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Marion Jones' Results Annulled on Doping

Friday, November 23, 2007 5:36:45 PM
By JEROME PUGMIRE

 Marion Jones of the United States, center, celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 100 meters at Olympic Park during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in this Sept. 23, 2000 file photo. Right is Katerina Thanou of Greece who won the silver. Jones' results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles, were annulled Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, because of doping. Track and field's governing body also told her to return her estimated $700,000 in prize money from that period. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) - Her career in disgrace and a prison sentence possibly looming, Marion Jones can longer even take solace in seeing her name beside her greatest feats in the record books.

What's more, track and field's governing body also wants Jones — who insists she is broke — to pay back about $700,000 of her winnings.

The International Association of Athletics Federation on Friday annulled all of her results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles, because of doping and told her to return her prize money from that period.


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