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Andreas Krieger (born 20 July 1965 [1]) is a German former shot putter who competed on the women's East German athletics team at SC Dynamo Berlin as Heidi Krieger. He was systematically and unknowingly doped with anabolic steroids for years by East German officials, [ 2 ] which caused body chemistry issues.
Shot put Violette Morris (18 April 1893 – 26 April 1944) was a French athlete and Nazi collaborator who won two gold and one silver medal at the Women's World Games in 1921–1922. She was later banned from competing for violating "moral standards".
Claudia Losch (born 10 January 1960) is a retired German shot putter.She is the 1984 Olympic Champion.Shortly after the Olympics, she competed in the shot put at the Friendship Games in Prague, which were held as an event for sportspeople from Communist countries who were boycotting that year's Olympics: she was unable to repeat her Olympic medal success there. [1]
The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner's office identified Zhi Feng Zhao, 84, as a victim of the Eaton Fire. He died at his home in Altadena. He died at his home in Altadena. Italy's 1000 ...
Video and photos shared on social media showed homes and businesses in the tourist hotspot swamped by up to five feet of water while 11 people were killed storms that swept Italy earlier this week ...
The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29. The winning margin was 1.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by more than 1.2 metres at these championships.
The story was a great one: One of golf's best younger competitors finally winning his first major -- an American winning the U.S. Open -- after a battle with off-the-course issues.
On 13 August 2012, IOC announced that Nadzeya Ostapchuk had tested positive for metenolone both before and after winning the shot put event. [4] She was formally expelled from the games and her victory and medal removed from the records. The gold medal was then awarded to Valerie Adams, the silver to Yevgeniya Kolodko, and the bronze to Gong ...