The Boston Globe, February 12th, 1988
CALGARY, Alberta - He laughed when the call came yesterday morning and he learned he wouldn't be racing in the Olympics. He laughed because he was too shocked to cry. "I won the trials -- and I'm out," US speedskater Dave Cruikshank said. "Got the raw deal." Cruikshank, a 19-year-old from Northbrook, Ill., had finished first in the 1,000 at the December trials and was skating well in practice here. But team coaches Mike Crowe and Dan Immerfall decided not to give him a starting spot in next week's race, moving in Tom Cushman, who hadn't been among the top five in the trials. "Just because he w...
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