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Jones leaves Texas prison
05/09/2008 18:03 - (SA)
Houston - Former US sprinter Marion Jones left a federal prison in Texas on Friday after serving a six-month sentence for lying to prosecutors about steroid use that helped her win five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Jones, 32, for years denied using performance-enhancing drugs, but in October last year pleaded guilty to
two charges of perjury and was sentenced in January by a
federal judge in New York.
She admitted she had lied to federal investigators in 2003
when she denied knowing that she took the banned substance
tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), known as "the clear," before the
2000 Olympics.
Jones has been stripped of the Olympic medals, three of
which were gold, and all of her performances as of September
2000 have been erased from the record books.
- Reuters
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