For the Canadian politician see Ross Milne (Canadian politician)
Ross Milne (1944 – 25 January 1964) was an Australian Olympic downhill skier who died when he struck a tree during a practice run shortly before the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
An inquiry held by the organising committee said that he "caught an edge". Hugh Weir reported to the Australian Olympic Federation that
Dr Blaxland said that he was wrong about his age (he was...
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For the Canadian politician see Ross Milne (Canadian politician)
Ross Milne (1944 – 25 January 1964) was an Australian Olympic downhill skier who died when he struck a tree during a practice run shortly before the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
An inquiry held by the organising committee said that he "caught an edge". Hugh Weir reported to the Australian Olympic Federation that
Dr Blaxland said that he was wrong about his age (he was nineteen), and that the IOC was wrong to suggest he was inexperienced:
Manager John Wagner said that Milne had found the path 150 metres ahead of him obscured by contestants congregating because the top part of the downhill course was overcrowded, and tried to slow down "on a spot which was not prepared for stopping or swinging". He argued that the accident might have been prevented by stricter management of the downhill course, which had a hundred racers on it. He also said that "any of the top skiers would probably have been in difficulty...
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