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From: ab3@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Olympic memories
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Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 11:03:09 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 13 11:03:09 1984
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	Wow.  What an Olympiad...in spite of the Eastern-bloc boycott,
	occasionally-biased media coverage, sometimes-questionable
	officiating, and everything else, it was a fantastic event.

	Random comments and notes:

	Will we ever forget Gabriella Anderson-Schiess staggering into
	the Coliseum and pushing herself around the track to finish the
	women's marathon 37th?  That's courage...

	Or what about Daley Thompson, a real class athlete, winning
	the decathalon and remaining quietly modest...

	Or Mary Lou Retton, gritting her teeth and nailing her vault
	for the gold medal...

	Or Edwin Moses just leaving the field behind (13 steps between
	hurdles!) in the 400m hurdles...

	Or Flo & the women's volleyball team, playing their hearts out
	for the silver medal...the men's volleyball team coming back
	to wipe out Brazil for the gold...the women's basketball team,
	led by Cheryl Miller, running all over the competition...and, of
	course, the men's team walking all the way to the gold. (Side note:
	I heard a commentator last night call B. Knight "brilliant" for
	his coaching effort in the Olympics...I should like to point out
	that my grandmother could have coached that team to the gold,
	considering the wealth of talent present there.)

	And all the other atheletes, the gymnasts from China, the divers
	from Great Britain, the marathoners from Canada, the runners from
	Tanzania...they were all wonderful, and a joy to watch.

	Can we do it again next month?
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