|
|
Article: JONES CHALLENGES USADA TO CLEAR HER NAME.(Sports)
- Article from:
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of Dialog LLC by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
SAN FRANCISCO -- Not long ago, Marion Jones was a darling of the American sports scene, a powerful sprinter with explosive strides, a blur going down the track.
Now she cuts a starkly different figure, a woman standing her ground against speculation about steroids and questions from anti-doping authorities. With the clock ticking down to the Summer Olympics in Athens, and her ex-husband talking to investigators, Jones faces the specter of charges that could ban her from the Games.
Rather than duck the controversy, the five-time Olympic medalist has mounted a fiercely public defense with help from lawyers and Al Gore's former spokesman. On Wednesday, at ...