The 1968 Winter Olympics were held in Grenoble, France, and were the first Winter Games to include sex testing for female athletes and doping controls. French skier Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's Alpine skiing gold medals, matching a feat achieved only once before, by Austria's Toni Sailer in 1956. The Grenoble Games were also the first Winter Olympics broadcast live via satellite to a global television audience.
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The 1968 Winter Olympics were held in Grenoble, France, and were the first Winter Games to include sex testing for female athletes and doping controls. French skier Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's Alpine skiing gold medals, matching a feat achieved only once before, by Austria's Toni Sailer in
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The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years
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The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (French: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France.
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Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of two biathlon events, held at Autrans.
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He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there.
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Greene Raine won the giant slalom in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Oleg Protopopov (Wikipedia)
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Belousova and Protopopov became Olympic champions for the second time at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
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She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966-1968) in the same event.
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