According to the IAAF, Marion Jones holds the world youth record for the 200m, which she set aged 16. Her time of 22.58s was also a world junior record until it was broken by Allyson Felix, at the Athens Olympics in 2004, where she placed second.
My first recollection of Marion Jones was at the World Athletic Championships in Athens 1997, where she won the 100m in a world leading time of 10.83s. She also ran the second leg on the US gold medal winning 4 x 100m. Here are the PBs for the duration of her career, for the 100m and 200m respectively:
1989 12.04s 24.06s
1990 11.62s 23.70s
1991 11.17s 22.76s
1992 11.14s 22.58s
1994 11.28s 23.00s
1995 23.96s
1997 10.76s 21.76s
1998 10.65s 21.62s
1999 10.70s 21.81s
2000 10.75s 21.84s
2001 10.84s 22.23s
2002 10.84s 22.11s
2004 11.04s
2005 11.28s
2006 10.91s
1998 was to prove to be the summit of Marion Jones' career in terms of her personal bests. So if her confession is to be believed, the clear actually slowed her down.
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