Transcript: Profile: Marion Jones, US track and field athlete, begins her battle to win five gold medals

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Profile: Marion Jones, US track and field athlete, begins her battle to win five gold medals

Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

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Today at the Olympics in Sydney, the track and field competition got under way, and there's much interest in Marion Jones. The US star is trying to win five gold medals. She got off to a good start, winning her first two preliminary heats in the 100-meter sprint, but some say Jones has set her sights too high. From Sydney, NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

ERIC WEINER reporting:

Marion Jones has set an ambitious, some say audacious, target ...

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