Archive for October 11, 2006
It’s finally official: Oerter has retired from the discus
After reading about Al Oerter’s near-fatal heart problems a few years back, I was certain that the four-time Olympic discus champ had called it quits. Not so, according to today’s New York Times. In an article about Al’s being honored on the 50th anniversary of his first gold medal, Frank Litsky writes that Oerter, now […]
October 11, 2006
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Dragila dissing masters? She says she’s oldest at 35
I’m one of Stacy Dragila’s biggest fans. I saw her set a world record at the 2000 Olympic Trials in Sacramento. And she’s still hanging in there, hoping to make the 2007 UAAF World Championships (in Osaka) and the 2008 Beijng Olympics. But in a story yesterday in her local Boise newspaper, she is quoted […]
October 11, 2006
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