Mr. and Mrs. X III

[marknhj]

She won medals in 4 major championships. He was part of a WR relay team. Who are they?
(Jon banned from answering for 24 hrs.)

[Rob]

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[satch400]

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mark lutz and mary decker.no capital letters to keep kuha happy

[Rob]

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[marknhj]

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Damn...you're correct of course. I should have banned you as well as Jon, I knew it was an easy one for the Brits! (Actually, behind the scenes on email Jon sent an incorrect answer!)

I have to say that I've always thought Kathy was one of those athletes whose career record was significantly impacted by the drug cheats of her era. I went to school with her; she was supremely talented but hated training, her work load was very light. From what I remember she worked out like a club athlete. She and Gary were among the nicest people you could meet in athletics.

[marknhj]

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>Ordinarily I would have said Gary & Kathy Cook (nee Smallwood)...

...Gary
>was part of the 4x800m WR relay team and Kathy won medals at 'several' major
>Champs, but if you only count Olympic Games & World Champs, then it's 3 (1980,
>1983 & 1984), whereas if you include European Champs as well then it's 5 (1978
>& 1982)...so I guess it's another couple?

Mea culpa for not being specific. I meant in Olympic, World, European & Commonwelth's but was not counting multiples of any.

[Pego]

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<>mark lutz and mary decker.

I thought Decker was married to Richard Slaney, or am I out of date?>

Before Slaney she was married to Tabb.

[marknhj]

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Hey Pego...do you know the guy who wrote this article? He's from your neck of the woods. Seems like a strange arguement from someone who lectures on medical ethics:

http://www.detnews.com/2004/editorial/0 ... 110220.htm

I know this belongs on the THG board but nobody reads that. Also I changed the direction of this thread with my comments about Kathy being robbed (come to think of it my question got "robbed" too!)

[Rob]

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[hijumpsteve]

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>mark lutz and mary decker.no capital letters to keep kuha happy

satcheroo, you have your Mark Lutz and Mary Decker amours confused. Mark was /(is ?) married to Francie Larrieu.

Mary was married to Ron Tabb, then later married to Richard Slaney.

[tandfman]

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The Larrieu-Lutz marriage did not last many years. She subsequently re-married, I think to a guy named Smith.

[MJD]

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>The Larrieu-Lutz marriage did not last many years. She subsequently
>re-married, I think to a guy named Smith.

Right. I don't even remember her being married to Lutz. Must have been a while ago.

[Rob]

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[Pego]

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<Hey Pego...do you know the guy who wrote this article? He's from your neck of the woods. Seems like a strange arguement from someone who lectures on medical ethics:>

Yes Mark, I know Dr. Fost. He is a rather highly regarded medical ethicist nationally. I never heard him commenting on drugs (recreational, prescription or performance enhancing). All I can say is that you can find apologists for just about anything.

[Pego]

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<He is a former track star, with 2 Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze; she comes from another sport and won 4 Gold, 3 Silver & 2 Bronze.>

I don't know who this couple is, but Odlozil (silver 1500 Tokyo) and Caslavska (numerous gymnastics medals) had a son, whose only claim to fame is to have stabbed his father to death.