Franz Klammer's Gold Medal Run - Innsbruck 1976
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Einfach herrlich!
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I too remember watching this live. I live in Texas with no snow and I have never even tried to ski. I had heard of Klammer and maybe watched him on ABC at some point before the Olympics.. The performance ranks at the top of my all-time sports events. Klammer delivered when the pressure was on. I have never heard anyone ask him if he ever thought he was out of control. He certainly pushed the limits. This and maybe Secretariat and Ali-Frazier. All classics.
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I too remember watching this live. I live in Texas with no snow and I have never even tried to ski. I had heard of Klammer and maybe watched him on ABC at some point before the Olympics.. The performance ranks at the top of my all-time sports events. Klammer delivered when the pressure was on. I have never heard anyone ask him if he ever thought he was out of control. He certainly pushed the limits.
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simply the Best !!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, Denver, maybe you'll get an Olympic chance again in say, 2074
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@ellandelachapelle I think it wasn't him (he was a 7-year old Carinthian peasant boy at the time). But it's true that he was born to ski ;-)
the greatest ski race in history - he was on the edge of losing control all the way down, but he had to be to win. One fo the most exciting two minutes in sports history.
talma16 1 year ago 10
I remember watching this live and getting goosebumps. His run was absolutely unbelievable. It seems if you saw it live it would stay with you forever.
EmeraldCityPensacola 1 year ago 8