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Sun Devil Athletics' Championship Life hits mark with "The Last Gold" documentary

By Craig Morgan, Special to TheSunDevils.com

TEMPE, Ariz. -- When Ray and Buffie Anderson first watched the USA Swimming-produced documentary, "The Last Gold," at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials this summer, they thought it would be a perfect fit for Sun Devil Athletics' annual Senior Student-Athlete Championship Life Experience Event.

The allegations of rampant doping among Russian athletes leading into the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro only served to underscore that belief.

"We were the beneficiaries of timing," said Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson, who was on hand for a showing of the film on Thursday at ASU's Galvin Playhouse.