Transcript: Profile: Olympian Marion Jones

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Profile: Olympian Marion Jones

Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

BOB EDWARDS, host:

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Marion Jones has failed in her attempt to become the first woman to win five track and field gold medals in one Olympics. The American track and field star finished third in the long jump today. NPR's Tom Goldman is in Sydney.

What was Jones' problem, Tom?

TOM GOLDMAN reporting:

Bob, the problem was about three inches. That's how much distance Germany's Heike Drechsler beat Marion Jones by to win the gold. For Drechsler, it's her second Olympic gold medal. For Marion Jones, it's the ...

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