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  • Olympic gold hero accuses Bush

    08/29/2004 8:59:20 AM PDT · by Brainhose · 54 replies · 1,030+ views
    The Guardian/Observer ^ | Today | Major Matt Mason
    Olympic gold hero accuses Bush America's biggest Olympic hero yesterday accused George Bush of exploiting the Athens Games for his own political advantage in the run-up to the presidential election. Carl Lewis, who won nine Olympic gold medals in athletics in a record-breaking career, condemned Bush for using the presence of Iraqi and Afghan teams in Athens in a television advertisement to boost his chances of re-election. Criticising Bush for linking his foreign policy with the two countries being allowed to compete here, Lewis said: 'I felt that was disingenuous. It is funny that we boycotted the 1980 Games [in...