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In an attempt to get bridge recognized as an Olympic Sport, the World Federation of Bridge is imposing Olympic-style rules on its competitions. Thus it has stripped the silver medalist from a recent championship of her prize for refusing a drug test<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I swear, folks, sometimes you just can’t make up stuff this stupid.<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an attempt to get bridge recognized as an Olympic Sport, the World Federation of Bridge is imposing Olympic-style rules on its competitions. 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