Daily Mail Name Game.

[cupid04]

Former athlete from the following jumble of letters:- RADUBLDO [4,4]

[Baldric]

It's ZOLA BUDD

[factor-fiction]

Zola Budd

[factor-fiction]

http://anagram-solver.net/%3FADUBLDO%20

[factor-fiction]

I we working in different time zones, Baldric?

[factor-fiction]

I'm sure I typed Are we...

[Baldric]

I'm on East Coast Time!
;-)

[factor-fiction]

That'll explain it. I went straight to the solver as soon as the question appeared here, and was pleased with how quickly I'd responded- until i saw yours.
Ah well, maybe I was only 61 seconds after you

[cupid04]

Thank you all.xx [And Baldric please don't shout, I'm not deaf, lol!]

[Baldric]

ff, my OH did it about an hour ago, got the same letter wrong,
it took a Man to sort it out as usual!
;-)

[Baldric]

cupid, I always use Upper Case for xword and puzzle answers 'cause that's how people see and write them as a rule, and it's a lot clearer to read.

[cupid04]

The first question was how many Olympic gold medals did Michael Johnson
win in the 1996 Olympics. I googled it. Sure it said 3, but the z would make
it only 2.

[Baldric]

I went by the Medal chart here, under photo' on right hand side

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)