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Here are examples of articles you’ll find.
Globalization of the Olympics?
By John Allen Of 2,856 athletes competing from 88 countries at the Sochi Winter Games, seven came from six first timers: Malta, Paraguay, East Timor, Togo, Tonga, and Zimbabwe. Outside of the luger...
The French Connection: The First Winter Games
How concern for the national health and military preparedness led France to build the infrastructure for Chamonix, 1924. By E. John B. Allen The generation of men and women who took to recreational...
Olympic Memories
A veteran journalist on the world alpine racing circuit recalls moments of high drama—and humor—from the Winter Games. STORY BY PATRICK LANG INNSBRUCK 1976 FRANZ KLAMMER’S RECKLESS GOLD-MEDAL RUN...
Lake Placid, 1932
How the Olympics came to a sleepy Adirondack village By Morten Lund The fact that in 1932 an Olympics came to America at all is a story with a bit of a strangeness about it, not least of all, the...
Schranz vs. Brundage: The Olympic controversy for all time
An outraged IOC czar, an impenitent ski racer. Their loathing was mutual. BY JOHN FRY Prize money in a single World Cup race is now in six figures. Competitors openly negotiate contracts to promote...
Greatest Racers: Olympics sort out the best
Who are the greatest racers? Look to the Olympics for the skiers able to conquer pressure. By John Fry With 48 homers and 130 runs batted in, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez...
Bode Miller at the 2006 Olympics, and After
BODE: LOOKING BACK TO THE 2006 OLYMPICS By John Fry Even before they turned off the gas to the Olympic Winter Games flame at Turin, the celebration of the world’s most famous skier had become a roast...HOW TO FIND AND READ ARTICLES ABOUT THE OLYMPICS FROM PAST ISSUES OF MAGAZINES
The Skiing History archive includes indexes to three leading ski periodicals, going back 73 years. To find articles on the Winter Games, go to each index in turn. Use control-F (find-on-page) to open a text search box for the page, and enter the word “Olympics." Then use "Find next" to zero in on Olympic coverage. Make a note of the issue date for each article you'd like to read.
INDEX TO SKIING HISTORY MAGAZINE AND SKIING HERITAGE PAST ARTICLES BY ISSUE
SKI MAGAZINE BACK ISSUES INDEX, 1941-93
SNOW COUNTRY BACK ISSUES INDEX, 1988-98
When you’ve found the year and month of the issue containing the article that interests you, you can read it by clicking on:
VIEW AND READ BACK ISSUES OF: