Track star Jones set to plead guilty to lying about steroid use

Track star Jones set to plead guilty to lying about steroid use - channelnewsasia.com

NEW YORK : US track star Marion Jones was expected to plead guilty Friday to lying to investigators about her use of banned drugs, in a move that could see the sprinter stripped of her five Olympic medals.

Jones, who has dodged doping allegations for years, told friends and family in a letter obtained by the Washington Post on Thursday, that she intended to plead guilty during the court appearance later Friday in New York state.

According to the Post, the 31-year-old athlete admitted in the letter to using steroids before her triumphant campaign for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where her five medals included three golds.

Jones said in the letter she took the steroid THG, produced by the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) and known as "the clear," for two years beginning in 1999, according to the report.
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