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  ESPN.com: OLY - Former Olympic discus champ faces life ban
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Romas Ubartas, the 1992 Olympic discus champion, tested positive for a banned steroid and could be barred from the sport for life.
Ubartas, reportedly in the United States and unavailable for comment, tested positive for the same substance and was suspended for four years in 1993.
Ubartas, who remained competitive past the age most discus throwers retire, planned to compete in the European track championships in Munich in August.
espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/0429/1375505.html   (221 words)

  
 Lithuanian gold medalist allowed to compete after doping allegations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Romas Ubartas, the 1992 Olympic discus champion from Lithuania who was temporarily suspended earlier this month after he tested positive for a banned steroid, can compete again, athletics officials said Monday.
Ubartas, who has denied the allegations, was not immediately available for comment.
Ubartas tested positive for the same substance and was suspended for four years in 1993.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/06/24/sports0805EDT0281.DTL&type=printable   (245 words)

  
 ESPN.com: OLY - Ex-discus champ Ubartas suspended after drug test
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Romas Ubartas, the 1992 Olympic discus champion, was suspended Tuesday after testing positive for a banned steroid.
Two tests showed traces of the anabolic steroid boldenon in a urine sample taken from the 42-year-old athlete in April at a training camp in Arkansas.
Ubartas -- who became a national hero when he won Lithuania's first Olympic gold medal after it regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 -- denied the allegations and called for more tests.
espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/0613/1394533.html   (123 words)

  
 Collector's Target: Catalogue of Postage Stamps & Philately from Lithuania 2000
The Olympic Games in Sydney will be the third Summer Olympic Games where our athletes will represent the independent nation of Lithuania.
Romas Ubartas, who won the 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the discus, symbolizes the return of Lithuania to the Olympic Games.
Lithuanian basketball team won the bronze in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996).
www.collectorstarget.com /lithuania0009.html   (108 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - Ubartas tests positive for steroids
RTÉ.ie Sport - Ubartas tests positive for steroids
Discus thrower Romas Ubartas, who brought Lithuania their first Olympic gold medal after regaining independence from the Soviet Union, faces a life ban after a second positive dope test.
Ubartas, a gold medallist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, tested positive for the anabolic steroid boldenon at a training camp in the United States.
www.rte.ie /sport/2002/0429/athletics.html   (84 words)

  
 TFN 1992
But I think the key event for her is going to be the 100."
Romas Ubartas, the No. 1-Ranked discus thrower in 1991, shone on the field after getting the crowd's attention with an event he caused on the track.
The imposingly-statured Lithuanian aired a warm up throw over the retaining fence at the far end of the landing area and watched it bounce off the track into the crowded stands.
vm.mtsac.edu /relays/TFN/1992.htm   (1168 words)

  
 New York Times Trivia Quiz # 50
Who was the only US boxer to win a gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics?
Romas Ubartas, who won the silver in the discus throw in 1988 for the USSR, won the gold medal in the same event in 1992, earning the first gold ever for what country?
What country, winning 4 golds and 6 silvers in women's swimming, was criticized for refusing to take part in drug testing prior to the Summer Games?
www.nytimes.com /ref/crosswords/trivia/quiz50.html   (175 words)

  
 Physical Education and Sports in Lithuania
Immediately after the re-establishment of independence, Lithuanian sportsmen participated in the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville and Lillehammer and the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona and Atlanta.
The discus-thrower, Romas Ubartas won a gold medal in Barcelona, and the national Men's Basketball Team won bronze medals in Barcelona and Atlanta.
Representatives in other sports such as boxing, kick-boxing, cycling, basketball, body-building, track and field athletics, sports dances, modern pentathlon, triathlon, motorcycling and aviation have won prizes in the European and World Championships.
www.randburg.com /li/physiedu.html   (528 words)

  
 Art - The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
You have won the Olympic gold in discus twice and Romas Ubartas also won gold for Lithuania in the same discipline in 1992.
At the moment, I am afraid that once I stop my career, nobody will be able to take over from me like I took over from Romas Ubartas.
I am very interested indeed in taking care of the next generation, so I can pass on my experience.
www.baltictimes.com /art.php?art_id=11532   (1041 words)

  
 Shoot for gold medal! - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gudzineviciute's gold was the first for Lithuania since 1992, when the Baltic state took part in the Olympics as an independent country for the first time.
Discus thrower Romas Ubartas took gold in Barcelona, but he was later disgraced after testing positive for steroids at the world championships in Stuttgart a year later.
The Lithuanian men's basketball team has also grabbed bronze at the last two Olympics.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july282004/sp7.asp   (418 words)

  
 LITHUANIA AND ALEKNA WILL BE IN OTTAWA-HULL, ALEKNA: ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN 2000
Lithuania will be sending not only Alekna, but also some twenty other excellent participants to the athletics competitions at the Games of La Francophonie in Ottawa-Hull.
For example, Romas Ubartas, gold medallist in the discus throw at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and one of the best in the world in this event, will be in the group.
The IV Games of La Francophonie will be taking place in Ottawa-Hull from July 14 to 24, 2001.
www.canthrow.com /news/feb272001a.shtml   (441 words)

  
 Running Network Archives
Times are slow, probably due to cool conditions.
Romas Ubartas did not look good at all, and did not qualify for the final.
We did get to see the heptathlon and both 800 meter qualfiying rounds as well as the 400 meters.
www.runningnetworkarchives.com /results.phtml?username=atf&id=28788   (594 words)

  
 Mixed up facts from all categories quiz -- free game
Name the traditional Japanese puppet theater in which life-size dolls act out a dramatic story to the music from the Japanese samisen.
In the 1992 Olympics Romas Ubartas won the gold for throwing the discus.
This was the first gold medal for what country?
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=10&origin=   (322 words)

  
 1992 Highlights
Hollis Conway set the still-standing meet high jump record, skying 7-7 1/4
Romas Ubartas of Lithuania captured the discus with a toss of 223-8
Dave Johnson set the still-standing meet record in the decathlon, scoring 8727 points
vm.mtsac.edu /relays/Highlite/HL1992.htm   (263 words)

  
 BalticLinks - search engine and directory for Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Lithuania will send a total of 62 athletes to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Disc thrower Romas Ubartas, gold medal winner in the Barcelona Olympics, will carry the Lithuanian tri-color in the opening ceremony in Sydney on Sept. 15.
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www.balticlinks.com /news/story.msql?story=967601214   (532 words)

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