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Freestyle skier Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police in Utah said.

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Bossip

Former Olympian Antonio Pettigrew was found dead in Chatham County early Tuesday. North Carolina spokesman Matt Bowers said that Pettigrew, an assistant Tar Heels track coach, was discovered in his car.

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Bronze medalist Scott Lago apologized to U.S. officials and volunteered to leave the Olympic Games after racy pictures of him, his medal and a female fan showed up on the Internet, a spokesman for the U.S. ski and snowboard team confirmed Saturday.

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2012 London Olympics will be his last

The most decorated athlete in Olympic history began a five-day trip to Vancouver by making a little news of his own. Michael Phelps told reporters that the 2012 London Olympics will be his last and that he won’t attempt to repeat his eight-gold-medal performance in two years.
“I told myself I will not swim over the [...]

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