THROWING NEWS: Olympic Gold Medalist Adam Nelson? I like the sound of that.

Four 2004 Olympians Lose Medals 
After Further Doping Tests
By MARY PILON
Published: December 5, 2012

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday stripped four track and field athletes of the medals they won at the 2004 Games in Athens for doping violations after reanalyzing their urine samples and detecting steroids.

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Adam Nelson of the United States could end up with the gold medal from the 2004 Olympic shot put.

One of the athletes is Yuriy Bilonog of Ukraine, who won gold in men’s shot put. Which means Adam Nelson of the United States would now be recognized as the Gold Medal Winner. Nelson said he was elated after hearing the news of Bilonog’s positive test on Wednesday.
“I heard rumors about Yuriy and doping at the Games,” Nelson said. “But I dismissed them. But now it comes to light that it’s true.”"
Can't imagine only finding out now that you were the gold medalist, 8 years later...

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Here is video I took of Nelson winning the 2011 U.S. National Meet in Eugene, Oregon.
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