Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use

Olympic track star Marion Jones admitted to using steroids. Surprise…surprise. Jones is one of my favorite female athletes but her steroid use was apparent when she started looking so masculine a few years back.

Since I'm not a professional athlete, I can't fathom putting those foreign substances in my body to win a competition. Although Jones blames her trainer for giving a substance referred to as "flaxseed oil" she had to know something was amiss.

No amount of weightlifting or other exercise would have caused Jones' breasts to dissolve into the mass of muscle that became her chest. Jones sued Victor Conte, head of Balco, for defaming her character when he publicly accused her of steroid use. Now, she had to admit to her family and the public that many of the awards she won were the assistance of performance-enhancing substances.

That's such a shame but as you sow, so shall you reap. Marion Jones may have to do time for lying to investigators and for accepting funds that may have been a part of a financial fraud ring. This does not look good for Jones but at least she's finally being a woman about it.