Congress finds the match is remembered as a miracle
To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the historic “Miracle on Ice”, revitalizing American morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the United States, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Congress finds the match is remembered as a miracle
The document says “should”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The match is remembered as a ``miracle'' as collegiate ice hockey players defied expectations in defeating a Soviet team that won 4 consecutive gold medals dating back to 1964.”
The second half of the section's fourth finding, and the one that explains the phrase the Act takes its name from. Congress gives the reason the game is called a miracle: collegiate players beat a Soviet team that had won four straight gold medals since 1964.
What the document actually says
“The match is remembered as a ``miracle'' as collegiate ice hockey players defied expectations in defeating a Soviet team that won 4 consecutive gold medals dating back to 1964.”
That sentence, in plain words
People call the game a miracle. College players were not meant to win. The Soviet team had won gold four times in a row.
What this is about
The Soviets had not lost a gold medal since 1964. That is sixteen years. So few people thought the Americans could win.
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