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Imrich Bugár, the first world champion in men's discus and an Olympic medalist, dies at 70
The Czechoslovakia thrower won the inaugural world title in 1983 and still holds the Czech discus record with a 71.26-meter throw.
- On Wednesday, legendary discus thrower Imrich Bug died at age 70, with his former club Dukla confirming the death but not disclosing the cause.
- Born April 14, 1955, in Ohrady, Bug became the first world champion in men's discus at the inaugural IAAF world athletics championships in Helsinki in 1983.
- A silver medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Bug was denied the chance of another medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games because of a boycott by The Soviet Union.
- Bug's 1985 personal best of 71.26 meters remains the Czech record; he once remarked, "I was the best in the world then."
- In 2006, he denied media reports linking him to state-sponsored doping programs, dismissing claims he tested positive for anabolic steroids before the 1987 Rome championship.
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Imre Bugár, a Hungarian discus thrower from the Highlands, world and European champion, and Olympic silver medalist, has died at the age of 70. The athlete, born in Csallóközkürt, was one of the most successful figures in Czechoslovak sports history.
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