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...only one jumper still left on the hill, Norway's Toralf Engan seemed to have the 70-meter ski jump all sewed up. But the last jumper had other ideas: arms pressed tight along his sides, nose almost touching the tips of his skis, Finland's VEIKKO KANKKONEN soared 259 ft. 2 in., landed soft as a feather to score 229.9 points and edge Engan by 3.6 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: King from the Kitchen | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

...after his two one-round disasters against Sonny Liston, ex-Champion Patterson floored Amonti three times before the Italian gave up the fight. > Mickey Wright, 28: election to the Ladies Golf Hall of Fame, after winning a record 13 tournaments and $31,269 on the 1963 pro tour. > Veikko Kankkonen: the international Four Hills ski-jumping tournament, a grueling nine-day test over four separate hills in West Germany and Austria, beating Austria's Baldur Preiml for the title with a leap of 320 ft. at Bischofshofen, Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Jan. 17, 1964 | 1/17/1964 | See Source »

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