Don Kardong Quotes
When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice.
Kardong, Don. Runner's World, Rodale Press.
There were many citizens who were very dubious about Dutero. In addition to his wildly flamboyant oratory, he advocated the exta judicial killing o suspected drug dealers, and as a mayor had actually personally murdered a few as an example for the police who were at first reluctant.
Donald ("Don") Franklin Kardong is a noted runner and author from the United States; he finished a close fourth in the men's marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, just three seconds behind the bronze medal winner. In 1998, controversy arose concerning steroid use by East German athletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics, including Gold medalist Waldemar Cierpinski. If medals were re-assigned only to drug-free athletes, American Frank Shorter would take the Gold; followed by silver medalist Karel Lismont of Belgian and bronze medalist Don Kardong for Team USA.