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Report: Jones used steroids for two years before 2000 Games

Updated: October 5, 2007, 2:34 PM ET
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Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends and is expected to enter a guilty plea in connection with her steroid use in federal court on Friday, according to media reports.

The Washington Post first reported Thursday that in her letter, Jones, a triple gold medalist in Sydney who repeatedly denied doping allegations for years, said she took "the clear" for two years, beginning in 1999, and that she got it from former ...

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JONES SENTENCED TO PRISON

Despite her pleas to a federal judge for leniency, Marion Jones received a six-month prison sentence for admitting she lied about her use of steroids and being part of a check-fraud scheme. The disgraced Olympian had pleaded guilty to two counts of lying to federal agents.

JONES' PUNISHMENT COMPLETE

NEWS
• Jones released from Texas federal prison
• Report: Jones briefly moved to Bay Area prison
• IOC strips Jones' teammates of '00 relay medals
• Who gets Marion Jones' medals? IOC to discuss
• Thanou gets Jones' silver medal from '01 worlds
• Jones enters federal prison, starts sentence
• Jones' agent sentenced in bank fraud case
• Jones tells Oprah, 'I made a mistake'
• Jones receives six-month prison sentence
• IAAF annuls Jones' results dating to '00
• IOC might not give anyone Jones' gold
• Rogge: Jones' medals only to 'clean' athletes
• Jones' relay mate seems resigned to losing medal
• Greek officials hope Thanou gets Jones' gold
• IOC officials move to erase references to Jones
• Jones' relay mate wants to keep medal
• Jones gives back five medals from 2000 Games
• Jones pleads guilty in steroids, bank fraud cases

ANALYSIS
• Fainaru-Wada: Jones remains a cautionary tale
• Assael: Sentence sends strong message
• Assael: Guilty Jones needs to come clean
• Page 2's Hill: Let the truth sing
• Assael: Learning the lessons of Marion Jones
• Munson: Q&A about Jones' BALCO saga
• Kreidler: Bottom-feeders turned out to be right
• Your take on the Jones news

PDF
• Plea agreement
• Charging document

WATCH

•  First and 10: Jones breakdown ESPN Video
• Jones reportedly admits to steroid use ESPN Video

HISTORY

JONES TESTS POSITIVE
• Jones fails drug test in June ESPN Video
• Jones 'shocked' by positive test result
• Jones' coach confirms EPO report
• Sources: Jones tests positive for EPO
• Wojnarowski: Jones too good to be true
• Jones withdraws from Weltklasse
• Fish: Graham says he believes Jones
• EPO has tripped up cyclists, runners
• Marion Jones timeline
• Conte speaks to ESPN The Magazine
• Hruby: Positive test excuses

ATHENS 2004
• IOC investigating Jones, could strip '00 medals
• Jones: Conte's allegations 'are not true'
• Jones denies sending checks to BALCO

SYDNEY 2000
• IOC says C.J. Hunter fails four drug tests
• Jones in news for right and wrong reasons

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