Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics
Cortina, Italy. First televised Winter Games as the USSR debuted on top
Overview
Soviet athletes entered the Winter Games for the first time and immediately topped the medal table. Italian television carried the events to multiple European countries, a first for the Winter Games. Austrian Toni Sailer, aged 20, swept all three alpine titles in the Dolomites.
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