In 1999, Kathy Jager was handed a two-year drug suspension after testing positive at Gateshead worlds for a menopause medicine (which she freely admitted to). Now she’s been sanctioned another two years for a positive test at Berea nationals. This changes things. How can she account for this? The Washington Post brief is here. More details to come. USADA’s press release from yesterday is below. This is second bust from Berea, following the punishment of thrower Craig Shumaker, who signaled his retirement from the sport. Geeezerjock magazine editor Sean Callahan wrote about Jager (JAY-ger) for Salon about six years ago.
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LONDON (AP) – The apartment was gleaming, the view was to die for, and London Olympic officials could not have been more pleased. British officials showed off a new apartment Tuesday in the athletes village for the 2012 London Olympics as they announced a milestone – more than 2,012 of the units are now complete.
The Olympic Games are the biggest sporting event in the world and no collegiate conference in the country comes close to matching the Olympic success of the Pac-12. With more medals than all but three countries and just 10 months away from the start of London Games, the Pac-12 has announced that it will celebrate its rich heritage of Olympic excellence by launching the “Follow The Pac-12 To London” campaign.To help kickoff the campaign, the
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Gonzalo Barriolhet’s bid to bring some hardware home for the XVI Pan American Games came up short Tuesday, but did not keep the Florida State graduate student from establishing a new personal best and Florida State school record in the decathlon.
Former Oregon star Becky Holliday captured a bronze medal in the women’s pole vault on the first day of track and field competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Tuesday.