Super Steel Products Corp. is helping restore the giant torch that burned over the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. The Milwaukee manufacturer has the 6-foot-wide caldron at its Calumet Road plant, and probably will completely rebuild the severely deteriorated bowl.
There is a certain magic in the cold air of Lake Placid. It has much to do with the stunning beauty of this remote hamlet nestled against the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. But it is more. It is also the memory of miracles come true, a legacy of the 1980 Winter Olympic games. This month marks the 25th anniversary of those games, and Lake Placid is reliving the time with a two-week-long celebration. Lake Placid is in many ways a winter sports theme park that is historic as well as accessible. Visitors can skate on the same oval where Eric Heiden won his five gold medals for speed skating. Skiers can make like Phil Mahre and blast down the giant slalom at Whiteface Mountain.
Ed MacDonald For decades, Ed MacDonald covered every aspect of skiing for the Lewiston papers. He gave the same level of devotion to high school, college and Olympic skiiers. He also served as Chief of Press at the 1960 and 1980 Winter Olympics, assisting other journalists with logistical support, while filing stories for the Maine press.
I remember the Moscow 1980 Olympics-the Olympics that never were. At the time the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the Olympics to the former Soviet Union. It was a move seen by human rights activists as a disaster, and as a mistake. It was the first Olympics ever awarded to a Communist country. Then in 1979 came the Soviet intervention is Afghanistan, and then U.S. President James Carter decided that somehow Moscow had to be punished and so the United States led a boycott of the 1980 Olympics. Half of the normal participants to the Olympic games also boycotted the Moscow 1980 Olympics, and the boycott represented a loss for the Soviet Union.
This list of all-time Olympians with connections to Long Beach was first compiled by former Press-Telegram Sports Editor John Dixon and has been updated and expanded annually. For purposes of this list, greater Long Beach includes Compton, Downey, Los Alamitos and other nearby suburbs and schools that are covered by the Press- Telegram. All event distances noted are in meters. The U.S. did not compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics but athletes who made the '80 Olympic team are considered Olympians here.ARCHERY
Most sports fans who are old enough can remember where they were when the United States hockey team defeated the Russians in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. That team had special characteristics that made it easy to fall in love with leading up to that semifinal match versus Russia and eventually winning the gold medal. The more you watch this U.S. National team in the FIFA World Cup, the more you feel it might share those same qualities.
Everybody wants to make a good impression at home. So, while Olympic fans across America will be focused on Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White, Bode and Apolo, a lot of folks in Canada will be watching the sports, while also keeping a keen eye on the medals table. Bringing the Winter Games to Vancouver, Canada has not tried to hide its main goal for 2010: Winning the most medals. It's not a mere fantasy. A country that has improved its medal count at every Winter Olympics since 1980 won 24 in 2006, one fewer than the United States, and only five off the pace set by first-place Germany. In preparing for 2010, Canada has pumped more than $100 million into a program called "Own the Podium." Canada has heavy medal potential in skating, freestyle skiing, curling and, of course, hockey. Germany and...
July 19 1877 Spencer Gore beats William Marshall in 48 minutes (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the first mens singles tennis championship at the All England Club, Wimbledon. 1909 Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball pulls off the first unassisted triple play in modern major league history. 1910 Cy Young wins his 500th career game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators 5-4 in 11 innings. 1957 Don Bowden is the first American to break the four-minute mile, running a 3:58.7 in Stockton, Calif. 1980 The Summer Olympics open in Moscow without the United States and 64 other boycotting countries. 1987 Nick Faldo of England wins the British Open by one shot when American Paul Azinger bogeys four times on the back nine. 1990 Pete Rose, baseballs all-time hits leader, is sentenced to five month...
A young, talented wrestler on the brink of stardom, Jeff Blatnick didn't know where to turn when the U.S. led a 65-country boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, protesting the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. President Jimmy Carter announced the boycott in March 1980, leaving Blatnick, the two-time defending NCAA Division II heavyweight national champion, in the cold that summer, along with hundreds of other American athletes.
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