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'Shocked' Johnson to return Olympic gold

Sports | Doping
2008-6-4

OLYMPIC great Michael Johnson says he was "shocked" by former teammate Antonio Pettigrew's doping admission and will return the gold medal the two of them helped the United States win in the 1,600-meter relay at...

IOC may disqualify Jones' relay teammates

Sports | Olympics
2008-4-10

NEARLY eight years after the Sydney Olympics, the IOC is prepared to disqualify Marion Jones' US relay teammates because of her doping history. Any reallocation of the medals, however, is expected to be postponed...

Yang wins gold in men's all-around

Sport | Gymnastics
2006-10-20

YANG Wei extended China's dominance at world gymnastics championships yesterday by winning the gold medal in the men's all-around to go with his country's earlier victories in both team events.

Cuban Olympic champ retires

Sport | Boxing
2004-9-8

TWO-TIME Olympic champion Mario Kindelan of Cuba on Monday announced his retirement as boxer, saying he will likely become a trainer.

Pettigrew not keen to part with medal

Sport | Doping
2004-7-20

FORMER world 400 meters champion Antonio Pettigrew said he would refuse to return the gold medal he won as a member of the US 4x400 relay team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Young case goes to arbitration

Sport | Doping
2004-2-21

THE world governing athletics body will submit within 24 hours documents arguing that world 400 meters champion Jerome Young should have missed the 2000 Sydney Olympics after a positive dope test in the previous year.

IAAF denies deal with Hunter

Sport | Athletics
2003-12-11

The IAAF ridiculed accusations by former shot put champion C.J. Hunter that officials promised to suppress news of his positive drug tests if he feigned an injury and withdrew from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Young ruling by month-end

Sport | Doping
2003-9-20

SPRINTER Jerome Young and his US relay teammates should know by the end of the month whether they'll be stripped of their gold medals from the Sydney Olympics for alleged doping offense.

Freeman returns to competitive tournament

Sport | Athletics
2002-7-25

CATHY Freeman is only running a relay leg at the Commonwealth Games. But the Olympic 400 meters gold medalist is reveling in her return to international competition.

Olympian to rescue

Sport | Olympics
2001-11-14

A CANADIAN Olympic diver jumped into a frigid river in Alberta, Calgary, on Monday to rescue a pregnant woman trapped inside her sinking car. Jeff Liberty was in a dog park when he saw Shannon Roberts' car crash through the fence and over the embankment. Liberty, 23, who took part in the Sydney Olympics, stripped to his boxers and dived into the river. Not able to touch the bottom of the river, he banged on the window and told the woman to roll it down. Roberts got it down part way and Liberty reached in to roll it down more and finally pulled her out. He was in the water for more than five minutes.