Posted by: karthik007 on: November 24, 2008
Former track star Tim Montgomery said he took testosterone and human growth hormone before the Sydney Olympics, where he won a gold medal on the U.S. 400-meter relay team.
“I have a gold medal that I’m sitting on that I didn’t get with my own ability,”. “I’m not here to take away from anybody else’s accomplishments, [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: November 14, 2008
Bela Karolyi promotes Chicago for the 2016 Olympics, tells of upcoming stars and rips into rules that make routines, well, routine.
Bela Karolyi blew into Chicago on Thursday, bringing his usual over-the-top enthusiasm, so infectious everyone gets his message even if the gymnastics coach who fled Romania 27 years ago still speaks so breathlessly and with [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: November 8, 2008
G. Larry James, a middle-distance runner known as “The Mighty Burner” who employed his streaky speed to win gold and silver medals in track at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died of colon cancer at his home in Smithville, N.J., on Thursday, his 61st birthday.
James won his gold medal in Mexico City by teaming with Vince [...]
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