Word: medal
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They did. The young Americans stunned the hockey world last night and took a giant step towards this country's first Olympic gold medal in the sport since 1960 by upsetting the more experienced Soviets, 4-3, in an emotion-filled contest in Lake Placid last night...
...other action at the XIII Winter Olympics, Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden stormed back from fourth place in the men's slalom and captured his second gold medal. Phil Mahre of Yakima, Wash., who led after the first of two runs, took the silver half a second behind. Jacques Luethy of Switzerland finished third...
Today, record speed skating champion Eric Heiden goes for an unprecedented fifth gold medal in the 1500 meters...
...when the day was over--when they awarded the gold medal to Eric Hidden and raised the American flag while the official Olympic Band played The Star Spangled Banner--the crowd was momentarily stunned by emotion, and than broke into ecstatic cheering...
...when a stocky Russian next accepted the gold medal for the biathlon, the cheering once again was unrestrained. Even across the town--where the people waiting for buses could see a the fireworks fill the sky but only hear strains of the National Anthems--cheers overpowered the cold, and a the politics that blanketed Lake, Placid like anthin coat of ice, melted, if only for a moment...