Word: skier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Borne north by car and plane, by skier and foot racer, the Olympic torch this week will travel from Rome to the famed ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites. Its arrival will open the seventh Winter Olympics. Even before they began, the games seemed headed for trouble...
...American Skier Katy Rodolph, a point winner at Oslo in 1952, crashed into a tree in a practice meet, broke a vertebra in her neck and was lost to her team...
...Germany's best Alpine woman skier, Evi Lanig, took a tumble on a downhill run and broke...
While the women were onstage, the committee was pleased with the show. Picking a team was easy. Back on the long boards after a two-year layoff, Andrea Mead Lawrence, 22, first U.S. skier ever to win two Olympic gold medals (1952), whipped downhill with her old breathtaking skill, took first place in the slalom and giant slalom, tied for first in the downhill competition. Close behind Andy in the combined scoring, Katy Robolph, 24, from Reno, and Skeeter Werner, 21, from Steamboat Springs, Colo., poled home second and third to earn their places on the Olympic squad...
...versatile skier, Churchill participates in all four events--downhill, jump, cross country, and slalom, with his best performances coming in the slalom...