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Figure Skating At The 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' Singles
The women's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held on 30–31 January and 2 February 1956. Twenty-one women from eleven countries participated in the competition. The event was dominated by the American skaters and who won gold and silver. Tenley Albright, who overcame a significant injury two weeks before the start of the competition, was the Olympic champion. Competition The event was held outdoors at the Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the host city for the Games. This would be the last time that the figure skating events were held outdoors at an Olympic Games. The Ice Stadium was the focal point of the Games. It was used not only for figure skating but also for the opening and closing ceremonies.Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), pp. 124–133 It was built to accommodate 6,000–7,000 people. Temporary seating was added for the figure skating competition t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio ( en, Olympic Ice Stadium) was built between 1952 and 1954, primarily as an open air Figure skating arena in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, to hold between seven and eight thousand spectators, with the possibility of making temporary arrangements to accommodate twelve to fifteen thousand for the period of the Olympics. The venue was inaugurated on 26 October 1955. During the 1956 Winter Olympics, the arena held the opening and closing ceremonies, the figure skating events and select ice hockey games. Sometime after 1981, a roof was added to the structure. The stadium will host curling in the 2026 Winter Olympics and it will also host wheelchair curling in the 2026 Winter Paralympics. In popular culture The stadium is also shown in the 1981 James Bond movie '' For Your Eyes Only'', where Bond (played by Roger Moore) met with the villainous Aris Kristatos (Julian Glover), where Kristatos tries to trick Bond into pursuing and killing his rival Milos Columbo (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
