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Olympian being forced to sell his gold medal

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Published on May 27, 2016 with No Comments

It took a miracle for Jim Craig to win a gold medal in hockey at the 1980 Olympics, but, after 36 years, he’s willing to let it go. The former goaltender has put the medal up for sale at an ongoing public auction along with the jerseys, mask, skates and stick he used during victories over the Soviet Union and Finland at the Lake Placid Winter Games. Craig, who now works as a motivational speaker in St. Petersburg, Florida, said that his decision to part with 17 relics from the games, including an American flag that was draped over his shoulders following the victory over the Soviets, “has nothing to do with money .“ The 59-year-old said he decided to sell the collection, valued at more than $5 million, because he “didn’t know what to do with it“ after it spent years on display in museums. Craig said it will be most difficult to part with the medal, which is expected to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million through the Bohemiabased online auction house Lelands.com.

 

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