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[bambam1729]

Jazzcyclist and EPelle in a really tight battle for supremacy...

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By my count that's 4 international level T&F athletes murdered/killed in the last 7-10 days

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Its been done 15 times, most of them at the same Olympics, although it has been awhile.

Class Year Event UGN USN NOC
Men 1896/1906...

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Well, I didn't do anything except admit I had looked and couldn't answer but it was difficult.

One small error. You said she competed in...

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No, I wouldn't have gotten this one. I looked it up already. Its a tough one....

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I'm only opinionated about 2 things on this board:

1) Sean Connery is James Bond and there is no debate about that.
2) Dabo Swinney...

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Can't tell from that description....

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I look at this thread and I only have one ? - rainbowgirl28 ?????...

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Dabo Swinney says no interest in LSU job. I suspect a major reason for that is he would have difficulty spelling LSU.

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And the Turischeva clue was the key to answering that - 9 medals for a woman pretty much narrows it down to gymnastics or swimming, and with the era having...

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Sorry, but I made a small mistake. I looked up Turishcheva (after I answered) and she also competed in 1968 - so 1968-76.

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Valery Borzov - his wife is Lyudmila Turishcheva, Soviet gymnast from 1972-76

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Yeah, I like this idea. Something new but interesting...

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Much earlier than that - here are the opening paragraphs of a chapter on doping I wrote in a book from about 30 years ago.

The history of...

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My sister-in-law used to be a sportscaster back in the late 80s and early 90s before she started having kids. She ended up being the female sideline sportscaster...

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No, that's wrong - I looked it up so can't answer again

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Elvira Ozolina

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This is rather disturbing - https://twitter.com/carofux/status/1448671457773596678

https://athletics.co.ke/2021-another-kenyan-athlete-m...

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Caruthers is not listed as ever having played in the NFL per pro-football-reference.com. We don't list him as an NFLer/Olympian and I've never heard that...

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Of course, I assumed you knew exactly what was going on....