Word: medals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Then they trounced Japan 8-2. One day later, to vary things a little, against an uncommonly strong U.S. team, they spotted the Americans five runs in the first inning and calmly breezed past, 9-6. Yet as they continued their imperturbable strut toward the first Olympic gold medal in the all-American pastime, the Cubans were carrying on their shoulders all the ambiguities of the Games. Were they an ideal embodiment of the Olympic spirit -- spurning cash to play for country -- or in fact its desecration, mere public relations puppets with which the Cuban government could show...
Make no mistake. Lithuania wants to beat Croatia. Australia plans to beat them both. The Unified Team thinks it can take home silver in what is sure to be its final appearance in the Games. Puerto Rico has ambitions for a medal. Even Angola has its sights set on ninth place and greater respect. In the most competitive Olympic tournament since the sport was introduced in 1936, none of the other 11 teams think much about trying to beat the U.S. Dream Team. They are not idiots, after...
Americans shone in other events. Triple-jumper Mike Conley's record leap led a U.S. medal parade, with baseline players and counterpunchers joining the track and field crowd in a successful day for the United states...
...United States was shut out for the firsttime ever in women's spring-board diving, where21-year-old Gao Min of China successfully defendedher gold medal. The best U.S. showing was JulieOvenhouse's fifth; teammate Karen LaFace of FortLauderdale, Fla., finished ninth...
...night Kim Zmeskal stepped out of bounds at the end of a tumbling run, NBC played the clip over and over again--along with her mother's anguished reaction. A couple of days later, when Trent Dimas performed a routine that won him a gold medal, the number of replays was zero...