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  1.                                  disciplines. Next came his 
  2.                                  stunning performance in 
  3.                                  the 1968 Olympics and his 
  4.                                  second overall World Cup 
  5.                                  title the same year. 
  6.  
  7. He retired after the 1968 season, at the age 
  8. of 24, to ski professionally. (In those days, 
  9. only amateurs could compete in the 
  10. Olympics.) Jean-Claude later served as co-
  11. president of the organizing committee of the
  12. 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
  13.