Word: holmenkollen
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...boycott was immediately effective. The world-famed ski meet on Holmenkollen, attracting 450 crack jumpers, was abandoned. When quislings tried to organize their own Holmenkollen meet, only 20 nonentities signed up. When a quisling was made president of the Oslo Gymnastic Society, all 7,000 members resigned. Sixty-four wrestlers signed up for matches with Denmark. Day of the elimination contests, not one appeared...