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Jones and Montgomery not welcome in Europe
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-10 18:21
Former triple Olympic champion Marion Jones and her partner Tim Montgomery
will not be invited to any European meetings this year because of their
association with the BALCO laboratory in California.
World 100 metres record holder Montgomery has been charged with serious
doping violations by the US Anti-Doping Agency, which has also investigated
Jones.
A spokesman for British promoters Fast Track confirmed on Tuesday that the
Euro-Meetings Group, whose members organise nearly 50 meetings, had agreed the
pair would not be invited to Europe.
"There's no presumption of guilt," he said. "But unfortunately they carry far
too much baggage to be invited to our meetings."
Montgomery's appeal against a possible life ban will be heard by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport in San Francisco in the week beginning June 6. Neither
Jones or Montgomery have ever tested positive and both deny ever taking any
banned drugs.
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