Word: skating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...always goes to the headliners. Tiffany Chin, who at 16 was competing brilliantly in her first Olympics, could bask in a strong showing while cheerfully accepting the virtual impossibility of a medal. She had finished twelfth in the compulsory figures, and even with a runaway victory in the free skating while others faltered badly, a silver medal was the best she could have won. Said Chin: "I skated good figures, but the other skaters ahead of me were all established with the judges. This is the first time they've seen me skate, and it takes a while...
After setting the 1,500-meter world record, Enke, 22, was penciled in for all four available golds, even for the 3,000-meter race, which she is not yet certain to skate. But a teammate, Christa Rothenburger, trimmed her by .08 sec. over 500 meters. The snow was thick enough almost to constitute fog, and the spectators were limited practically to those involved, plus a few enthusiastic Dutchmen and flag-waving Japanese. Paired with a slower skater, Enke had to rely on her own metronome, and it must have been off slightly. Still, the sensation of winning and then...
...winning the gold, Hamilton, 25, of Denver, a three-time world champion did not skate his best. In fact, he was outskated in both the short and the freestyle programs by Orser, the Canadian champion...
Gary Martin and Jay North started things off 6-23 into the game Martin drifted in on the left wing, then passed across to North who slid the puck by goalie Wally McDonough's left skate. Two minutes later, the Crimson found itself on the attacking end of a two man advantage Captain Ken Code responded with his first goal of the season, a slapshot from the center of the blue line that threaded its way untouched into the back...
Stressing his team's heavy forechecking Flaman said simply: "Our game plan was not to let Harvard skate." In the first meeting a couple of breaks provided the Crimson with the margin of victory...