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Olympics: Jones Pulls Out of 200m After weeks of defending herself against doping allegations and trying to explain her subpar performances, Marion Jones smiled and laughed as she poked a little fun at herself. Sure, she had just given away a chance to defend her Olympic 200-meter title. And she failed to qualify for the 100, another event in which she would have gone to Athens as the reigning champion. But she predicted success at the Summer Games, and more in the future. All along, she has said she plans to compete through the 2008 Beijing Games. "You sometimes get slapped in the face with bad performances or a bad year. This just happened to be probably my worst, and it doesn't help that I'm on the top of my sport," she said yesterday at a news conference. An exhausted Jones pulled out of the 200 at the U.S. track-and-field trials to focus on the long jump and the relays. "It's extremely disappointing. I'm not going to candy coat anything," she said. "My reasoning for pulling out of the 200 today is simply because of fatigue. There's no other reason. After running my round yesterday I was simply tired, exhausted." Jones has had mostly disappointing performances this season, a year after giving birth to a son, and she has been under investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. She has repeatedly denied she has ever used performance-enhancing substances. "I think I underestimated childbirth. It was a challenge. I was able to get my weight down quite easily, I feel fit, I look fit," Jones said. "It really didn't happen out there this week. Sure we can attribute it to childbirth, to distractions." As of now, Jones will not be defending either of her Olympic sprint titles at the Athens Games. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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