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When We Owned the Podium: Ross Rebagliati
- February 6, 2010 11:06 PM |
- By Noah Love
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Name Ross Rebagliati
Olympics 1998 at Nagano, Japan
Event Snowboarding
The setting The Olympics in Nagano marked the debut of Olympic snowboarding. Rebagliati finished third in World Cup standings the year before and finished eighth in his first run at the 1998 Games.
On the day Rebagliati rallied from the back of the standings to win gold but was later disqualified when his drug test showed he had marijuana in his system. The snowboarder fought the decision, arguing that the drug was not performance-enhancing and eventually allowed to retain the gold medal.
Afterlife Rebagliati announced in October 2009 that he plans to run for the federal Liberal Party nomination for the Okanagan-Coquihalla riding in British Columbia -- where the seat is presently held by Stockwell Day.
-- Erin Valois, National Post
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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