What is the opening ceremony of the Eighth Winter Olympics?

Richard Nixon, then vice president of the United States, announced the opening of the Eighth Winter Olympics.

The preparations for the US 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics did not go smoothly. This mountain city, 300 kilometers away from San Francisco, California, with an altitude of 1 1,900 meters, had no sports facilities and venues at all when applying to the International Olympic Committee. As only nine countries signed up for the sled race, the organizing committee decided that it was not worthwhile to spend a lot of money to build a sled race venue, so it refused to build a track dedicated to the sled race and announced that the sled race would not be held.

This is the first and only time that the Winter Olympics has missed the sled race. In this competition, biathlon (including cross-country skiing and shooting) became the official event of the Winter Olympics for the first time, and Rastan Laestander from Sweden won the first Olympic gold medal in this event.

City introduction

Squaw valley is a basin between the Sierra Nevada in California. 100 years ago, it was once a place where Indians lived in compact communities. The custom in India is that men go hunting all the year round and women do housework at home. When the first white immigrants arrived here, they only saw some women. Indians call women "squaw". This is the origin of squaw valley's name.

Squaw valley altitude1889m. The altitude of the venues of previous Winter Olympics is lower than here. For example, the altitude of Saint Moritz is 1.856 meters, while that of Kotina Dempe Zuo Wei is1.654,38+0.84 meters, while that of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is only 732 meters. Squaw Valley Winter Olympics is the first winter event held at a higher altitude. This valley is one of the famous winter sports centers in the United States, with perfect sports facilities and an ice rink that can accommodate 65,438+65,438+0,000 spectators.