St. Moritz, in the years immediately following World War II... Eddie Reinalter became the first athlete to bring Switzerland Olympic gold. It was in the slalom at the 1948 Games.
And, it sounds unreal for such a ski country, but for 78 years, Edi was the only Swiss to win gold in this discipline. Until the advent of Loic Mayor and the Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The brilliant guy from Neuchatel broke his country's curse and took gold in a slalom that will be remembered for a long time.
He won ahead of Fabio Gstrein from Austria and Henrik Kristoffersen from Norway.
Mejar drove a perfect second run and after second place in the first, he inscribed his name among the immortals.
The drama was survived by Atle Lie McGrath, the best after the first run, who fell off the course at the beginning of the second, and then could not hide his anger and disappointment. He threw sticks off the course, and then angrily left the restricted area and headed towards the forest to calm down.
Far from fighting for medals, our Branislav Peković made his Olympic debut and for him the most important thing was to reach the finish line. In the end, he was 37th out of 44 competitors who finished the first race, 35,56 seconds behind the new Olympic champion.
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