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USOC's Roush resigns (Chicago Tribune)

6 Jan 2009 at 11:03pm  Steve Roush, who had been under fire for his handling of the anti-pollution mask incident involving U.S. cyclists at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, has left his job at the U.S. Olympic Committee.

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USOC working to retain key sponsors (Colorado Springs Gazette)

6 Jan 2009 at 10:06pm  The U.S. Olympic Committee remains in negotiations with two of its bigger domestic partners, hoping to strike deals that would guarantee additional money for a federation that recently slashed its budget.

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USOC's sport performance chief resigns (Colorado Springs Gazette)

6 Jan 2009 at 10:05pm  Steve Roush resigned Tuesday from the U.S. Olympic Committee, five months after laying the foundation for a record medal haul at the Beijing Games and becoming embroiled in controversy over cyclists who wore pollution masks.

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Steve Roush resigns his USOC post (Los Angeles Times)

6 Jan 2009 at 9:17pm  His position as U.S. Olympic Committee chief of sports performance had been tenuous since Beijing Games, when he was at the center of a controversial anti-pollution mask episode. Steve Roush, who had been under fire for his handling of the anti-pollution mask incident involving U.S. cyclists at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, has left his job at the U.S. Olympic Committee.

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Key USOC figure in last three Olympics resigns (Sports Illustrated)

6 Jan 2009 at 7:10pm  DENVER (AP) -- Steve Roush resigned from the U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday, leaving a post in which he played a key role in organizing logistics for American athletes at the last three games.

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USOC executive resigns amid athlete criticism (KOAA-TV Colorado Springs - Pue...

6 Jan 2009 at 6:13pm  The Chief of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sports Performance Division has resigned. Steve Roush was at the center of complaints from several athletes that News First Investigates talked to more than a month ago.

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APNewsBreak: USOC's official resigns (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

6 Jan 2009 at 5:28pm  By EDDIE PELLS Steve Roush resigned from the U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday, leaving a post in which he played a key role in organizing logistics for American athletes at the last three games. He was the USOC's chief of sport performance since 2003. For the three years before that, he worked as sports partnership director. His duties were expected to be curtailed in a reorganization dividing ...

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