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	Javier Sotomayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Javier Sotomayor (born October 13, 1967), 1.94 metres tall, is a Cuban athlete who specializes in the high jump.
		Additionally, he won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics after the reversal of a drug suspension for cocaine use.
		Sotomayor has a rare dominance in the history of this event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Javier_Sotomayor (225 words)

	Fidel Castro Ruz, Presentation at a TV Special Program on the National and International Sports Movement broadcast live ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a result, Sotomayor, a humble athlete who had turned down millionaire offers as well as his mother, his wife and children would be forced to contend for the rest of their lives with the stigma of a "hard addict" or a "heavy cocaine user," as he was shamelessly qualified by some of his executioners.
		Sotomayor was already aware of rumors that he was guilty of doping, but he could not have imagined the accusation of cocaine consumption when he amply cleared 2.30 meters in a single jump, as he had done over 300 times throughout his brilliant career.
		What was most infuriating about the Javier Sotomayor case was that he was being stripped of his gold medal through charges of consuming a drug with such a volatile presence that there was no possibility whatsoever of using scientific means to irrefutably prove the fraud.
	www.cuba.cu /gobierno/discursos/1999/ing/f020999i.html (6979 words)

	CNN/SI - Olympics - Cuba defends Sotomayor against drug charge - Friday August 06, 1999 03:22 PM
		The Sotomayor case is the biggest drug scandal in track and field since Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was suspended and stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
		Sotomayor declared his innocence in interviews published and broadcast Thursday by Cuba's government-controlled media, saying he had never seen cocaine in his life and that he didn't even take vitamins.
		Sotomayor, the world indoor and outdoor record-holder and the only high jumper to clear 8 feet, won his fourth Pan Am gold in the high jump last Friday.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/1999/08/06/cuba_sotomayor_ap (575 words)

	Javier Sotomayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Javier Sotomayor first made his presence known on the international high jumping scene when he set an age-16 world best of 2.33m at Havana on 19 May 1984.
		Sotomayor marginally increased this to 2.38m in June 1988, and then at Salamanca on 8 September, not only did he improve his best to 2.40m on his first attempt, but he was then also successful on his second try at 2.43m, setting a new world record.
		Tragically, Javier was again denied the chance of Olympic competition less than three weeks later in Seoul, due to another boycott by the Cuban government.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1838 (349 words)

	Javier Sotomayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After Sjoberg was successful at his second attempt, Sotomayor decided to gamble his last two attempts at the next height of 2.41m, clearing the bar on his last attempt to win the gold medal.
		Besides that performance, Javier cleared 2.40m or higher on four occasions in the outdoor season, and was the only jumper able to clear that height during 1993.
		Javier then had two unsuccessful tries at a new world record of 2.46m before calling it a day.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1841 (337 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Cuba defends Sotomayor, points finger at CIA
		Sotomayor, who holds the World high-jump record of 2.45 meters, was stripped of his gold medal at the Games in Winnipeg, Canada, on Wednesday after cocaine was found in his urine.
		Sotomayor's mother Aurora Sanabria said in his hometown of Limonar in Matanzas province, western Cuba, that she had received a call from International Amateur Athletic Federation chief Primo Nebiolo.
		News of Sotomayor's doping was swept round the world by ''international news agencies, in their hunger to give dimension to events that might be negative for Cuba,'' it said.
	www.rediff.com /sports/1999/aug/07soto.htm (579 words)

	NewStandard: 8/17/99
		Sotomayor, meanwhile, faces a possible two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine at this month's Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he was stripped of the gold medal.
		Sotomayor was defended at the meeting by Cuba's delegate on the Council, 1976 Olympic 400- and 800-meter champion Alberto Juantorena, the head of Cuba's national track and field federation.
		Sotomayor is scheduled to undergo surgery for a herniated disc in his lower back and has withdrawn from the Aug. 21-29 World Championships in Seville.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-99/08-17-99/d03sp147.htm (759 words)

	ESPN.com - MORESPORTS - Sotomayor says he won't quit fighting
		Sotomayor tested positive for cocaine at last year's Pan American Games at Winnipeg and was banned until July 31, 2001.
		Sotomayor said he was "very bothered," by the decision and didn't think that the IAAF had taken into account the arguments that he and Cuban sports officials had presented to declare his innocence.
		Sotomayor said he wasn't daunted by the fight that lay ahead to seek to review the ruling.
	espn.go.com /moresports/news/2000/0629/610494.html (358 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1.94-m Sotomayor retired in 2001 under a cloud of controversy.
		He had won the gold at the Barcelona Olympics with a leap of 2.34, a moment of joy the athlete said was as unforgettable as the birth of his two sons.
		Sotomayor said injury forced his retirement, not the doping scandal.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040212/asp/sports/story_2887345.asp (554 words)

	Javier Sotomayor Returns to Cuba / AP - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
		Sotomayor, the Cuban world indoor and outdoor record-holder in the high jump, did not comment to reporters upon his arrival from Europe late Tuesday, except to say that he planned to continue training.
		Sotomayor, 32, was to compete at a meet in Greece on Tuesday.
		Sotomayor said earlier this week that the latest IAAF ruling caught him by surprise.
	www.cubanet.org /CNews/y00/feb00/16e7.htm (217 words)

	BBC News \| SPORT \| Cuban world record holder banned
		Sotomayor sat through the 12 hours of meetings with an entourage of supporters, including Alberto Juantorena, president of the Cuban Athletics Federation and a member of the IAAF Council.
		The IAAF said in a statement: "On the basis of the panel's deliberations, Javier Sotomayor has been found to have committed a doping offence on 31 July 199 and, accordingly, the decision taken by the Hearing Board of the Cuban Athletics Federation on 6 August 1999 has been judged to be erroneous.
		Sotomayor has struggled with a knee injury in recent years but would still have been among the favourites in Sydney.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/808819.stm (328 words)

	BBC SPORT \| ATHLETICS-FIELD \| Sotomayor's Olympics reprieve
		Sotomayor, who is idolised by Cuban youngsters in a similar way to the British sporting public adored Linford Christie in his prime, angrily denied ever using cocaine, claiming that the accusations by an international track official were aimed at harming his character.
		Ironically, Sotomayor was stripped of his Pan American Games gold medal on the same day that Christie discovered that he had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
		But Sotomayor is also a renowned party goer who can often be seen out at night-clubs after big meetings and his life has not been without its complications.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/athletics-field/868302.stm (581 words)

	rediff.com sports: Sotomayor tests positive for nandrolone
		A second sample from former Olympic high jump champion Javier Sotomayor has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Thursday.
		Sotomayor was the third high-profile sportsman to be named in a short period after soccer players Jaap Stam of the Netherlands and Pep Guardiola of Spain also tested positive for nandrolone.
		Sotomayor was suspended for two years in 1999 after testing positive for cocaine at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2002/jan/11soto.htm (283 words)

	IAAF confirms second positive test for Sotomayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A second drug sample from former Olympic high-jump champion Javier Sotomayor tested positive for the steroid nandrolone, track and field's governing body said Thursday.
		Sotomayor also tested positive for cocaine after the 1999 Pan American Games, was stripped of his gold and banned for two years.
		Sotomayor, 34, won the silver medal in Sydney and is the world record-holder at 8 feet, { inch outdoors and 7-111/2 indoors.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/01/10/sports1012EST0355.DTL&type=printable (214 words)

	Sports: Sotomayor cleared to jump in Sydney
		LONDON -- Cuban high jump champion Javier Sotomayor was cleared Wednesday to compete in the Olympics when track and field's ruling body cut his suspension for cocaine use in half.
		Sotomayor's coach said from Havana that while the high jumper is pleased he can compete in the Sydney Games, he is unhappy the IAAF did not exonerate him.
		Sotomayor, a two-time world champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist, is the only jumper to clear 8 feet.
	www.sptimes.com /News/080300/Sports/Sotomayor_cleared_to_.shtml (687 words)

	Haitian President Preval visits beleaguered Cuban athlete Sotomayor
		Sotomayor, considered the greatest high jumper in the history of the sport, was disqualified after winning the gold medal in the Pan-American Games held in Winnipeg when anti-doping tests reputedly found him positive for cocaine use.
		The weightlifters who tested positive in Winnipeg for the steroid nadrone, however, were luckier than Sotomayor: nadrone is a drug that remains detectable in the blood and urine for months after its use, and subsequent "blind" retests in laboratories in Spain and Portugal showed that the three were "clean".
		Before leaving Sotomayor's home, the Haiting president expressed his wish that "justice be done" in the case of the accused athlete.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /wald/preval.htm (232 words)

	tribuneindia... Sports
		WINNIPEG (Canada), Aug 5 — Cuban high jump great Javier Sotomayor was stripped of his gold medal at the Pan-American Games after testing positive for cocaine, the biggest drug scandal to hit athletics since sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
		Sotomayor, considered Cuba’s most popular athlete, will be suspended for two years — knocking him out of this month’s world championships and the Sydney Olympics, Primo Nebiolo, president of the International Federation for Athletics, said last night.
		Sotomayor was seen in Cuba on Tuesday night, standing beside President Fidel Castro at a rally for the gold medal-winning baseball team.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99aug06/sports.htm (4778 words)

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		Javier Sotomayor, Olympic, world, Central American and Panamerican Champ, world record holder, will continue as an example for athletes who with a deep sports spirit defy suffering and injustice, demonstrate a capacity to overcome and the infinite resources of the human spirit, and possess a strength of heart and ideas".
		CUBAN HIGH JUMPER JAVIER SOTOMAYOR SAYS HE'S BEEN THE VICTIM OF A PLOT Havana, August 5 (RHC)-- Meanwhile, Javier Sotomayor himself stated that he's been the victim of a plot, in an interview published in the Thursday edition of the Cuban newspaper Granma, though he said he doesn't know how it could have happened.
		Sotomayor said neither was he accustomed to taking the legal vitamins and energy supplements provided to all athletes, though due to his age he has begun taking a natural substance produced with algae.
	www.radiohc.org /Distributions/Radio_Havana_English/.1999/99_aug/Radio_Havana_Cuba,_August_5,_1999 (1353 words)

	Fate frowns on Sotomayor
		They were two out of a handful of the world's best jumpers caught in the celestial crossfire aimed at Javier Sotomayor.
		If you argue that drug addiction is a medical phenomenon, you will get no quarrel from me. I find merit in the notion that whatever a grown man or woman chooses to ingest is his or her own business.
		Sotomayor never has been arrested, civil law does not apply.
	www.canoe.ca /2000GamesAthleticsArchive/sep25_fat-sun.html (624 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Olympics
		Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor makes a controversial return after testing positive for cocaine, and will attempt to regain the Olympic high jump title he won in 1992.
		Javier Sotomayor's controversial return to the high jump.
		Sotomayor, the powerful Cuban who was suspended at last year's Pan American Games after testing positive for cocaine, then reinstated this year, will be trying to regain the Olympic high jump title he won in 1992.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/2000/preview/trackandfield.htm (1519 words)

	Sotomayor Tests Positive for Cocaine
		The Sotomayor case is the biggest drug scandal in track and field since Canada's Ben Johnson was suspended and lifted of his gold medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
		Sotomayor's urine sample showed cocaine in the amount of 200 parts per million, which would be consistent with a person who uses the drug, de Rose said.
		Sotomayor won the 1992 Olympic gold medal, the 1993 and 1997 world outdoor championships, and the 1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999 world indoor championships.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/fcf/sotomayar.html (1021 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Sotomayor fails doping test, loses gold
		Sotomayor became the fourth athlete found guilty of doping violations at the Games and the third gold medal winner.
		De Rose said cocaine is considered a stimulant but would not say whether he thought Sotomayor was a cocaine user or whether the substance might have been contained in medicine.
		Sotomayor was Olympic champion at Barcelona in 1992 and World outdoor champion in 1993 and 1997.
	www.rediff.com /sports/1999/aug/05soto.htm (553 words)

	Javier Sotomayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		Javier Sotomayor celebrates his birthday with Diego Maradona
		Le Cubain Javier Sotomayor reconnaît implicitement s'être dopé
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109661.html (275 words)

	CNN/SI - Athletics - Cuba refuses to ban Sotomayor - Friday September 17, 1999 04:13 PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Posted: Friday September 17, 1999 04:13 PM The Cuban government feels Javier Sotomayor is innocent of charges of cocanine use at the Pan-Am Games.
		They allege that Sotomayor and three Cuban weightlifters who also failed dope tests in Winnipeg were the victims of a plot by Cuba's enemies seeking to tarnish the island's reputation as a sporting power.
		Juantorena said he hoped he would be able to participate in a discussion of Sotomayor's case at an upcoming IAAF council meeting set for November 18-19 in Monte Carlo.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/1999/09/17/cuba_ban (465 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Russia's Kliugin easily wins gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SYDNEY, Australia -- Cuba's Javier Sotomayor, whose drug suspension was reduced in time for him to compete at the Sydney Olympics, settled for a silver medal in the high jump in pouring rain.
		Sotomayor was second, with a best clearance of 7-7¼ (2.32).
		Sotomayor, a two-time world champion and world record-holder, was banned by the International Amateur Athletic Federation for two years for testing positive for cocaine after winning the high jump at last year's Pan American Games in Canada.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0924/773586.html (251 words)

	Cuba Won't Suspend Sotomayor / AP - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
		Sotomayor, the world record-holder in the high jump, tested positive for cocaine at the Pan American Games in Canada.
		Sotomayor was stripped of his Pan Am Games gold medal after the positive test on July 30.
		In a recent live television appearance in Cuba, Castro said he believed Sotomayor did not knowingly ingest cocaine and suggested the drug was introduced into something the athlete drank shortly before taking the test.
	www.cubanet.org /CNews/y99/sep99/20e8.htm (393 words)

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