Marion Jones remarries
Olympic medal-winning sprinters Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson were married in a small ceremony in rural North Carolina, the service's minister said. The Rev. Vibert Tyrrel, the pastor at Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilson's Mills, said the Feb. 24 ceremony was "an ordinary, small and family-oriented wedding."
Olympic medal-winning sprinters
Marion Jones
and
Obadele Thompson
were married in a small ceremony in rural North Carolina, the service's minister said. The Rev.
Vibert Tyrrel,
the pastor at Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilson's Mills, said the Feb. 24 ceremony was "an ordinary, small and family-oriented wedding."
"It wasn't elaborate, just very private," said Tyrrel, who is Thompson's uncle.
It is the second marriage for the 31-year-old Jones, a basketball standout at North Carolina before beginning her track career. Her first marriage was to shot putter C.J. Hunter. She also has a 3-year-old son with sprinter Tim Montgomery.
Jones, the only woman to win five track medals at an Olympics, made a comeback last year, winning the U.S. championship in the 100 meters. But she has been dogged by doping suspicions for years, allegations she has denied.
The 30-year-old Thompson became the first athlete from Barbados to win an Olympic medal when he took the bronze in the 100 at the 2000 Sydney Games.
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