Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both of the U.S. basketball entries, men's and women's, were devastating during the first week. "Are there a lot of coaches who could take this team and medal? Yes," Canadian Men's Jack Donohue asked and answered. "But are there a lot of coaches who could make them play like this? No. There's only one Bobby Knight." It occurred to the Los Angeles Times's Jim Murray that putting Indiana's famous bully in charge of an Olympic team is like "assembling an aircraft carrier to ply the waters between Staten Island and the Battery." Murray wonders...
...just an offering of thanks," he said, after dropping to his knees and crossing himself at the moment of victory. "I've been given a lot of chances in my life, and I wasn't going to go without thanking somebody for it." Gorski left the silver medal to Nelson Vails, 24, who learned to ride delivering messages in the mayhem of Manhattan traffic. "If I had to lose, I'm glad it was to somebody like Gorski," he said generously...
...gold medal down, three awaiting, Carl Lewis has begun his flight finally. At times this year it has seemed that he has had more publicity before taking off than Charles Lindbergh enjoyed upon landing. But the evidence of the journey's first 100 meters started to corroborate the cause for anticipation. He gusted past Sam Graddy and Ben Johnson to win, tossed his arms again, plucked an oversize American flag out of the crowd and bounced around the stadium, all eyes where he wanted them. The margin of victory, one-fifth of a second, tied the largest in Olympic...
...began his pursuit of history and Jesse Owens with the 100-meter gold medal last Saturday, Carl Lewis, 23, also took off on the most intense eight days of his life. The week before could not have been a greater contrast. In the swirl of publicity and pressure, Lewis rigorously worked at relaxing, tranquilly creating his own world. TIME Correspondent Melissa Ludtke, who first interviewed him six months ago, was permitted a rare chance to enter that world and spend some time with Lewis. Her report...
Away from the track, the essential aim is to keep Carl's life as close to normal as possible. To provide some of the insulation of home, his family has set up house in Los Angeles. Mother Evelyn, Father Bill and Sister Carol, who will probably earn a medal in the long jump, are staying with him in a two-story white stucco house on a residential street six miles from the Los Angeles Coliseum. The house is a haven where Lewis can be himself, by himself. If he wants to, as he did one day last week...