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team, with that nod going to U.S. champions Judianne and Jerry Fotheringill. Te top pairs teams in Innsbruck were


Liudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (Sovi- et Union), and reigning World champions Kilius and Bäumler (West Germany). Te Canadians also had a promising young team in Debbi Wil- kes and Guy Revell. But the Josephs, who had placed sixth in their first international competition a year earlier, made a strong showing in Innsbruck. Te final standings had the Soviets winning the gold, the


West Germans taking the silver and the Canadi- ans edging the Josephs for the bronze. Much discussion swirled around the wild-


ly popular West German team, rumored to have signed a professional show contract prior to the Games. At the time, amateurism was the rule of law in the Olympic Movement. Te Josephs continued to train for one


more season, finishing their competitive career on their highest note: Tey won the silver medal at the 1965 World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


A year later, at the 1966 International


Olympic Committee meetings in Rome, the IOC found that the West Germans indeed had signed with Holiday on Ice prior to the 1964 Games and stripped Kilius and Bäumler of the silver medals. According to minutes from the 64th Session, IOC President Avery Brundage reported that the silver medals had been returned to the organization and that the third- and fourth-place finishers would be issued appropriate medals. “Tis example demonstrates clearly how very much certain sports are imbued with profes-


Vivian and Ron Joseph hit their competitive stride at the 1964 Olympics, 1965 U.S. Championships and 1965 World Championships.


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