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Thursday, 07 September 2006 |
American sprinter Marion Jones' negative doping result
Ex-triple Olympic champion American sprinter Marion Jones has finally been cleared of doping allegations after her 'B' sample proved negative.
Marion Jones' initial sample had tested positive for the banned blood-boosting drug erythropoietin (EPO) in June.
"I am absolutely ecstatic," said Marion Jones, 30, who could have been facing a two-year ban from the sport had her 'B' sample tested positive.
"I am anxious to get back on the track," Marion Jones added in a statement.
"I have always maintained that I have never ever taken performance-enhancing drugs, and I am pleased that a scientific process has now demonstrated that fact," Marion Jones also said.
Marion Jones, who was the winner of five medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, had never failed a doping test before and although she was under investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) in connection with the Balco laboratory doping scandal, she had never been charged with anything.
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