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Cortina, Italy, Feb 2--Tenley Albright '57 became the first American in history to capture an Olympic gold medal in women's skating, and the second member of the United States team to place first this year's Winter Games here...
Bill Cleary scored his first goal in Olympic competition Saturday as the United States whipped Poland, 4 to 0, and Tenley Albright begins her quest for the Olympic figure-skating crown this morning at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...
...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...
...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 for the U.S. in 1952, has borne three babies since then and may not have won back her old skill on skis. With Tenley Albright on the injured list, Figure Skater Hayes Jenkins may well be the U.S.'s only sure gold-medal winner...
Meanwhile, Radcliffe junior Tenley Albright will continue practicing, trying to shake off the effects of her injured leg, in preparation for the figure skating events Monday. The current World Champion, she went through her most rigorous routines yesterday...