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	Gail Devers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a two-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team.
		In the final of the 100 m hurdles, Devers' lead event, she seemed to be running towards a second gold medal when she hit the final hurdle and stumbled over the finish line in fifth place, leaving Voula Patoulidou from Greece as the upset winner.
		After these Olympics, Devers concentrated on the hurdles event, winning the World Championship again in 1999, but she had to forfeit for the semi-finals at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gail_Devers (377 words)

	Gail Devers - Wikipedia
		Devers war eine vielversprechende Medaillenhoffnung an den Olympischen Spielen 1988 in Seoul, doch dann bekam sie Gesundheitsprobleme.
		Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1992 in Barcelona gewann Devers den 100 m-Lauf äußerst knapp vor der Jamaikanerin Juliet Cuthbert.
		Danach konzentrierte sich Devers auf die Hürden und gewann 1999 erneut den Weltmeistertitel.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gail_Devers (265 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Gail Devers
		Devers became ill the following year and the problem was eventually diagnosed as Graves' Disease, a severe type of hyperthyroidism, and it was thought for a time that her feet might have to be amputated.
		Devers was leading in the 100-meter hurdles when she stumbled and fell over the last hurdle, ending up fifth.
		Devers repeated in the hurdles at the 1995 world championships and in the 100-meter dash at the 1996 Olympics.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/deversga.shtml (274 words)

	ESPN.com - OLY/SUMMER04/TRACKANDFIELD - Devers pulls up lame in 100-meter hurdle prelims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ATHENS, Greece -- Gail Devers, the most talented yet star-crossed hurdler of her generation, failed once again in the Olympics as she was struck by injury before the first hurdle.
		Devers, 37, who has three world championships in the 100-meter hurdles, favored her left leg coming out of the blocks, then let out a scream and pulled up short as if tugged from behind with a string.
		Devers, who was helped off as her fellow runners watched from the finish line with concern, hurt her leg in practice a week ago on a high school track in Duluth, Ga., and wore a heavy bandage during three rounds of the 100 meters on Friday and Saturday before being eliminated in the semifinals.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/trackandfield/news/story?id=1865042 (775 words)

	Gail Devers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A young talent in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles, Devers was in training for the (Click link for more info and facts about 1988 Summer Olympics) 1988 Summer Olympics, started experiencing health problems, suffering from among others (A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men) migraine and vision loss.
		The photo finish showed Devers had narrowly beaten (A country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism) Jamaican Juliet Cuthbert.
		After these Olympics, Devers concentrated on the hurdles event, winning the World Championship again in 1999, but she had to forfeit for the semi-finals at the (Click link for more info and facts about 2000 Summer Olympics) 2000 Summer Olympics.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/gail_devers.htm (434 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Track and Field - Devers tears hamstring, fails to qualify in hurdles - Wednesday ...
		Devers, a three-time world champion in the 100-meter hurdles, has said she might have retired in 1996 if she had won a hurdles medal at the Atlanta Games.
		Devers was near the lead in the semifinal when she suddenly slowed between the fourth and fifth hurdles.
		Devers, who won hurdles world championships in 1993, 1995 and 1999 and set the U.S. record of 12.37 seconds at last year's world championships in Spain, made a heroic recovery from a serious illness just to compete in the 1992 Olympics.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2000/track_and_field/news/2000/09/26/devers_out (675 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Devers finished first in the 100m hurdles at the 2003 World Athletics Final in September.
		In July, Devers earned a first-place finish and became a 5-time Olympian in the 100m hurdles at the Olympic Trials and will be competing in that event in Athens.
		Devers will also be competing in the 100m in Athens.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=889 (176 words)

	A true ambassador / Track owes Gail Devers a debt of gratitude
		Gail Devers had finished first, again, at age 37, by the length of the hair whipping over her head and across the finish line in a snappy 12.547 seconds (yes, that third place beyond the decimal point was necessary).
		The more Devers is on the track in Athens, on TV and on fans' minds, the less any of that focus slides to the D-word, the one that poked its big nose into the trials and that won't be stopped by any torch-lighting halfway around the world next month.
		Devers is one arbitration board decision away from qualifying in the 100-meter dash; if Torri Edwards, who tested positive for a banned stimulant last year, loses the case to be heard today, she doesn't go to Athens, and Devers -- fourth in the 100 final last week --
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/19/SPGGF7NS5U1.DTL (842 words)

	Olympic Spirit - Gail Devers
		Gail worked hard, and when the Olympics arrived, she competed in the 100-meter finals and won the gold medal.
		Gail went on to win the gold medal again in the 100-meter dash at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, becoming the second woman to accomplish the feat of winning this prestigious event in two Olympic Games.
		Discipline was the key to Gail Devers' ability to overcome the disease and stage the comeback to reach her Olympic dream.
	www.edgate.com /copernedit/html/summergames/inactive/olympic_spirit/gail_devers.html (487 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Three-time champion Gail Devers eliminated in 100 hurdles
		SAINT-DENIS, France – Three-time world champion Gail Devers was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday, yet another disappointment for a U.S. team that has struggled at the World Championships.
		Devers, who was favored for a fourth title because of her domination on the track circuit this summer, finished third in her semifinal heat – from which only the top two runners qualified for the final.
		Devers stumbled after hitting the fifth of the 10 hurdles and never was able to catch the leaders.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20030826-1213-run-worlds-devers.html (286 words)

	USATODAY.com - A new spring in an old step (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Devers has won three Olympic golds as a sprinter; she has never won a medal in the hurdles, where she is the nine-time USA champion.
		Devers refuses to dwell on those disappointments as she prepares for the Saturday-Sunday trials in the hurdles, where she's ranked second in the world this year and first among Americans.
		Devers' 100 at the trials brought a smile to the face of Greg Foster, the 1984 men's 110-meter hurdles Olympic gold medalist and longtime friend of Devers.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/track/2004-07-15-devers_x.htm (837 words)

	Sharp Devers give Jones a break - Athletics -
		Sacramento, California: Gail Devers qualified for her fifth Olympics by winning the 100-metre hurdles at the US trials on Sunday, opening the door for Marion Jones to possibly defend her 100m crown at Athens.
		She lost in a 1988 semi-final, fell to finish fifth in the 1992 final, was fourth in 1996 and pulled her left hamstring in a 2000 semi-final.
		Devers was fourth in the 100m final, one spot ahead of Jones, but Devers could move into a 100m Olympic berth depending upon the outcome of a Monday doping hearing for Torri Edwards, a 100m and 200m Olympic qualifier.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/07/19/1090089094923.html (424 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Q&A: Gail Devers on getting better with age, elusive gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At age 36, Gail Devers is still setting American records, as just last week she broke the 60-meter hurdles record with a time of 7.78 seconds while competing at the Verizon Millrose Games.
		Devers, the two-time Olympic champion in the 100-meter sprint and three-time world champion in the 100-meter hurdles, defies all her skeptics by continually competing and winning regardless of her age.
		GAIL DEVERS: The reason came that at this stage, Bobby (Kersee, her former coach) was a little busy, and I've always been hands-on with my coach.
	www.olympic-usa.org /11611_12356.htm (1674 words)

	Injury knocks Gail Devers out of Olympics - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Devers pulled up at the first hurdle, fell to the ground and had to be assisted off the track.
		Devers, a two-time champion in the 100-meter dash, has never medaled in the hurdles.
		Devers failed to advance to the final of the 100, finishing seventh in her semifinal heat.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040822-020213-2323r.htm (217 words)

	"Thyroid Dysfunction", by Olympic champion Gail Devers - DrDonnica.com - The First Name in Women's Health
		Olympic champion sprinter and hurdler, Gail Devers, was once the fastest woman in the world despite a life-threatening condition that slowed her down: Graves' Disease.
		Gail Devers: “The symptoms that I had were fatigue, depression, weight loss (I was at my worst under 89 pounds), hair loss and there were just a wide range of symptoms that I had.”
		Gail Devers: “What I want women to know is that if you’re having any of these symptoms from fatigue, depression, weight loss, weight gain, dry hair, brittle nails.
	www.drdonnica.com /celebrities/00001165.htm (275 words)

	It's a struggle, but Gail Devers qualifies in 100 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		She finished fourth in her quarterfinal heat in 11.31 seconds, and the top three in each heat automatically qualified for the semifinals along with the next four fastest times.
		Devers had the 16th-fastest time, edging Russia's Irina Khabarova by one-hundredth of a second for the last semifinals berth.
		As is her custom in the preliminary rounds, Devers, 37, did not stop to talk to reporters afterward – leaving them to speculate about her condition.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040821/news_lz1x21gail.html (234 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Gail Devers \| PBS
		Devers began running in high school; later, at the University of California at Los Angeles, Devers won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 100-metre dash in 1988 and set an American record of 12.61 sec in the 100-metre hurdles, which she held or shared for three years.
		She suffered from migraine headaches, sleeplessness, and fainting spells; in 1990 her condition was diagnosed as Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder.
		In 1992, less than 17 months after doctors had considered amputating her feet, Devers won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, and was leading in the 100-metre hurdles before stumbling and finishing fifth.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/gail_devers.html (239 words)

	Mitch Horowitz - Gail Devers Profile
		Devers credits her comeback to drive, determination, and affirmative thought – “I think positive begets positive, and the same is true on the opposite side.
		Fearing ejection from competition for using banned substances, Devers refused the drugs that were intended to mitigate side effects from the radiation therapy required to treat her enlarged thyroid.
		Devers was so distraught over her appearance – “alligator woman,” she called herself – that she covered all the mirrors in her Los Angeles home.
	www.mitchhorowitz.com /gail-devers.html (2246 words)

	L.A. Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was an awkward scene, Devers tumbling into the first hurdle, somehow ending up under it, as the rest of the field exploded down the track.
		Devers, the proud champion, had to be carried off the track for what was her last Olympics.
		Devers had failed in the hurdles for the fifth consecutive time at the Olympics, yet talked like someone who had won by the attempt.
	www.dailynews.com /Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2352658,00.html (930 words)

	The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Profile of Olympian Gail Devers \| The Daily Grail
		Devers cites her favorite Scripture passage as Hebrews 11:1: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” With this in mind, she prays all the time.
		Devers insists that her Olympic comeback was one part work, one part faith.
		While Devers’ marriage to a fellow runner ended in divorce amid the pressures of her illness, her childhood family remains a wellspring of support.
	www.dailygrail.com /node/266 (2362 words)

	Gail Devers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1988, after the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, Gail Devers’ track and field performance plummetted as she struggled from excessive fatigue, forgetfulness and weight loss.
		In 1996, Gail won the 100-meter hurdles Olympic Gold Medal again, becoming the first woman to win the prestigious event two Olympics in a row.
		Gail is impassioned about promoting thyroid awareness through her national education campaign with the AACE.
	www.dmswire.com /gaildevers.htm (320 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| WORLD OLYMPIC ATHLETES \| Gail Devers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Devers did get an extra spot in the 100m after Torrie Edwards was kicked out of the US team for failing a drugs test.
		Only two other US athletes have ever done it, and it gives 37-year-old Devers the chance to win a medal in the hurdles, amazingly something she has never done.
		Devers may still get the chance to win the 100m for a third time as sprinter Torri Edwards may be kicked out of the US squad if she is found guilty of using a banned stimulant.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/2004/world_olympic_athletes/newsid_3934000/3934135.stm (148 words)

	10News.com - Sports - Gail Devers Spearheads Fundraiser For New Track
		Olympian Gail Devers challenged the school to raise the money to add to the hundreds of thousands of dollars she has already arranged to have pledged from corporate sponsors.
		The Gail Devers Olympic Torch Relay Marathon begins at the high school track at 3:30 p.m.
		Devers graduated from Sweetwater High in 1984 but no longer lives in the area.
	www.thesandiegochannel.com /sports/3669579/detail.html (215 words)

	Devers, Gail -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gail Devers soars over a hurdle at the Olympic trials in 2000.
		In less than two years, U.S. track and field athlete Gail Devers went from being seriously ill with Graves' disease to winning an Olympic gold medal.
		Yolanda Gail Devers was born on Nov. 19, 1966, in Seattle, Wash., and grew up in San Diego, Calif. She began as a distance runner in high school but soon found success by switching…
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311001?tocId=9311001&query=graves (662 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| olympics \| olympic stars Gail Devers
		Gail Devers has defied a life-threatening disease and the ravages of time to pursue the one title that has eluded her in five Olympics.
		However Devers cannot hold back time for ever, and she faces a formidable challenge in Athens from Canada's Perdita Felicien, the 23-year-old student who snatched the world title in Paris last year after Devers crashed out in the semifinals.
		Devers says she welcomes the challenge, but don't believe for a moment that the old lady of the US team is just in Athens for the sunshine.
	sport.iafrica.com /olympics/goldengreats/338903.htm (583 words)

	Gail Devers Highlights List of Former and Current Bruins on the Olympic Team :: Monique Henderson Named to Relay Team, ...
		Thirty-seven-year old Gail Devers (UCLA '89) stole the show on the final day of competition at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, winning the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.55.
		Devers will be competing in her fifth Olympic Games where she hopes to garner her first Olympic medal in the hurdles.
		Hayes finished second to Devers with an identical time of 12.55, but the win was awarded to Devers with a time of 12.547, while Hayes' time was 12.549.
	uclabruins.collegesports.com /sports/w-track/recaps/071904aaa.html (519 words)

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