Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world's greatest players were out on the courts, dazzling sellout crowds with their lightning serves and smashes. But there was one difference, as tennis returned as an Olympic sport after a 64-year absence: instead of thousands of dollars in prize money, the bottom line was a medal for one's country. Still, the pros had little problem getting pumped up for the new tournament. "This is, I think, the biggest one," said Czechoslovakia's soft-spoken Miloslav Mecir, who glided past Tim Mayotte of the U.S. to win the men's singles. Agreed the women's gold medalist...
...gold medal were awarded for crowd participation, the winner would surely be the Koreans, who raised the rafters of the Seoul National University gymnasium when the favored Korean team took the gold in women's table-tennis doubles over their Chinese rivals. National pride reached its climax on the day of the men's singles, because one Korean star was up against another. As soon as young Yoo Nam-Kyu beat Kim Ki-Taik for the gold, he disappeared inside a sea of partisan photographers...
...Abbott became the center of a celebratory sandwich after pitching the U.S. baseball team to a 5-3 gold medal victory over Japan. That win reversed the results of the 1984 Games, in which the Japanese humiliated the Americans by beating them at their own national pastime. "This was my dream of a lifetime," Abbott said after he and the rest of his thrilled teammates were unpiled...
...same theme, the Veterans' Workshop will hold a breakfast the following morning to honor 14 Congressional Medal of Honor winners. Jeffrey Raymond, a member of the veterans' organization, said invited guests included Massachussetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis and honorary sponsor of the event, U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), but their offices said neither could attend...
...even the Johnson controversy could not wash away the glory the Games traditionally hold. American Greg Louganis smashed his head on the board in the preliminaries of spingboard diving. Injured, he won the gold medal...