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Wall Street Journal article: online.wsj.com/.../SB125721159786824325.html Michael Mann of Centennial, Colo., flew past his opponents, swaddled shoulder-to-ankle in a black neoprene bodysuit. Mr. Mann, 55, won the 400-meter individual medley race and set a world record for his age group, 55 to 59. Mr. Mann set new world marks in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle while Mr. Evans steamed.
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  • goodness, I forgot all about that thread. I do remember lobbying to have it closed down... We won't let this die just yet! Well, I don't think it is improper since you can even find references to "former Olympians" on the USOC website although they are hard to find. Surely, someone would lose their job if there was some sort of Olympic mandate. The only thing I can see that even hints at discouraging references to "former" or "past" Olympians is this - http://teamusa.org/pages/926 from the U.S. Olympian Association and their motto: "Once an Olympian, Always an Olympian" and "Never Former, Never Past" (note no references to "Ex-"). Now, the main purpose of this organization is not proper Olympic titles or grammar, but to keep ex-Olympians (damn, there I go again) involved in the Olympic movement. I have a lot of respect for Olympians (present and past), but I can't possibly put them on the same pedestal as a former president of a country and I have seen former presidents introduced as former presidents so they must not be too hung up on it. This thread has gone way off track now. Tim
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  • goodness, I forgot all about that thread. I do remember lobbying to have it closed down... We won't let this die just yet! Well, I don't think it is improper since you can even find references to "former Olympians" on the USOC website although they are hard to find. Surely, someone would lose their job if there was some sort of Olympic mandate. The only thing I can see that even hints at discouraging references to "former" or "past" Olympians is this - http://teamusa.org/pages/926 from the U.S. Olympian Association and their motto: "Once an Olympian, Always an Olympian" and "Never Former, Never Past" (note no references to "Ex-"). Now, the main purpose of this organization is not proper Olympic titles or grammar, but to keep ex-Olympians (damn, there I go again) involved in the Olympic movement. I have a lot of respect for Olympians (present and past), but I can't possibly put them on the same pedestal as a former president of a country and I have seen former presidents introduced as former presidents so they must not be too hung up on it. This thread has gone way off track now. Tim
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