February
–
2014
th
7
rd
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1980 Games – Lake Placid – The USA Ice Hockey
Team - Inspiration
• 1988 Games – Calgary – The Jamaican Bob Sleigh
Team – ‘Cool Runnings’- Equality & Respect
• 1996 Games – Lillehammer – Dan Jansen – Courage
& Determination
•
During the Cold War – the USA & USSR were
bitter rivals
• The team form the USSR were unbeaten & the
best in the world – they had won Gold at every
Games since 1964
• The US team was made up of mainly college
players led by coach Herb Brooks
• Critics thought that this team was a ‘joke' and
they would be an embarrassment
• Brooks pushed them to their limits in training
and turned them into an effective team
•
Miracle
The New York Times
wrote before the game
•‘Unless the ice melts or
the US or another team
perform a miracle the
USSR will easily win gold
for the 6th time in the last
7 major tournaments
•
Speed skater Jansen tried to win medals at 3
previous Games
• In 1984 at Sarajevo he fell in the final
• In 1988 at Calgary he was told minutes before he
went on the ice that his sister had just died as a
result of Leukaemia – he fell again
• 1992 in Albertville he was again the favourite and
fell in both his finals
• 1996 in Lillehammer he fell again in the 500m final
• Only one more race before retirement – the 1000m,
his last chance
•
Courage,
Determination,
Inspiration
The 1000m was
his last race – he
won the gold &
broke the world
record !!
He dedicated his
medal to his
sister.
Respect
1988 Calgary
Games the
Jamaicans
entered a
bobsleigh team
even though they
had no snow on
which to train
Cool Running's –
picture from the
Disney movie
Yes the movie was
based on a true story
•Devon Harris,
Dudley Stokes,
Michael White,
Samuel Clayton &
Aiden van de Mortel
led by their coach
Howard Siler
•
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm4DjRc
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