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MONTE CARLO, Monaco
The governing body of track and field last week wiped out all of the records of disgraced U.S. sprinter Marion Jones, including her Olympic titles, back to 2000.

In addition, the International Association of Athletics Federations is recommending that her teammates in relay events, in which multiple runners compete during various legs of a race, lose their medals too, reports NBC Sports.

Jones, who recently admitted using steroids, also will be asked to return about $700,000 in prize money won during various events, according to the Chicago Tribune.

CNN notes that the International Olympic Committee will make the final call on possibly stripping medals from other relay team members, and on whether the silver medalist who finished second to Jones in the 2000 Olympics should be elevated to gold status in the record books.

Jones is formally banned from the sport for two years, although she announced her retirement in October when she pleaded guilty in federal court to lying to investigators probing doping allegations against her, according to Bloomberg.

Jones was one of a string of high-profile athletes caught up in doping charges over the fall and summer, but she was among the most adamant of implicated athletes in her repeated denial of steroid use and her denunciation of those who accused her.