Gold Medalist Admits to Steroid Use

Washingtonpost.com is reporting that Marion Jones a three time gold medalist has admitted to using steroids. According to sources she is going to be pleading guilty today to two accounts of lying to federal agents. Jones is said to have been taking the steroid known as "the clear" for two years starting in 1999. Admitting to steroid use is putting Jones' 5 medals that she won at Sydney in jeapordy and she is definatly facing jail time.

Although Jones confessed to using steroids she said that she did not know that she was actually taking them. She said that her former coach Trevor Graham told her it was a nutritional supplement that should be taken under the tongue. "The clear" is a very popular steroid, both Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield have admitted to using it and even the great Barry Bonds had a similar situation in which he says he did not know he was taking it.

Jones will face up to 6 months in jail but the real question is will she be able to keep her medals and will she lose all credibility?