Marion Jones

**Marion Lois Jones** (an Haife ta Oktoba 12, 1975), kuma aka sani da Marion Jones-Thompson, tsohon yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta duniya kuma tsohuwar yar wasan ƙwallon kwando. Ta lashe lambobin zinare uku da lambobin tagulla biyu a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2000 a Sydney, Australia, amma daga baya aka cire mata lambobin yabo bayan ta amince da yin karya ga masu binciken tarayya game da amfani da kwayoyi masu kara kuzari.

## Rayuwar farko da karatu
An haifi Marion Jones ga George Jones da matarsa, Marion (asali daga Belize), a Los Angeles. Tana da shedar zama yar ƙasa biyu tare da Amurka da Belize. Iyayenta sun rabu sa’ad da take ƙarama, kuma mahaifin Jones ya sake auren wata ma’aikaciyar gidan waya mai ritaya, Ira Toler, bayan shekaru uku. Toler ya zama uba a gida ga Jones da babban ɗan'uwanta, Albert Kelly, har zuwa mutuwarsa kwatsam a cikin 1987. Jones ya juya zuwa wasanni a matsayin mafita don baƙin cikinta: gudu, wasan ƙwallon kwando, da duk wani abin da ɗan'uwanta Albert ke yi da motsa jiki. Lokacin da ta kai shekara 15, ta kasance tana mamaye wasannin motsa jiki na manyan makarantu na California a kan waƙa da kotun ƙwallon kwando.

Jones kuma ta kammala karatun digiri na 1997 na Jami'ar North Carolina (UNC).

## Rayuwar gida
Yayin da take a UNC, Jones ta sadu kuma ta fara saduwa da ɗaya daga cikin masu horar da waƙa, mai harbi CJ Hunter. Hunter da son rai ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa a UNC don biyan ka'idojin jami'a da suka haramta haduwa da koci da 'yan wasa. Jones da Hunter sun yi aure a ranar 3 ga Oktoba, 1998, kuma sun sami horo don wasannin Olympics na bazara na Sydney 2000.

A gaban gasar Olympics ta 2000, Jones ta bayyana cewa ta yi niyyar lashe lambobin zinare a dukkan wasannin gasarta guda biyar a Sydney. Mijin Jones, C.J. Hunter, ta janye daga gasar harbin bindiga saboda raunin da ta samu a gwiwarta, ko da yake an bar shi ya ci gaba da rike shaidar koci da halartar wasannin don tallafa wa matarsa. 'Yan sa'o'i kadan bayan Marion Jones ta lashe zinare na farko na zinare biyar da aka tsara, ko da yake, kwamitin Olympics na kasa da kasa (IOC) ta sanar da cewa Hunter ta kasa yin gwajin maganin miyagun ƙwayoyi guda hudu kafin gasar Olympics, yana gwada inganci a kowane lokaci don dakatarwar anabolic steroid nandrolone. Nan da nan aka dakatar da Hunter daga yin kowane irin rawa a wasannin Sydney, kuma an umarce shi da ya ba da shaidarsa na kocin a filin wasa. A wani taron manema labarai inda Hunter ya fashe da kuka, ya musanta shan duk wani kwayoyi masu kara kuzari, kasa da nandrolone da aka gano cikin sauki. Daga baya Jones za ta rubuta a cikin tarihin tarihin rayuwarta, Marion Jones: Life in the Fast Lane, cewa ingantattun gwaje-gwajen magunguna na Hunter sun cutar da aurensu da kuma hotonta a matsayin ’yar wasa mara magani. Ma'auratan sun sake aure a shekara ta 2002.

A ranar 28 ga Yuni, 2003, Jones ta haifi ɗa, Tim Montgomery Jr., tare da saurayi Tim Montgomery, ɗan tseren duniya da kansa. Saboda cikinta, Jones ya rasa gasar cin kofin duniya na 2003, amma ya shafe shekara guda yana shirye-shiryen gasar Olympics ta 2004. Montgomery, wanda bai cancanci shiga gasar guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle ta Olympics a shekara ta 2004 ba, saboda rashin tabuka, Hukumar Yaki da Doping ta Amurka (USADA), ta tuhumi Montgomery, a wani bangare na binciken badakalar kara kuzarin BALCO, da karba da kuma amfani da haramcin. kwayoyi masu kara kuzari. USADA ta nemi a dakatar da Montgomery na tsawon shekaru hudu.

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