Tales from a New Amsterdam by Hunter S. Jones

Jones would later write in her autobiography, Marion Jones: Life in the Fast Lane, that Hunter's positive drug tests hurt their marriage and her image as a drug-free athlete.Ĭ J Hunter, left, was exposed as a drugs cheat during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where his wife, Marion Jones, right, was hoping to win five gold medals ©Getty Images Victor Conte, the founder and owner of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), who was regularly supplying 'nutritional supplements' to athletes trained by Trevor Graham, blamed the test results on 'an iron supplement' that contained nandrolone precursors. Hunter was immediately suspended from taking any role at Sydney 2000 and was ordered to surrender his on-field coaching credentials.Īt a press conference where Hunter broke down in tears, he denied taking any performance-enhancing drugs, much less the easily detected nandrolone - which showed up in all four tests in amounts more than 1,000 times normal levels. However, just hours after Jones won her first of the planned five golds in the 100 metres, the International Olympic Committee announced that Hunter had failed four pre-Olympic drug tests, testing positive each time for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Hunter had withdrawn from the shot put competition at Sydney following a knee injury, though he was allowed to keep his coaching accreditation and attend the Games to support his wife. #RIP CJ /j5ioL8Dkgk- National Throws November 29, 2021

His personal best was 71' 9', (21.87 meters).

Sad to hear of the passing of 1999 World Shot Champion C J Hunter.

Tales from a New Amsterdam by Hunter S. Jones