Article: Shot down: S.A.'s Barnes suspended for drug use

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Last Friday was another day of celebration in the life of Randy Barnes.

The Olympic champion was one of eight St. Albans High graduates inducted into the school's Hall of Fame during a dinner at Scarlet Oaks.

He attended the ceremony with his brother, Lee, and his parents, Ralph and Mary Lou Barnes, who live in South Charleston.

Chatting before the dinner, Barnes said he did not participate in the Goodwill Games currently being held in New York because the money wasn't right.

"They were paying good money to the runners and to other events, but not in the shot put," he said.

But there may have been a more compelling reason Barnes didn't compete.

An Associated Press story on ...

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