Accused Jones Cries Off Japan
Sprinter Marion Jones, subject of steriod abuse accusations, has withdrawn from a major meeting in Japan next month.
Marion Jones, currently the subject of allegations that she received banned performance-enhancing anabolic steroids from the same San Francisco laboratory as Britain's suspended sprinter Dwain Chambers, has withdrawn from a major meeting in Japan next month.
The winner of a record five Olympic track medals in Sydney has pulled out of the grand prix event in Osaka on May 8 along with her boyfriend Tim Montgomery, the world 100 metres record holder, who has also been implicated. They say they are "not in top condition" to take part.
Reports allege that Jones and Montgomery were given steroids by Victor Conte, the founder and owner of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, in return for endorsing other products. The athletes and Conte deny the claims.
The decisions to withdraw came on the same day that the United States justice department, which has been investigating the illegal sale and use of steroids among top sportspeople, agreed to give a Senate committee documents relating to Olympic athletes.
"This news is great; transparency is our friend in this matter," said Jones's lawyer Joseph Burton. "Nothing in her testimony provides a basis for USADA [United States Anti-Doping Agency] to take action against her. Her sworn testimony confirms what she has said all along, that she is drug-free."
The winner of a record five Olympic track medals in Sydney has pulled out of the grand prix event in Osaka on May 8 along with her boyfriend Tim Montgomery, the world 100 metres record holder, who has also been implicated. They say they are "not in top condition" to take part.
Reports allege that Jones and Montgomery were given steroids by Victor Conte, the founder and owner of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, in return for endorsing other products. The athletes and Conte deny the claims.
The decisions to withdraw came on the same day that the United States justice department, which has been investigating the illegal sale and use of steroids among top sportspeople, agreed to give a Senate committee documents relating to Olympic athletes.
"This news is great; transparency is our friend in this matter," said Jones's lawyer Joseph Burton. "Nothing in her testimony provides a basis for USADA [United States Anti-Doping Agency] to take action against her. Her sworn testimony confirms what she has said all along, that she is drug-free."
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