Word: rower
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Among those who tested positive for banned substances were Latvian rower Andris Reinholds, who said his nandrolone came from a Chinese herbal supplement, and German runner Dieter Baumann, who alleged that a rival had spiked his toothpaste with steroids. Baumann got the silver in Excuses (heavyweight class). Gold went to Uzbekistan track coach Sergei Voynov, who claimed he had brought a large quantity of growth hormone into the country to help with his hair loss...
ANDRIS REINHOLDS The Latvian rower tested positive for NANDROLONE and blamed it on Chinese herbal medicine. Reinholds was expelled from the Olympics...
...course of the next several days, as the 2000 Games wind down, that there will probably be more drug violations. Even sadder, there will be medal winners who will never be caught, perhaps denying a "clean" athlete of a medal. It is unfortunate that every young swimmer, runner or rower should be suspected of drug use when he wins a medal, but it is a fair price to pay for perhaps one day having "the cleanest Games ever...
Actually Maclaurin almost didn't become a rower. He only picked up the sport in high school after being cut from the tennis team. Two years later, as a junior, he was a member of the high school national championship boat at New Hampshire's St. Paul...
...there is any fear of competition, it’s on the part of the older sibling. Art Koski-Karell laments that Dan is surpassing him as a rower and as a student. Another junior, whose brother will be a freshman next year, jokes that he might one-up her and interfere with the communication between her and her parents. Carmichael says simply of his sister, “She’s much smarter than I am.” Despite their semi-sarcastic apprehensions, they of course remain excited to be joined by a family member...