Word: medals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...against Kono in the middleweight division, the Russian research scientist quickly forgot his hero worship, scored one of the Olympics' notable upsets by breaking Kono's world record, surpassing him by 22 Ibs., with a total of 964½ Ibs. in three lifts, and taking the gold medal...
...second leg, Norton was so anxious to get going that he sprinted right out of the exchange zone before he got the baton. Duke's Dave Sime, the U.S. anchorman, later finished first by a flicker, but Norton's foul disqualified the U.S. team, gave the gold medal to Germany. "I'm sick up to here with running," said Norton, pre-Olympic favorite to win three gold medals. "When I get back home, I'm not going to move faster than a slow walk...
Running for gold-medal glory, Wilma Rudolph regularly got away to good starts with her arms pumping in classic style, then smoothly shifted gears to a flowing stride that made the rest of the pack seem to be churning on a treadmill. She tied the world record of 11.3 sec. in the 100 meters and won the final by three yds. She set an Olympic record of 23.2 sec. in the 200 meters and won the final by another three yds. Then, running with three of her Tigerbelle teammates from Tennessee State, Wilma anchored the winning 400-meter relay team...
...hope it's all wrapped up before the 1,500 meters," Johnson had said. "I never want to settle one in that thing." But the 1960 Olympic gold medal was to be settled in "that thing": the metric mile, despised by all decathlon men because it demands brute endurance just as their last bit of strength is ebbing away...
...Walk, Walk, Walk." Coming into the homestretch, Yang fought to gulp down air, and began his final bid for a gold medal. His lead grew to a foot, two feet, a meter. Inch by inch, Johnson somehow gained it back. Then, with only meters to go, Johnson's legs went dead. Momentum alone carried him to the finish line a bare 1.2 sec. slower than Yang's time of 4:48.5 That was close enough: the race of his career had won Johnson the gold medal by the Olympic record score of 8,392 to Yang...