Source: CCTV.com

12-13-2007 15:31

Marion Jones cries as she makes a statement to the media after leaving the U.S. Federal Courthouse in White Plains, New York, October 5, 2007. The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday stripped Jones of her five Sydney 2000 Olympics medals after she admitted in a U.S. court in October to taking banned substances.(Reuters)

The International Olympic Committee formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals on Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat.

Jones had already handed back the three gold medals and two bronzes she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The IOC also banned the disgraced American athlete from attending next year's Beijing Olympics in any capacity and said it could bar her from all future games.