Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outrage that a boycott of the 1980 Olympics is even being considered. The U.S. athletes work under their own steam, without Government aid, toward the biggest achievement in sport, and now the Government wants to use them as a weapon. What could be more unfair...
...bracing for what could prove to be, if events take the darkest of turns, the final true Olympics. The sad truth is that the political pressures that have always borne so heavily on the Olympic Games today threaten to open an irreparable schism in world sport (see ESSAY...
...Davos, the Heidens drew knowing and admiring crowds. With good reason: in the long history of their sport, only Eric has been deemed capable of winning the gold in all five men's events, ranging from the lightning-fast 500-meter sprint, through the middle distances of 1,000 and 1,500 meters and on to the grueling 5,000-and 10,000-meter endurance races. His younger sister Beth is favored in two of the four women's events. Said a Dutch father, his hand resting lightly on his son's head to guide the boy's eyes toward...
...glory during past Winter Games on the ice. Df the 24 gold medals awarded to singles figure skaters in the twelve Olympic Winter Games, eight have been won by Americans. From Dick Button to Dorothy Hamill, American skaters have not only dominated, they have defined the standards of the sport. The entire U.S. figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash in Belgium in 1961, yet the program was strong enough to produce a gold medalist, Peggy Fleming...
Coached by the world's pre-eminent authority on the sport, James "Doc" Councilman, the Hoosiers have compiled a most impressive record over the past 22 seasons. They have won 217 dual meets while dropping only ten and have finished among the top five at the NCAAs 16 times since Councilman came to Bloomington...