Word: medals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deserve a gold medal for the moving and entertaining cover story on Rafer Johnson and tire 1960 Summer Olympics...
Although the Greeks started Olympic competition, they have not done much about it in recent years; indeed, until last week, they had not won a gold medal since 1912. Ending the drought was a Dragon Class yachtsman-and crown prince-Constantino, 20. When the victorious, shorts-clad prince came ashore at Santa Lucia, King Paul and Queen Frederika-themselves sailing buffs-jettisoned royal reserve to hug the handsome champion. Then the queen stepped aside while Constantine's two royal sisters showed their exuberance by pushing him right back into Naples...
...major races, Australia's Murray Rose won the 400-meters and
Teammate John Konrads swam off with the 1,500-meters. But when all the
events were done, the U.S. men and women had routed the strong
Australians by the margin of nine gold medals to five, cracked nine
Olympic and six world records. "Our trackmen came here to beat their
opponents," said one U.S. official. "Our swimmers came here to eat them
alive."
...look over your shoulder at him and let him do his best. He'll never catch you." Last week a Frankfurt sales clerk named Armin Hary, 23, got a step on the world's fastest sprinters, including Norton himself, and ran off with the 100-meters gold medal for one of the biggest upsets of the Olympics...
...finish. Duke's Dave Sime, 24, made a frenzied dive that sent him skidding along the cinders and tied Hary's time of 10.2. But Hary had clearly crossed the line first to win the gold medal (Norton finished sixth), completing the finest exhibition of sprinting in Olympic history. Said Champion Hary: "I'm a fast starter. That's all there...