Maria Gusakova
Maria Ivanovna Gusakova (russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Гусако́ва; 2 February 1931 – 8 May 2022) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s for VSS Spartak. She won a complete set of Winter Olympic medals with a gold in the 10 km (1960), a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay (1960), and a bronze in the 10 km (1964). Gusakova also earned a complete set of medals at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay, a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in the 5 km. Her husband Nikolay Gusakov also competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and claimed bronze in Nordic combined event. Biography She was born in the village of Timoshkino, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast. Career She made her international debut at the 1958 World Championships and placed at tenth position in 10 km event. She made her Olympic debut representing Soviet Union at the 1960 ...
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Cross-country Skiing (sport)
Competitive cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of race formats and course lengths. Rules of cross-country skiing are sanctioned by the International Ski Federation and by various national organizations. International competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Winter Olympic Games. Such races occur over homologated, groomed courses designed to support classic (in-track) and freestyle events, where the skiers may employ skate skiing. It also encompasses cross-country ski marathon events, sanctioned by the Worldloppet Ski Federation, and cross-country ski orienteering events, sanctioned by the International Orienteering Federation. Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allows athletes with disabilities to compete at cross-country skiing with adaptive equipment. Norwegian army un ...
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Radya Yeroshina
Radya Nikolayevna Yeroshina (russian: Радья Николаевна Ерошина; 17 September 1930 – 23 September 2012) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Lokomotiv in Moscow. She won four Winter Olympic medals with three silvers in the 10 km (1956 and the 3 × 5 km relay (1956, 1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1958.Holmenkollen winners since 1892
Yeroshina also won two medals at the

1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 � ...
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5 km and the ski jumping individual normal hill made their event debuts at these championships. Men's cross-country 15 km February 20, 1962 30 km February 18, 1962 50 km February 24, 1962 4 × 10 km relay February 22, 1962 Women's cross-country 5 km February 19, 1962 10 km February 21, 1962 3 × 5 km relay February 23, 1962 Men's Nordic combined Individual February 19/20, 1962 Men's ski jumping Individual normal hill February 21, 1962 Individual large hill February 25, 1962 Medal table ReferencesFIS 1962 Cross-country results
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958 took place 2-9 March 1958 in Lahti, Finland. This marked the third time the city hosted this event having done so in 1926 and 1938. Germany returned to the FIS Nordic Ski Championships for the first time officially since 1939, albeit as East Germany and West Germany. Additionally, it was the first championships to electronic timekeeping where results were timed to the tenth of a second rather than the full second. Men's cross-country 15 km 4 March 1958 30 km 2 March 1958 50 km 8 March 1958 4 x 10 km relay 8 March 1958 Women's cross-country 10 km 5 March 1958 3 x 5 km relay 7 March 1958 Men's Nordic combined Individual 2-3 March 1958 Men's ski jumping Individual large hill 9 March 1958 Medal table ReferencesFIS 1958 Cross-country results
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 Kilometre Relay
The women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1964 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 7 February 1964, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's 3 x 5 kilometre relay Women's cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre
The Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1964 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 1 February 1964, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 kilometres Women's cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with the name * Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician * Oly Hicks (born 1968 ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 Kilometre
The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1964 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on 5 February 1964, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's 5 kilometres Women's cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with the name * Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician * Oly Hicks (born 1968 ...

Cross-country Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics
At the 1964 Winter Olympics seven cross-country skiing events – four for men and three for women – were contested. The events began on January 30, 1964, in Seefeld, Austria. The women's 5 km race debuted at this Olympics. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1964 Winter Olympics 1964 Winter Olympics events Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... Cross-country skiing competitions in Austria ...
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 Kilometre Relay
The women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, February 26, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium. Sweden surprisingly won the gold medal ahead of the Soviet Union who took the first four places in the individual event. Bulgaria were due to have a team, but they did not start the race. Results References1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 Kilometre
The 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, United States. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 20, 1960, at the McKinney Creek Stadium. It was a Soviet Union clean sweep of the medals with Maria Gusakova winning gold and defending champion Lyubov Kozyreva taking silver. In fact the Soviets also took fourth place through Alevtina Kolchina. Two days later, Gusakova's husband, Nikolay Gusakov won bronze in the Nordic Combined. Results References External links1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 Kilometre Women's cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics Oly Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendi ...
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics
At the 1960 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday, 19 February, to Saturday, 27 February 1960. All the races took place at McKinney Creek Stadium, Tahoma, California, United States. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External links 1960 Squaw Valley Official Olympic Report1960 Olympic Nordic Events
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