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Women's long jump competitor Marion Jones makes her sixth jump in July during the finals of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials in Sacramento, Calif.

No. 4. Marion Jones

She remains to this day officially uncharged in the drug scandal that has en-gulfed American track and field like a grass fire. But clearly, she has been caught in the undertow, and unless things change at the last moment, the queen of 2000 will only be in the long jump.

A gold medal there would be an emotionally charged answer to the rigors of motherhood, the toll of time, and the turmoil and allegations around her.

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