Andrew is, of course, correct. Thanks to him for nailing this down.

David Minor

>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:57:30 +0500 (EST)
>From: Andrew Mace <[log in to unmask]>
>To: David Minor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: NYNY 1979-1981
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>On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, David Minor wrote:
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>> Feb 23
>>
>> Wenzel wins her second gold medal in the slalom.    **    U. S. speed
>> skater Eric Heiden becomes the first athlete to win five medals at one
>> Olympics when he wins the gold medal in the 10,000 meter race.
>
>David, I'm not all that big on sports/Olympic trivia, but I think Eric
>must have been the first to win five medals in a _Winter_ Olympics. Mark
>Spitz won seven medals for various swimming events in 1972 in the Summer
>Olympics in Munich, right?
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David Minor
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