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  • Veronica Campbell-Brown. (Getty Images)One of the world's most decorated sprinters has been suspended by her home nation's athletics association over concerns about possible doping.

    Veronica Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic champion, has been provisionally suspended as a result of an ongoing case against her, according to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. Campbell-Brown's management has denied any impropriety.

    Campbell-Brown holds seven Olympic medals, including three golds in the 200 meters (2004, 2008) and 4x100 relay (2004). According to The Guardian, she failed a drug test for a banned diuretic which is often used to mask other drugs.

    "The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association can now confirm that a case concerning Mrs. Veronica Campbell-Brown is currently ongoing," Campbell-Brown's management team, On Track Management, said a statement. "The matter is being handled according to the IAAF rules. She has been provisionally suspended from competition awaiting the outcome of the disciplinary panel

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  • (Getty)Greg Louganis is getting hitched. According to People Magazine, the American diving legend is marrying Johnny Chaillot. He confirmed the news on Twitter.

    Louganis worn four gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, a feat no one else has accomplished before or since. The 1988 springboard gold was his most memorable. In the preliminary rounds, he hit his head on the diving board and sustained a concussion. He competed with the injury and still won gold, then went on to win the gold in springboard.

    In 1995, Louganis came out to the public and served as the diving announcer at the Gay Games. The next year, he shared that he is HIV-positive. Since then, he's been an author, a diving coach, a dog trainer, and was the "Dive Master" on the ABC reality show "Splash.

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  • How much have you earned at your job the last seven months?

    Chances are, it's more than Lolo Jones. Yeah, that Lolo Jones.

    As you may know, the track star has turned to bobsledding and, well, turns out pushing a sled down a hill doesn't pay as much as, well, anything. Not slinging burgers. Not digging ditches. Not folding T-shirts at The Gap. Not even collecting unemployment.

    Seven months of bobsledding has earned Ms. Jones a grand total of $741.84. That's $105.97 a month. Here's the proof:

    So what's the lesson to be learned? Don't get into bobsledding.

    UPDATE: Turns out Lolo's admission isn't sitting well with some of her bobsledding peers:

    "It wasn’t taken very well," American bobsledder Steven Holcomb told USA Today. "People were really kind of insulted. You just made $741, more than most athletes in the sport. So what are you complaining about?"

    Lolo responded with the following statement:

    "I don't want to offend anyone, and I’ve always wanted to help out my bobsled teammates.

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  • You expect plenty of distinctive, unforgettable moments at a New York fashion awards show, but being asked to fill up a urine sample cup probably isn't among them. Alas, that's exactly what happened to Lindsey Vonn Monday night at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards.

    According to the New York Post, Vonn was at Lincoln Center in New York City dressed in full regalia (see right) when she received a phone call from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, telling her that she needed to provide a sample now. And Vonn, who was wearing that divine Cynthia Rowley gown — but then, you already knew that, didn't you? — complied. Rowley escorted the USADA testers in off the street, according to The Post, and there you go. (Caveat: the Post identified the testers as the International Olympic Committee, so bear that in mind.)

    "Lindsey met the IOC [sic] at the bathroom," The Post reported a source as saying. "Cynthia stood guard outside, and no one was allowed to enter the bathroom.

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  • The Sochi 2014 Olympic Organizing Committee has unveiled the medals that will be awarded at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics next year.

    The medals feature Sochi's trademark "Patchwork Quilt," which draws together elements from the many cultures of the Russian Federation. As the Organizing Committee notes, "the medals have been carefully crafted to depict the landscape of Sochi from the sun's rays reflecting through the snowy mountain tops onto the sandy beaches of the Black Sea coast." (No mention of snow stockpiles, apparently.)

    Approximately 1,300 medals will be manufactured because of the enormous number of events. The Sochi Games will include 12 new medal events, including snowboarding, luge relay and women's ski jumping.

    The medals weigh between 460 and 531 grams, and the Paralympic medals, with a slightly different design, are between 585 and 686 grams. The medals are 10 millimeters thick and 100 millimeters across.

    If you're looking to earn one of these beauties, it might be

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