E4 The Salt Lake Tribune of 1959, they saw for themselves that SquawValleyhadleft them a tough act to follow. As oneInnsbruck Olympicofficial said to a Salt Lake Tribunewriter before leaving the 1960 Games,“I don’t see how wecan even come closeto putting on a showlike they've donehere. If there anysuch wariness onthe part of the people of Innsbruck, an old Tyroleancity on the rushing Inn River,it was reinforced in the fortnight before the '64 Games byastretch of ROAD TO THE GAMES Killy, a 24-year-old Alpine skier from Val d'Isere,fulfilled his countrymen’s mostfervent hopes bypullingoff the hat trick that Sailer had done 12 years earlier, winning the downhill, giant slalom andslalom. He wasalso the focal point of brouhaha the beginning and endof these Games the first, the escalating fight over commercialism, andthe second, a disputeover his third gold medal. 10CPresident Brundage,80 by nowandstill nofan of the Winter Olympics, had been seething over Alpine skiers’ increasing ties with ski manufacturers, and hecameto the Games warning that some skiers maybe disqualified for violating the Olympic terrible misfortune. Foronething, the mildest winter in more than ahalf-centuryleft the mountains snowless, and 3,000 Austrian soldiers had to deliver snowto the ski courses and prepare them. ‘amateur rule. Killy, who had signed a Worse than that, the Games were plagued by twodeaths and some other serious injuries, a result of pre-Olympictraining deal with an Italian manufacturer, was accidents. A British luger waskilled when hewent overthelipof the bobsled-luge run, andan Australianskierhit a tree on aprac. Jean-Claude Killy iored to be one of them, but ulti France Alpine skiing tice run and died. The Austriansflewtheirflags at half-staff throughout the Games. Luge made its debut on the Olympic programhere, andthe countrymen, the dashing Frenchstar Speedskating ventional winnersfromcountries that duplicated Sailer’s feat of ‘56, winning gold medals in the downhill, slalom andgiant slalom. as reached a clumsy compromise: Skiers were photographed with the namesvisible. an speedskater Lydia During the Games, Brundage refused to take part in awards ceremonies for Alpine events, and he fumedwhen, after one Killy victory, the skier received a long televised embrace froma friend adorned, of course, with a trademark name. At one point, a, whowonall four women’s recordsin three of them. ar-old schoolteacherfrom Sibe- speedskating. Brundage wanted trademark namesremoved from ski equipment for the Olympics sothat they couldn’t be seen on television. The FIS atfirst agreed, then reversed itself, and the two entities could keep thebrand namesontheirskis, but they would be disqualified if they coach, called the Canadian victory “the biggest upset in bobsledding history.” ne most decorated athleteofthese not flaunted their commercial partnerships, Germandominanceof the sport began took nine of the 12 medals in women's this time anyway. Irritated that some skiers seemingly SquawValleyhiatus, but it had uncon- did not even haveabobsledrun: Britain After winning twogolds in the two-manand Canadainthefourman. Stan Benham, theU.S. bobsled in 1960, Siberian matelythe IOC didn’t ban anybody To the delight of his Soviet Union Lydia Skoblikova right away. Bobsled returnedafter the women swept all four events, leading a Russian chargethat Thursday, November22, 2001 Brundage complained to a French Olympicofficial that half the scame the first person to win and thefirst to gather six French skiers didn’t abide by the amateur rule, to which the Frenchman replied, “You have been misinformed, Monsieur. No oneon theFrench ski team lives up to your definition.” th ough in skiing, WhenBilly id bronzein theslalom,it mar! ed the first Olympic med for American menin an Alpineevent. The U.S. women, ofcourse, hadalreadyestablished ammedal ition, and Jean Saubert addedto it with a silver and e only American gold in these Games was won by of the Opening Ceremony in Innsbruc! heydefeated the Americans5-1, andit would have been twice goalie < ich’s s 5 medal by left theC u Canadians thought the tie-breaking nae eal neta the bronze, and they were miffed when theywererelegatedto fourth place. The Czechs took the bronze, the Swedesthe silver. 1968 Grenoble eventfor the only U.S. gold medal. She admittedly did not skate herbestin the long program,but it was good enough to win a gold for theirbillion francs (about $240 million). These Games were markedby controversy, and who should be in the middleofit but thestarofthe fortnight, But then, raceofficials ruled that Schranz had missed a gate before the supposed interference on his aborted run, So, a couple of hours after the race, Schranz was disqualified and Killy was declared the winner. The Austrians were furious and appealed, but Schranz’s story about the shadowy intruder “It was aman in black overalls. . .slow and sluggish,” he said— didn’t swaythe jury. While Killy was the dominant figure of the Games, the American star was Peggy Fleming, who won the women’s figure skating TheFrench, who wontheright to stage these Olympics by a narro' 24 vote overCalgary at the IOC session in Innsbruck fourye rlier, bought themselves a real Olympic soap opera France’s own Jean-Claude Killy? downhill, giant slalom and slalom at the 1968 Winter Gamesin Grenoble. But he wasinvolvedin two controversies. enshroudedslalomrace,hewassitting with the best timeafter his second run, when it was Austrian star Karl Schranz’s turn. Schranz interruptedhis run when afigure appeared onthe course and impededhis path. He askedfor andwasgranted a re-run, and he came down andbeat Killy’s time. He had apparently won the gold medal. Terry McDermott ‘TheSoviets avenged the U.S. hockey miracleof 1960 within hours Killy, the poster boy for this debate, nonetheless succeeded on the ski hill, winning the downhill And giant slalom. In the fog- Jean-ClaudeKilly, the darling of the French team, won the for whichshe washeavily favored. After Brundage presented her with the medal and gavehera formal kiss, she was asked at the newsconference how Brundage kissed. Fleming paused a moment at the dumb question and then replied, “He was an amateur.” 1972 Sapporo Sapporo, the majorcity on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido, becamethefirst Asiansite of the Winter Games, morethan three decadesafteroriginally planned. The aborted 1940 Winter Gameshad been scheduled there, and the Japanese got the Winter Gamesbackat an IOC meeting in 1966, when it wonthe 1972 bid ina first-ballot victory over Banff. The Japanese, who spent $500 million on roads and infrastructure needs for the Games, received high marks for the organiza- tion andcongeniality of these Olympics. 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