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Be it Ben Johnson, Marion Jones, Tonya Harding, Rulon Gardner, or even Jim Thorpe, Olympic athletes are no strangers to shame.
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After a string of setbacks, including having his toe amputated, surviving a motorcycle accident and a plane crash, Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner is now facing bankruptcy.
FORBES: After Amputation, Motorcycle Accident And Plane Crash, Olympic Gold Medal Wrestler Rulon Gardner Now Faces Bankruptcy
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Wrestler Rulon Gardner has faced enough obstacles to last a lifetime since his gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics when he defeated Russian Alexander Karelin, who had not lost for 13 years.
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The Tuesday announcement that the IOC was dropping wrestling entirely stunned Rulon Gardner, the American who pulled off a famous Olympic upset at the 2000 Sydney Games, when he beat Russian legend Aleksandr Karelin to win Greco-Roman gold.
WSJ: Wrestling Dropped From Olympics