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Las Vegas posted the odds at 200-1 against Northwestern winning the 1995 Big Ten Championship. They opened at Notre dame as a 27 point underdog. After all they hadn t beaten the Irish since 1962 and the last three years Notre Dame had outscored the Wildcats 111-34. The smart money was on Lou Holtz stroops as the press talked about a Notre Dame National Championship. But they rom the surgery, Cole power clanededB= snds in a special weightlifting competition held in Tennessee. <br>Cole sees himself as a role model and is disgusted with the behavior oO*Opr2 perstars.  When you see wealthy athletes do the wrong thing and get away with it, the public stars to accept it that s not right. Cole, says his father, practices what he preaches.  One of the many instances that display his character occurred when he found a wallet containing six hundred dollars. Cole found the owner and returned the wallet nd the money; the owner was an immigrat in the United Staes and told us that this was every penny he had in the world, says Bernard.<br><br>The BFS Way<br><br>Si*ðxde from drug testing.<br><br>BFS: Do you think Olypic lifting will ever shake the common perception that all the good Olympic lifters are taking drugs?<br>Hamman: I don t know. It s really starting to clean up, and thy hve formed the World Anti-Doping Association, which is doing some international drug testing. It will ner be totally clean no sport is ever going to be totally cean but as for the top lifters in the US, there s absolutely no way that w ca take drugs because of how often we re dru teste. Most other countries don t have the random tests like us, so it would be possible for them to still take drugs although I m not saying that they are.<br><br>BFS: What s the training atmosphere like at the Olympic training center?<br>Hamman: Everybody is here to be better, so in the gym there s always kind of a psyched fele wrong thing and get away with it, the public stars to accept it  that s not right. Cole, says his fathe, practices what he preaches.  One of the many instances that display his character occurred when he found a wallet containing six hundred dollars. Cole found the owner and returned the wallet and the money; the owner was an immigrat in the United States and told us that this was every penny he had in the world, says Bernard.<br><br>The BFS Way<br><br>Si*ðxde from drug testing.<br><br>BFS: Do you think Olypic lifting will ever shake the common perception that all the good Olympic lif