Jones to forfeit medals, $700,000

Monte Carlo -- The Olympic and other international results of Marion Jones, who won five Olympic medals, going back to 2000 were annulled following her admission of doping.

Jones was also ordered to return some $700,000 in prize money won in the same time frame, the International Association of Athletics Federation said Friday.

The IAAF also recommended Jones' relay teammates have their medals rescinded.

Jones won individual gold medals in the 100 meters and 200 meters and also the 1,600-meter relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won a silver in the 100 and a bronze in the 400-meter relay at the 2001 world championships.

Jones has returned her five Olympic medals and agreed to forfeit all results going back to 2000.

The IAAF council also announced it was upholding the two-year ban imposed on Jones by U.S. officials.

Jones retired in October after pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators in 2003. She admitted to taking the designer steroid "the clear" from September 2000 to July 2001.

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