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In this July 30, 1976 photo, U.S. athlete Bruce Jenner, of San Jose, Calif., third left, stands on the podium after receiving the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the XXI Olympic held in Montreal, Canada. Guido Kratschmer, of West German, second left, took home the silver and Mykola Avilov, of the Soviet Union, right, took home the bronze. With speculation flying, Bruce Jenner's mother opened up Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, about his gender journey. Esther Jenner, 88, has been besieged by calls from the media in recent days, but the widow in Lewiston, Idaho, isn't interested in fueling gossip. Instead, in a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long phone interview, she praised her Olympian son for his courage, stopping short of some details that have been floated by unnamed sources online and in tabloids. (AP Photo)