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High above the winter resort of Garmisch Partenkirchen, in the lee of Germany's towering Zugspitze, champion bobsledders of eight nations were in gleeful spirits last week. After two days of unseasonably mild weather, the icy 1936 Olympic bobsled course had frozen hard and fast over its tortuous, 1...
On a short holiday in Garmisch, Germany, NATO Commander General Matthew B. Ridgway, with his wife Penny and four-year-old son Matt Jr., watched the world championship bobsled races. To get into the spirit of the occasion, the general borrowed a pair of skis, got a few pointers from...
Your article [TIME, May 12] on "Honest Ave, the hairsplitter" is delicious. Twenty years ago we tried one millionaire who gave the national bobsled a push down the icy run. Exhilarating at first, but now we're going at terrific speed and . . . we're heading right for a...
Four-Man Bobsled. Germany's heavyweight team (total weight: 1,050 Ibs.), driven by World Champion Andreas Ostler, edged out the U.S.'s Stan Benham & Co. (weight: 970 Ibs.), by 2.6 seconds in four heats. Since added weight means added momentum, the Olympic Committee has ruled that hereafter...
The sixth winter Olympic games open today in Oslo Norway, with the running of the women's giant slalom and the first two heats of the two-man bobsled. The Slalom is held at Norefjewl and the bobsled in the Frognersteren hills. Formal opening ceremonies will be held tomorrow, contrary...