In an article that I read, the International Olympic Committee is ready to reallocate the gold medals that Marion Jones won that were taken away from her after a doping scandal. She had originally won five medals, but the IOC has decided to reissue two of them. The two that will be reissued are the ones she won at the Sydney, Australia Olympics in 2000 for long jump and the 200 meters. The gold medal for the long jump will go to Heike Drechsler from Germany and the gold medal for the 200 meters will go to Pauline Davis-Thompson from the Bahamas. Jones was linked to the company called Blanco who was associated with athletes that tested positive for steroids. That occurred in 2003 and it was not until 2007 that Jones admitted to lying to federal agents about using performance enhancing drugs. This caused her to go to jail for six months. She is now out of jail and would like to pursue a career in basketball. I feel as though nothing good comes out of using steroids. It is another form of cheating that should receive punishment just like Jones did.
C. Barragan kin 332I.S2
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