Many Canadians, still feeling the shame of the sprinter Ben Johnson losing his Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Seoul after testing positive for anabolic steroids, were aghast.Mr. Rebagliati says the Olympic gold medal he won in Nagano, Japan, has been a source of misfortune. He took his gold medal, which he had not yet given back, out of his front pocket and held it up for the television cameras. Rebagliati came to global fame — and infamy — after winning a gold medal in the giant slalom at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan. But disappointed by his gold medal having failed to deliver on its promises, he quit competitive snowboarding in 1999.