Kate Nye Wins Rare Silver Medal for US in Weightlifting
The United States has its best weightlifting result at the Olympics for 21 years. Kate Nye took silver for the United States’ best result in the sport since 2000.
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Weightlifting Coach Accepts 12-year Doping Sanction
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Weightlifting coach Michael Gingras has accepted a 12-year sanction from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for prohibited doping conduct.
USADA said Thursday that the 31-year-old Gingras, from Milwaukie, Oregon, admitted possessing, trafficking and administering testosterone, and possessing and trafficking LGD-4033, a selective androgen receptor modulator to an athlete.