Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...margin of victory translated into a mere 10.5 in. -- about the length of a speed-skating blade; for her crying, cheering relatives in the crowd, it might as well have been a mile. Blair, 23, willowy but muscular at 5 ft. 5 in., had brought home the gold medal to the U.S. And she had recaptured her world record from Rothenburger, who had first taken it away on the same rink only two months before. But wait. That's not all. Later in the week Blair went flying around the rink again to win the bronze medal in a personal...
Many who had contributed to Bonnie's success were cheering her on last week. There was Cathy Priestner, Canada's 1976 speed-skating silver medalist, who first coached her for Olympic racing. And there were the Champaign Police Department and Jack Sikma, the Milwaukee Bucks basketball player who helped sponsor her. She will probably never need such financial backing again. She has signed a contract with Disney World, and other commercial deals are sure to follow. Success is unlikely to spoil the engaging Midwesterner with the toothy grin. She plans to go back to school soon and get a degree...
...many images, so many of them conflicting. America's gold-medal speed skater, Bonnie Blair, 23, was the picture of invulnerability or delicacy, depending on whether she was all packed up in her peppermint suit, streaming across the ice, or her hair was falling down afterward in curls. (It's the color of maple syrup in the morning.) "I'm just a person who likes to chase someone," she said in a voice that sounded too small for a champion of the world, 5 ft. 5 in. tall...
...bobsledder who looked as if he had the fare, Len Murrain of Britain, was questioned about the chances of romance these past two weeks in the Village. "Quite high," he replied Britishly, and sure enough speed skating's resilient sweethearts, American Dan Jansen and his Canadian fiancee, Natalie Grenier, have been seen strolling hand in hand. By Murrain's account, the mixing and matching of the different-colored warm-up jackets preceded by days the dousing of the flame, when the kids always go dancing, and the Canadian, French and Greek flags are raised like songs. It even snowed...
...Debi Thomas bobbled to third as Katarina Witt held her figure- skating title and a plucky Canadian, Elizabeth Manley, sparkled her way to silver. Tomba la Bomba and a quiet Swiss, Vreni Schneider, each zigzagged to double skiing gold. And Bonnie the Blur cheered frequently downcast Americans with a speed- skating world record plus a bronze for good measure...