Jones' ex-husband says she used

AP - Disgraced athlete CJ Hunter has told investigators he injected his former wife Marion Jones with banned substances and saw Jones inject herself with drugs, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The ex-husband of the three-time Olympic champion told federal investigators that Jones was using banned performance-enhancing drugs during the Sydney 2000 Games, where she won five medals.

The newspaper said Hunter told Internal Revenue Service investigators pursuing the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) case that he personally injected his then wife with banned substances and saw Jones inject herself with the drugs at their Olympic base in Australia.

Human growth hormone, the steroid THG, insulin and the endurance-boosting drug EPO were among the substances Hunter alleged that Jones used.

Hunter, who won a shot put world title in 1999, tested positive for steroids four times in 2000, when he was married to Jones, who has adamantly denied using banned substances.

Jones' lawyer, Joseph Burton, told the Chronicle in a statement that Hunter was bitter about the couple's breakup in 2002 and was "seeking to exact his revenge by telling lies to the government".

Attempts to contact Jones or her representatives were unsuccessful.

Rich Wanninger, a spokesman for the US Anti-Doping Agency, said the organisation would have no comment on the report.

Jones, who had three gold medals among the five she won in Sydney, was scheduled to compete in the long jump at next month's Olympics in Athens.

She failed to qualify in the 100 metres at last week's Olympic trials in Sacramento, California, and withdrew from the 200.

Citing investigators' memos, the newspaper reported in an article posted on its website that Hunter gave a 2 1/2-hour interview to IRS investigators on June 8 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and had a follow-up call a week later.

During the interview, Hunter alleged that Jones had used banned substances before, during and after the Sydney Olympics.

"Hunter stated that he saw Jones inject herself with EPO," IRS agent Erwin Rogers wrote in one of the memos quoted by the Chronicle.

"Jones would inject herself in the front waist line area slightly underneath the skin. ... Initially, Hunter injected Jones because Jones did not want to inject herself in this location."

Hunter alleged that Jones obtained performance-enhancing drugs from Victor Conte, owner of BALCO, and from her coach, Trevor Graham.

Source Sport News & AP - drugs claims, July 2004

Dopage - Australie
Seringues et ampoules retrouvées à l'Institut Australien des sports

Des seringues et des ampoules ont été retrouvées mardi 14 mars 2006 à l'Institut australien des sports (AIS) de Canberra, l'un des centres sportifs les plus prestigieux d'Australie, le jour même de l'ouverture des jeux du Commonwealth à Melbourne, a-t-on appris mercredi.

La découverte a été faite par une femme de ménage de l'établissement qui accueille des sportifs nationaux mais qui est également une base d'entraînement pour des équipes étrangères en déplacement.

La nouvelle a été divulguée quelques heures avant l'ouverture des jeux du Commonwealth par la Reine d'Angleterre.

L'AIS a demandé un test du matériel afin de déceler d'éventuelles traces de produits illicites :
"Quelque chose a été trouvé mais nous ne savons pas ce dont il s'agit", a déclaré le porte-parole de la Commission australienne des sports (ASC), précisant que les résultats étaient attendus pour jeudi 16 mars ou vendredi 17 mars 2006.

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