Tuesday, January 21, 2014

A Short Winter Olympics Timeline-- Part 2

1980: Now known as "The Miracle On Ice" the U.S. men's hockey team upsets the supposedly invincible Soviet team. //// 1984: Ice dancers JAYNE TORVILL and CHRISTOPHER DEAN receive 12 perfect 6.0s for their interpretation of Bolero in Sarajevo. //// 1988: The JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM is disqualified after crashing, but become the subject of the 1993 comedy Cool Runnings (with Coach John Candy). //// 1994: Figure skating teammates NANCY KERRIGAN and TONYA HARDING face off seven weeks after the infamous clubbing incident. //// So, Now You Know. --DaCoot

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