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However, it was team co-captain Ned Cahoon's leadoff leg in the 400 free relay which stands out as the Crimson highlight of the meet. Cahoon broke the 48-second barrier for the first time in his life, clocking 47.6 for his 100-yd. sprint...
...Eighty-one at Zigzag! Eighty-one at Zigzag!" The announcer, alerted by spotters, booms a coded warning over the public address system. Even before his echoing voice has died away, safety and medical personnel sprint into action. A bobsled has crashed on the Lake Placid Olympic run, the longest, fastest, most difficult and dangerous racing course of its kind in the world. Zigzag, an S turn that slams sleds at nearly 70 m.p.h. through two 60° turns in 335 ft., has claimed yet another victim...
Friday, Feb. 15,8-11 p.m.: Eric Heiden, 21, starts his campaign to become the first man to win all five speed-skating gold medals as he competes in the 500-meter sprint. In the women's 500, Eric's sister Beth, 19, leads an American bid to sweep all three medals. In the pairs' figure skating, America's Tai Babilonia, 19, and Randy Gardner, 20, open their duel with the Soviets' husband-and-wife team of Irina Rodnina, 30, and Alexander Zaitsev, 27, in the "short program," which lasts two minutes or less...
...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...
Between the two diving events, the Crimson pulled victories in the 50 free, 200 free and 50-yd. fly, with Smith winning the freestyle sprint with a 25.7, Gildea cruising to her second victory of the night in the 200, and Frick winning the second event of her eventual triple with a 27.8 in the 50 fly, an event in which Smith finished second...