Who-lon?? Gard-what?? You may be saying.
You know, Rulon Gardner... your friendly neighborhood heavyweight champion of the world.
The one who impaled himself on an arrow in grade school.
The one who beat the Legendary Alexander Karelin in Sydney 2000.
The one who lost a toe due to frostbite after crashing his snowmobile in 2002.
The one who pretty much walked away from a motorcycle crash in 2004.
The one who gets a trophy:
I had the chance to meet this guy back in my days at Nebraska and I can honestly say he's a class act. I'm glad he's okay after all his mishaps, but I can hear Mark and Tolly razzing him but good for this latest in the string of improbable, larger-than-life experiences by the man, the myth, the legend: The Rulon.
Tim "amazed" James
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Oh yeah, I remember reading about this guy when he won the gold medal. Everyone thought the Russian was unbeatable.
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