Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American Figure Skater Dorothy Hamill performed. Mittermaier Mountain was the steep slope of Axamer Lizum, where tens of thousands of Germans and Austrians chanted, "Rosi, Ro-si," every time their daredevil streaked by, which she did fast enough and often enough to win three medals: two gold and one silver. Hamill Hall was the Olympic Stadium, where seemingly every American in Austria turned out to cheer as their figure-skating favorite swept over the ice in flawless form to win a gold medal. By the time the two women were done, they had stolen the show at the 12th Winter...
...Cindy was slightly off course. "When I saw my time," said the Lutsen, Minn., native, "I thought, 'Hell, that's a fifth.' " In fact, it turned out to be a third, giving the U.S. another skiing medal to go with Bill Koch's cross-country silver finish the week before...
...slower in a rising wind, Mueller churned through the 1,000-meter showdown more than a second faster than his closest pursuer-an overwhelming margin of victory in a race where finishers are clustered within hundredths of a second. For Mueller, 21, fiancé of the 1,500-meter silver medalist Leah Poulos, the victory was the payoff for 15 years of gruelling training. "He's crazy about this sport," says Poulos. "Peter can never stop working. He just can't be bad at anything he does." Says Mueller simply: "I just love to go fast...
There were plenty of medals to go around. In the men's giant slalom, Switzerland preserved its skiing pride with a gold and silver from Heini Hemmi, 27, and Ernst Good, 26. The Canadians picked up a surprising gold medal when Kathy Kreiner, 18, won the women's giant slalom. Britain won its only medal in figure skating-but it was an elegant one. Transforming Olympic Stadium into a stage for his lyrical ballet on ice, John Curry, 26, won the men's figure-skating title with as smooth and expressive a free-style exhibition...
Bolting off the starting line like a jack rabbit in each of her races-1,500 (silver), 500 (gold) and 1,000 (bronze) meters-she drove through the all-important turns in near perfect form. "It feels weird to win a gold medal," declared Sheila, who had a bad cold and a hacking cough. "I felt this rush through my whole body when I knew...