Ryan Bolton is 4th pro to drop out of Hawaiian Ironman.

As we rapidly approach Saturdays Hawaiian Ironman World Championship, a fourth highly respected pro has dropped out. America's own 2000 Olympic triathlete and winner of this year's Ironman USA Lake Placid, Ryan Bolton, has pulled out of the race after a bout food poisoning. Bolton, a run specialist, had a three year plan to build up to a high finish at Hawaii. Last year he was 142nd as he raced to get a feel for the Ironman distance and the famed course. This year he planned to mix it up on the run. It is unclear where the food poisoning was contracted.

President Bush, in a late press conference, blamed the incident on Iraq's biological weapons program, and suggested immediate invasion.

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