9. Marion Jones Case
Speaking of doping – here’s arguably the best-known case in Olympic Games history. She had won three gold and a couple of bronze medals in Sydney, 2000 only to be stripped off of all of them later. After years of investigations, Jones finally admitted using performance-enhancing drugs in 2007. Marion Jones is, however, only one of such cases. Performance-enhancing drugs have been used by Olympic athletes for a very long time. Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong, and Andreea Răducan are only a few examples, but who knows how many athletes have gotten away with cheating over the years? What’s more important – it seems there are more and more such cases with every new Olympic event. . That’s a truly devastating fact, but, at least, the anti-doping control is doing a fine job.
