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Article: Jones wants public hearing on doping allegations
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- June 17, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO - A defiant Marion Jones issued a plea Wednesday for
a public hearing she hopes will clear her name amid drug allegations
that could keep her out of the Athens Games.
The champion sprinter is one of the most prominent athletes who
testified in a federal probe of a drug lab accused of illegally
distributing steroids. She answered questions from a grand jury and
the United States Anti-Doping Agency but remains under a cloud of
suspicion less than two months before the games.
"If you can imagine what I've been through the last couple of
months . . . I'm trying to make the U.S. Olympic team and this is a
constant distraction," Jones said. "I want this done today. I want
this done ...