If it seems as though all the emphasis is on finishing in the top three at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials that conclude today at Hayward Field, remember that there is a consolation prize.
From among the competitors here in events from...
On an estate of executive houses in the Southern Californian commuter suburb of Santa Clarita, where the lawns are perfectly manicured, lives a young woman who could be the saviour of sprinting. Or the final nail in its coffin.
Allyson Felix, 22,...
Six-time Olympic gold-medal winner Amy Van Dyken called accusations that she used performance-enhancing drugs, “slanderous, outrageous and unfounded” Monday.
The Scottsdale resident’s short response came a day after former U.S. Olympic...
Roger Clemens' defamation suit was designed to silence his ex-trainer.
Three and a half years ago, the now-incarcerated Marion Jones...
Long before sprinter Marion Jones lost her freedom to walk the streets, she launched an attack on freedom of...
Top sprinter Kelli White admitted to use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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In meetings less than a week apart in 2004, officials of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency confronted sprinters Marion Jones and Kelli White...
Background
Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is a former world champion American track and field athlete of Belizean descent. She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but has since been stripped of every medal dating back to September 2000 after admitting that she took performance-enhancing drugs.
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