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Marion Lois Jones was the silver medallist at the Sydney Olympics. Jones won the 100 meters,200 and 4*400 gold medals in Sydney and came 3 in the long jump. On Semptember 12,1998 Jones contested in the 100 meter event in Johannesburg,South Africa. Marion Jones gained the title of "world's fastest woman" in 1997 by winning the 100 m with a time of 10.83 seconds at the world championship in Athens. The following year she became the first American woman to be ranked #1 in three track-and-field events simultaneously-the 100 meter,200 meter and the long jump. Marion Jones is 25 years old and has been found out that Jones has been taking steroids and has been stripped of all her medals. Jones was put in jail for taking steriods for 6 months. Jones was once a millionaire and is now broke.Marion Jones was originally a great athlete[when she was taking steriods] and it is sad that she has chosen to take steriods. That is what happened to Marion Jones.