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Fred
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LS in the 1904 Olympics American runner
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Fred LS initially won the marathon
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however it was discovered that he had
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cheated after running 9 miles he got
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tired and his manager gave him a lift in
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his car and drove the next 11 miles he
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then ran the last part to the Finish
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Line when people found out they took
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away his victory and gave it to Thomas
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Hicks who finished the race without
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cheating although he was given a mix of
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Brandy and a poison called strick Nine
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by his trainers to keep him going Fred
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LS was banned from running for a
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year the Chicago White
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Socks in 1919 the Chicago White Socks
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baseball team who were the favorites to
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win the World Series lost against the
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Cincinnati Reds one year later eight
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members of the team were accused of
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losing on purpose this event was called
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the black sock Scandal the players were
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paid a lot of money to lose the games
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although they were found not guilty in
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court they were banned from professional
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baseball for life this Scandal led to
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major changes in
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baseball
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Maradona of course the most famous
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cheating event in sports history
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happened in 1986 during the World Cup
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quarterfinals Argentine soccer player
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Diego Maradona scored a controversial
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goal against England using his hand the
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referee didn't see the handball and
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allowed the goal which Maradona called
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the hand of God Argentina won the match
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2-1 with midona scoring another
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brilliant goal this Victory helped
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Argentina advance and eventually win the
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World Cup years later Maradona admitted
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that the goal was scored with his hand
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saying it was a little with the head of
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Maradona and a little with the hand of
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God
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Nancy
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carrian in
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1994 American figure skater Nancy
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carrian was attacked after a practice
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session a man hit her on the knee with a
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baton later it was discovered that the
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attack had been planned by Jeff guli the
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ex-husband of carrigan's main rival
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Tanya Harding he hired someone to attack
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carrian and prevent her from competing
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in the Winter
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Olympics however carrian recovered and
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won a silver medal at the Olympics while
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Harding was banned from the sport for
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Life the incident became one of the
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biggest scandals in sports
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history Spain's par Olympic basketball
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team in the 2000 Sydney Paro Olympics
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Spain's basketball team won the gold
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medal however it was later discovered
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that 10 out of the 12 players did not
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have any intellectual
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disabilities they had lied about their
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conditions to compete the Scandal came
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to light when a journalist who had
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infiltrated the team exposed the
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truth the international paralympic
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committee stripped the team of their
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gold medal and the rules for checking
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athletes disabilities became much
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stricter Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong
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was a celebrated American cyclist who
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won the Tour to France seven times
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between 1999 and
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2005 however in 2012 he was stripped of
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his title after it was revealed that he
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had used performance-enhancing drugs
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throughout his career Armstrong
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initially denied the allegations but
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eventually admitted to doping in a 2013
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interview with Oprah Winfrey the Scandal
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led to a lifetime ban from competitive
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cycling severely damaging his reputation
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and career
