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Sixth episode of the novel the Olympic winter Games in the Norwegian capital were also those of Zeno Colo'' s gold and bronze Giuliana Minuzzo, the first Italian medals, both downhill alpine skiing.
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On 21 June 1947, the 40th session of the IOC Stockholm decides the venue for the sixth edition of the Olympic Winter Games. A win is a big city, the Norwegian Oslo, which is awarded by members of the International Olympic Committee by 18 votes to prevail on the'' Italian'' Cortina d'Ampezzo, which collects 9, and the U.S. Lake Placid, who pockets only one. This is the first and still only time the capital of a state accommodates a'' white Olympiad and is the first time the races, particularly some of those in alpine skiing are held at more than 100 km from the city the host. The Games White finally arrive in what is considered the birthplace of winter sports. Participating nations are 30, they return to the Olympics in Japan and Germany after the chastisement of 1948, the German team is nominally unified between east and west, in reality there is no athlete in the eastern part. There are the two Koreas, which are in the middle of their civil war,'' while the Soviet Union continues to snub the Games in spite of the national olympic committee, founded twelve months before, was now officially recognized by the 45th session of the CIO 7 May 1951 in Vienna, led by the Communist giant Stalin decide to attend only the'' next summer Olympic Games in Helsinki.
For the first time in a Winter Olympics'' c'' is the relay of torchbearers, over 90, which carry the Olympic flame at the Bislett Stadium, the Olympic Stadium, built in 1922. The flame is ignited two days before the opening ceremony of'' not at Olympia but in Morgedal, fireplace in the home of Sondre Norheim (1825-1897), considered the father of modern skiing and telemark inventor of the style. '' The last torchbearer, the one who lights up the tripod for the first time in a'' white Olympiad, is Eigil Nansen, twentysomething nephew of the famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), whose book-report on'' crossing on Skiing in Greenland dating from the late nineteenth century was the first major contribution to the worldwide spread of these wonderful tools. The closing ceremony, which in previous editions was almost an appendix to the last few races, it is an official event distinct and separate from the others and for the first time the Olympic flag winter, renamed "flag of Oslo", passed into the hands of city ​​that will host the next edition of the Games whites.
The events that assign Olympic titles are like 22 in St. Moritz, but in eight sports and not nine: the program disappears again, and this time for a very long time, the skeleton in its place is held the first Olympic women's skiing history, a 10 km, which sees a hat-trick with victory Finnish Lydia Wideman. Only a demonstration sport bandy, a middle way between the'' ice hockey and football teams of eleven players are, the times are two to 45 minutes and the keeper could only parry the ball with his hands. In addition, two new tests of skiing, the giant male and female, replace the combined among women won the U.S. 19-year old Andrea Mead-Lawrence, who then will be repeated in the slalom despite a fall in the first round, including the darling of men triumphs Home Stein Eriksen, the first major character of alpine skiing: beautiful, strong, with a reputation as a playboy, it will be second in slalom, won three gold medals at the World Championships of 1954 and then will move to the U.S. to do the instructor and the Director various ski schools and is also considered the inventor of the rules of acrobatic skiing, better known as freestyle.
Two boys Austrians from the same country, Lech am Arlberg, climb to the top step of the podium: Othmar Schneider won the men's slalom, Trude Beiser, already the second four years ago and in the meantime become Mrs. Jochum, won the women's downhill in which Minuzzo Giuliana, 20 year-old from Vicenza to Marostica, became the first Italian woman medalist at the Winter Games acciuffando bronze. The Abetone Celina saws is fourth in slalom collecting his third "wooden medal" Olympic career, two fourth places in the giant slalom and also gets his countryman Zeno Colo but he that was gold downhill and giant slalom and silver in the World Championships in Aspen, 1950, at age 31 he takes immense satisfaction in beating all men's downhill on ghiacciatissima Norefjell, the Tuscan is our first gold medal in alpine skiing but can not participate in the subsequent international competitions since it is considered professional to have linked his name to a jacket and a model of ski boots.
The hosts of Norway are doing their part in the men's Nordic skiing: Simon Slåttvik wins combined Arnfinn Bergmann's race ski jump at Holmenkollen stadium which assist 120,000 people, Brenden Hallgeir the 18 km, but the Finland meets his part in the relay with the triumph in the 50 km and with Veikko Hakulinen, 27 year old lumberjack absolute newcomer to the game that will go down in the history of skiing. In the history of figure skating we enter more and more Dick Button, the U.S. confirms the gold in St. Moritz once again failing to successfully complete a jump in the free program never managed to anyone, a triple, in this case a Rittberger . In the artistic female Jeannette Altwegg the British to triumph in front of the American Tenley Albright, whose incredible story tell in the next installment. In the pairs competition are spouses German Ria and Paul Falk to win, as well as to Germany are the two titles of the bob. Andreas Ostler is the first driver to win the race to two and one to four in the same edition of the Games but there is much controversy because the two teams are "extra large", that is, their members are much heavier than those of other nations and the speed of their bob qualify for them, so much so that the International Federation will be forced to introduce the weight limit of very precise.
Ice hockey sixth victory in seven tournaments in five circles for Canada, which in these seven editions has racked up 37 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in 41 games. But the King of Games is Hjalmar Andersen of Oslo, Trondheim 28 year old who is not deployed on the 500-meter speed skating won by American Kenneth Henry but then triumphs over the other three distances 1500, 5000 and 10000, the last with posting records on the runner-up, 24 "8, which is still the largest ever recorded in an Olympic speed skating. From the first note in the sport medals, three silvers, Holland at the Winter Olympics, the country that would later become dominant at times on the long track. In addition to the excellent results and the two medals in alpine skiing in Italy there are places sixth in the men's relay team of fund in the artistic and the architect Carlo Fassi, our greatest figure skater, European gold in 1953 and 1954 and world bronze in 1953 and later coach of many great champions and champions.
Summary
6th edition of the Olympic Winter Games
Host city and date of the meeting in Oslo (Norway), 14-25 February 1952
Athletes participating: 693 (584 men, 109 women)
Participating countries: 30
Italian participants: 33 (28 men, 5 women)
Italian flag-bearer: Fides Romanins (cross country)
Securities allotted: 22 in 8 sports
Official opening: Her Royal Highness Princess Ragnhild
Olympic athletes' oath: Torbjørn Falkanger (ski jumping)
Last torchbearer: Eigil Nansen
The medal
Norway: 7 gold 3 silver 6 bronze
United States: 4 gold 6 silver 1 bronze
Finland: 3 gold 4 silver 2 bronze
Unified Germany: 3 gold 2 silver 2 bronze
Austria: 2 gold 4 silver 2 bronze
Canada: 1 gold 1 bronze
Italy: 1 gold 1 bronze
Great Britain: 1 gold
Netherlands: 3 silvers
Sweden: 4 bronze
Switzerland: 2 bronze
France: 1 bronze
Hungary: 1 bronze
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