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...Andresen, "is the two disciplines that meet in hell, because it is at one extreme mental and at the other extreme physical." Only two other athletes, both speed skaters, have won four gold medals at one Winter Olympics. American Erik Heiden took five in 1980 and Russia's Lydia Skoblikova won four in 1964. After the relay Bjorndalen was quietly matter-of-fact about his achievement. "I made four good races," he said, "and won four golds. I don't think about history. We just...
...Russians, on the other hand, got along fine with everybody-and why not? Noblesse oblige, you could call it. "Now, that is something on which I expect you are already well informed," smiled saucy, blonde Lidia Skoblikova, 24, when a reporter boldly inquired after her vital statistics. The No. 1 star of this or any other Olympics, Speed Skater Skoblikova picked up her fourth gold medal of the games last week in the women's 3,000 meters and posed gaily for photographers with all four strung around her neck...
...just a leisure-time activity; it is a natural resource like uranium-and hang the cost of mining. A pair of top-quality speed skates costs only $12 (v. $75 in the U.S.), and there are 13 speed skating rinks in Moscow alone. Champions like Grishin and Lidia Skoblikova are "amateurs" mainly because there are no professionals in Russia. Grishin is an officer in the Red army, and Skoblikova is a schoolteacher who finds time for some seven hours of practice every day. Even during the offseason, Lidia lifts weights, works out on roller skates, and runs 200-meter sprints...
...Russian government's gold reserves ever run out, it can always call on LIDIA SKOBLIKOVA, a dimpled, blonde schoolteacher from Siberia, who is going to need help from Brinks to get her winnings home. Speed Skater Skobli-kova, 24, won two gold medals at Squaw Valley in 1960. Last week she won three more, sweeping the 500 meters, the 1,000 meters and the 1,500 meters, setting Olympic records in all three races. "Now cut out that kissing," gasped Lidia, as teammates swarmed round to congratulate...
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