Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Botswana, a land so arid that its currency is called rain, proudly sends a yachtsman to represent the nation. And Israel cheers 30 athletes and promises 1,000 tourists, though the country has yet to win a single medal. This will be Communist China's first major presence in the Olympics; they are bringing a contingent of 353. Egypt and Italy will be sending the largest delegations they have ever sent. Singapore wouldn't miss it; except for boycotting in 1980, that country has participated in every Olympics since...
...over the hill? Japanese Gymnast Koji Gushiken, 27, competes in a sport increasingly dominated by younger athletes. Yet the Osaka native began training four Olympiads ago. As a sixth grader viewing TV coverage of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he saw his countryman Sawao Kato win the gold medal in gymnastics and thought, "I have to do something like that." He took up gymnastics immediately, but his progress was slowed by two successive and serious injuries: a torn ligament in his left leg and a severed Achilles tendon. His appearance in international meets was both belated and successful...
...Pontus region of Turkey when he was nine. He discovered wrestling at 13 and won a national championship within a year. His single-mindedness about his sport has led to bouts of psychological stress and fatigue. If he can grapple with himself, his coaches feel, Holidis' chances for a medal this summer are monumental...
...really part of two separate competitions. The 16 teams are divided into four groups and each squad will play every other team in its group once. The teams with the two best records in each group after the round robin competition will move on to Los Angeles for the medal competition...
...teams playing in Boston, the one with the best shot of making it to Los Angeles and carrying home a medal is France Coming off an impressive 2-0 win over Spain in June to carry off the European Nations Cup, the French are regarded as key competitors...