Word: championships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even before he began the Vasaloppet (Vasa Run), Sweden's gut-racking cross-country skiing championship, Farmer Gunnar Larsson had good reason to feel discouraged. He had tried the 50-mile grind in eight previous races and never finished better than fourth. Now he was 35, and the long trail that led from Sälen, near the Norwegian border, to the small town of Mora, deep in the picturesque province of Dalecarlia, looked tougher than ever. Weather on the course veered from dim to foul. At the starting line, mist lay heavy over the hilltops, and skis...
Debate teams from thirty colleges will seek the championship of the 1957 Harvard Invitational Forensic Tournament here today...
...this will prove very beneficial to Colorado College tomorrow night when it meets Michigan for the championship, but tonight the varsity just could not capitalize on these handicaps. It could never really crack through the unexpectedly tough Wolverine defense until 15:17 of the final period when Bob McVey saved the Crimson from a shutout with a blazing shot that Michigan goalie Ross Childs never...
...varsity will be a definite underdog this afternoon when it meets Clarkson in the consolation game for third place in the tournament. As the Broadmoor triumphantly bills it, this will be for the "Championship of the East." The unfortunate fact is that the champion of the East is a long way from the champion...
Barring the dim possibility that Bob Kiputh dilutes his championship 400-yard freestyle relay team as he did last week, the Elis are certain to win, with the Crimson a possible second...