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Then the traditional torch, carried by Italian Skater Guido Caroli, circled the arena. Head high and chest proudly puffed, Caroli turned his eyes to honor his President, Giovanni Gronchi. That salute was his undoing; he tripped and sprawled awkwardly before the presidential box. Somehow he hung onto the torch. Seconds later he skated on to light the great bowl of fire that will blaze until the seventh Winter Olympic Games are over...
Despite the "Russians smiling at Americans" observed by Skater Jenkins, international rhubarbs kept Olympic diplomats exercised. The Soviet's state-subsidized "amateurs" tried some gamesmanship, hinted that Canadian hockey players were pros. Everyone wanted to start first in the men's giant slalom, before the course was all cut up. An Italian-German hockey game ended in a brawl...
Leaning low over the blue-white ice of Lake Misurina, the Soviet skater was a study in scowling concentration. Forgotten was the happy camaraderie of stadium ceremony. This was why he had spent bleak, cold years of practice back home at Alma-Ata, this was why he and his Olympic teammates had come to Cortina: to whip the world...
...Tenley Albright, world's champion figure skater and one of the U.S.'s few sure bets for a first place, tripped over a hole in the ice and gashed her leg. But the pretty blonde premedical student, who took up skating to offset the effects of childhood polio, insisted she would be ready for competition. Her physician father, who flew in from the U.S., agreed. Said Tenley: "I'll skate even if the leg is broken...
Tuned up by long training at Alma-Ata, Soviet ski center, Russian skiers and skaters were swift enough to break records even in practice. The Russian hockey team seemed strong enough to give both favored Canada and the U.S. a fight. Russian cross-country skiers looked unbeatable. Only in the Alpine events (downhill and slalom) did U.S. men seem to have a chance to pile up points. Skeeter Werner and Ralph Miller will carry the highest U.S. hopes, but Austria's Toni Sailer will probably whip the field. Andrea Mead Lawrence, who won the slalom and giant slalom...