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  Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admits doping - USATODAY.com
Pettigrew admitted on Thursday in a federal courtroom here that he used banned performance enhancers from 1997 to 2001 after enjoying a long and successful career in which he passed all drug tests.
Federal prosecutors called Pettigrew to testify against his former coach Trevor Graham, who is on trial for allegedly lying to investigators about his relationship with a prolific steroids dealer.
Pettigrew, who is godfather to Graham's daughter, testified that he began doping at Graham's suggestion.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/2008-05-23-2797936221_x.htm   (888 words)

  
 Sydney relay champion Antonio Pettigrew agrees to give back Olympic gold medal - News
Pettigrew's decision to give up the gold for the 4x400-meter relay was expected, considering his testimony in the Graham trial.
Pettigrew's decision came a day after one of his relay teammates at the Sydney Olympics, Michael Johnson, said he would voluntarily give his medal back in the wake of Pettigrew's testimony.
Pettigrew's testimony means that three of the four runners from the U.S. relay team in the 2000 Olympic finals have been tainted by drugs.
www.aol.com.au /news/story/Sydney-relay-champion-Antonio-Pettigrew-agrees-to-give-back-Olympic-gold-medal/547261/index.html   (682 words)

  
 University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site
And now Antonio Pettigrew enters his second season as an assistant coach at North Carolina, where he will share his vast knowledge and expertise with the Tar Heel sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams.
Pettigrew was an integral part of the UNC coaching staff in his first year in Chapel Hill as he helped coach eight NCAA regional qualifiers, an ACC Champion 4x400 men's relay team and an American record-setting and indoor national champion DMR relay squad.
Pettigrew comes to Carolina from Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, where he spent the last three years as director of cross country and track and field.
tarheelblue.cstv.com /sports/c-track/mtt/pettigrew_antonio00.html   (308 words)

  
 Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admits doping - Boston.com
Pettigrew testified that Graham encouraged him in 1997 to inject human growth hormone and the oxygen-boosting drug EPO, which are both banned in track.
Once he began taking the banned substances, Pettigrew said he was able to run 400 meters in under 43 seconds for the first time.
Pettigrew initially lied to federal investigators and denied doping when they first talked to him in February 2005.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2008/05/22/steroids_dealer_got_drugs_for_grahams_athletes   (478 words)

  
 Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com
Pettigrew’s testimony means that three of the four runners in the finals on the US relay team have been tainted by use of steroids and other performance boosters.
Pettigrew was subpoenaed to testify in the trial of his longtime coach Trevor Graham.
Pettigrew’s decision to give up his gold medal for the 1600-meter relay, including all the other awards he had won since 1997, did not surprise many.
www.isteroids.com /blog   (1809 words)

  
 Antonio Pettigrew
Competing in his fourth Olympic Trials, Pettigrew made his first Olympic Team in 2000 when he placed third in the 400...has the second-fastest relay leg in history, a 43.1 to help the U.S. to gold at the 1997 World Championships.
His split in that race was second only to Michael Johnson's 42.94.
Pettigrew's speed is matched by his voluntarism; he is a volunteer assistant coach for St. Augustine's and he also volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House: 'I'm enjoying that a lot...
www.usatf.org /athletes/bios/oldBios/2002/Pettigrew_Antonio.asp   (636 words)

  
 Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admits doping | Local News | News for Charlotte, North Carolina | WCNC.com | Local Sports
SAN FRANCISCO -- Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew admitted publicly for the first time Thursday that he used performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful sprinting career in which he passed all drug tests.
Gatlin, like Pettigrew, was once a member of Graham's Sprint Capitol USA team in Raleigh, N.C., which also included sprinters Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery -- both of whom are now imprisoned.
Pettigrew, now an assistant track coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, testified that Graham encouraged him in 1997 to inject human growth hormone and the oxygen-boosting drug EPO, both banned in track.
www.wcnc.com /localsports/stories/wcnc-052208-mw-pettigrew.1c8d0f5e.html   (846 words)

  
 Duff Wilson - The New York Times
The Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew ackowledged Thursday in federal court that he used performance enhancing drugs from 1997 to 2001.
The sprinter Antonio Pettigrew obtained illicit performance-enhancing drugs during a four-year period according to a drug advisor and distributor who testified in federal court Wednesday.
A government witness list publicly identified sprinter Antonio Pettigrew as a user of banned performance-enhancing drugs for the first time.
topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/people/w/duff_wilson/index.html?inline=nyt-per   (566 words)

  
 Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admits doping - Examiner.com
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew admitted publicly for the first time Thursday that he used performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful sprinting career in which he passed all drug tests.
The admission came during the last day of testimony for the government in the trial of his former coach, Trevor Graham, who is accused of lying to federal authorities investigating doping in sports.
Gatlin, like Pettigrew, was once a member of Graham's Sprint Capitol USA team in Raleigh, N.C., which also included sprinters Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery - both of whom are now imprisoned.
www.examiner.com /a-1405192~Sprinter_Antonio_Pettigrew_admits_doping.html   (1861 words)

  
 cbs13.com - Antonio Pettigrew Admits To Using HGH And EPO During His Track Career
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Olympic gold-medal sprinter Antonio Pettigrew on Thursday for the first time admitted taking performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful track career in which he passed all drugs tests.
Pettigrew, shown here competing at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, passed every drug test during his career.
cbs13.com /sports/Pettigrew.admits.doping.2.730510.html   (487 words)

  
 ABC News: Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew Admits Doping
Ex-Olympic champ Antonio Pettigrew admits doping in testimony at Trevor Graham trial
Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew admitted publicly for the first time Thursday that he used performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful sprinting career in which he passed all drug tests.
Gatlin, like Pettigrew, was once a member of Graham's Sprint Capitol USA team in Raleigh, N.C., which also included sprinters Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery — both of whom are now imprisoned.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=4907840   (499 words)

  
 ESPN - Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admits doping - Olympics
ESPN - Sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admits doping - Olympics
SAN FRANCISCO -- Olympic authorities now must decide whether Antonio Pettigrew will join the rogues' gallery of athletes stripped of gold medals for doping.
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sports.espn.go.com /espn/wire?section=oly&id=3409239   (1022 words)

  
 Sydney relay champion Antonio Pettigrew agrees to give back Olympic gold medal - AOL Sports
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DENVER (AP) - Former U.S. sprinter Antonio Pettigrew will return the Olympic relay gold medal he won in 2000 after admitting to doping during the Sydney Games.
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sports.aol.com /story/_a/sydney-relay-champion-antonio-pettigrew/n20080604034309990011   (697 words)

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