1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Cross Country Skiing, 5 km, Women

1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Cross Country Skiing, 5 km, Women13.02.1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Cross Country Skiing, 5 km, Women. Great history of skiing. Full recording. Russian comment. Results – www.todor66.com and www.sports-reference.com The 5 km race tuned out to be a much closer race than the 10 km four days earlier. Sweden’s Toini Gustafsson, having the advantage of starting last of the 34 participants, won her second gold medal, but this time only 3.2 seconds ahead of Soviet’s Galina Kulakova. One km from home, Swedish team leaders informed Gustafsson that she was five seconds behind Kulakova, but a strong finish secured Gustafsson her second Olympic gold medal. Alevtina Kolchina, now aged 37 and competing in her fourth Olympics, snatched the bronze medal another 3.2 seconds behind, but only 1.3 ahead of another four-time Olympian,

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