Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powerhouse Rutgers squad, coached by two Olympic medal winners, triumphed as Princeton captured second...
There were plenty of medals to go around. In the men's giant slalom, Switzerland preserved its skiing pride with a gold and silver from Heini Hemmi, 27, and Ernst Good, 26. The Canadians picked up a surprising gold medal when Kathy Kreiner, 18, won the women's giant slalom. Britain won its only medal in figure skating-but it was an elegant one. Transforming Olympic Stadium into a stage for his lyrical ballet on ice, John Curry, 26, won the men's figure-skating title with as smooth and expressive a free-style exhibition...
Representing a nation of fewer than 17 million citizens, the East German team placed second to the Russians in total medals. The only sport in which they had no impact was alpine skiing. "Contrary to what one sometimes reads in the West," explained one East German official, "we don't shoot our athletes at dawn if they fail to win. Socialism is identical with competition." What he meant was that in East Germany, sport is a political device to gain prestige abroad and keep up national morale. Highly organized programs identify promising athletes at an early age. And East...
...crazy," he explained. "I'm everywhere." Everywhere Fassi was last week, there seemed to be gold. In a sport where most coaches would be satisfied to guide just one competitor into the Olympics, the ubiquitous Fassi brought four skaters to the Winter Games and left with two gold-medal winners: America's Dorothy Hamill and Britain's John Curry. The double victory confirmed what many people in figure skating already knew: that Carlo Fassi, with his inexhaustible energy and shrewd skating sense, is the best coach in the business...
...part owner. The Fassi tribe includes skaters from the U.S., Italy, Finland, Britain, Yugoslavia and Sweden-plus several Russians who have come for briefer consultations. All pay $9 for 20 minutes worth of Fassi's wisdom. Most think it is a bargain. "I owe 75% of my gold medal to Carlo," says Dorothy Hamill. John Curry feels that he does too. His highly expressive style had been ridiculed for years. He went to Fassi in 1974, after he had finished a disappointing seventh in the world championships. The following year, his best moves refined and his excesses trimmed...