Rulon Gardner owns one of the most triumphant Olympic moments in recent history, but that’s only a chapter in his journey of perseverance. At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the Greco-Roman wrestler ...

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2000, file photo, USA’s Rulon Gardner waves the American flag following his gold medal win against three-time Olympic gold medalist Alexander Karelin, of Russia, in the ...

ATHENS — American wrestling’s most famous figure of brute strength had just gut-wrenched a towering Iranian. He had slammed him to the ground. He had shoved him and thrown him and out-fought him for ...

2004-08-26 04:00:00 PDT Athens-- Rulon Gardner looked like a 265-pound 5-year-old who just came in the door from school. He plopped himself down in the center of the wrestling mat, tugging at his ...

He sat down on the mat, legs crossed, fiddling with his laces. Rulon Gardner said he wanted to feel "the way you do when you take off your shoes as a a four- or five-year-old kid, on the mat for the ...

Alexander Karelin attempts to overpower Gardner during their 130-kilogram division Olympic gold medal match in 2000. Karelin had won the gold in 1992 and 1996 and had not lost an international match ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SYDNEY, Australia – The bashful, strapping Wyoming farm boy who was laughed at, ridiculed and disdainfully called “Fatso” has grown up to become Superman. He ...

“Rulon Gardner Won’t Die” delivers a tough ride. We see Rulon, our hero, endure frostbite, obesity, bankruptcy, motorcycle wreck, plane crash, loss of toe and extended confrontation over bacon with ...

RULON—a documentary chronicling the rise, fall and redemption of Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Rulon Gardner—is set to premiere April 2 as part of the International Olympic Committee's Olympic ...