Photo of Peggy Fleming with 1968 Gold Medal

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• Aug 11, 2005

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Here's a link to a photo of Peggy Fleming wearing the gold medal she won at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

You're a class act, Peggy!

http://www.usoc.org/26_13370.htm

 

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• Aug 12, 2005

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HERE is a shot of her wearing it for the first time.​

 

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• Aug 12, 2005

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I read her book. She seems like a very nice wholesome woman, a totally different image she gives out than some other women champions divas.

 

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• Aug 13, 2005

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Great shot, Idleracer! I remember that moment very well. It was a great triumph for Peggy, her family, coaches, and the USA. That was the first tiem the Olympics were telecast in color, and her chartreuse dress made a stunning fashion statement.

That's Gabrielle Seyfert, of East Germany, wearing the silver medal. The bronze medalist was Hana Maskova of Czeckoslavkia, who, tragically, was killed in an automobile accident about two years after winning that medal.

 

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• Aug 13, 2005

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slutskayafan21 said:

I read her book. She seems like a very nice wholesome woman, a totally different image she gives out than some other women champions divas.

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I read Peggy Fleming's book, "The Long Program - Skating Towards Life's Victories", too. It's an interesting read - thoughtful, down-to-earth, and candid. She comes across as a warm, caring, genuine person. Thank Heavens she's won the battle with breast cancer. I still remember the shock of hearing her diagnosis - given during the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Peggy underwent surgery exactly 30 years to the day she won her Olympic gold medal.

 

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• Aug 13, 2005

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Thanks for the links to the photos. She was the one brought me into watching figure skating. It was more than twenty years ago when I first watched some of her FS special show through first generation of color TV in China. And I believe it was the first time China TV even air figure skating programs....It's be a long time since.

 

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• Aug 14, 2005

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mzheng said:

Thanks for the links to the photos. She was the one brought me into watching figure skating. It was more than twenty years ago when I first watched some of her FS special show through first generation of color TV in China. And I believe it was the first time China TV even air figure skating programs....It's be a long time since.

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I remember watching Peggy's television special that was filmed in China - many years ago. It was groundbreaking television at that time, and she skated beautifully, as always.