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Tulsa Shock Ethic
Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. She won 3 gold medals and 2 bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, But those titles were taken away from her after she was accused and caught of steroid use (performance enhancing drugs) Jones did keep her 3 Gold Medals as a World Champion from 1997 and 1999.
The main ethic of track and field is to not use performance enhancing drugs of any kind this ethic was completely neglected by Marion jones, for making this crime Jones has suffered multiple consequences. The consequences were financial troubles Jones is heavily in debt and fighting off court judgments, according to court records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, a criminal sentencing of six months in jail resulting from her involvement

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