Young people are real,Marion said. Jones would later write in her autolife story, Marion Jones: Life in the Fast Lane, that Hunters positive drug tests hurt their marriage and her image as a drug-free athlete. Obadele completed his final year in the junior (under-20) category by dominating the yearly global 100 m performance list. Kevin Frayer/AP/The Canadian Press He allowed me to fulfill my dreams and he was the caretaker of the kids. She is to report to a facility near her home in Austin, Tex., on March 11. Jones admitted she used steroids before the games in a recent letter to family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The Washington Post, citing unidentified sources with knowledge of drug results from the USA Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, reported that on June 23, 2006, an A sample of Marion Joness urine tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), a banned performance enhancer. Thompson has been involved with the Barbados Special Olympics and featured in an advertising campaign against drug abuse for the United Nations Drug Control Programme. Jones won the California state championship as a sprinter four years in a row, representing Rio Mesa and Thousand Oaks high schools. Emeritus Alvin Thompson-Historian", "Prof. Alvin O. Thompson Curriculum Vitae", "IAAF: Thousands welcome Obadele Thompson iaaf.org", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Obadele_Thompson&oldid=1152110626, This page was last edited on 28 April 2023, at 07:55. The offenses here are serious. He became only the sixth person since 1969 to win this double. In 1996, he ran the then-fastest 100 m recorded under all conditions (a windy 9.69 sec.). But Karas said those consequences had followed from Joness decision to break the rules of international competition, not the law, and would not affect his sentence. We were very disappointed in the sentence, George Hulse, Joness cousin, said outside the courtroom. He's been there the past five years. Advertisement Jones, however, did claim the gold in both the 200m and 4100m relay. BALCO Case Taints Jones' Achievements Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a Belizean-American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. In August 1993, Thompson left Barbados on an athletic scholarship to become part of UTEP's long legacy of outstanding track and field athletes, which includes: Bob Beamon (1968 Olympic long jump champion), Suleiman Nyambui (1980 Olympic 5000 m silver medalist), Bert Cameron (1983 World Champion in the 400 m), Blessing Okagbare (2008 Olympic long jump silver medalist), and Churandy Martina (European Champion in the 100 and 200 metres). and Boldon (9.99 sec.) But talking about these hard times is really making a difference.". She is from CA. 84868-054. in the semifinals, which was 0.10 sec. So besides speaking, what about your WNBA basketball career? He was the youngest semifinalist in the 200 m at the World (Senior) Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, and won a silver medal in the 100 m at the World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan. According to the indictment and subsequent documents filed with the court, the link to Jones was made through one of Riddicks business partners, Nathaniel Alexander. I'm at a good point in my life. On March 10, 2010, the Tulsa Shock announced that Jones had signed to play with the team, making the professional minimum (about $35,000) in her first season. The couple now have two children together, Thompson born in 2007 and a daughter, Eva-Marie, born in 2009. Without a shadow of a doubt it was them, Tyrrel said of American Jones, triple gold medalist from the 2000 Olympics, and Thompson, who won 100 meters bronze at the same Games. WHITE PLAINS The former track star Marion Joness tearful courtroom plea to avoid jail was denied Friday by a federal judge who said her sentence should serve as a deterrent for others who may lie to federal agents, and Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for pleading guilty to two counts of perjury. She went on the offensive in 2004, launching a high-profile public relations campaign when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency began investigating her. That is what everyone is striving for. Marion Jones is a Belizean-American former world champion athlete. Jones said she did not realize she had taken THG, a steroid, until she stopped taking it. He practices international arbitration and litigation.[14]. WHITE PLAINS The former track star Marion Jones's tearful courtroom plea to avoid jail was denied Friday by a federal judge who said her sentence should serve as a deterrent for . On December 12, 2007, the IOC formally stripped Jones of all five Olympic medals dating back to September 2000, and banned her from attending the 2008 Summer Olympics in any capacity. During the sentencing hearing, the judge admonished her, saying that she knew what she was doing and would be punished accordingly. The media loves to lump us together. Her first child was with CJ, and his name is Tim. In a pre-sentencing memo, the lead Balco investigator, Jeff Novitzky, provided Karas with evidence that Joness drug use went further than THG. Hunter voluntarily resigned his position at UNC to comply with the requirements of university rules prohibiting coach-athlete dating. Tim Montgomery is the product of a relationship Marion had with sprinter Tim Montgomery in the early 2000s. Creative Editorial Marion Jones Sentenced For Lying About Steroid Use NEW YORK - JANUARY 11: Marion Jones (L) stands with her husband Obadele Thompson after she leaves court January 11, 2008 in White Plains, New York. Montgomery, who did not qualify for the 2004 Olympic Track and Field team for poor performance, was charged by the US Anti-Doping How old?ncy (USADA), as part of the investigation into the BALCO doping scandal, with receiving and using banned performance-enhancing drugs. Marion Jones grew up to George Jones and his wife, Marion, (originally from Belize) in Los Angeles, California. I'm not the expert. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Athletes in society have an elevated status, he said. Jones vehemently denied using performance-enhancing drugs until her confession in 2007. Jones had adamantly defended herself against allegations of steroid use before the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she won five medals. In July 2006, Jones was linked to a check-counterfeiting scheme that led to criminal charges against her coach and former boyfriend Montgomery. Marion Jones lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Obadele Thompson, and their three children. The sky was still dark on the March morning in 2008 when Marion Jones, the five-time Olympic medalist, folded her long legs into the passenger seat of her Honda . I got cut in 2011. She excelled at her first major international competition, winning the 100m sprint at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, while finishing 10th in the long jump. He also finished second in the same event at the IAAF Grand Prix Finals in Fukuoka, Japan. In the run-up to the 2000 Olympics, Jones declared that she intended to win gold medals in all five of her competition events at Sydney. [1] He has held the indoor 55 metres world record (5.99 sec.) Jones husband, C.J. Jones acknowledged using steroids before the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, in a letter to her family and friends, according to a story in The Washington Post. Her parents split when she was very young, and Joness mother remarried a retired postal worker, Ira Toler, three years later. I thought about going back. Jones turned to sports as an outlet for her grief; running, pickup basketball games, and anything else her brother Albert was doing athletically. Are there still a lot of haters out there? Marion Jones currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Obadele Thompson, and their three children: Tim Montgomery Jr., Ahmir, and Eve-Marie. Thompson was a three-time USTFCCCA Academic All-American (19951997). Graham was indicted in the BALCO case last year. Marion Jones was sentenced to. Jones and Hunter were married on October 3, 1998, and trained for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Later, Hunter said, Graham met Conte, who began providing the coach with BALCO nutritional supplements, which were actually an experimental class of designer steroids said to be undetectable by any drug screening procedures available at the time. He now is going to law school at the University of Texas, and Im the caregiver.. He allowed me to fulfill my dreams and he was the caretaker of the kids. Jones red shirted her 1996 basketball season to concentrate on track. BALCO founder Victor Conte maintained he had seen Jones inject herself with steroids, as did her ex-husband. Jan. 12, 2008. After not racing for almost one year, he qualified for 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, but had the misfortune of encountering the eventual World Champion, Kim Collins, as well as Greene and Chambers (1999 World Championship 100 m bronze medallist) in the quarterfinals. But when they make poor choices, it's hard to swallow. The American 47-year-old runner is married to Obadele Thompson now, according to our records. She reported four days early, on March 7, at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell prison in Fort Worth and was assigned Federal Bureau of Prisons register no. I haven't heard them called that in awhile. Thompson made an immediate impact on the collegiate scene, while still only 17 years old, he reached the finals at the 1994 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 55 and 200 metresthe only male athlete to do so that year[16]while helping his team finish third overall. Hes been there the past five years. He said he did not believe Jones had been completely forthcoming in her admission that she used drugs. I messed up, and Im doing something to contribute back to community. By the age of 15 she was routinely dominating California high school athletics both on the track and the basketball court. [6] He has also been listed as one of UTEP's all-time top 10 male athletes.[7]. Jones withdrew from the Weltklasse Golden League meet in Switzerland, citing personal reasons, and once more denied using performance-enhancing drugs. That was a lie, your honor, she said from the defense table. She credits her husband for facilitating her transition from sports to business. I'm a competitor. In February 2007, Thompson married former American sprinter and basketball player, Marion Jones. But Jones' passion was sprinting, and before the beginning of her junior year, she decided to leave the Tar Heels to concentrate on track and field. Three days later, Jones once more improved on her seasonal best time at the Rome IIAF Golden League (10.91seconds), but lost to Jamaicas Sherone Simpson, who clocked 10.87. The questions are direct. OK, we'll go with that. They have three children. She has been in three celebrity relationships averaging approximately 7.0 years each. hide caption. I hope he gets closure. I don't think I lived up to my expectations. Marion Jones crosses the finish line to win the gold medal at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 23, 2000. I've been asked the question for many years. I think people generally put celebrities -- I'm not necessarily putting myself in that group -- on a certain level. I understand that.". In a published letter, Jones said she had used steroids until she stopped training with Graham at the end of 2002. Montgomery fought the ban but lost the appeal on December 13, 2005, receiving a two-year ban from track and field competition; the Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) also stripped Montgomery of all race results, records and medals, from March 31, 2001, onward. RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Olympic sprinters Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson were married in a small ceremony in the rural North Carolina town of Wilsons Mills, the minister who performed the service said.
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