US Edition"My Knees Hold only a Thread," 50 Years Old, the Ex-Reindeer of the Sprint Marion Jones Reveals His Difficulty Walking
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The former track and field athlete who was the fastest woman in the world posted a video on Instagram where she appears to be struggling to go down the stairs of her house - In 2020 she was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica
Marion Jones, 50, was stripped of her Olympic medals due to doping. Now she has difficulty walking. "But I'm still standing," she writes on Instagram.
It's terrifying images that Marion Jones shows to her fans on Instagram. At only 50 years old, the former sprint Olympic champion can hardly walk. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the sympathetic American woman brought gold and silver three times. She was one of the fastest women of all time – today she fights through everyday life. Even climbing stairs becomes a nightmare because of her aching knees. "They're hanging by the thread, people…
Former star of the sprint fallen for doping after the Sydney Olympics, the American has published a photo of her going down her stairs with difficulty.
Marion Jones, once the fastest woman in the world, is almost unrecognizable after being found to have used anabolic steroids. Today, she faces mobility problems due to a rare autoimmune disease.
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