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Other Russians did nearly as well. Going all out to win the men's 1,500 meters, Speed Skater Ants Antson, 25, hurled himself bodily across the finish line-and slid headfirst into a snowbank. Claudia Boyarskikh, 24, a sturdy Siberian schoolteacher, led a 1-2-3 sweep in the grueling women's 10,000-meter cross-country ski race, also won the 5,000 meters, collected still a third gold medal as anchor woman on the victorious 15-kilometer relay team. Vladimir Melanin, described as "a 30-year-old student," coolly plinked 20 straight bull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Avalanche at Innsbruck | 2/14/1964 | See Source »

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