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Tony Nash, British bobsledder who won Gold at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics in the two-man bobsleigh, has died aged 86.

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I guess it dinna matter whit Olympics thread it’s posted on.

 

Alex Gilady, an International Olympic Committee member from Israel who also previously served as a senior vice president of NBC Sports, has died. He was 79.

The IOC announced Gilady's death on Thursday. IOC member John Coates of Australia said Gilady died Wednesday in London.

No cause of death was given.

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On 04/01/2018 at 16:58, Predictor said:

Here's some info about my DDP pick Jonny Nilsson, a Swedish 1964 ice skating olympic gold medalist. He was born in 1943 and was a candidate for the 2009 European Parliament election in Sweden.

 

Excerpts from an article from 30 Nov 2017 (with my own sloppy translation):

 

*The skating world champion has incurable cancer

*The prostate cancer was discovered too late and has spread to the bone

*Jonny Nilsson, 74, doesn't regret not taking a PSA-test earlier

*Was a top athlete in the 1960s, and won a World Cup gold, a World Cup bronze and an Olympic gold in ice skating. He set 5 world records and was pronounced the best Nordic athlete in 1964

*Discovered in the summer of 2017 that he had several tumours on his back bone, and metastasis in the skull bone and in one of his hips

*His PSA-value was 1000

*Treatments include castrate medicine & estrogen

*His disease described by the article as "deadly"

 

Jonny Nilsson dead.

 

A hit in a couple of pools I believe.

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On 08/02/2022 at 00:14, arghton said:

https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/mtv-tapasi-siiri-aitee-rantasen-olympialaisia-kotikatsomossa-odottava-terasrouva-kertoo-kuulumisistaan-iivoon-mina-uskon/8347106

Rantanen gave a rare video interview a couple of days ago, not sure if the video/site is region locked. Seems like she's declined mentally a bit during the last years but can still talk properly and despite the amputation she is still in good condition physically.

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That picture I posted in December was probably an older one, atleast looks like it.

Siiri Rantanen now lives in a care home:

https://www.is.fi/maastohiihto/art-2000008856922.html

Says that she looks forward to her 100th.

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On 22/06/2022 at 15:25, YoungWillz said:

Unique pick for me in 2018. I didn't see him as a QO certainty, but now we know the answer. Maybe this being a Winter Olympic year helped? RIP. 

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Norwegian skiing champion Aksel Lund Svindal has testicular cancer:

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/09/24/aksel-lund-svindal-testicular-cancer/

 

Prognosis is good though. Still remarkable news though because naturally, testicular cancer usually mostly appears for younger men, and he's 39 years old. Norwegian athletes have long been under suspicion for their exceptional results. They have a lot of asthmatics, curiously. Shades of Lance Armstrong.

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Just now, gcreptile said:

Norwegian skiing champion Aksel Lund Svindal has testicular cancer:

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/09/24/aksel-lund-svindal-testicular-cancer/

 

Prognosis is good though. Still remarkable news though because naturally, testicular cancer usually mostly appears for younger men, and he's 39 years old. Norwegian athletes have long been under suspicion for their exceptional results. They have a lot of asthmatics, curiously. Shades of Lance Armstrong.

 

39 is not old for testicle cancer. Cancer Reaearch Uk says the highest age is 30-34. 

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/testicular-cancer/incidence#heading-One

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Alexander Gorshkov, legendary figure skater and head of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, passed away. The 1976 Olympic champion died at the age of 76. His cause of death was a myocardial infarction.

His partner and wife in the gold medal performance at the Innsbruck Olympics, Lyudmila Pakhomova, died of cancer in 1986.

Obituary

 

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Steve Jensen, a member of the USA Ice Hockey Team that finished 5th at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics, reportedly dead aged 67: 

 

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2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


É dezembro querida.

Sorry,thanks for complementing

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Sergey Bautin, former Dynamo Moscow defender and Olympic champion (1992), dies (55).

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Two-time German Olympic ski champion Rosi Mittermaier has died at the age of 72.

One of the stars of the 1976 Winter Olympics, Mittermaier passed away after a "serious illness".

Mittermaier is regarded as one of the greatest skiers in history, having made her World Cup debut aged just 16 in 1967.

But her biggest success as a pro athlete undoubtedly came in 1976.

Aged 25, she finally won her first overall World Cup title, plus the slalom and combined discipline titles.

That same year, Mittermaier also dominated the slopes at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

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1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

Two-time German Olympic ski champion Rosi Mittermaier has died at the age of 72.

One of the stars of the 1976 Winter Olympics, Mittermaier passed away after a "serious illness".

Mittermaier is regarded as one of the greatest skiers in history, having made her World Cup debut aged just 16 in 1967.

But her biggest success as a pro athlete undoubtedly came in 1976.

Aged 25, she finally won her first overall World Cup title, plus the slalom and combined discipline titles.

That same year, Mittermaier also dominated the slopes at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

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She was only following orders!

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1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

Two-time German Olympic ski champion Rosi Mittermaier has died at the age of 72.

One of the stars of the 1976 Winter Olympics, Mittermaier passed away after a "serious illness".

Mittermaier is regarded as one of the greatest skiers in history, having made her World Cup debut aged just 16 in 1967.

But her biggest success as a pro athlete undoubtedly came in 1976.

Aged 25, she finally won her first overall World Cup title, plus the slalom and combined discipline titles.

That same year, Mittermaier also dominated the slopes at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

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4 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

A bicampeã alemã de esqui Rosi Mittermaier morreu aos 72 anos.

Uma das estrelas dos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1976, Mittermaier faleceu após uma "doença grave".

Mittermaier é considerada uma das maiores esquiadoras da história, tendo feito sua estreia na Copa do Mundo com apenas 16 anos em 1967.

Mas seu maior sucesso como atleta profissional, sem dúvida, veio em 1976.

Aos 25 anos, ela finalmente conquistou seu primeiro título geral da Copa do Mundo, além dos títulos de slalom e disciplinas combinadas.

Nesse mesmo ano, Mittermaier também dominou as pistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno em Innsbruck, na Áustria.

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was the 3rd Olympic champion in alpine slalom skiing to die (only the first 2 champions in 48 and 52 had died by then), and the 4th Olympic champion in downhill to die

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Russian ice dancer Roman Kostomarov on life support with pneumonia.

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