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...margin of 49.7 sec.-roughly the equivalent of three city blocks. Some experts credited Nones' victory to the wax he used on his skis -a special green wax designed particularly for the kind of crusty, frozen snow that covered the course. But Third Place Finisher Eero Maentyranta of Finland, who won the same brutally taxing race at Innsbruck in 1964, allowed that wax was not his problem. Said he: "I was so exhausted I had to stop and be sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Neither Sleet Nor Snow | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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