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Squaw Valley 1960
The Olympic Games or Olympics is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics opening ceremony was on 18 February 1960 and closing date was 28 February 1960. Squaw Valley 1960 arranged in the country of the host city United States of America. Candidate cities were Innsbruck, St. Moritz and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics included 30 Nations, 665 athletes, 144 women, 521 men, and 27 events. In these Olympics sports played were Bobsleigh, Ice Hockey, Skating, and Skiing.
Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics official opening of the games was done by Vice-president Richard Nixon and lighting of the Olympic Flame by Kenneth Charles, Henry. Olympic Oath by Carol Heiss, Official Oath by The first officials' oath was sworn at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
The 1960 Squaw Valley Games were preceded by a controversy when the organizing committee refused to make bobsleigh run because only nine nations had indicated an intention to take part. This was the only time that bobsledding was not included in the Olympic programme. As the Games were held in California, it seemed fitting that the chairman of the Pageantry Committee, in charge of the opening and closing Ceremonies was none other than Walt Disney.
A new sport, biathlon, a combination of cross -country skiing and shooting was added to the Olympic programme. The first race was won by Klas Lestander of Sweden. Women competed in speed skating for the first time. The United States ice hockey team won an unexpected championship, upsetting Canada and USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In that Squaw Valley 1960 year USSR achieved good position with hard working. They got 7, 5, 9 medals respectively Gold, Silver, Bronze in that specific year.
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