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Jones presented with documents

Updated: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007 17:13

Anti-doping officials have presented Marion Jones with documents
Anti-doping officials have presented Marion Jones with documents

US anti-doping officials have presented Olympic champion Marion Jones with copies of an annotated ledger and calendar they believe may be a schedule of her steroid use.

Maintaining her vigorous denial of doping, her attorneys showed the documents to Reuters in an effort to illustrate the weakness of any effort to sanction Jones, who has never tested positive for prohibited substances.

"I don't think that this evidence constitutes evidence, proof beyond a reasonable doubt of any violation of the anti-doping rules by Marion Jones," said attorney Joseph Burton.

The calendar for 2001 bears cryptic hand-written notations such as March 29 "Start Clear", while the initials M.J. appear in the corner of the large page for that month. A small note attached to the page for May says Marion Jones, but her lawyers say that paper was not present when they were first shown the document in November 2003.

Jones won Olympic gold medals in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x400 metre relay in the 2000 Games in Sydney and denies all drug use allegations.

Filed by Mark O'Neill-Cummins

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