Dec 12, 2007 7:15 am US/Central
IOC Strips Marion Jones Of Olympic Medals
Track And Field Star Banned From Beijing Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ―
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Last month, the International Association of Athletics Federations erased all of track athlete Marion Jones' results dating to September 2000. (File)
AP
The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat.
The International Olympic Committee also banned the disgraced American athlete from attending next year's Beijing Olympics in any capacity and said it could bar her from future games.
Jones had already handed back the three gold medals and two bronze she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Last month, the International Association of Athletics Federations erased all of Jones' results dating to September 2000, but it was up to the IOC to formally disqualify her and take away her Olympic medals.
The decision was announced by IOC president Jacques Rogge at the end of a three-day executive board meeting.
Jones won gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 1,600-meter relay in Sydney, and bronze in the long jump and 100-meter relay. She was the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at a single Olympics.
In addition to those medals, the IOC also disqualified Jones from her seventh-place finish in the long jump at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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