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Thursday, 28th April 2005 (4462 views)

A former Olympic swimmer has announced he is to auction off a gold medal he won in 2000.<br/><br/>Anthony Ervin will auction the medal to raise funds for victims of last year's tsunami.<br/><br/>He won the medal after tying with Gary Hall Jr for first place for the 50-metre freestyle in Sydney, Australia.<br/><br/>The swimming star is now coming out of retirement and is hoping to win a medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.<br/><br/>An auction of the medal is expected to begin on eBay today.<br/><br/>"The medal itself is just a symbol of the work I put in. But the work was what was mine. And the time I invested, I still have that…By doing this, it's a good way of being able to give back," Mr Ervin said.<img alt="track" src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=8378930"/>

 

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