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See it live, didn t, as it was happening. andy, appreciate it. team usa s victory over the heavily favored societies in the 1980 winter games is among the most famous moments in olympic history overall. this time, it was closer than ever, that exciting game, coming down to the shoot-out, as you just heard andy explain. all of this while the russian president vladimir putin was watching it all, stoic like per usual. joining me, ian lee, what was it like inside that stadium? just from the still photographs, vladimir putin just not cracking a smile. nothing. no emotion, but maybe you all saw something else? reporter: fredricka, the stadium was going nuts, you can imagine. this is a huge rivalry. as you said, dating back from the soviet time. ....
So the cold war. so the russians really wanted to get back, i think, at team usa, especially from that defeat in 1980 where the u.s. won on their home turf. the russians wanted to win on their home turf. it was funny. when the russians scored they would cut immediately to vladimir putin, and he gave a little bit of, a nod of approval every time they scored. both times, but the one thing you didn t see on russian state tv was when they lost. there was no cut to vladimir putin. it was the russians were definitely disappointed, but they believed it was a good game, and as we heard, this is just the beginning. they could face each other again. oh, yes. that s right. we were just hearing andy say, you know, the u.s. goes to slovenia and who knows. if they win that, and if russia wins its round, they could be heading it off again. okay. so now what about the crowd? what about the russians? this is their home turf, and, of ....