FASTEST WOMAN ON EARTH! yep thats her all right. Her particular shot to fame came when she was inspired to be a track athlete by the athletes she saw compete at the Olympics and by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner. She actually started off as a terrific basketball player, she averaged 22.8 points per game as a high school senior and was named Division I Player of the Year as a point guard. Still she was the FIRST woman to win 5 olympics medal! all at one time sweep. Her 100m sprint is no.1 which is at 10.65s and thats freakin fast. oh ya did i mention she had a child at 2003 but still went on to dominate and got like a million more medals. To someone who had a child and maintain a damn muscular body you've got to give her credit.
Shes like 32 years old, older than the other athletics but still she leaves them wayyy behind her as she normally emerges as first place. But its like just this morning when i read the papers, she was going broke! Oh no! hey c'mon just win some more medals and the cash would be rolling in! is it that easy? haha im not sure. Shes was like Jordan's neighbour before...and jordan's house is practically a gazillion hectares of land. well its enough to fit 2 olympic size swimming pool, 1 baseball field, 1 nba bball court, a 9-hole golf course...and just many more things to make me jealous.
The Downside:
Victories aint that sweet for her. Her victories were tainted by rumors that she was using performance-enhancing drugs at the time. Her ex-husband, an Olympic shot-putter and confessed steroid user, testified under oath that he had seen her inject drugs into her stomach in the Olympic Village in Sydney. like what an idiot to testify your wife. However, she obviously continually denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. Perhaps maybe she did takes steriod (i really hope she doesnt) but her life revolves around with people that actually takes them. Ex: her main coaches and her husband (thats like seriously ruining her rep). But since shes so famous and dominant in her events theres always a chance that she was set-up by someone right? must be... However, despite allegations that she has used performance-enhancing drugs, Marion Jones has remained positive, clearly determined to dispel all accusations of cheating. She has never failed a single drug test she's taken, and has passed a lie detector test. see?! thats enough.
Anyway how many athletics are willing to be so determined to fight and strive for their dreams. When she broke the record for her best 100m, how many more female athlete were inspired? well ture, no one thought that a woman could go faster than 11s at that time but she was up for the challenge and proved them wrong. if she had given up from the start, i bet history would've changed. aspiring young athlete would have no one to look up to, woman would not be constanly pushed forward to a higher limit, everyone would have thought that 11s was impossible! She's since become an inspiration to thousands of young girls who dream of athletic triumph, and has created a foundation to help them achieve those very goals.
During the 1990s who would dream of woman athlete clinching multi-million endorsment? female athletes!? Marion Jones did. and so she became role model to people and they are following her footsteps. Actually the most extraordinary thing she did was to create a vision for others so that they can have a real life example to follow.
As she always say, "There is nothing stopping me... except me." -Marion Jones. So ture...
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