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Jones Further Scrubbed From Olympics Books

Track star's medals formally revoked; she's banned from Beijing

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 12, 2007 5:38 PM CST

(Newser) – Marion Jones had already returned the five medals—three gold, two bronze—she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; today, the International Olympic Committee made that disgrace official, formally stripping the admitted drug cheat of the hardware. "She is disqualified and scrapped from the... Read full story »

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