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S A R A J E V O XIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES OPENING DATE:8 February 1984 CLOSING DATE:19 February 1984 COUNTRY OF THE HOST CITY:YUGOSLAVIA CANDIDATE CITIES: SAPPORO(JPN) AND FALUN/GÖTEBORG (SWE).
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S A R A J E V OXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMESOPENING DATE:8 February 1984CLOSING DATE:19 February1984COUNTRY OF THE HOST CITY:YUGOSLAVIACANDIDATE CITIES: SAPPORO(JPN) ANDFALUN/GÖTEBORG (SWE)
Sarajevo was thefirst in a longlineofeditionsofthe Winter and Summer Games celebratedwhile Juan Antonio Samaranch was IOC President, a factdepicted on thisstatuecreatedbyCatalanartist Rosa Serra.
Racing in front of a homecrowdYugoslavia‘s Jure Franko managedtosteelthespotlightwithhissilvermedalgiantslalomperformance.
Model renderingofthe „Suisse 1“ four-man teambobsleigh. The teamof Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann and Rico Freiermuth rode the original tobronze finish in theevent.
Pop artist Andy Warhol‘sspeciallycommissionedpostersuperimposestwospeedskaterimagestakenfrompublicityshotstoexpresthemovementoftheathlete.
WithoneofthetwoOlympicmedalsthat he wonatthe Games in Sarajevo hangingaroundhis neck, a youthful Jens Weissfloganswersquestionsfromthemedia.
Whetherdressed in blackfortheircompulsorydanceor in theflowingpurplecostumesfortheir „Bolero“ freedancetheteamofTorvilland Dean wereperfection on ice in Sarajevo.
Racing in muchbetterconditions on 13 February, Gunde Anders Svancapturedgold in themen‘s 15km crosscountryskiingevent.
PRENESENO IZ KNJIGE: THE TREASURES OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES