The Life of Marion Jones-Thompson
Known as the walking billboards of society, athletes through the eras of history have sculpted and molded images of who we perceive ourselves to be as a culture, a nation, and a society. Athletes simply embody who we are to the world and for that, athletes are recognized and praised throughout the lands of their nations. Society often tend to overwhelm their walking billboards with a lot of accentuation and for that, we begin to see athletes trying to please their societies rather than themselves. As a result, some athletes will go run the extra mile just to appease her spectators, even if it entails making egocentric and lamentable decisions. However, what happens when our walking billboards make unfortunate decisions, which perceive not only the athletes but also society as conniving, deceitful, and dishonest? Do we forgive our walking billboards or do we condemn them?
This website will explore a very common situation in the life of sports and its fans. The website will also highlight an athlete who has represented her country well via victorious strides and whom has become an athletic idol to America via her accomplishments. Moreover, you will be expose to the reaction of a nation to a walking billboard that has fallen pulling down the reputation of her nation along with her. One athlete that fits these criteria quite well goes by the name of Marion Jones-Thompson. Marion Jones-Thompson, a World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist has led America to countless world records and medals thus, portraying her beloved country as an invincible athletic machine. Marion Jones-Thompson has fought to become the first woman, most significantly, the first person throughout Olympian history to wine five medals at a single Olympics.
