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Cortina, Italy, Feb 2--Tenley Albright '57 became the first American in history to capture an Olympic gold medal in women's skating, and the second member of the United States team to place first this year's Winter Games here...
Experts expect Carol Heiss of New York, runner-up in last year's world championship to give Miss Albright stiff competition in the free figures, but the Radcliffe junior's superiority in the compulsory school events seemed likely to bring her the title. Miss Albright, who lost the crown in 1952 when she fell late in the competition, said before leaving the United States that she also anticipated a very strong bid from Catherine Machado. the third United States entry...
...hockey and figure skating events are the Americans' strongest, and the U.S. will be trying to sweep the first three places in the men's skating with Hayes Alan Jenkins, Ronnie Robertson, and Dave Jenkins. In the women's division, Miss Albright and Miss Helss will be pointing for a one-two finish. The American sextet is expected to finish third, and has an outside chance for second place
...Tenley Albright, world's champion figure skater and one of the U.S.'s few sure bets for a first place, tripped over a hole in the ice and gashed her leg. But the pretty blonde premedical student, who took up skating to offset the effects of childhood polio, insisted she would be ready for competition. Her physician father, who flew in from the U.S., agreed. Said Tenley: "I'll skate even if the leg is broken...
...highest U.S. hopes, but Austria's Toni Sailer will probably whip the field. Andrea Mead Lawrence, who won the slalom and giant slalom for the U.S. in 1952, has borne three babies since then and may not have won back her old skill on skis. With Tenley Albright on the injured list, Figure Skater Hayes Jenkins may well be the U.S.'s only sure gold-medal winner...