Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blur. Eri cHeiden accepts his medal and smiles and waves. People shout, scream, love. "We love you." Jumping up and down to see over the heads of the thousands of people standing in front of you, you realize the view is much better on television, but on the tube you can't feel it: the cold and the happiness. And the pride, pride in the USA, in Our Country. "We love...
Overcoming the final obstacle to a gold medal in characteristically come-from-behind fashion, the United States hockey team ground out a tough 4-2 win over a stubborn squad from Finland on the final day of the Lake Placid Winter Olympics...
...bronze medal went to Sweden, 9-2 losers to the Soviets in a battle for second place...
...American pursuit of gold went haltingly at first. Although Pete Patterson finished an unexpected fifth in the downhill, Karl Anderson tumbled spectacularly just out of the gate, and Phil Mahre, considered the best U.S. skier, managed only a 14th. Bill Koch, 24, who surprised the world with a silver medal in the 30-km cross-country four years ago at Innsbruck, surprised it again. With 8 km to go, Koch found himself back in 23rd position and, rather than finish exhausted, dropped out and skied off through the forest. He hoped to save energy for the 15-km event...
...gold medal that Stock takes back to the Ziller Valley will be accompanied by some crasser rewards. His triumph on Whiteface Mountain should be worth between $50,000 and $100,000 a year for endorsing skiing equipment-not bad for an amateur...