1960 Olympic 50K at Squaw Valley

In honor of Sixten Jernberg, the Nordic legend, who just passed away. This film clip comes courtesy of Soviet cinematographers (with Russian narration and a peppy soundtrack!)…the film focuses on Jernberg (no 36) and Veikko Hakulinen of Finland (no 26)…also Kalevi Hamalainen of Finland (no 1), Rolf Ramgard of Sweden (16) and a snippet of Genadii Vaganov USSR (no 22)…gold medal went to Hamalainen, silver to Hakulinen, bronze to Ramgard…Jernberg finished 5th – but he had already won gold in the 30k and silver in the 15k ... pretty incredible pace given they were on wood skis and red klister!