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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...poor performance in skiing is one of the biggest mysteries???and greatest disappointments?in American sport. Lack of support was a valid reason in the early '60s, when the American team would fly to Europe on one-way tickets, ski the winter circuit, then scrounge airfare home. Now the U.S. Ski Team operates on an annual budget of $2.2 million (compared with $275,000 for the U.S. Speed Skating Team); American skiers have access to equipment and technicians as good as any n the world. Says Team Director Bill

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gold Rush at Lake Placid | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

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