Gardner to sign book this weekend during Giant Tent Sale at Olympic Training Center

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Craig Sesker (USA Wrestling)
04/12/2006


2000 Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner will be signing his book - "Never Stop Pushing" - during the U.S. Olympic Shops Giant Tent Sale on Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15.

The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day in front of the Visitors Center at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

Gardner, who also won a World title in 2001 and a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics, will appear at the Olympic Training Center on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. He will appear on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

Gardner stunned the wrestling world with his upset win over Russia's Alexander Karelin in the Greco-Roman heavyweight finals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Karelin was shooting for his fourth Olympic gold medal.

Items from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino will be on sale from 50 percent to 75 percent off the original sale price.