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  • Olympic gold hero accuses Bush

    08/28/2004 10:50:57 PM PDT · by crushelits · 39 replies · 1,796+ views
    sport.guardian.co.uk ^ | Denis Campbell and Helena Smith in Athens | Sunday August 29, 2004
    America's biggest Olympic hero yesterday accused George Bush of exploiting the Athens Games for his own political advantage in the run-up to the presidential election. Carl Lewis, who won nine Olympic gold medals in athletics in a record-breaking career, condemned Bush for using the presence of Iraqi and Afghan teams in Athens in a television advertisement to boost his chances of re-election.
  • Olympic gold hero accuses Bush

    08/28/2004 5:16:27 PM PDT · by Hildy · 163 replies · 5,207+ views
    Drudge ^ | August 28, 2004
    America's biggest Olympic hero yesterday accused George Bush of exploiting the Athens Games for his own political advantage in the run-up to the presidential election. Carl Lewis, who won nine Olympic gold medals in athletics in a record-breaking career, condemned Bush for using the presence of Iraqi and Afghan teams in Athens in a television advertisement to boost his chances of re-election. Criticising Bush for linking his foreign policy with the two countries being allowed to compete here, Lewis said: 'I felt that was disingenuous. It is funny that we boycotted the 1980 Games [in Moscow] in support of Afghanistan,...