Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does not matter whether the U.S. shines in the Winter Olympics at Sarajevo [Jan. 30]. Even if we fail to win a gold medal, which is highly unlikely, I am proud of our athletes...
Even Karin Enke, the leggy and lovely speed skater from the German Democratic Republic, was inconvenienced. Her second race in two days had to be shoved back a few hours. But eventually she added a silver medal to her gold. Whatever the weather, those frosty cross-country men still take to the woods like splayfooted deer. In describing the Americans' disposition so far, it may be enough to say that 20 skiers came back from the 30-km race ahead of Bill Koch...
Eight years ago, when he was an anonymous young man of 20, who after racing could chip the ice out of his eyebrows without being bothered, Koch happened to win an Olympic silver medal at Innsbruck. No American had ever won a Nordic medal before, and none has done it since, though only Koch has been blamed for that. When during the 30-km in 1980 he quit and walked off the course, he said he was conserving his energy for the 15-km and 50-km races ahead. But public reaction was harsh. This time, though 21st, he reached...
...feed-but by the Czechoslovak game two days later. "We didn't beat ourselves this time," said Coach Lou Vairo after that 4-1 defeat. "We competed hard, but we lost to a great team." They tied Norway in Game 3, and any thought of advancing to the medal round ended. At the Zetra Rink, a charming green bandbox, U.S. tourists waved their flags wanly, and the players were crushed. "They're just sitting there crying," Vairo reported. Mark Kumpel, 22, who scored the goal against the Czechs, said afterward, "It means nothing, but it was the greatest...
...Soviets need only tie Czechoslovakia to gain the gold medal on a better goal differential Both teams...