the one to tell her about steroids in the first place.
I was under the impression that there must be objective evidence in order to disqualify someone. Her admission may come because she wants attention--I mean, what psychological state is she in right now?
One cannot jump to conclusions so quickly. >>
Her coach is also facing criminal charges.
I just thought that some lab test was needed as well as an admission in order to take the medals away. I know an athlete that admits steroid use will never be thought of the same way again, but this is mainly a legal question I had. I mean, I don't know what the Olympic committee rules are. A person can be depressed and disturbed and admit something just to get attention even though they might be innocent (this is a rare scenario I am just grasping on). The whole situation does not look good though.
If she is under FBI investigation, I can understand her clearing the air as it would be better she does that now than later. I believe she did not know the coach gave her steroids initially, but her problem was that after finding out, she covered herself and lied under oath. Would she have fared better using the Gary Sheffield plea of not knowingly using steroids? Many might think she was being insincere in that case too.
I wonder if she could have been some kind of matyr by going public the second she discovered that her coach was giving her steroids. I think the problem with that would be that people might not buy her story and assume she was only saying that to gain sympathy. I wonder who ultimately helped in her decision and what was going through her mind regarding all this.
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Blood doping and steroid use must have been pervasive for a long time now since we see that testing alone does not catch many people. If the best we can do is wait for admissions, then all sports are tainted. I remember growing up in the Cold War and we were taught that steroids and blood doping is what the Soviets and East Germans did to dominate the Olympics, but the Americans were all clean--justifying a 3rd place finish in overall medal counts. Now, can anyone really say that the US athletes were all really that clean as once claimed? I think we had a level playing field all along.
They say that in the sport of cycling, you got to be really stupid and careless to get caught. Now we know why. Testing has not caught up with sports enhancement technology.
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The Feds are beginning to come down hard. Guess their investigations are paying off.
She has one thing going for her.
She has bigger testicles than Bonds.
<< <i>Happy birthday Marion! >>
OK, the dragging up of old threads is getting tiresome now. Give it a rest.
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