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Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

Background

Opening Ceremony of Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956

The 1956 Winter Olympics, held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, were most notable for the first appearance by a team from the USSR. The Soviets immediately won more medals than any other nation.