SQUAW VALLEY
Olympic Museum
And the most astonishing thing here, on the top of the mountain, is the Olympic museum, right near the skating-rink! 
We see the history of the Valley, the whole chronicle of the Games here, and whatever I saw and knew about the Games back in 1960 in Moscow, I now see from the other side of the glass.
Any visitor here knew that America’s hockey team won the Olympics. “Russians lost” – they told us with sympathy. Yes, we know it as well, though our team was one of the main contenders for the golden medal – they were the first in the previous Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
We saw pictures of Belousova and Protopopov (figure skating) while they are doing their famous todes - one of the figures on ice. The caption was: “Russian style figure skating”. Despite taking the 9th place they were still noticed: in the next games, in Insbrook, they came in the first place, 4 years later, in Grenoble, likewise they came in the 1st place, as well as numerous victories on the European and World championships.
All 3 winners – Russian names: Maria Gusakova, Lubov Baranova, Radja Eroshina. Cross-country skiing, 10 km distance. Тhe article said: “Russian women took all the medals”.
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