Antonio Pettigrew DEAD: Olympic Gold Medalist Dies At 42

Poiuyt

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Tue Aug-10-10 02:44 PM
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Antonio Pettigrew DEAD: Olympic Gold Medalist Dies At 42

Edited on Tue Aug-10-10 02:48 PM by Poiuyt

Antonio Pettigrew, a former sprinter who was stripped of a gold medal he won at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, was found dead on Tuesday. He was 42 years old.

According to the AP, his body was found in his car in Chatham County, North Carolina.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/antonio-pettigrew-dead-di_n_677244.html

42 is too young to anyone to die, much less a trained athlete. There seem to be a lot of 40 something athletes who have died recently. RIP

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ceile

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Tue Aug-10-10 03:27 PM
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1. Looks like suicide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8902712.stm

Damn....

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