Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games is
the only book devoted solely to chronicling the historic events at
Squaw Valley and Lake Tahoe. The VIII Olympic Winter Games took
place in February 1960 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of
California. From 30 countries around the world, 665 athletes
gathered over 11 days to engage in five recognized Olympic winter
sports contested in 27 events. These sports and events included
alpine skiing, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, biathlon,
figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey and ski jumping.
You-are-there accounts of all competition events with top scores
and medal results for each sport are included. Readers will learn
about the extensive pageantry and artistic expression of the
opening and closing ceremonies produced by the legendary Walt
Disney. The 200-page book includes 80-plus photographs by official
photographer Bill Briner and others showing historic Olympic venues
and athletes in the heat of competition.
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