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NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Marion Jones may make a quick return to the track after being cleared of potential doping charges for use of EPO, said her manager on Thursday. "This weekend's meet (the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart) was too short a time to get ready, but she is hoping to compete in the World Cup and in Shanghai," said Charles Wells. "I am anxious to get back on the track," said the sprinter herself, who has not competed since she ran in London on July 28 and has not trained strenuously since mid-August. The world governing body of track and field, the International Athletics Associations Federation said on the same day that Jones is eligible to compete in the IAAF world athletics final slated for Sept 16-17 in Athens. Jones's lawyers announced on Wednesday she had been cleared of potential doping charges after her 'B' sample tested negative for the banned blood-boosting drug EPO. The American's initial sample had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) at the U.S. championships in Indianapolis in June. Enditem
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