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Im pretty emotional, but these are happy tears and Im really proud to be back on the podium, it

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Garrett Gomez, who won nearly 4,000 horse races in a 25-year career that included 13 Breeders Cup victories and struggles with substance abuse, has died in southern Arizona, according to authorities. He was 44.Pascua Yaqui Tribe officials said Thursday that Gomez was found unconscious on the floor of a guest room at the Casino Del Sol Resort near Tucson on Wednesday and pronounced dead at the scene.Alfred Urbina, attorney general for the tribe, said foul play isnt suspected.An autopsy will be conducted but no determination on the cause of death is expected until results of toxicology tests are available in 4-6 weeks, said Dr. Gregory Hess, Pima Countys chief medical examiner.Gomez finished his career with 3,769 victories. He led the nation in purse earnings from 2006-09 and won Eclipse Awards as the countrys top jockey in 2007 and 2008.He struggled with substance abuse several times during his career, and had said he was having alcohol and personal problems when he rode his last race in 2013.Its shocking but not surprising, Ron Anderson, Gomezs former agent, told The Associated Press by phone from Puerto Rico. I was with Chris Antley for years too and it was kind of the same thing.Antley was found dead on the floor of his Pasadena, California, home in December 2000. He was 34. Authorities said he died of a multiple drug overdose and his injuries were likely related to a fall caused by the drugs.Known as Go-Go around the track, Gomez, despite his demons, was among the most professional and well-liked riders in the game, especially during his prime years.In 2007, Gomez won a record 76 stakes races.Gomez won 13 Breeders Cup races, most memorably the 2010 Classic, when he rode Blame and handed superstar mare Zenyatta her only career loss.He was just an amazing athlete and an amazing rider, Anderson said.He co-wrote a book about his life and substance struggles in 2012 called The Garrett Gomez Story: A Jockeys Journey Through Addiction & Salvation.The same struggles would return, however, and soon.In mid-2013, Gomez told California racing officials he was seeking treatment for alcoholism and dealing with personal problems. He rode only sparingly after that.I always knew he had a little bit of a dark side to him, Anderson said. He just had this aura to him that he wasnt happy no matter how well we were doing. I never thought he was in trouble in any way, shape or form.Gomez had been living primarily in his native Tucson for the past two years. Anderson said he had not had much contact with Gomez lately.He just kind of vanished, the agent said.Born on Jan. 1, 1972, to jockey Louie Gomez in Tucson, Gomez dropped out of high school and began his career in New Mexico at age 16 in 1988, and faced his father in at least four races.He moved to the Midwest in the 1990s and began winning major races when he relocated in the late 1990s to California, which would be his longtime home base and site of many of his biggest victories.Gomez never won a Triple Crown race. He finished second in the 2009 Kentucky Derby aboard Pioneerof the Nile and third in the 1994 Preakness Stakes with Concern.He last rode at Keeneland in Kentucky in October 2013, though he didnt make his retirement official until June 2015.I enjoyed every horse I ever rode and I thank all of them for making my career. Id like to apologize to all my fans for leaving the sport the way I did, Gomez wrote on his Facebook page when he announced his retirement. I thank everyone for all I achieved that had a part in my career. I had a lot of awesome moments in this game.He is survived by his second wife Pam and their children Amanda and Jared. He had children Collin and Shelby from his first marriage.---Associated Press Writers Paul Davenport and Walter Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report. Reggie Wayne Jersey . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. 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Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals by retaining his 10,000 metres title, but Great Britain could not celebrate a repeat of Super Saturday as Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford surrendered their crowns.Farah continued his unprecedented spell of long-distance domination by landing his eighth straight global gold, but he did it the hard way after falling to the track following a trip from training partner Galen Rupp.He recovered to respond to the challenge laid down by Kenyas Paul Tanui, bursting past him down the home straight and crossing the line in 27 minutes 5.17 seconds.Victory saw him eclipse the Olympic achievements of the likes of double champions Sebastian Coe, Daley Thompson and Kelly Holmes.Ennis-Hill fell agonisingly short in her bid to become the first British woman to retain an Olympic title in athletics as she settled for silver, finishing 35 points behind brilliant young Belgian Nafissatou Thiam.And Rutherfords run of four straight major championship victories came to an end as a best leap of 8.29m earned him bronze in a thrilling long jump competition.The trio all won gold in the space of 45 glorious minutes at London 2012, giving British athletics its finest hour. It remains a one-off, for atmosphere and achievement, but three medals in one session was still no mean achievement.Ennis-Hills score of 6,775 points was her best since London 2012, but she could not live with Thiam, who prodduced five personal bests from her seven events.ddddddddddddThe Sheffield athlete went into the final event, the 800m, needing to run 9.47 seconds quicker than Thiam to make up a deficit of 142 points.She produced a hugely gutsy display of front-running to give herself the best possible chance and came home in 2:09.07, but Thiams time of 2:16.54 was enough.Silver, though, was still some achievement two years after the birth of her son Reggie.Its congratulations not commiserations, she said Im pretty emotional, but these are happy tears and Im really proud to be back on the podium, its been so tough.Katarina Johnson-Thompsons medal hopes were crushed by an awful performance in the javelin, managing a best throw of just 36.36m.The result ended her challenge for bronze, having seen a dreadful shot put showing rule her out of gold medal contention on day one.She finished in sixth place with 6,523 points.Rutherford too could not hide his disappointment at losing his title, saying he was gutted.American Jeff Henderson took gold with a final-round effort of 8.38m, denying South Africas Luvo Manyonga by a centimetre, and the Briton was down in fourth until producing his best attempt with his last jump.But he added: Its pretty special to see us Brits still managing to compete. 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