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	Ato Boldon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boldon finished fourth in the men's 100m sprint and was in the men's 4x100metre relay team that finished third at the 2001 World Championships, but was upgraded to bronze and silver medals in 2005 after the times of the American Tim Montgomery were removed from the record for doping violations.
		Ato Boldon is the eighth person to win an Olympic medal for Trinidad and Tobago (see Trinidad and Tobago Olympic medalists).
		Boldon was sworn in on February 14, 2006, as a Senator representing the Opposition United National Congress following the resignation of former Senator Roy Augustus, who resigned on February 13 in a dispute over the leadership style of Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ato_Boldon (402 words)

	ATO JABARI BOLDON
		Ato Boldon is the greatest sprinter ever to come out of Trinidad and Tobago, and possibly one of the greatest sprinters of all times.
		In December of 1996 Ato graduated for UCLA with a degree in Sociology.
		Ato's goals for the 1997 season are to run 9.79 in the 100m, and run 19.65 in the 200m.
	www.angelfire.com /mi/eligonj/ato.html (422 words)

	Trinidad & Tobago Olympic SPRINTER - ATO BOLDON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Club president Boldon, a beaver-trick winner between 1995 and 1998, was unchallenged for the Sportsman of the Year Award, his 100m silver and 200m bronze at the Sydney Olympics setting him apart from all the other contenders.
		Ato continues to improve, and by season's end his personal-best times are 9.87 and 19.77.
		Ato also leads the world at 200m, too, with a 19.88, and in so doing is the first person to lead the world in both sprint events since the Santa Monica Track Club's Mike Marsh did it in 1992.
	www.ttoc-tt.com /athletes/current/ato.html (1123 words)

	AtoBoldon.com - The Truth Hurts!
		Ato was a world champion and a 4-time Olympic medalist, one of the world's fastest humans, for seven consecutive years, between 1995 and 2001.
		Ato has been called on to open proceedings and be the opening speaker for world-renowned speakers such as Les Brown and Ret.
		In February of 2006, Ato was appointed as a senator in his country, at the age of 32.
	www.atoboldon.com (504 words)

	ABC Sport - The Goodwill Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But at least for Ato Boldon, the pain of being sprinting's almost man is eased by the fact that the man invariably just in front of him is his training partner and good mate, Maurice Greene.
		Although Boldon lives and trains with Greene in Los Angeles as part of the HSI team of John Smith and Emanuel Hudson, he hails from Trinidad and Tobago.
		Boldon has four Olympic medals - three bronze and a silver - and has been 100m world champion twice (1997 and 1999) and also won the 200m world title in 1997.
	www.abc.net.au /goodwillgames/profiles/boldon.htm (257 words)

	Dancing Brave Articles (1) - September 2001 (1)
		Boldon understands however, "that there will be people who will read one thing or another into this and I cannot help that, except to say to those who believe in me, that my motto is: win or lose clean and fair and no drugs." "Let's face the facts.
		"Ato is a complex person, he is a thinker, and he knows that he wants to do better in the 100 metres, but he also knows that there were reasons why he did not do as well as he and all of us wanted.
		Despite Ato Boldon's third place medal as part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4 x 100 metres relay team in the recent World Championships, there are still a lot of questions to be answered.
	www.andrebaptiste.com /dbarticles/2001/sept1.html (3314 words)

	Feature - Boldon's Atlanta experience spurring him on - ABC Coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games
		Four years ago, Ato Boldon lost his chance for Olympic 100 metres gold when he lost his concentration after a rival's false start in the final.
		Boldon, from Trinidad and Tobago, is rated as the biggest threat to his training partner and world record-holder, Maurice Greene, in the Olympic 100 metres.
		Articulate and intelligent, Boldon is competing in his third Olympics, having raced at 100 and 200 metres as a teenager in Barcelona in 1992.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics/2000/features/stories/s185603.htm (388 words)

	Ato Boldon - Caribbean Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bio: Ato Boldon was born in Port-Of-Spain in 1973 He left Trinidad for New York City in 1998, where, while playing soccer, he is discovered by head track coach Joe Trupiano at Jamaica High School in Queens, the following year he finished 3rd at the NY State meet, and 6th at 100m.
		In 2001 Boldon’s career was marked by controversy when he tested positive for the illegal substance and stimulant, Ephedrine.
		Ato maintains he had ingested it in medicine and not as a result of performance-enhancing steroids.
	www.afiwi.com /caribbean/halloffame/Ato_Boldon.html (305 words)

	JS Online: Sprinter Ato Boldon Hurt in Accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Boldon, who was alone, was driving to his home in Westmoorings, about 5 miles west of the accident scene.
		Boldon's car sustained heavy damage to the front end, but he walked away from the accident.
		Boldon cited lack of fitness after a series of poor results.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/oly02/jul02/ap-run-boldon-acci072602.asp?format=print (177 words)

	Ananova - Lay off Linford, pleads Boldon
		Ato Boldon, who is gunning for gold in the 100m and 200m in Sydney, has called for an end to what he calls a "witch-hunt" against Linford Christie.
		Boldon admits he will never forget how he and Christie nearly came to blows when the Briton held up the 1996 Olympic final after being red carded by the track referee.
		Boldon, then a fledgling 22-year-old, believes the lack of concentration their row caused cost him the gold medal, but insists it is now water under the bridge.
	www.ananova.com /sport/story/sm_60083.html (530 words)

	CNN/SI - IAAF World Championships - Ato Boldon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Born in Port-of-Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, Boldon moved to New York City in 1989.
		Boldon, whose role model, Trinidadian Hasely Crawford, won the 100m at the Olympics in 1976, has continued to sizzle in the meets leading up to Athens.
		Boldon's competitors in the 100m include training partners Jon Drummond and Maurice Greene, who train at UCLA under coach John Smith.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/events/1997/wca/bios/boldon.html (181 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Sprinters share much more than Olympic dream
		While Greene is favored in the 100, he pulled up lame in the 200 final at the U.S. trials and did not qualify for the Olympics in that event.
		That has left Boldon, the 1996 Olympic bronze medalist at 200 meters, as the favorite in that race.
		But Boldon is happy to sit back and listen to Greene proclaim over and over that he's the favorite in the 100.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/track/s/0920house.html (597 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Boldon will be one of a number of athletes honoured for their contribution to the sport at the Crowne Plaza Hotel this weekend.
		Boldon is also a top contender for the sportsman of the year award, following his 100m victory at the National Open Track and Field Championships in 10.09.
		Boldon achieved his aim of winning a major title when he claimed gold in the 200m at the 1997 World Championships before securing the Commonwealth 100m title a year later.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=27791.html (555 words)

	trinicenter.com - Ato and politicians in election season
		Last week Boldon's handlers issued a media release stating that all arrangements for his visit are to be handled by the TandT Chamber of Commerce.
		Boldon's schedule in TandT will be controlled by the Chamber, headed by Hubert Alleyne (a close family friend).
		Little does Ato know that if he won Gold at the Olympics, the Basdeo Panday UNC would have made financial advances to him in such quantities that would have made it difficult for him to refuse to be part of their propaganda campaign.
	www.trinicenter.com /TrinidadandTobagoNews/Oct/Atoandpoliticians.htm (338 words)

	T&T's Track & Field.
		Boldon, who was drawn in lane one, told the Express he was disappointed about not finishing the race.
		Boldon’s American coach, John Smith, blamed the sprinter’s lack of prepararation for poor results that led to his decision to end the season.
		Though he had openly criticised Ato Boldon during the much publicised “A House for Boldon” controversy, the Trinidad and Tobago track star is grateful to the Fifa vice-president for his contribution to local track and field.
	www.socawarriors.net /Track_&_Field.htm (15869 words)

	Ato Boldon Wins 200m Bronze Medal :: Sprinter becomes first UCLA multi-medal winner at 2000 Olympics.
		Ato Boldon captured his second medal at the 2000 Olympics when he won bronze in the 200m.
		Boldon, who hails from Trinidad & Tobago and is coached by UCLA sprints coach John Smith, finished in a time of 20.20.
		It is Boldon's second medal of the 2000 Games and the fourth medal in his career.
	uclabruins.collegesports.com /sports/m-track/spec-rel/092800aaa.html (214 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		It was without much fanfare that local sprint star Ato Boldon left this country after months of rest.
		Boldon, 28, had taken a break from track, but speculation was ripe that he had quit the sport.
		In this exclusive interview with ESSIBA SMALL, Boldon talks about his career, his detractors, why he needed to get away from TandT for a while and why this interview may be the last of its kind.
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2003-06-05/mws1.html (1871 words)

	L.A. Invitational Indoor Track Meet/Ato Boldon Enters 50-meter dash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Boldon emerged as one of the world' top sprinters last year, though the season started on a bad note.
		Boldon avenged that mistake-which probably cost the Bruins the team title-with a victory in the 200 meters in a career best 20.24.
		Boldon's big moment came at the World Championships in Goeteborg, Sweden, when he ran a lifetime best 10.03 to finish third in the 100 final behind Canada's Donovan Bailey and Bruno Surin.
	home.earthlink.net /~wrldclssprts/2story.htm (296 words)

	RW: Road to Sydney: 2000 Olympics: Men's 100 meter Dash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dwain Chambers, the youngest man of the final at 22, was looking to be his closest challenger but Green's training partner Ato Bolden (whose 0.136 was actually the quickest reaction time), moved into a clear second and he ran a strong 9.99.
		Ato Boldon (10.13) and surprise qualifier Aziz Zakari (10.16) from Ghana.
		Ato and I had a bet to see who can win in the first round with the slowest time.
	www.runnersworld.com /events/road2sydney/sydney/events/m100m.html (1970 words)

	L.A. Invitational Indoor Track Meet/Ato Boldon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Boldon won the 200m, with a track record mark of 20.24.
		In his 100m semi heat, Boldon, the favorite was not able to compete in the 100m final.
		His 20.08 winning time in the 200m was a stadium record, personal best, a new UCLA school mark and the second-best time in Pac-10 history.
	home.earthlink.net /~wrldclssprts/boldon.htm (145 words)

	BBC News \| Commonwealth Games \| Boldon smashes Christie's Games record
		Boldon, who had never won a 100m championship, came home in 9.88 seconds.
		Boldon's time was his fastest ever and was the fourth fastest of all time, only a fraction of a second slower than Donovan Bailey ran in the Atlanta Olympics.
		Boldon, who won the world 200m title last year at the world championships, refused to allow his challengers to close on him and raised a victory salute as he crossed the line.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/commonwealth_games/173310.stm (185 words)

	GUY BOLDON SAYS- ATO WAS INJURED by Andre Baptiste September 24th, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ato Boldon’s silver medal in the 100 metres in Sydney on Saturday may have more to do with an old injury from 1999, than Maurice Greene, says his father Guy.
		“Ato’s leg has been bothering him for the whole season, that is why he has not had a particularly good season this year, he will not admit it publicly, because this is a mind game and he would not have wanted to give his rivals any physiological advantage,”Guy Boldon told the Sunday Express.
		Guy Boldon was one of the major players behind the selection of the new visionaries to run the NAAA, and he admits now,” I have to apologize to the public of Trinidad and Tobago for this..but we will do something soon about this.”
	www.cornelis-associates.com /dancing-brave/dbarticles/general/240900g.html (328 words)

	ATO BOLDON ON MARRIAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ato Boldon says that he would not consider retirement even if he won two gold medals at the Olympic games," To do it again.
		On the selection policy of Trinidad and Tobago for the Olympic Games, Boldon declared," I think that at some point we have to get past this public service sort of team that we pick, the ones who have tenure.
		While Ato has no regrets on the track, he did admit to a personal regret," Personally I think I would have handled the whole thing with my daughter a bit differently.
	www.cornelis-associates.com /dancing-brave/dbarticles/general/2306002g.html (814 words)

	Athletes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		"It's a bit much to ask me to come here and run against the world's best in borrowed shoes." Johnson's shoes were a size-and-a-half too small for Boldon, and at the race's end he made a great show of taking them off as quickly as he could to relieve what he said were swollen feet.
		Boldon escaped suspension because, under IAAF rules, the infraction was only punishable by a public warning.
		Boldon said he only ingested the drug while taking a cold remedy because he was ill after a long trip to South Africa earlier in the year.
	www.athens2004.com /en/ParticipantsAthletes/newParticipants?pid=9004005 (753 words)

	BBC SPORT \| ATHLETICS \| Boldon comes out fighting
		Boldon's offence was made public five months later
		Ato Boldon has defended his reputation after it was revealed he failed a drugs test earlier this year.
		Boldon never found his form this season and finished fourth in the 100m at the World Championships in Edmonton last month.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/athletics/1553675.stm (416 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Principal of St Joseph’s Convent, San Fernando, Dinnara Bainey, blushed as she took the hand of former Olympic medallist Ato Boldon “to finally meet him in the flesh,” and welcome him to her school on Tuesday...
		Ato Boldon’s challenge was never the inability to speak.
		Retired Olympic medallist Ato Boldon has said he is on a mission to help anyone who has the passion and drive to excel in the field of athletics...
	www.guardian.co.tt /G_I_E.html (2377 words)

	Raffique Shah - Reality Checks
		Yet, in the face of all the hype of “Golden Boldon”, there were those among us who knew of the uncertainties of such events, and more than that, the fact that the absence from the race of Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene did not necessarily mean that Ato was sure to win.
		Whereas before Sydney Ato seemed to be incapable of beating Greene in the 100, by the time the Games came around the American was nursing a minor injury, and more than that, he had been beaten in a few races.
		I sound this warning at a critical time, not for Ato, since there is no more pressure on him to perform (which is why he’d probably break the 100 record), but for our football team.
	www.trinicenter.com /Raffique/Oct/realitychecks.htm (979 words)

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