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Wore Than Just A Sporting Chance other Soviet bloc countries boycotted the

Summer Olympics, barring some of the
best athletes in the world from competing
Olympics, Super Bowl provide athletic feast in the Games.
“It’s not right that any country
he year of 1984-85 certainly was rich American soil, brought even more should boycott the Olympics,” commented
in most aspects, and perhaps the enthusiasm to the competition. junior Kerry Weisbrod. “The Games are
most exciting facet of the year was The U.S. athletes performed out­ supposed to be a competition among the
that of sports. standingly well in the Summer Games, best athletes in the world, and when half
For starters, the Winter and Summer taking home 83 gold medals, 61 silver, and of them are missing, the events aren't
Olympics, which occur only once every 30 bronze. as exciting to watch.”
four years, were held in 1984. The Among the exceptional For South Florida
Summer Olympics were especially wel­ athletes were track star Carl sports fans, the highlight of
come, both because they were held in Los Lewis, winning four gold the year was certainly Super
Angeles and because the United States medals—the one hundred Bowl XIX. It was there, on
boycotted the last Summer Games in meters, two hundred meters, January 20 in Stanford
1980. four-hundred-meter relay, Stadium, that the Miami
In addition, South Florida went into and the long jump. In Dolphins, led by the Boy
an athletic frenzy when its own Miami addition, gymnast Mary Wonder Dan Marino, were
Dolphins met the San Francisco Forty- Lou Retton won the all­ to meet the San Francisco
niners in Super Bowl XIX in Stanford round gold medal and led Forty-niners in a struggle
Stadium. the gymnastic team to a for the most coveted victory
Held in Yugoslavia, the 1984 Winter silver medal, as well as in the world of football.
Olympics were a mere taste of the glory winning bronze medals for Soaring with eagles Unfortunately, the
to come in the Summer Games. In the the floor exercise and game ended in disaster for
winter competition the United States won uneven parallel bars and a Scott Upper: P.C.’s own Miami fans when the Dol­
it km four gold and four silver medals. In the silver medal for the vault. Olympian. phins were defeated, 38-16.
men’s figure skating category, Scott Perhaps the most heart-rending “It was a terrible game
Hamilton took home a gold medal while moment of the Summer Olympics came to watch,” commented junior Ian Duncan.
Steve Mahre won another gold in the when runner Mary Decker tripped and fell “Marino’s magic arm just wasn’t there.
Giant Slalom skiing event. in the women’s 200-meter run. She After seeing the Dolphins wallow in
The entire nation was locked in a apparently stumbled over South African oblivion for three quarters, I was so
fever of excitement as its U.S. athletes Zola Budd’s foot, pulling a leg muscle disgusted that I nearly turned the T.V.
italta kept winning glory for their country which prevented her from finishing the off.”
lecojii during the Summer Olympics. The fact race.
rail that they were held in Los Angeles, on Unfortunately, the U.S.S.R. and
srqe Dog day for Dolphins
Balance of power Chariot of fire