Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard, which was swept by Princeton in both the three and one meter dives, was the victim of another diving sweep at the hands of Cornell. Coupled with Cornell's 1-3 in the 50 yd. free, and another in the 100 yd. free, this sweep gave the Big Red a sizable lead going into the final events...
...handsome Schenk won three gold medals and the unofficial beefcake award. Crowds of more than 40,000 packed the Mako-manai Speed-Skating Rink to see the big (6 ft. 3 in.. 200 Ibs.), blond and blue-eyed Schenk easily overpower his competition at 1.500 and 5,000 meters with his powerfully rhythmic strides. Then, while Dutch fans clopped their wooden shoes and shouted "Heya! Heya! Ard Schenk!" he covered the 10,000-meter marathon in 15 min., 1.35 sec., an astonishing 22 seconds better than the old Olympic record...
...meter ski jump, it was evident that the Japanese have also been building. Their jumpers, painfully aware that no Japanese athlete had ever won a single event in the Winter Olympics, had gone all out to prepare this time. Arcing forward like human airfoils. Yukio Kasaya. Akitsugu Konno and Seiji Aochi sailed majestically through the air to win the gold, silver and bronze medals...
...expected, the well-trained Russians dominated cross-country skiing and Italy's flashy Gustavo Thoeni captured the men's giant slalom. But totally unexpected was the performance of Wojciech Fortuna, a 19-year-old Pole who leaped out of nowhere to win the 90-meter ski jump. The young U.S. hockey team, sparked by the acrobatic saves of Goalie Mike Curran. upset the strong Czech team 5-1 and then moved into contention for a medal. In women's figure skating, buxom Beatrix Schuba of Austria built up such a commanding lead in the school figures...
...page 51), which produced Dianne Holum, 20, Anne Henning, 16, and three other members of the U.S.'s 16-mem-ber speed-skating team. Dianne turned U.S. fortunes around in short order. The smoothly striding brunette put on a strong closing drive in the 1.500-meter race to win the U.S.'s first gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 2:20.85. Then it was Anne's turn. Matched with Canada's Sylvia Burka in the 500 meters, she lost at least a full second when her opponent cut her off while crossing lanes...