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The Historic Blog of 2008 Olympic Games

    
Left: A.G. in the Birds Nest at '08 Olympic Games in Beijing
Right: A.G and wife, Laura, at The Great Wall

 INTERESTING LINKS and RECENT NEWS:

 6/23/09- Getting ready to leave for Eugene, OR, in a couple days! Currently A.G. & Laura are in the process of purchasing their 1st home!! Here we come, Track Town USA!! 

5/23/09- Lots going on since the last blog! It's been crazy! more details to come. A.G. is currently throwing in Arizona. It's his last meet of the '09 outdoor season before Eugene, OR.   

1/28/09- Throwing their Weight Around. Newspaper article in the Buffalo News about A.G. participating in Lancaster's Throw Off meet last weekend.

 1/25/09- A.G. competes in 'Rock-n-Roll Throw Off' in Lancaster, NY. Lots of Laura's family attended the meet in Lancaster High School's new indoor facility. It was lots of fun, thank you to all who came to the meet!

  1/08/09- Home Depot terminates their Olympic program. A.G. has been a hardworker at the local Home Depot store in Ashland, Ohio, for 3 years. We thank Home Depot for its efforts to support olympic athletes. This was a wonderful opportunity and we are thankful A.G. was able to participate in it's unique program. It allowed athletes to work at Home Depot with a flexible schedule in order to accommodate to training, while still getting a regular salary. A.G. has enjoyed working at the Ashland Home Depot with the many people we have both grown to know. Thank you Home Depot, thank you for your years of support!

1/06/09- "Following up on A.G. Kruger 6 months after the Olympics." The local Times-Gazette newspaper highlights A.G.'s efforts since Beijing in an article.

 1/02/09- The local Times-Gazette lists the community's top 5 sports events of 2008 and as you can assume, A.G. is
one of the exciting moments. Thank you Times-Gazette for the article.

 As the holidays approach, we wish you a very Merry Christmas with peace, patience, love, laughs and health.

12/17/08- Our Touring Company from Beijing, Ludus Tours, send us additional links of A.G. throwing. 
These videos were videotaped and sent to us from one of the tour guides on staff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j78O9x3tFU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_7W0pS8bY

  Donato's support event on Saturday, July 26th. A.G. is signing autographs.

7/27/08- Sioux City Journal article- Read the article HERE.  

Ashland University is excited to bring A.G. on board to their athletic program. Article is HERE.

News article about local businesses helping us out! 

An interview of A.G. on video

A.G.'s Bio

All results of the Olympic Trials can be found at usatf.org.