11 years ago…
We witnessed one of the most dramatic Olympic victories when Yugoslavia led by Nikola Grbic, Vladimir Grbic and the young superstar Ivan Miljkovic, defeated the top favorites Russia. In case you missed this match or want to see this match again, here you go…
“Traditionally, I’m a sick optimist. When I was talking about gold in August, when we got together, everyone was staring at me weirdly. I bored the bejesus out of everybody with my stories about gold.” – Vladimir Grbic.
“Before the Olympics, we had won against everybody, but never collected these victories in one tournament. Here I think we knew we could do it.” -Nikola Grbic.
“Now we are in the first league of sports in Yugoslavia. Our people are used to the winners, and those are the players they admire.” – Yugoslavia’s Coach Gajic.
Where were YOU when Yugoslavia won their first ever Olympic Gold?
We were in our room with our hands together, eyes closed and kept telling ourselves “What happened to Iakovlev?”
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