SPORTS: Spider Sabich to be inducted into Ski HOF Oct 31, 2009
Shortly after Jean-Claude Killy swept the alpine gold medals at the 1968 Olympics, Sabich beat him in a World Cup slalom at Heavenly Valley, Calif. Sabich had three more World Cup slalom podiums before turning pro in 1970. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Putin hangs out with the big cats: Snow leopards Sep 22, 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Jean-Claude Killy, the chairman of IOC coordination commission for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, left, look at a West Asian leopard as they visit the National Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, on Saturday ... The male snow leopards imported from Turkmenistan were freed Saturday as Putin, the International Olympic Committee's Jean-Claude Killy and IOC executive director Gilbert Felli looked on, the IOC said Monday. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Snow leopards have a new patron: Putin Sep 22, 2009
The male snow leopards imported from Turkmenistan were freed Saturday as Putin, the International Olympic Committee's Jean-Claude Killy and IOC executive director Gilbert Felli looked on, the IOC said Monday. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
* Putin releases two leopards into Sochi park Sep 21, 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman Jean-Claude Killy, left, and IOC chief executive officer Gilbert Felli, center, look at a leopard during a visit to National Park in Sochi, Russia, on Saturday ... I think Russia is on its way to organizing an exceptional Olympic Games, French Alpine skiing legend and IOC member Jean-Claude Killy told reporters. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Winter sports Jul 10, 2009
Posted: Thursday July 9, 2009 10:14AM; Updated: Thursday July 9, 2009 1:07PM. INSIDE OLYMPIC SPORTS. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
IOC hails Sochi preparations, warns against delays May 13, 2009
Jean-Claude Killy and the IOC's coordination commission are spending two days examining Olympic venues at the Black Sea resort of Sochi ... Jean-Claude Killy and the IOC. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Sochi Olympic construction begins as clock ticks May 8, 2009
In April 2008, the site was still and silent and the International Olympic Committee's Jean-Claude Killy warned Russia must work "hard and fast" to get Sochi in shape for the games. Next week, Killy and the IOC coordination commission will be back for a new look at Russia's progress on the multibillion-dollar project, which requires most of the facilities as well as new roads, rails, power plants and other infrastructure to be built from scratch. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
French choose Annecy as bid for 2018 Olympics Mar 19, 2009
Grenoble, which hosted the games in 1968 when French Olympic ski legend Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals to sweep all of the men's events of the time, had been considered the favorite. Pelvoux, a small village of 400 people in the southern Alps, was always an long-shot while the Mediterranean resort city of Nice was considered too far from the venues. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Vonn wooshing toward Olympic dream Mar 12, 2009
A very few, like Jean-Claude Killy, never really leave, although most people under 45 probably couldn't tell you anything about him other than he skied at the Olympics a long time ago and sounds very French. GALLERY. (USA Today -- Sports)
