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Underdog Americans Aim for Grenoble Olympic Ski Upset
The 1968 Grenoble Winter Games open with the American ski team seen as underdogs but better prepared than past Olympics. Leaders Billy Kidd and Jim Heuga headline a nucleus of ten racers, with storied veterans and rising youngsters training year round under coach Bob Beattie.
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Grenoble
France
U.S
Vladimir Sabich
Bob Beattie
Beat
Billy Kidd
Kidd
Hans Kraus
Colorado
Tage Pedersen
Jim Heuga
Innsbruck
Austria
Heuga
Helga
Jean-Claude Killy
Rick Chaffee
Italy
Chaffee
Aspen
Andreas Molterer
Suzy
University of Washington
Canada
Vermont
Chuck Ferries
Dennis
Penny McCoy
California
Europe
Lake Placid
N. Y
Iron Mountain
Mich
Brattleboro
Franconia
N. H
Alta
Utah
John Ballant
John Bower
Anchorage
Alaska
New York