jones the cheat

Well, well well. Another lying little b@it@ch bites the dust.

Regrettably, it doesn’t happen all that often but this little liar will serve some time hopefully.

Men of course will tell ties but there is something about many women who tell lies as though it means absolutely nothing at all.

Measured to mislead and deceive, her mantle of darling of the Sydney Olympics will rightfully be taken from her, as well as all her medals from those Olympics.

Her reputation is now in ashes, as it should be after years of categorical denials by her of illicit drug use.

Shame on her.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chairman D Pound says he expects the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move quickly and strip Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals following her admission that she used performance-enhancing drugs.
Mr Pound said the hardest part of taking away Jones' medals would be turning over her 100 meters gold from the 2000 Sydney Olympics to runner-up Katerina Thanou of Greece, who recently completed a two-year doping ban.
"The IOC opened up a file on Jones after Sydney and we now have full admission, so I don't think it will take much time to respond," he said.
"There is an IOC executive board meeting in December and I'm sure the disciplinary board will make a recommendation and move quickly."
The IOC began watching Jones in December 2004 when the American was implicated in the BALCO steroid scandal along with her former partner and 100m world record holder Tim Montgomery and several other high-profile US athletes.
Despite having never tested positive for a banned substance, Jones had remained under investigation by the IOC and the US Anti Doping Agency (USADA) for nearly three years.
Mr Pound, a former IOC vice-president, said proceedings would likely begin with the USADA making its ruling.
WADA would only get involved if the IOC failed to act accordingly.
"On the sports side it will start with USADA who will make a determination based upon her admission that she's guilty of a doping offence," Mr Pound said.
"The IOC will then take that admission and deal with the medals.
"WADA doesn't really doesn't have anything to do with it unless the IOC were to say, 'we have an admission and it was seven years ago so let's leave it,' but I would think the IOC would not have any interest in letting her keep tainted medals.
"The normal procedure would have USADA say, 'our athlete has doped and we think it is not appropriate for her to keep any medals'."
A tearful Jones this morning (Australian time) pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about both her steroid use and also a cheque fraud case.
She faces up to six months in jail under a plea agreement reached with prosecutors and sanctions from the USADA, which will pave the way for the IOC to reclaim her five Olympic medals, three gold and two bronze.
US reaction
US Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth said Jones should not wait to be stripped of her Olympic medals, but instead she should return them as a gesture to athletes who do not use performance-enhancing substances.
"After years of denying that she used banned substances, Ms Jones has finally decided to come forward and admit the truth. Her admission is long overdue and underscores the shame and dishonor that are inherent with cheating," he said.
Mr Ueberroth said Jones had earned "whatever punishment the legal and anti-doping systems hand out".
"Her acceptance of responsibility does not end with today's admission, however," he said.
"As further recognition of her complicity in this matter, Ms Jones should immediately step forward and return the Olympic medals she won while competing in violation of the rules.
"As a result of the choices she made, Ms. Jones has cheated her sport, her team-mates, her competitors, her country and herself.
"She now has an opportunity to make a very different choice by returning her Olympic medals, and in so doing, properly acknowledge the efforts of the vast majority of athletes who choose to compete clean."
-Reuters/AFP