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Word: hindelang (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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...sophomore at the University of Colorado, Kidd, 22, finished second in the special slalom at Innsbruck in 1964, thus becoming the first American ever to win an Olympic medal in men's skiing. Two weeks ago, in the season's first big meet at Hindelang, Germany, he was up against the fastest man in Europe: France's Jean-Claude Killy, 22, winner of seven major slalom races in 1965. SURPRISE AT HINDELANG read the next day's headline in France's sports daily, l'Equipe, as Kidd, trailing Killy by most of a full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skiing: Killy & the Kidd | 1/21/1966 | See Source »

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