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Show The Salt Lake Tribune poor Japanese with a decimated field in a glamour sport, afterall their preparations? No, Brundagedecided on one scapegoat — Austrian Karl Schranz — andjustbefore the Games opened, the i0C voted 28-14 to expel him. The Austri- ansreacted bitterly, but Schranz talked his teammates out of a boycott and then went hometo a hero's welcome. Brundage hadfired hislast shot attheinfidels,one that drew widespread scorn. Columnist Jim Murray wrote, “The man isa shining example of amateurism in Americatoday — multimillionaire. While Schranz’slast bid for an Olympicgoi medal was nowscuttled, these Games were notbereft ofstars. One stood out abovethe rest — tall Dutchman Ard Schenk.Hol- invitation to the IOC in No vember 1972, after Colorado and Denvervoters overwhelm ROAD TO THE GAMES Th ursday, $14 million. In1971, after win. ning the JOC bid, they pegged thecost at $25 million. In the ingly prohibited the expendi tureof state and city funds on the Olympics. In those years, the arrogant Denver hold Olympic Nordic skiing events there. The Denverbid: ders told themto wait until afa andthenthesite changed. By early 1972, Nordic Ten-year World Cup veteran cameclosest of any woman to Alpine sweep,taking goldsin downhill and slalom pics includedanti-growth and environmentalist interests, eventsfor the Vail area— a second. ofthe well-heeledorWhenthe Denver bidders got the USOCnod in 1967, they projected a cost of events werebeing planned for Steamboat Springs and Alpine before losing giant slalom by an eighth of a the voting public wasultimatelyrejecting the secretive the estimates wentfrom$6 makepeace with the people of Austria,”according to Killa. votes (they got almost 60 per- centin the statewideballot) in 1972. Thatwastheirlast misculation. Their failureled to changein IOCpolicy, as describedbyKillanin: “The IOC had an agreement with Denver but no legal contract thelast timethaat situation wato ex: ist.” Several cities, including Salt CakeCity, offered to step intothebi h for Denver, but at a 1973 sessionin Lausanne, far-flungplanthat raised 10 the IOC opted to returnto Innsbruck, notjust becauseit had organizers never thought Olympic opponents recently staged a Gamesbutalsobee: wakeof the KarlScl concern space of a month in early1 dent a year earlier, the IOC “wanted an opportunityto tures (theygot 76,000) or the rs, who were less than k in their pronouncements Forexample, in the late object lessonto future organiz. ers onhowtealienate the publie, While thefactions in Colorado that opposed the Olym- ES could get the petition signa- Coloradaus justlost faith in the org: Rosi Mittermaier West German Alpine skiing Olympic planners provided an _ Ne millionto $76 millionto $81 $93 million. nin. So, Innsbruck becamenot onlythe substitutehost, but also thefirst city to organize the Olympicsin thepost Munich era. Theterrorist inci dent at the 1972 Summer es meant heightened secu: s Innsbruckput 5,000 llytrainedpolice and on assignment. But avy hand of security be- gantofeellighter as the Gamesbeganandtheathletes took over. Onthe first day of competi tion, Austrian skier Franz land’s speedskaters hadfinally broken through withtheirfirst Olympic gold medals (one for the men,twofor the women)in Ard Schenk Holland Speedskating Free Motorola P! Dutchmanfell at the Start of the 500,but won the otherthree men’s races andthen, two weekslater, swept all four events at the world championships. ip To Super Grenoble four yearsearlier, and Schenk cemented their reputation by winning three gold medals, matchingthe feat of Ivar Ballangrud in 1936 and " Hjalmar Andersen in 1952. The United Statesfared well with eight medals, seven of them wonbyits female skaters and skiers. The only medal produced by American men wasa silverin ice hockey,ina tournamentdraw that was missing Canada; the Canadians, unhappy about competing on an unevenplayingfield with the “professional” Russians, withdrew from international hockey competiton in 1970 and stayed outuntil 1977. American speedskaters Anne Henning and Dianne Holum were double medalists, each winninga gold, but the American girl who won the Japanese hearts was figure $29.99 Pre skater Janet Lynn.Sheelectrified the crowdin the free : skate, which shewon,but her pedestrian performancein the compulsory figuresleft her - $29.99 Rei, hie FREE®vai with only the bronze medal. Almostthe same thing had happened at the world champi- HHT aeETHU0 ACER a Ts onshipsthe previous year, when Lynn wonthefree skate butfinished fourth because of fi Skating historian Ben _ Sipe SLSea Shel Wrightwrote of that 1971 event in Lyon,France,“It was probably at that momentthatfigures began to die.” Later in 1971, the International Skating Union adopted a “short” pro- : 9 Hurry in to a Verizon Wireless Communications Store and enter for a chance to win 1 of 3 Deluxe gram,to be effective in two Super Bowl Prize Packages. atit Ener botwee 1/M4— 11/25/01 the score insteadof half. So, Includes: 1972 champion Trixi Schuba would be the lastto win Olymyears later. 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