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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

Archive for the ‘Grenoble 1968’ Category

August 18th, 2006

Killy made a killing.

I’m referring to France’s skiing legend, Jean-Claude Killy, who made Olympic history when he won the gold medal in three Alpine skiing events [Giant Slalom, Slalom, Downhill] within one Olympic Games. He’s only the second skier who ever accomplished such a feat, the first was Austria’s Toni Sailer in 1956.
Killy was already the defending World […]

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