Just before noon on Friday, former sprinter Marion Jones checked into a Fort Worth, Texas jail to begin her six-month sentence for lying to the feds about her use of steroids and about a check-fraud scheme that involved her former partner - Tim Montgomery.
The 32-year-old athlete reported to the Federal Medical Center-Carswell correctional facility, where she was assigned inmate number 84868/054, according to AFP.
Jones, who was stripped of the three gold and two bronze medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, had been told she had until March 11 to begin her sentence.
All Jones' results since September 1, 2000, have been stricken from the records and Jones has been banned from competition by the IAAF, the sport's governing body, even though she announced in October her decision to retire.
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