Well it would seem that Marion Jones Thompson may very well be remembered with other sporting infamous legends, recently released from her 6 month sentence, Jones appeared on Oprah and spent the best part of an hour lying through her teeth that she was unaware that she had been taking performance enhancing drugs, jones may have swallowed her “clear” with alacrity but it was obvious Oprah wasn’t swallowing her bullshit.
The Coach did it
How many times have we heard this excuse the athlete was unaware the coach was administering performance enhancing drugs into their supplement regime, time and time again as athletes get caught doing the wrong thing they plead ignorance and lay the blame at the feet of others, well guess what, the Schultz excuse “I know nothing” no longer flies.
The Clear was lecithin oil
Marion would have Oprah’s viewers believe the supplement given to her by her then coach was she thought lecithin oil, never once did she consider that her improved athletic prowess could be attributed to anything other than good supplementation. Well I think we all agree Marion certainly had good supplementation, so good she cleaned up in the 2000 Sydney Olympic games, unfortunately with her admission of guilt not only did her credibility fly out the door but so did her medals and those of her team mates as well.
Just admit it and move on
Jones achievements may be erased from the annals of sporting history, her medals passed like a baton to the next athlete and her credibility laid in tatters, but what hurts Jones credibility more than the fact she used performance enhancing drugs is she continues to lie. It’s unfortunate the enhancement didn’t extend to her moral compass.
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