Before the competition he had only a month to train.

He said the cocaine was probably taken four or five days before the competition.

Before competition, however, Nicole does not go off to another place.

Before the 17th competition, he trained six days per week with his school's track and field team.

The controversy began days before the final competition on Saturday.

And like similar predictions in the last 50 years, this one came hours before the competition on Sunday.

"We have a lovely group of girls," she said before the competition.

The Netherlands pulled out just one month before the competition.

The participants meet as a group for an hour a week, with additional meetings just before the competition.

"The Olympics were the biggest thing in my life," she said before the competition.