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Excelling in both basketball and athletics (she was a participant in the 1992 World Junior Championships), Jones focused on basketball, playing on the North Carolina team that won the NCAA Women's Championship in 1994. When Jones lost a spot on the 1996 Olympic team because of an injuryInjury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. Types of Injury Burns are injuries caused by excess heat or sometimes cold ( frostbite). Fractures are injurie, she decided to concentrate on athletics.
She immediately won her first major internationalBetween nations or encompassing several nations. See global. List of left-wing internationals. International Style in architecture. The Internationale is a famous Communist song. The International (discontinued April 25, 2004) was a passenger train operat championships, becoming the 100 metreFor other uses of "metre" and "meter", see Metre (disambiguation). The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Systeme International d'Unites). It is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in absolute vacu World Champion in AthensAcropolis in central Athens is home to ancient monuments of Athens — a mainstay of its thriving tourism industry Athens ( Greek: Athina is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica region of Greece. A cosmopolitan modern city, Athens is al in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t, while finishing 10th in the long jumpThe long jump (formerly called broad jump is an athletic (track and field) event in which athletes attempt to land as far from their take-off points as possible. Competitors sprint down a runway (at elite level, usually coated with the same rubberised sur. At the 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep World Championships, Jones attempted to win four titles, but injured herself in the 200 m after a gold in the 100 m and a long jump bronze.
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She won both the 100 m and 200 m with remarkable ease, but placed third in the long jump to Heike Drechsler , in an event where she had the necessary speed but lacked technique. The two relay events yielded her two more medals, but only one gold. The Bahamas and Jamaica both beat the American team in the 4 x 100 m, but the American victory in the 4 x 400 m was comfortable. Her husband was banned from the same Olympics after having tested positive for nandrolone. They divorced a year later.
A dominant force in women's sprinting, Jones was upset in the 100 m at the 2001 World Championships, as Ukrainian Zhanna Pintusevich-Block beat her in the 100 m, her first loss in the event in years. In the 200 m and 4 x 100 m, Jones did win the gold.
In 2003, Marion Jones gave birth to a son, Tim Jr., named after his father Tim Montgomery, who broke the 100 m World Record in 2002. Because of her pregnancy, Jones missed the 2003 World Championships, but spent a year preparing for the 2004 Olympics.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency investigated for possible drug use, in conjunction with the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative scandal.
On her 2004 Olympics experience, Jones said "It's extremely disappointing, words can't put it into perspective." (Reuters) She came in fifth in the long jump and competed in the women's 4 x 100m relay where they swept past the competition in the preleminaries only to miss a baton pass in the final race. Jones promised that her latest defeat is not the end of her Olympic efforts.