The event featured all three medalists from the London Games, Richards-Ross, Christine Ohuruogu and DeeDee Trotter.
After all, there are only three medalists, with just one earning the title of Olympic Champion.
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Did the most memorable gold medalists train in sophisticated, state-of-the-art facilities staffed by the experts of their field?
In an interview this week, Australian head coach Nugent lamented the retirement of Aussie gold-medalists Thorpe and Grant Hackett.
The Lingers, two-time Olympic gold medalists and three-time world champions, captured the doubles bronze with a time of 1:13.268.
Earlier Friday, Olympic silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the short dance with a career-best 79.02 points.
Of course, when it comes to endorsement opportunities, not all gold medals--and for that matter, not all gold medalists--are created equal.
However, it was not a great tournament for Great Britain's womens' compound team, who went out to eventual silver medalists Iran in the quarter-finals.
It is hard to argue that this is true in sports after watching the faces of the silver medalists during the London Olympic games.
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Porter was third at the U.S. trials last year to earn a trip to London, finishing behind the eventual Olympic gold and silver medalists.
Married medalists Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci (with seven golds between them in gymnastics from 1976 to 1984) have built a mini-empire catering to would-be Olympian gymnasts.
It's a sad certainty: Mere months, if not weeks, after the hordes leave the Olympic village in Beijing, most of the competitors--even the medalists--will slip from international consciousness.
Other big names in Saturday's meet include Olympic gold medalists Brittney Reese (long jump) and Jenn Suhr (pole vault) and silver medalist Jason Richardson in the 60-meter hurdles.
In Great Britain, cycling medalists may be treated like rock stars, but few spectators have been inspired to take up organizers on their suggestions to ride bicycles to Olympic Park.
Are we to believe two multi-medalists used the new drug this year, but that nobody used the old version either at Salt Lake City or in the Summer Olympics two years ago in Sydney?
Under the savvy sponsorship of Bob Hoffman, the founder of the York Barbell Company, in Pennsylvania, the national team produced a succession of gold medalists in the forties and fifties, including Tommy Kono, John Davis, and Paul Anderson.
His is the first name that springs to mind when Philippine sports officials discuss potential gold medalists -- though national sports commission chief Philip Juico is quick to point out that other athletes may be just as successful in bowling and men's basketball.
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