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Today 1-3:30 p.m., U.S. vs. Norway hockey; 9-11 p.m. and 11:30-11:45 p.m., men's speed skating; bobsled, biathlon, luge.
The athletes will be competing in a winter playground that has been groomed with the help of $178 million in federal, state and local funds. The money went to build better roads, dormitories, communication systems and, not just incidentally, ski slopes, bobsled runs and skating rinks. Because of the tragedy...
...East Germans should win again in bobsledding, an event that might produce a drama of its own at Lake Placid. The star will not be a driver or brakeman, but the bobsled run itself. Since work was completed on the new refrigerated run at Lake Placid, bobsledders have come to know it as one of the sport's toughest, trickiest courses. One particular turn, the Zig-Zag, a high-banked 60° left turn for 165 ft., followed by an equally tight 170-ft. right turn, is deemed the most technically difficult in the world. More than 50 bobsled teams have...
Which two portly Germans made waves when their bobsled won a gold medal in '48 with the team's two heaviest members aboard?
Of all the places to do this, Lake Placid is one of the most natural. Home of many world-class skaters and skiers, the village has more than an Olympic heritage; it also has many of the physical elements necessary for the Games. Nearby Mount Van Hoevenberg boasts North America...