Cold War Games

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  1. 3. Promising young athletes were offered these to help them train and compete.
  2. 4. Nearly 60,000 of these were built in the USSR between 1960 and 1980.
  3. 7. Soviet athletes were awarded this prestigious order after their Olympic success in 1956.
  4. 8. Promised rewards or cash given to Soviet athletes for Olympic victories.
  5. 11. One of the sports in which the USSR became excellent, despite having little history in it.
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  1. 1. The Soviet team won 22 of these at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
  2. 2. Group especially encouraged to participate in sports through school programs.
  3. 3. Number of medals the Soviet team won at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Italy.
  4. 5. Soviet leader who believed his athletes were not ready for the 1948 Olympics.
  5. 6. Host city of the 1956 Summer Olympics, where the USSR topped the medal tally.
  6. 9. Refused to attend the 1948 London Olympics and later became a dominant Olympic power.
  7. 10. City that hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics, where the USSR made a major Olympic debut.