Word: decathlon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Davenport learned so fast that he became a member of the top U.S. sled, as had Jeff Gadley, 24, a former decathlon man. Davenport and Gadley will be the first two American blacks ever to compete in the Winter Olympics. If they win, giving the U.S. its first gold medal in bobsledding since 1948, Davenport will gain a further distinction: he will become only the second man in history to win gold medals in both the Winter and Summer Olympics...
...meter run: "We are being exploited to the fullest extent. Exploitation is taking away the right to run in the Olympics after working with that objective in mind for years." Agreed a former Olympic star, Bob Mathias, 49, of Colorado Springs, Colo., who won gold medals in the decathlon in 1948 and 1952: "Our people want to go to Moscow to beat the hell out of those guys and tell them face to face what's wrong with them...
...from Long Beach, Calif., who won bronze medals at both the 1972 and 1976 Games, thinks the U.S. should take more immediate action. Said he: "Why not bar the Soviet Union from coming here for the Winter Games?" Said Bill Toomey, 41, who won a gold medal in the decathlon in the 1968 Games: "We would be naive to place track and field ahead of world events...