Should Lovett Alum Be Awarded Olympic Gold During Upcoming Games?
Adam Nelson, a Lovett School alum, learned in December that he was the Olympic gold winner in the 2004 shotput competition after the named winner was recently disqualified for having used performance-enhancing drugs.
A movement to have a proper medal ceremony for Lovett School alumnus Adam Nelson is brewing on the Internet. Nelson won a silver medal after competing in the shotput event of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. However, Nelson will now likely receive the gold since it’s been recently discovered that the winner, Ukraine’s Yuriy Bilonog, was using performance-enhancing drugs. On the LetsRun.com message boards, some are discussing the possibility of awarding Nelson’s rightfully earned gold medal during the 2016 Olympic games in Rio. In a recent Sports Illustrated column, Tim Layden writes, “USA Track and Field should celebrate the moment as it would any other gold medal.” Layden suggests that the IAAF could award Nelson the gold at the world …
Andy Sverchek
11:15 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Absolutely 100% think that this should happen. Had the honor of losing to Adam in college. Hes a good guy, and did it the right way.... I also think the guilty ones should have to be there and watch as they recieve the medals. As well as paying a hefty fine. The only way to clean up track and field is to make the penalties severe enough to actually be a deterrent. more ›