Editing Marion Jones (section)

===U.S. Olympic Committee demands return of Olympic medals===
[[Peter Ueberroth]], chairman of the [[U.S. Olympic Committee]], reacted to the news of Jones's confession and guilty plea on [[perjury]] charges by issuing a statement calling on Jones to "immediately step forward and return the Olympic medals she won while competing in violation of the rules". Ueberroth added that her admission was "long overdue and underscores the shame and dishonor that are inherent with cheating." [[IAAF]] president [[Lamine Diack]] said in a statement: "Marion Jones will be remembered as one of the biggest frauds in sporting history."<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=IAAF decries Jones's tainted legacy |date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>

On October 8, 2007, a source confirmed that Marion Jones surrendered her five medals from the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="JonesReturnsMedals"/> On the same day, Ueberroth said that all the relay medals should be returned,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/sports/othersports/13jones.html?_r=1&ref=othersports&pagewanted=print |title=Jones's Teammate Braces for Worst |agency=Associated Press |date=October 13, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> and on April 10, 2008, the IOC voted to strip Jones's relay teammates of their medals as well,<ref>{{cite web |date=April 10, 2008 |title=IOC votes to strip Jones's teammates of medals from 2000 Games |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=3339267 |access-date=October 11, 2024 |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> although this decision would successfully be appealed by seven of Jones's teammates and overturned in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-07-16 |others=Contributed by Rachel Cohen, Pat Graham and Paul Weber |title=US relay runners win Olympic medals appeal |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=5385884 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223234741/http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=5385884 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2024 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>