Scott Hamilton Will Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of Olympic Gold With Event For Cancer Research – News18

Scott Hamilton can scarcely imagine that it has been 4 a long time since he stood atop the Olympic podium in Sarajevo.

To commemorate the anniversary of that night time at Zetra Olympic Hall, the American determine skating icon is planning to reunite with the remainder of the rostrum — Canadian silver medalist Brian Orser and bronze medalist Jozef Sabovcik of Czechoslovakia — for a collection of occasions to lift funds for his basis and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

The occasion on Feb. 16 at Glide at Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York is being referred to as “40 Years of Going for Gold,” and can embrace occasions involving Nathan Chen, who captured gold for the U.S. on the 2022 Beijing Games, and Olympic determine skater Mariah Bell.

“It’s mind-boggling to believe 40 years have passed since I stood on the podium,” mentioned Hamilton, who additionally competed on the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, the place he carried the flag for the opening ceremony and wound up ending fifth.

“I can’t wait to reunite with Brian and Jozef to commemorate our accomplishments,” Hamilton mentioned. “I remember thinking about my mom while the national anthem played, wishing she would have survived cancer to witness such an accomplishment.”

Hamilton retired from worldwide competitors after the Sarajevo Games, and he spent a few years performing in exhibits. He additionally frolicked in broadcasting and has labored extensively on the board of board of administrators for Special Olympics International.

Yet a lot of his put up-skating life has been devoted to his Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, elevating cash for most cancers analysis.

Hamilton waged a a lot-publicized combat with testicular most cancers in 1997, and 7 years later, medical doctors found a benign mind tumor. He had surgical procedure in 2010 to forestall a recurrence of the tumor, referred to as craniopharyngioma, solely to have an artery nicked within the course of, inflicting an aneurysm and forcing him to bear a further process.

He obtained a 3rd mind tumor prognosis in 2016 however the next March introduced it shrank with out chemotherapy.

“I’ve dedicated my life to finding ways to turn cancer upside down by funding research that targets and treats cancer, while sparing patients from the harsh side effects of treatment,” Hamilton mentioned. “Feb. 16 will always be a special date for me and I’m excited to be in New York to share it with such incredible champions and remarkable cancer fundraisers.”

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