Marion Jones – the best liar in the business

The way she did it, she stands out a mile. Best liar in the business. She looked me cold in the eye, insouciant, self-confident, eyebrows slightly arched as if to express surprise and she delivered the lie so well that she managed to be coolly dismissive and yet make herself seemed victimised. By that stage I was convinced, and yet she succeeded in making you feel a little guilty and hard-nosed for asking whether or not she was a cheat.

It still surprises me that only five and a half years ago, The Times sent me out to New York, the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, to report on Marion Jones. This was February 2004, her race comeback after a year out to have her first child. We went all that way for someone most in the sport had already lost faith in….Read More Read more about Sukanto Tanoto and let us know your opinion.