I still remember watching this and thinking, “that’s how I feel when I’m skiing the bunny hill.” Completely out-of-control. But not so out-of-control for Klammer, who careened to a gold medal after this amazing run.
Great Olympic Moment: Franz Klammer’s Gold Medal Run, Innsbruck 1976
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Too funny! I just posted this same video yesterday. For pure adrenaline it is the best moment.
But for all that Olympics embodies – please, it’s the 1980 “Miracle on Ice”. The symbolism of that win – not even the medal round – has never lost its power. Watching Eruzione insist on have the entire team on the podium, watching Jim Craig wonder where his father was…those moments are as potent today as they were in 1980.
Kris,
That is funny! Like minds……
I agree with you on the “Miracle on Ice.” That is in a class all to itself. I’ll be posting it here, have to, can’t have Olympic highlights without that.
Wow, that was a heart stopper for sure. I’d not seen this before. Wow.