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...outcome of the women's competition was less predictable. Biellmann, fourth-place finisher at the 1980 Olympics, is the most seasoned skater of the current crop. She carried the day with a blend of experienced sang-froid and virtuoso spins. In a contortionist move of her own contriving, she grabbed her left leg behind her back with both hands and stretched it high overhead, while spinning at dazzling speed on her right leg. The Biellmann spin is breathtaking, but she lacks the athletic triple jumps that have become the sport's new measuring stick. With the new emphasis...
With just over a minute remaining in the final period, and the Golden Knights, seeded number-one in the East, holding a two-goal lead. Providence coach Lou Lamoriello yanked goalie Scott Fiske for a sixth skater. Just ten seconds later, at 19:04, a Scot Kleinendorst bullet found its way past Clarkson netminder Don Syivestri to narrow the margin...
Eric Heiden, 22, does not mince words about his pet peeves. "I hate New York," says the Wisconsin-born Olympic speed skater. "If you don't walk ten miles an hour there, you're run over." Same goes for Manhattan's Central Park: "In Madison, it would be condemned." Nor is the winner of five gold medals fond of being a celebrity: "If I wanted to become famous, I would have stuck to hockey." As for all the commercial offers he rejects: "I don't want to have to go places to keep appointments...
Penalties influenced the scoring in the third period. Early in the final third. Norton passed to senior forward Sara Fischer, who guided the puck into the Eli net and put the icing on the Crimson victory. But one Harvard skater had only just left the penalty box, making Fischer's tally essentially a shorthanded...
Although you summed up the events of 1980 fairly well, you failed to include Speed Skater Eric Heiden. With the five gold medals he won at Lake Placid, Heiden is a source of pride for America...