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Marla Runyan, left, helps teammate Suzy Favor Hamilton after they ran in the 1500-meter race at the Summer Olympics, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2000. Hamilton fell but was able to finish. (AP Photo/Eric Draper) Marla Runyan, left, helps teammate Suzy Favor Hamilton after they ran in the 1500-meter race at the Summer Olympics, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2000. Hamilton fell but was able to finish. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Three-time Olympian runner Suzy Favor Hamilton has admitted leading a double life as an escort.

She apologized Thursday after a report by The Smoking Gun website said she had been working as a prostitute in Las Vegas.

The 44-year-old Favor Hamilton lives in Madison, Wis. The Smoking Gun said she has been working for the last year for an escort service.

Soon after the story appeared online, Hamilton released a series of tweets saying in part that she was "drawn to escorting in large part because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going through a very challenging time with my marriage and my life."

A middle-distance runner, Favor Hamilton competed for the U.S. at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000 but did not win a medal. She won seven U.S. national titles.

 

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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