DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: A look back at a golden Olympic moment in our "CNN 20" segment. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE, FEBRUARY 18, 1994) DAN JANSEN</s>M SPEEDSKATING GOLD: Here it is.</s>NICK CHARLES, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: It took 10 years and four Olympics, but American speedskater Dan Jansen finally turned a nightmare into a golden dream. The Wisconsin speedskater, who had won everything worth winning except an Olympic medal, seized his last chance and smashed the thousand-meter world record in the bargain, when he won the gold today in Norway. But Jansen still gave us a white-knuckle ride to the end. He flirted with disaster when, with less than 400 meters to go, and the crowding roaring for the world record split times he was posting, Jansen nearly slipped, grazed the ice with his hand, but this time pulled it together, held his speed through the curve, and then flashed across the finish line in world record time. Victory was hit and so, finally, was an Olympic gold medal.</s>JANSEN: Monday, it was definitely disappointing to not get the medal in the 500 that I pretty much knew I would get. And today, for this to happen in this way. it's unbelievable. I mean, from the moment I crossed the line, I couldn't believe it. I still can't.</s>CHARLES: Well, Jansen knew he was the fastest skater in the world, and today he proved it. It took him 10 years, seven races and four Olympics to do it, but that hard-luck label is now history, replaced by something brighter: a gold medal.
CNN 20: Dan Jansen Wins Gold, February 18, 1994