Marion Jones' rise and fall played out on the world's biggest stage
Posted Jun 21, 2012
The two faces of Marion Jones are inextricably linked. There was the luminous smile she wore on the medals stand in 2000, when Jones won three gold medals and two bronze as the shining track-and-field star of the Sydney Olympics. Then there was the weeping, distraught face on the steps outside a federal courthouse in 2007.
(Yahoo! Sports)
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