Marion Jones Returns Olympic Medals

After admitting on Friday to using steroids before, during, and after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Marion Jones has returned all five medals she won.

“She has returned the medals,” her attorney Henry DePippo said Monday. “She’s not going to comment on the matter while it’s pending in court but the medals were returned today.”

Marion had this to say after court, where she plead guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice:

“I want you to know that I have been dishonest and you have the right to be angry with me. I have let (my family) down, I have let my country down and I have let myself down.”

Marion had won three gold medals and two bronze medals during the Sydney games. Two medals, one gold and one bronze, were won as part of four-woman relay teams. Marion is concerned about what will happen to the medals given to the other members of the relay teams.

“She deeply regrets any impact this may have on her former teammates and offers her sincere heartfelt apology to all of them,” a source said.

It’s great that it took seven years to figure this out. Stop taking the drugs, people – if you’re an athlete, the chances are good that you’re going to get busted.

Source: “Marion Jones Returns Five Olympic Medals” [People]; Photo: Sports Illustrated

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