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U.S. Olympic History: American efforts affected by boycotts of 1980 and 1984
By Mike Finn World politics and conflicts had affected the Olympic movement before the 1980s, considering two World Wars did not allow athletes to compete in Games schedules for 1916, 1940...
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Gable and Petersons led Americans to 12 medals in the 1970s
1972 Olympics: Gable’s legend grew in Munich By Mike Finn, WIN Editor There was a different look to Dan Gable during his five days of wrestling in Munich, West Germany, for...
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Sam is the third Hazewinkel as U.S. Olympian
By Mike Finn (Editor’s Note: This is the fifth of 11 weekly previews of the of this summer’s Olympics in London. In last week’s WIN eNews, we looked at the 163-,...
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2012 Olympics Preview — Greco-Roman: 163, 185 and 264.5 pounds
By Mike Finn (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of 11 weekly previews of this summer’s Olympics in London. In last week’s WIN eNews, we looked at the 121-, 132- and...