Czech cross country skier Pavel Koltsjin trains on a thin patch of snow on January 28, 1964 in Seefeld, near Innsbruck, Austria. Because of the lack of snow, Olympic officials had to call in Austrian soldiers to bring snow by military trucks to help prepare the tracks for the Games.

Innsbruck, Austria - 1976: (L-R) Dianne de Leeuw, Dorothy Hamill, Christine Errath, medal ceremony for the Women's Free skate event, at the Olympiahalle, 1976 Winter Olympics / XII Olympic Winter Games.

Team USA celebrates its shocking upset of the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

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