Disgraced sprinter Marion Iones has been stripped of her gold medals from the 2000 Olympics and asked repay more than 100,000 dollars in prize and bonus money, the United States Olympic Committee said Monday.

Iones, who admitted in a US court last week to using performance-enhancing drugs, has returned the three gold and two bronze medals she won in Sydney, USOC chief executive Jim Scherr said.

"She relinquished this afternoon the medals that were won unfairly at the Sydney Games." Scherr said.

"She has taken the right step and worked quickly and voluntarily returned the medals and that is a start. I think there is still a long ways to go.

"They (medals) are in the possession of the USOC and will be returned to the IOC so they can be awarded to the appropriate winners at the Olympic Games."

The 31-year-old American pled guilty Friday to lying to federal investigators and USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth said the next step would be for her to hand back the Olympic medals.

"We have the medals in our possession and they will be returned," Ueberroth said Monday.

Scherr said Iones-would also have to forfeit all her competition

results since September 1,2000.

"We also will go after prize bonuses and it is in excess of 100,000 dollars," Scherr said. "We will ask her to make restitution for any money she received from the USOC.”

Iones was also slapped with a two-year competition ban by the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA) Monday but she had already announced her retirement on Friday.

Iones was unavailable for com-menton Monday.

"She's not going to comment on the matter while it's pending in court but the medals were returned today,” Jones' New York lawyer Henry DePippo told the US media.

Jones, who won the 100 metres and 200 metres In addition to taking third in the long jump, was part of the winning 4x400 team and

the third-place 4x100 team in Australia.

Uebberroth said they are also asking Jones' relay teammates to turn over their medals from 2000as well.

"Basically it is unfortunate. But your results involved cheating so you are not entitled to the medals," Uebberroth said.

Some of the other American athletes who are being asked to return their relay medals include, Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards. Nariceen Perry. Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan and LaTasha Colander-Richardson.

Said Scherr. "Our opinion is that something was won unfairly and it has completely tarnished the relay events."

Greek sprinter KaterinaThanou is in line to receive one of the golds because she finished second behind Jones in the Sydney 100 metres. Thanou's situation poses another problem for the IOC as she was given a two-year ban for allegedly faking a motorbike crash to cover up missing a drug test during the 2004 Summer Games.

Scherr said Jones handed the medals over to USOC officials Monday in the Austin, Texas offices of her lawyer.

"They were picked up today after being turned over." Scherr said.

He said the five medals will taken to Colorado Springs before being shipped to the International Olympic Committee's head office in Switzerland.

Jones told the court last week