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Word: ruud (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...instead of one, to make them go straight, are judged on form. Ski-jump judges first picked 19-year-old Hans Beck of Kongsberg, Norway for two jumps of 232 and 208 feet. Then they changed their decision, ranked him second to another 19-year-old Kongs-bergian, Birger Ruud. Red-cheeked Ruud, who works in a gun factory, and whose older brother, Sigmund, finished seventh in the same event went 218 ft. on his first jump, 226 on his second, got 228.1 points to Beck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Lake Placid | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

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