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...I.O.C. came down harshest on 16-year-old Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan, who forfeited a gold medal after being given a cold medicine by the team doctor. "We have applied the law," said I.O.C. director general Francois Carrard. "In the fight against doping we have to be tough and refrain from emotions and feelings." Crackdowns are seldom pretty...
...story that leads some to call these Olympics the "Dope Games," several track and field athletes are revealed as having tested positive for banned substances. Andreea Raducan, the Romanian gymnast who had won the coveted women's all-around event, is stripped of her gold medal for using another banned substance, found in cold medicine she took during the games...
...wasn't the only case that brought tears, either. Did you hear about the 16-year-old Romanian gymnast Andrea Raducan? She had to give back a gold medal because she took cold medicine for the sniffles - medicine a coach had given her. "We have applied the law," said IOC director general Fran?ois Carrard. "In the fight against doping we have to be tough and refrain from emotions and feelings." Sometimes that's hard...
...Olympic medal is a dream that Nott has been chasing since she was a schoolgirl. Slightly built, she was an accomplished gymnast but didn't make an Olympic team. She picked up volleyball and basketball and then zeroed in on soccer, making several national teams. She failed to make the team that competed in the 1996 Olympics, but a job with the Games' organizing committee got her to Atlanta anyway, and she took up weight lifting to stay in shape. "Tara's athletic background, mental toughness, physical gifts give her a great foundation for any sport, including weight lifting," says...
Nott, who at 5 ft. 1 in. and 105 lbs. looks like a pixie gymnast, claims she was not interested in competing as a weight lifter. She got hooked when she won nationals a mere eight months after her introduction to barbells. "It just came naturally to me," she says. The obvious question for her: What sport doesn...