Word: figuerola
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Medal for Kenya. There was still enough glory to go around. No fewer than 28 nations had something shiny to be proud of. "I couldn't go home without a medal," panted Cuba's Enrique Figuerola, who ran the race of his life to finish second behind Bob Hayes in the 100-meter dash. Japan swept three gold medals in Western-style wrestling. Rumania's leggy Iolanda Balas broke her own Olympic high-jumps record by 2½ in., soaring 6 ft. 2¾ in., and Kenya's Wilson Kiprugut won his new country...