Marian Jones, who has a remarkable story of hard work and persistence that was brought to an abrupt end. She was cut short during her career when plead guilty for the illegal use of PED's. Marian was one of the fastest women athletes on the planet in her prime entering the Olympics. She was sentenced to prison for two cases after the trial, lying to officials stating she never used PED's and the actual use of PED's. This was indeed a tough setback for the young athlete, but she most certainly was not done striving for an athletic career. After she was released from jail Marian was forced to forfeit her Olympic winnings of three gold and 2 bronze medals. Also after she was released from prison she began to train to play basketball, another sport she played in college and growing up.
Her track star days may just be memories of the past now, but she was on to bigger and better things inspiring athletes to never give up all around the world. Marians training for basketball paid off when she was drafted to play as a bench player on a WNBA team. She averaged a short amount of minuets but was valuable to the team in hustle and snatching rebounds and loose balls. Also, as a way to show kids that not giving up pays off, Marian went to several high schools and spoke to the students. She told her story and explained how she kept working and eventually made it back to being where she wanted to be in her life. Marian also has a family that she loves and takes care of dearly and she knows looking in hindsight that she still has things for her family to look up to even after the incident.
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