Victor Conte: Marion Jones’ doping calendar

Victor Conte details the illegal drug program and calendar he created for former U.S. Olympic track star, Marion Jones, and says he believes the overwhelming majority of athletes she was competing against at the 2000 Summer Olympics were also using performance enhancing drugs. Plus, Conte offers his opinion that the International Olympic committee was right to strip Jones of her five medals.
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[@RETRO_BELL]

Marion Jones was just as famous as the Williams sisters and Tiger Woods in the early 2000s.....Her face was everywhere...

[@sabrina.natalie]

Yeah, you’re right. I was a young kid in the early 2000’s, but I definitely remember her being so popular.

[@maniaweng]

Her teared apologizing face disgusted me so much as I recalled how much we trusted her as she criticized ppl doping. Not to mention the many races that I cheered her on: Diamond League, Sydney Olympics, Worlds and am not even an American - her radiant smiles were contagious. The let down was so HUGE HUGE that I cudn't watch female track & field for years until Allyson emerged... The fact is, I still believe she has talent and did enough hard work to win 90% of the medals (if not 100%) that she doped to win, but guess we'll never find out n what she did has discounted all that. Victor is obnoxious.....

[@steroidsR4losers]

ROIDERS are FAKE & UNHEALTHY!! NATURALS are LEGIT & HEALTHIER!! Stay natural buddy!

[@steroidsR4losers]

Williams BROTHERS!

[@MrMathExpert]

Not true; most had never heard of Marion Jones back then.

[@nddavi58]

Bensinger hit him with those papers like a lawyer lmao

[@ibmor7674]

Wheww lol so true!, and the sounds tho!

[@octaviof.g.7316]

can you explain to the jury....

[@userjim83]

They are almost certainly Victors own papers that he gave to Bensinger pre interview which makes it even more fun 😂

[@mandunya]

Served his ass 😂😂😂

[@steroidsR4losers]

ROIDERS are FAKE & UNHEALTHY!! NATURALS are LEGIT & HEALTHIER!! Stay natural buddy!

[@wreckim]

My son attends M.J.'s former High School, and there isn't a single picture or mention of her name anywhere there. Sad.

[@CHEETAH69]

wreckim well there should be. She was one of the best high school athletes ever.

[@Hittdogg17]

@@klingendemynt4588 STFU

[@mikerobertson8540]

@Hittdogg 17 And that is your reaction when people say shit like that about say.... Lance Armstrong too, right?

[@wreckim]

@@CHEETAH69 Yes. I know she cheated etc...but certainly the sport, and sports in general are now, and have been filled with Juice. Baseball players, professionally, for example, while crucified as professionals, most of them keep their HS stuff like nothing happened. On top of it all, pretty much all Track and Field was doping; including the greatest of them all: Usain Bolt. This is now pretty much a fact. I just think her HS stuff should be separate from everything else that happened.

[@sugarnads]

Good. She cheated like a demon.

[@1972dsrai]

Find it very hard to believe she didnt know what she was taking as she still claims. No high profile athlete would allow someone to give her anything without knowing what it was.

[@rajabcroswell9020]

Athletes do it all the time.

[@fliprodriguez5250]

@@rajabcroswell9020you believe her?

[@MLP88]

In the eyes of those who really know: 'It's cheating to level the playing field.'

[@horse-4598]

Most of the players are cheating but that’s still cheating the few players that aren’t:

[@Levi-lare]

GB..is an amazing interviewer, nice job bringing out the back story that not a lot of us knew about..!!

[@markheddle8726]

Did anyone actually believe Marion Jones or any other sprint champion is clean?

[@berendoballbomber5977]

God did not make everyone the sprint champion. The sprint champion made themselves a in a Titan. Then the anti-doping testers became Gods taking down the Titans,

[@afrobuddy4801]

Bolt is clean

[@mokaSaid]

@@afrobuddy4801 go reserch doping in Jamaica. Your naive...

[@afrobuddy4801]

@@mokaSaid Yes I know, there is a lot of doping in Jamaica but Bolt didn't dope. That is natural talent

[@tiffanystennett1973]

@@afrobuddy4801 Exactly right 💯👏.

[@STRONGMAN415]

I love how SUPRISED everyone acts are fans so naieve .

[@brunelkirby5854]

@Christopher McMillan pp

[@brunelkirby5854]

@Christopher McMillan p

[@Nyasalands_Finest]

Very niave😂

[@horse-4598]

Most people don’t care enough to read past the cover.

[@monharris28]

damn he spilling all the tea

[@Maverick5588]

Very very very interesting interview. Victor is an interesting person to listen to. Joe rogan's interview with him is also very interesting. Same topic

[@SDfmm]

Very true! Finally someone who actually appreciate his information instead of being emotional because their favorite athlete might be using PEDs.

[@denistuohy2535]

Damn I had no clue he was on JRE

[@BLINC606]

Link to the JRE? or episode #

[@ljunior75]

A fucking 🤡 is what he is. Nothing interesting about him.

[@deandreray3500]

Marion Jones was my first crush

[@garymcaleer6112]

Ole Bill Burr said it best: "Our roided-up guy beat your roided-up guy."

[@TheMrBennito]

This guy in the end starts talking about her taking unacceptable health risks, then exposes himself by bringing up the real issue: he didn't get the money that was agreed upon.

[@livelife4471]

Charlie Francis, Ben Johnson's coach, knew the game of cheating and it continues to this day. No surprise we have another example and it will continue from here.

[@livelife4471]

@Richard Milliken Agree.

[@ogkush3508]

Also this should not be a surprise to anyone with half a brain cell, sure they were all at it back in the days of dbol and the like. Do people really think pro athletes were taking PED's back in the 60's but now that has all stopped and they don't do it now lol, all they have done is get better drugs and better ways of avoiding detection. Your only mistake is getting caught.

[@jjwms33]

This. I didnt know that had this stuff in the 60s

[@jjwms33]

Naw you shouldnt be taking it if it's against the rules!

[@jasegmoney9542]

Marion got 6 months in jail and lance Armstrong sues everyone on the planet who disagreed with him and gets to walk off into the sunset. Yes, he lost his sponsors and had to sell his Texas ranch to settle lawsuits. But you can tell he still thinks he was wronged. As an Australian, I stayed up many a late night to watch the tour. When I saw lance chase down Simeone for testifying against his dr and then signal to the camera to keep quiet was probably the most arrogant thing I’ve seen in sport. What an asshole!

[@mssha1980]

Marion jail time was related to check fraud scheme she was apart of. She got off easy compared to the time she could’ve gotten

[@emjay2045]

She lied to the feds. Should had pled the fifth … and lost medals but would had stayed free

[@rahlohmcdonogh4855]

Barry Bonds is the biggest victim especially compared to Armstrong

[@vitoaugello1677]

While it may be true. Realize that probably the top 10 cyclists were all taking as well. So don’t choose to make a villian out of the guy u don’t like.

[@oliverleigh9854]

@@vitoaugello1677 Everyone that have won any Grand Tour were on Shit. its part of the sport to be on something to compete.

[@NoxiousNoodles]

"I have all this information on other people and I'm against doping", "Are you going to tell us about it?", "Nope."

[@moistsquirt1592]

defamation dumbass

[@NoxiousNoodles]

@@moistsquirt1592 You a fanboy?

[@NoxiousNoodles]

@@moistsquirt1592 I guess you have a severe issue with him defaming Bolt in the other video.

[@moistsquirt1592]

@@NoxiousNoodles Cont is help Mikey against Errol rofl. Please stfu

[@NoxiousNoodles]

@@moistsquirt1592 Firstly, none of what you are saying is really making any sense. Secondly, I'm well educated in defamation law, at least in my jurisdiction. My statement was not defamatory due to the defence of honest opinion. In another comment you complain that people think 14 year olds are stupid. I do not think that is so. However, 14 year olds are perfectly capable of gross immaturity, as you yourself are proving.

[@keanuthompson8865]

No Bahamian ever used performance enhancing drugs …. That’s his opinion not a fact … she admitted plain and simple. That 200 meter race in Sydney was suppose to automatically given to the Bahamas

[@sheparddicapricorn4326]

Athletes without drugs are like rappers without ghostwriters.

[@aaronanderson7619]

It's been said that if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying hard enough.

[@ihavetubes]

People who have to cheat have no confidence.

[@randalllaframboise360]

Those who cheat shorten their lives, if not in this one then in the next.

[@Simon-nv5zj]

@@ihavetubes completely false. its been proven in many sports that in many sports to even stay relevant you need PED;s.

[@energysurgefitness1738]

@@ihavetubes to dope it takes ton of confidence. Gotta respect the fact that they're willing to put their lives on the line for sport. Crazy I would never do it knowing my life is at stake

[@kevinbrooks1104]

He used that poor girl as a scape goat and hammered her into the ground. He acts like he never made a mistake

[@grahamstrouse1165]

🙄🙄🙄

[@user-ns3nr2by6h]

Poor girl? She’s the one who decided to cheat , idiot. Poor girls are the ones that did it the clean way without using steroids. Ignorant

[@dabayfiveo3312]

Cant bite the hand that feeds you.

[@robin2012ism]

3:11 thought he was having a heart event 😨

[@octaviof.g.7316]

NOthing....replaces work ethic.

[@carlosdossantos917]

They should legalize drugs. Doping existed in Ancient Greece, home of what we know as the Olympics. You have to be world class. You still have to train and work hard. Stop thinking that drugs can turn a mediocre athlete into world class..

[@astheskylarksings]

So they exposed her on purpose? 👀

[@ogkush3508]

The interviewers voice lol.

[@neilnelmar8007]

He should have name those girls,if he wanted to be believed

[@darkjudge8786]

Why does he even pause to think about whether a systemic cheat should keep a medal? Just because others were cheating makes no difference.

[@rickrickerton3703]

That’s one of the stupidest comments I’ve ever seen…

[@marktucker208]

All these lawsuits against this guy get voluntarily dismissed

[@VARMOT123]

Can you elaborate ?

[@marktucker208]

I don’t remember it was so long ago but some of the lawsuits against this guy claiming that he lied about the athletes taking steroids got dismissed or rejected

[@jjgreen5206]

The bad part of this is that Victor is a limited resource. He’s only blowing the whistle on people and situations he feels burned by or people that can’t hurt him. There’s some truth here but it goes much deeper than this. Ultimately a source like this is only the tip of the iceberg. He’s human and he has many interests here other than facts and truth, he’s only beholden to good and the truth to a certain extent. It’s going to take other people to dig deeper

[@horse-4598]

He still refused to give Bonds up

[@jcasetnl]

The camera work, makeup and lighting are interesting. Graham has much softer light compared to Conte, and either has more makeup or a soft filter applied. They do big close-ups of Conte with brighter light to emphasize his shiny forehead/face, as if he's sweating, and almost none of Graham.

[@tiffanystennett1973]

I just graduated from film school. I admire your feedback on the production work and makeup. I all see the same things you are talking about. I agree, very interesting.👍

[@liamfraserobrien]

I feel for the person who came third or forth who didn’t cheat. It makes little difference to me these people should have been heroes

[@leftcoaster100]

No one wasn’t cheating

[@energysurgefitness1738]

They're all cheating. It starts in high school then it continues in college and the rest is history. Once you hit your peak you gotta take drugs to go faster than that. You don't just keep improving speed

[@JaymoJoints]

That person was right around 15th place

[@dannywallace1730]

Whole group on GEAR....OH YES

[@PulseRELOADED]

She any relation to Jon Jones ?

[@roromcgorro2315]

His dealer.

[@moistsquirt1592]

cousins

[@thekornreeper]

Picogram cousins

[@Hittdogg17]

Nope

[@Eddie-hn5hp]

Casey Jones??

[@theesotaricitalian6338]

I totally believe that 75 % up of the athlete's in That race were cheating. It's like when 90 % of MLB player were cheating what choice do you have. Marion is so nice and likeable to

[@atatopaul1227]

Why do you say those other girls are into drugs as well. It is marion who is using it period and she got caught.

[@amcqueenboxing]

He should be in jail for murder

[@melbrooks1192]

Is anyone clean ????

[@delislewarner223]

This man is claiming that he has given illegal drugs to athletes!! He is a crook and his opinions must be taken with a BIG grain of salt!!

[@peterlaceyjr.9764]

Marion Jones wearing the Belize Flag is what made her a target

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Cry me a fucking river.

[@amcqueenboxing]

Ask him where David Ali is and what he gave Omar Henry that killed him

[@Sinasi08]

Marion Jone's had a great vitamins protocol!

[@sinsin1697]

Have you ever had to ask forgiveness in your life,, have you ever fukkd up before.. do you have any regrets... Of course not so go ahead continue throwing stones...

[@jamesdyer9765]

Sin sin.fuck off crybaby.she cheated.thats not the problem.what i cant stand is nobody ever has the balls to admit they cheated when they get caught.its not the sin thats the problem.its the cover up.

[@kennethlandau5396]

This guy a dirtball hungry for attention

[@sangovere777]

Justice should fall on him aswell. I understand that Marion did wrong but in the 2000 she was only in her 20s. Very easy to convince and to tweak. She really destroyed her career. Poor thing. I love you Marion.

[@chuckie102883]

mancote he did 4 months is prison and 4 months probation. Marion to this day claims she “accidentally” took those drugs. She’s full of crap. I’d respect her if she just said the truth “i cheated!”

[@drewmis1]

Fuck Marion Jones. Fucking drug cheat. End of

[@silenthyena]

4 months isnt shit

[@blaketaylor8078]

She took the juice. Wasn’t a world class athletes and then becomes the best in the world by meters. She knew what she was doing.

[@MrMalicious5]

ses aajs What did he really do to get prison time to begin with?

[@JohnBurgundy]

Same thing LePeds is on, it will come out one day.

[@kajingberg7187]

Shameless coward. Sickenes me.

[@white_shadow05]

With PED insude the blood, anyone can work for stretch of hours without rest and without getting tired.

[@savory9082]

What, but u gave her the stuff and u said she didn't deserve her medal that she ran for. "WOW!!!

[@Tamunett]

So, she wrong if she took it and knew. But did he get in trouble?

[@italiancapo7]

Yes, he lost his business and went to jail.

[@flipperhansen5600]

Tried to make that question of yours about race didn’t ya? Too bad!!!

[@WatchForTheHook1911]

SNITCH

[@pwise8280]

Loved Marion jones but If you look at that era the physiques were bigger and more defined than 20-30 years later (now). Everyone was using. So level playing field.

[@johnnwako2488]

The opposite is the case - look at ALL the male + female top sprinters = in average they're much more muscular now than ever!

[@THOMASCOLTON1]

All on drugs,

[@courtneysinclair2333]

Lie

[@kingpindbessmusic7516]

All of Marion Jones times should be scratched from the records.#cheat, cheat cheat.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

They pretty much were.

[@jacksmith8002]

what does he do today? Anyone know ?

[@jabroni6199]

Inverviews

[@torynichols2413]

I think he tweets a lot

[@moistsquirt1592]

a gym

[@DavidThompson-yr1re]

Works for VADA.

[@thelasthourgetready]

Runs SNAC sports training and development organisation. He works with alot of top fighters

[@emjay2045]

Never leave a paper trail. ALL MOBSTERS & 🍊 know that… a crook taking about other crooks. Is he really credible ?

[@DucatiPaso750]

Flo-Jo....yes? Or no?

[@jontyarnold8522]

Yes! no one, not even Jones on peds galore has got Anywhere near her times in 30 years....must have been on juice....

[@bernardallen6775]

Yes

[@regdawkins5064]

She never tested positive for peds.i believe and many others believe that her world record 10.49 was actually wind aided and the machine that measures wind speed (mph) malfunctioned and didnt register

[@edencrush2223]

Yes

[@rosaworksrosaworks9410]

Yes

[@mrtoad3582]

Being interviewed by a mumbling Captain Obvious

[@daviddoyle7041]

Little bit of the Lance Armstrong's from this guy "I believe everyone else in the race was using PED's"...drug cheats and those providing athletes with PED's always want to spin the narrative that everyone else was using, lessening their guilt an trying to act as if they are almost the good guy leveling the playing field. Its a boring and worn out approach.

[@moistsquirt1592]

its true though.look at usain bolt

[@jjwms33]

Most professional athletes are doping

[@Petarosus]

LOL if these drugs wouldnt give such a big edge - nobody would take em. Since there is quitte level field on top- ALL ARE USING.

[@denistuohy2535]

In Lance’s case it was pretty much true. The 14th place guy wound up winning the race because everyone else pissed hot for something

[@purgetheheretic]

But seriously, almost all of the athletes drug cheat

[@semperoccultus]

allo'. i wait all record from carl lewis was cancelled.thats all!!

[@brianstallter4773]

Just let them all dope if they want. Who cares.

[@seanwebb2254]

Yes its basically never going to go away. Might as well see what the advance human biology can do.

[@jjwms33]

The winners would always be the ones with the most money who could get the best drugs

[@CHEETAH69]

Brian Stallter if there was a way to allow it and minimize the health risks, sure. I’d love to see a woman’s Olympic 100m final where all 8 women ran under 10.60 and a men’s where the winner just barely won in 9.25.

[@distanceman8147]

Same reason you don't buy meth at the corner store. Duhhhhhhh! Look at GDR. Tell me you would want the type of medical prognosis those ladies have. Go ahead...tell me.

[@a.brucemcdonald9038]

As a parent of a D1 athlete I care. If you give up and say let them all take it, then any kid who wants to compete at D1 is basically forced to fuck up their health regardless of the sport. I think there are enough kids in certain sports who are honest and true athlete that don’t cheat today so that kids who don’t want to be drug addicts can still compete. That may be a different story when it comes to the Olympics or going pro-I don’t know.

[@lovell123456789]

ALL OF THEM R USERS!!!👌

[@LamaraRowe]

Hello…take Jamaica’s name out of your mouth sir. Speak for US athletes…bright

[@melbrooks1192]

Bright fi true

[@teddyrox3790]

😂

[@CR-qu5jc]

He turned her into a man

[@Turbovanilli]

Hope flo jo was clean.

[@stedp662]

Very unlikely

[@WelshSwan1986]

@Firstname Lastname It's telling that despite all the advancements we have now in terms of supplements, diets, nutrition and ahem illegal drugs, that her world record from 1988 is STILL standing until this day. Conte mentioned in another part of his interview with Graham that he was told by several sources that Flo Jo DID fail more than one test but it was all hushed up but she was told to retire early as testing was going to step up a notch and they couldn't keep covering for her.

[@WelshSwan1986]

@Firstname Lastname Oh I know they do. I laugh when everyone points fingers at Russia and demands they be banned from the sport for 'cheating'. Unpopular opinion but look at Jamaica as an example, a lot of their athletes records to me are highly suspect yet no one really demands that an investigation happens to them because the athletes are likeable and people see Jamaica as a 'faun' country. Whereas people see Russia as the bogey man and their athletes as commie scum who deserve what they get.

[@sinsin1697]

Flo Jo took 11 drug testing 1988.. I personally have never heard of a athlete being tested like that.. that is beyond random drug test.. 11 drug test in one year is more drug tests randomly than the entire nation of Jamaica in the year 2010... Flojo never fail the drug test in her life or death.. why would you even mention her... They are talking about "the clear" that was developed in 1998 by Patrick Arnold .. Patrick Arnold was a junior in high school in 1988 that have nothing to do with flojo.. anything anything to discredit flojo

[@sinsin1697]

@@WelshSwan1986 the sources that told you flojo failed a drug test are liars. Or that's just your imagination. Which 9 times out of 10 it is... flojo have never failed a drug test in her life. Here's a fact for you flojo took 11 drug tests in 1988 that's a fact.. she passed each and every one of them.... so that's where you are that's what you doing with your life.. creating a fake name fake page on KZbin.. literally lying on a deceased woman... You're a sad human being you a lonely person...

[@hugoarmaiz9107]

I love and respect Serena Williams, but it's very suspicious they way she "looks" and how "strong" she is...

[@GigiTiffany44]

She has very dominant genes. Have you seen her dad?

[@matthewjohnson6261]

Why does this sound so racist????

[@GigiTiffany44]

@@matthewjohnson6261 i am offended by Hugo's comment. I am trying to say to him that she has dominant genes and she is still all woman. There is nothing wrong with a woman that resembles her father its called being an offspring.

[@WatchForTheHook1911]

Supreme and godly Genetics

[@mssha1980]

She may use stuff that will be banned later but she’s a freak of nature athlete as well

[@ritchie2411]

Cracks me up how these people say she worked hard, give anyone all those drugs and they can work out all day . Non drug users work hard, not cheats

[@Simon-nv5zj]

um no, not at all. give you the drugs Ben Johnson took and you can run 9.8s? yea right big boy

[@ritchie2411]

@@Simon-nv5zj yeap , want to bet I had the track credentials. 9.9 100 yards at 15 , 21 point as a high school junior in state finals . Those times were in the 70s . Checkmate

[@Simon-nv5zj]

@@ritchie2411 wow ..can it be...on youtube of all places? ive found a legit guy who without drugs can compete? #youfuckwit

[@ritchie2411]

No drugs ever, hardly an aspirin, 64 and still slayin . Wait till you see America’s track team in the Olympics. New stars, some still or just out of high school. Hopefully drug free . Even in the distance events we rock . Have you seen Athing Mu?

[@sinsin1697]

This guy creeps me out... Can't make a living from ruining young athletes lives ...so now he's exposing people trying to make a living that way.. he don't talk about his own flaws.. literally he's talking about how he helped ruin young people... Dana White was right about this dude...