The 1988 Winter Olympics were marked by controversy for the U.S. team. The controversy centered around the fact that we had not won as many medals as expected. In fact, the last time we had done so poorly was in 1936.

We won a few medals, and those winners have become household names. Debi Thomas went head to head with the East German, Katerina Witt, and came away with only a bronze medal, Bonnie Blair won the gold medal in speed skating as well as a bronze, Brian Boitano picked up the gold in figure skating, Eric Flaim, Jill Watson, and Peter Oppegard picked up medals for the U.S. Teams, but others who were expected to win medals did not finish in the top three. The hockey team placed seventh - well out of medal contention, the young speed skater named Jensen experienced the tragedy of los…