Jones will run in Milan

Marion Jones will compete in the Grand Prix Regione Lombardia in Milan on June 1 despite reports she would not be invited to compete in European meetings.

It had been reported the former triple Olympic champion Jones and her boyfriend Tim Montgomery, the world 100 metres record holder, would be excluded because of links to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO).

But Milan organisers released a statement yesterday which read: “We can confirm the presence of Marion Jones at the meeting in Milan on June 1.