Marion Jones

Posted in Celeb, General, articles, news, people, sports on 11. Mar, 2010

Marion Jones, once the world’s fastest woman sprinter, is the focus of news again. She has reportedly entered the famous sport of basketball and signed a contract for the Tulsa Shock in the Women’s National Basketball Association. In short, she has commenced her new career in the game of basketball, after being disgraced in track and field for using drugs. She has not only lost Olympic medals but also jailed on account of her involvement in steroids scandal.

Marion Jones was the queen of track and field for the United States. During the Sydney Olympics 2000, she had won three gold medals in the 4×400 meters relays, 200 meters and 100 meters. In addition, she also won two bronze medals in 4×100 meters relays and long jump. Thus she had collected five medals in the Olympics 2000 held in Sydney Australia. Later on, the track star had accepted that she had been using steroids in order to enhance her efficiency. Consequently, she was deprived off all the medals won during different feats of the Olympic Games. Apart from being stripped of five Olympics medals,

she had been jailed in Federal Prison Texas for her involvement in a cheque fraud case and also for lying to the prosecutors about her drug scandal.

Marion Jones, the formerly dishonored sports celebrity, has now ventured to step in the field of basketball and is confident to show her talents in this new sport. She was born in Los Angeles to African-American parents and graduated from North Carolina University in the year 1997. She used to participate in track and basketball competitions in her school days. By venturing into the world of basketball, Jones would try to forget harsh memories of the past.