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	Jon Drummond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jonathan A. "Jon" Drummond (born September 9, 1968) is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
		Drummond was the opening leg of the silver medal-winning American 4x100 m relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics and reached to the semi-finals of 100 m.
		In 2002, Drummond was fourth in 100 m and won the 4x100 m relay in the IAAF World Cup and at the 2003 World Championships, he was disqualified in the quarterfinals of 100 m for a false start.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jon_Drummond (682 words)

	Johnson blames Drummond's refusal to walk - smh.com.au
		The gospel-singing extrovert Drummond was shocked and Powell dumbfounded when officials ruled that the pressure-plate reactions on their starting blocks showed they had beaten the start.
		Drummond then bounced down the track, top down to his waist, biting his lips to stop himself crying when another official told him he could start under protest.
		Drummond faces a fine and a possible suspension, which would mean him missing the 4x100m relay at these championships.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/08/25/1061663738610.html?from=storyrhs (884 words)

	Drummond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Drummond (1786-1860), British banker and apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church
		Sir James Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth (1876-1951), first general secretary of the League of Nations.
		Drummond Company, a coal mining company with operations in Alabama and Colombia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drummond (180 words)

	US sprinter's track tantrum - theage.com.au
		Jon Drummond fights back tears after he was disqualified for two false starts in the quarter final of the men's 100 metres.
		American Jon Drummond held the race up by close to an hour when he refused to leave the track after he and Jamaican Asafa Powell were disqualified under the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) contentious new false start rule which was introduced at the start of this year.
		Drummond refused to accept the technology which showed he had reacted too quickly to the gun and lay on the track repeatedly protesting to officials "I did not move".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/25/1061663705744.html (649 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - IAAF demands U.S. discipline against Drummond
		Drummond said he flinched in the blocks but did not jump the gun.
		Drummond won two World Championship relay gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 meets and ran the first leg on the U.S. team which won the gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
		Among those critical of Drummond's conduct was Michael Johnson, the retired multiple Olympic and world champion and world record-holder in the 200 and 400 meters.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2003/0825/1602564.html (752 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / American Drummond takes stand after DQ
		Drummond, a three-time member of US world champion 4 x 100 relay teams who, at 34, was in search of his first individual world title, committed a false start and was disqualified from the second 100 quarterfinal heat, along with Jamaica's Assafa Powell.
		Drummond protested vehemently to officials, saying emphatically, "I did not move." Sure enough, he refused to leave the track for at least another five minutes, as he lay on his back in Lane 4, hands folded behind his head, at one point ignoring an official standing over him with a red card.
		Drummond clearly agreed, or disagreed, as was the case.
	www.boston.com /sports/articles/2003/08/25/american_drummond_takes_stand_after_dq (1042 words)

	WLTX.com Sports
		Drummond was a victim of a new rule and hair-trigger sensors on the starting blocks.
		The new rule, implemented this year against the protest of Drummond and other sprinters, nullifies the old rule that runners were allowed one false start and disqualified on the second.
		Drummond's argument wasn't with the new rule, though he disagrees with it, but with what he believes was faulty machinery incorrectly registering a false start.
	www.wltx.com /sports/sports.asp?storyid=12979 (616 words)

	Sports: DQ enrages Drummond
		SAINT-DENIS, France - Jon Drummond was disqualified from his 100-meter heat Sunday at the World Track Championships, after he was the second runner in the group to commit a false start.
		Drummond lay on his back on the track for several minutes, saying, "I didn't move, I didn't move," as officials tried to get him to leave.
		Later, Drummond officially was disqualified and didn't appear for the rerun of his heat.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/08/25/news_pf/Sports/DQ_enrages_Drummond.shtml (851 words)

	With Purpose - Biography, Jon Drummond
		Jon began running track at a very young age, as a result of one of his neighbors, Alonzo Williams, who noticed his speed and encouraged him to compete in summer track.
		Jon is currently the treasurer for the Athletes Advisory Committee of USA Track and Field, where he is active in addressing the needs of present and future Olympians.
		Following the footsteps of his beloved father, Jon is an ordained minister and is often invited to preach at churches around the country.
	www.withpurpose.org /jdbio.htm (594 words)

	Drummond withdraws from championships - smh.com.au
		American sprinter Jon Drummond, who held up competition for almost an hour on Sunday after he was disqualified in the 100 metres second round, has withdrawn from the world athletics championships here today.
		Drummond, was a member of the 4x100 metres relay squad who start their title defence on Saturday.
		Greene was injured in the semi-finals, while Drummond withdrew from the championships today after holding up competition for nearly an hour on Sunday when he was disqualified in the second round of the 100 metres.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/08/27/1061663823594.html (352 words)

	'Broken' Drummond withdraws - theage.com.au
		Jon Drummond has withdrawn from the world championships, missing the 4 x 100 metres relay, and the rest of the 2003 season following a deal between world athletics' governing body, the IAAF, and US Track and Field.
		Drummond's ugly protest at his disqualification from the second round of the 100 metres on Sunday night was condemned by the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF.
		Drummond was convinced to withdraw in a bid to recover his reputation and short-circuit what could have been a more severe penalty.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/27/1061663848344.html?from=storyrhs (165 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - Drummond withdraws from World Championships - Tuesday August 26, 2003 3:50PM
		USATF officials said they no procedures to act on such an expedited basis, but Drummond notified them he was withdrawing from the meet on his own and pulling out of the rest of the 2003 season.
		Drummond, who had hoped to run in the 400-meter relay this weekend, insisted again Tuesday that he only flinched and did not jump the gun.
		Drummond, 34, won two World Championship relay gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 meets and ran the first leg on the U.S. team which won the gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/more/08/26/drummond.withdraws.ap/index.html (595 words)

	American Track and Field -- Feature Article
		The alleged victim of the call was American Jon Drummond, charged with a false start after a previous false start had already been charged to the field in his quarterfinal heat.
		The USATF released a statement from Drummond later that evening, in which he said that he "flinched" in the blocks and "I didn't understand the rule to mean that a flinch is a false start.
		As of this evening Drummond was still a member of the U.S. team and was not being considered for removal because of his conduct on the track.
	www.american-trackandfield.com /features/dailydispatchaug24.html (866 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Athletics \| World Athletics 2003 \| Drummond takes centre stage
		Instead, in the second quarter-final, we saw scenes of high farce turning to chaos as Jon Drummond suddenly, and to his enormous shock, found himself disqualified for a false start he thought he did not commit.
		Drummond, a man so demonstrative he probably greets the arrival of the morning newspaper with a lap of honour, went into overdrive.
		Drummond, his sense of righteousness bolstered, strode back to his mark, waving his arms at the stands, adamant he would race.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3178375.stm (644 words)

	ABC Sport - Athletics - Drummond withdraws from championships
		American sprinter Jon Drummond, whose antics disrupted competition for nearly an hour on Sunday, withdrew from the world athletics championships in Paris on Tuesday.
		Drummond, 34, lay on the track, argued with officials, and attempted to return to his blocks in scenes unprecedented in either a world championships or an Olympic Games.
		Drummond said he had meant only to fight for what he believed were his rights.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s932756.htm (472 words)

	Odessa College Athletics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At Odessa College, Jon, won both the 60-yard dash and 300-yard dash at the JUCO indoor nationals and also placed sixth in the JUCO National 100.
		When Jon was born, he was born with spina bifida and the doctor told his parents that he would never walk.
		Jon only wears one sock when he runs, a habit from his college days when he broke his toe and ran with his foot taped.
	www.odessa.edu /sports/pro/jdrummond.htm (249 words)

	Only Kidding
		Pottering through the sunny streets of North London to Jon Ritman's home, I knew that Bernie Drummond, Jon's graphics collaborator, was a man of minimal appetite, a fellow who hardly eats and who was very choosy about what he munched.
		Jon might produce a Spectrum version of his coin slot game or games, but all that is very much in the future.
		Jon and Bernie have been working as a team for nearly three years now - after Matchday I which featured the little men from Bear Bovver with their snouts cut off, Jon realised that he needed an artist to help out with the graphics.
	www.ysrnry.co.uk /articles/back0888.htm (1380 words)

	The Hindu : Drummond disqualified
		The disqualification came after Drummond issued a statement saying that he was withdrawing from the championships, where he was scheduled to take part in the 4x100m relay, and the rest of the 2003 season.
		Cain was the man who prompted Drummond to go back and fight it out after the runner had seemingly accepted the starter's decision and decided to leave.
		Drummond stated that he had protested against his disqualification since he believed that he did not false start.
	www.hindu.com /2003/08/28/stories/2003082800741900.htm (358 words)

	Jon Drummond: Golden in the Face of Adversity
		Jon Drummond is a rather unique figure in the world of track and field.
		What makes Jon's achievements all the more remarkable is the fact that he was born with spina bifida (failure of a fetus's spine to close properly).
		Despite this initial diagnosis—and the fact that Drummond has had three bouts with spinal meningitis (an infection of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord) since 1986—he continues to be a dominant force in track and field.
	www.med.nyu.edu /patientcare/patients/library/article.html?ChunkIID=13875 (926 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Any movement after 'set' is false start - Tuesday \| August 26, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The protest occurred prior to the start of the second heat of the men's 100 metres second round when Drummond refused to leave the track after he was called for a second false start.
		Clarke, who was chief finish judge at the 1996 Atlanta Games and who has been attending the Olympics from 1976 and the World Championships since the first one in 1983, said it will be difficult for him to erase the incident from his mind.
		Clarke said it was clear from the replay that Drummond did not break first out of the blocks.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030826/sports/sports3.html (765 words)

	USATODAY.com - IAAF demands U.S. officials take action against Drummond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — USA Track and Field was given 24 hours on Monday to punish sprinter Jon Drummond for his on-the-track temper tantrum during the second heat of the 100 meters at the World Championships.
		Drummond lay on the track in protest after being thrown out of Sunday's quarterfinal heats for a false start.
		Drummond could be banned from further participation at the championships.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2003-08-25-drummond-iaaf_x.htm (362 words)

	Drummond escapes with warning
		Athletics' ruling body will send a warning to Jon Drummond for disrupting this year's world championships but will take no further action against the American sprinter.
		Drummond halted competition for nearly an hour in Paris when he refused to leave the track after being disqualified for a false start in the second round of the showcase men's 100 metres.
		Drummond, now 35, lay on the track, argued with officials and attempted to return to his blocks in scenes unprecedented in either a world championships or an Olympic Games.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/nov/22drum.htm (246 words)

	Jon Drummond Comes Home Again to Franklin Field :: Written by Frank Bertucci
		Unfortunately, it's that incident which may remain a major part of the Jon Drummond legacy as much as the career which has seen him go from his West Philadelphia roots to international recognition as one of the top sprinters of his generation, a career which he is not sure how much longer will last.
		Drummond and Gail Devers will conduct the annual "School Days" event in the Palestra when they return this week for the 100th Penn Relays.
		Which is what Jon Drummond will always be to followers of track and field, of all ages...interesting.
	www.cstv.com /sports/c-track/stories/041804aaw.html (1180 words)

	USATODAY.com - Drummond pulls out of World Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Drummond, who threw a tantrum after being disqualified from Sunday's 100-meter quarterfinals for a false start, announced his decision as track and field's world governing body threatened to expel him for "bringing the sport into disrepute." (Related item: Montgomery pulls out, too)
		Drummond, who had hoped to run in the 400-meter relay this weekend, also said he was pulling out of the rest of the 2003 season.
		"During the course of our discussions with him, Jon Drummond informed us that he was withdrawing from the competition and ending his season," the USATF said about an hour before the deadline expired.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/track/2003-08-26-drummond-withdraws_x.htm (639 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Clown Prince in tears at false start rule
		Drummond remonstrated with officials after being called for the second false start and lay down on the track so the race couldn't take place while another competitor Jamaica's Asafa Powell also stood his ground after being similarly penalised.
		In front of IOC president Jacques Rogge, and his predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch, both Drummond and Powell were finally persuaded to leave - then as they were walking down the track the farce deepened as an official told them they could in fact return to the blocks.
		While Drummond was clearly disregarding the rules, and the official timing devices for reaction times, the impression on Rogge with Paris bidding for the 2012 Olympics could be felt longer term.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/265182.htm (704 words)

	The Running Network -- National News -- Article
		In the most dramatic turn of events on the day, the U.S. men's team 4x100m relay team won its heat despite a midrace injury to Jon Drummond, was disqualified on protest by a team not competing in their heat, then reinstated.
		Drummond's leg was run on pure guts and pride, as the 1999 World Championships and Olympic relay gold medalist suffered a cramp in his right quadriceps muscle roughly halfway through and staggered for two strides, righting himself and making it to Grimes for the handoff.
		Drummond, who had run half of his leg screaming at Grimes to keep him from taking off too soon as Drummond struggled, was crushed at hearing the news.
	www.runningnetwork.com /news/worlds2001relay.html (855 words)

	Track & Field News :: View topic - Jon DRUMMOND the gentleman...
		Jon came to one of the general sessions for USATF officials and offered his explanation of what occurred in Paris.
		Although a few of the questioners took Jon to task for the way he acted on the track, I have to admit that his answers provided a glimpse into the realities athletes face when they're on the field of play.
		As immature as Jon seemed at Paris, the reality is that NO ONE can feel the loss that he felt at the moment, as he was being CHEATED out of the opportunity to do the one thing his entire life had been devoted to for a full year.
	mb.trackandfieldnews.com /discussion/viewtopic.php?t=2944 (2514 words)

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