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...opening ceremonies were fairly innocuous, sometimes stirring but mostly boring. The contingents of athletes marched in wearing their hotdog winter stretchsuits littered with racing stripes. The mayor of Sapporo, Japan, where the 1972 Winter Olympics were held, downed a gulp of brandy with the "jolly burgomeister" of Innsbruck And then there were all those panning camera shots of Olympic flags and scenic valley vistas, and above all, whitecapped mountains, gray mountains, jagged mountains piercing blue skies. The next day, ABC said that 30 people had been hospitalized for bruises and broken bones suffered in the crush of people...
...Woman Skater Tatiana Averina is a worthy successor to the now retired world champion, Ard Schenk of The Netherlands. A college student from the central Russian city of Gorky, Averina, 25, holds the world records in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500-meter events. Other medal possibilities at Innsbruck: Teammates Lubov Sadchikova and Galina Stepanskaya, American Sheila Young and Japan's Makiko Nagaya. Averina has no equivalent among the men, but Soviets hold four of five world marks. Impressive, but somewhat deceptive. The records were all set at high altitude, in Alma-Ata, near the Chinese border. That...
...dance, again the odds heavily favor the Russians, who will send three couples to Innsbruck-the 1-2-3 finishers in the European championships. The best are Ludmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorskov, a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
Scratch a Flexible Flyer and underneath lies a luge. The principal difference, of course, is a matter of speed. The luge run at Innsbruck will produce a maximum speed of almost 70 m.p.h., and belly flopping is grounds for disqualification. The racers lie on their backs and steer with their feet. East German women won gold and silver medals in 1968, but were disqualified for illegally heating their steel runners before the race. On cold steel, they swept all medals at Sapporo and should do so again. Margit Schumann is the best woman, and Countryman Hans Rinn is also...
...Soviet teams can embarrass most clubs in the National Hockey League, imagine the scores their All-Star aggregate will run up against amateur opponents in Innsbruck. Alexander Yakushev is the best left wing in the world, says Bobby Hull, and Goal Tender Vladislav Tretiak has proved he is unsurpassed at stopping shots. Why bother holding the tournament...