fatty master attempts comeback

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A week shy of age 50, retired Swiss pro Beat Breu (TdSuisse 81,89;
Zurich 81, Alpe d'Huez 82) entered the Fehraltorf cross race (October
14). Breu has had a hard time since retiring. He lost most of his
money in a real estate scheme promoted by his brother ( who was
subsequently arrested at Buenos Aires airport with 5 kg of coke). He
became a stand-up comic, but eventually exhausted the pool of people
interested in seeing a former elite athelete make a fool of himself on
stage. He became the representative of an Austrian sports drink,
distributing it out of the trunk of his car, and started training
again to back up its claims as a rejuvenating agent; when the product
was banned by Swiss authorities because it contained an excessive
amount of caustic soda, Breu gave it up, but continued training. At
Fehraltorf, Breu received the most pre-race attention of all
participants, and confidently predicted a top-ten placing (some have
asserted he in fact expected a podium); he finished one lap down,
32nd out of 34.

Ouch!

Sad story, but one worth telling.

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