NEVER IN A HUNDRED YEARS?
With 1976 being the bicentennial year for the United States and the centennial year for the state of Colorado, Denver was a natural choice for the IOC to award the pic support, and Denver immediately withdraws as host of the 1976 Games.
SUBSTITUTE SITE
In search of a replacement, the IOC turns to Innsbruck, Austria, which had hosted the Games only 12 years previously. Having employed the army to help combat weather woes in 1964, Innsbruck once again calls out the troops int.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="9" VALIGN="MIDDLE">FLYINurry States becomes the first black athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics, ice dancing makes its debut, and only 30 percent of a skaterEIGHT="9" VALIGN="MIDDLE">MITTERMAIERrmany repeat as first- and second-place nations. Included in the East German medal collection are all the gold medals in the luge competition.
SOVIET SUPERPOWER
The Russian ice hockey team returns nearly intact from its gold-medal performance in 1972 and subsequent standoff exhibition with NHL
