Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Japan's Koji Gushiken left Los Angeles with five medals in gymnastics: two gold, two bronze and a silver. Italian Super-heavyweight Boxer Francesco Damiani won a silver medal. China's Chen Xiaoxia came in fourth in women's platform diving. Greco-Roman Wrestler Charalambos Holidis of Greece took a bronze in the 57-kg (126-lb.) class. Britain's Sebastian Coe won a gold medal in the 1 ,500-meter run and a silver in the 800 meters. Fellow 1,500 Runner Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya, however, failed to qualify for the semifinals. Neither, surprisingly...
...three best teams were missing, after all. The first American gold-medal volleyball team was thoroughly unbothered by the asterisk. Nationalism was rampant but ugliness restrained. The boxing mobs were as sour as the judging: it is probably too soon to tell Evander Holyfield, a U.S. light heavyweight disqualified for not pulling his punches, that in the end this heartache may end up distinguishing him from the crowd of champions. The ironies of the Games usually outlast the scores: Swimmer Rick Carey is criticized for preferring a world record to a gold medal; Carl Lewis is blamed for the reverse...
...lopsided results drew protests that the judges were unduly dazzled by the prospect of the Americans' impending pro careers. When Super Heavyweight Tyrell Biggs won the gold medal with a 4-1 decision, his opponent, Italy's Francesco Damiani, gestured angrily in disgust. After South Korean Light Welterweight Dong-Kil Kim lost a 4-1 decision to Jerry Page, 23, in the quarterfinals, the South Koreans briefly threatened to pull out of the tournament. And when Heavyweight Henry Tillman's 3-2 loss to Italy's Angelo Musone was overturned by the jury that reviews...
Make that North Americans. Seemingly, nothing could impede the march of two Canadians, Light Middleweight Shawn O'Sullivan, 22, and Heavyweight Willie deWit, 23, to the finals. The two white fighters were featured in promoter's-dream match-ups with black Americans Frank Tate, 19, and Tillman, 24. O'Sullivan's war with Tate was an Olympic highlight, a furious battle during which Tate was twice given standing eight counts before rallying to win unanimously. Earlier, O'Sullivan had been tattooed during the semifinals by a tough Frenchman named Christophe Tiozzo, and won only when...
Some of the unexpected moments have been the brightest. Blatnick, 27, a super-heavyweight from upstate New York, had his spleen removed because of cancer two years ago. When he won, the level of his emotion was stunning. "It was just an offering of thanks," he said, after dropping to his knees and crossing himself at the moment of victory. "I've been given a lot of chances in my life, and I wasn't going to go without thanking somebody for it." Gorski left the silver medal to Nelson Vails, 24, who learned to ride delivering messages...