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  1.                                  Jeff Blatnick won a gold 
  2.                                  medal in Greco-Roman 
  3.                                  wrestling at the 1984 
  4.                                  Summer Olympics, 
  5.                                  becoming the first 
  6. American ever to win a medal in the super 
  7. heavyweight division. But he also won a 
  8. different battle -- against cancer.
  9.  
  10. In 1982 Jeff learned he had HodgkinΓÇÖs 
  11. disease, which is a cancer of the lymph 
  12. nodes, spleen, and liver. He underwent 
  13. radiation treatment and had his spleen and 
  14. appendix removed.
  15.  
  16. After the treatment, Jeff trained himself back 
  17. into shape and made the Olympic team.
  18. At the Olympics, he advanced to the 
  19. championship match. Although Jeff 
  20.