Anthony Famiglietti, a 2004 and 2008 Olympian in the steeplechase, stopped taking synthetic thyroid hormone two months after being given a prescription for it in 2011.
The steeplechase follows, a 3, 105m course featuring three brush fences that have to be jumped three times and, once again, it must be completed within a time limit.
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He went on to win a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Meanwhile, Saif Shaheen Saeed, the Kenyan-born Qatari, failed in his attempt on his own world record in the 3000m steeplechase, coming home almost three seconds off the pace in seven minutes 56.54 seconds.
Even an empty jetty, like the melancholy Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island in New York, draws Russian and Chinese fishermen eager to net the tiny fish that gleam in silver schools round the piles, for the little fry will catch bigger fish, and the bigger ones (mostly herring) are worth curing and eating.
Spain's Antonio Jiminez outsprinted European record holder Simon Vroeman to win gold in the 3000m steeplechase.
It was less than an hour before the start of the 150th running of the world's greatest steeplechase that the alarm was raised.
Kenya have now won the last six Olympic 3, 000 steeplechase golds and the three medalists embraced in a joyful jig at the end before embarking on their joint lap of honour.
And know we know what it feels like riding steeplechase on the back of Peter Dinklage.
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Jo Ankier, a late inclusion in the 3, 000m steeplechase, was never in contention as world champion Dorcus Inzikuru scored a runaway win in 9:21.80.
The men's 3, 000m steeplechase has also been affected, with nine athletes from only five nations making up the entire list of entrants for the event.
The horse was the highest British finisher in the race, which is the world's richest steeplechase, coming fifth.
Meanwhile, Spanish veteran Marta Dominguez finally claimed her first gold medal when taking the women's 3, 000m steeplechase.
Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya broke clear in a frantic last lap to clinch the men's 3, 000 metres steeplechase gold medal.
ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) -- Ezekiel Kemboi led home a jubilant Kenyan clean sweep of the medals in the men's Olympic 3, 000 meters steeplechase final on Tuesday.
And if someone had the notion to try to do so, the not-in-my-backyard outcry and regulatory steeplechase required would hold up a project for years.
Spain's 3000m steeplechase world champion Marta Dominguez has confirmed that she will race in the women's event in Dublin.
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