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Dates: during 1972-1972
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Blinding Snowstorm. As for team efforts, the Swiss skiers upset the Austrians and all but swept the French off the slopes. The first surprise came when a 17-year-old Swiss whiz named Ma-rie-Theres Nadig nipped favored Austrian Annemarie Proell in the women's downhill. After that, the chunky Swiss girl swiveled through a blinding snowstorm and once more bested Annemarie in the giant slalom. In the men's division, Bernhard Russi and Roland Collombin finished one. two in the downhill. In all. the Swiss men won four of the top six positions in the downhill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Olympics: Citius, Altius, Fortius | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

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