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Other countries had long been trying to outdo one another with increasingly elaborate and expensive Olympic facilities, at Innsbruck, Grenoble, Sapporo. Six years ago, however, after Denver was named for the 1976 Olympics, environmentalists organized opposition, and Colorado voters finally rejected the Games. The Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee then...
No, what ruled the roost at Innsbruck, Grenoble and Sapporo were those weird foreign sports, athletic events I could never comprehend. What do those middle two men do in the four-man bobsled? How does one ever learn to ski jump? I imagine one is either very good after the...
BOBSLED Competition for two-and four-man sleds. Countries can enter two sleds in each event. Course is 1,220 meters long, has 14 curves and a vertical drop of 97 meters. Sleds are steel and aluminum with lead weights permitted to attain maximum allowable weight. Best combined time for...
Neither rain nor thaw will stay the bobsled racers from their rounds at speeds up to 70 m.p.h. at Innsbruck. The course, which cost $5 million to construct, is artificially refrigerated. Unfortunately, say the speed freaks who will use it, it is too safe and far too short. West German...
LUGE Singles competition for men and women, doubles race for men on small wooden sleds which have canvas or braided plastic seats. Same course as for bobsled but with more steeply inclined starting ramps. Best combined time for four runs wins singles; best time for two runs wins doubles.