A ltho u gh som e p eo pl e are a littl e tir ed o f hearin g about Olga thought it w o uld be ni ce to menti o n th at w e fin all y ha ve a w inn er in t he Olga Korbut Essay Contest. Th e pri ze was a o n e year subscription to GYMNAST mag az ine. Won ' t print th e w h o le essa y but this about sums up th e feeelings o f thi s fan and m any oth ers.. ... " Wh eth er it' s Olga's charm or talent that has m ade h er so po pul ar I d on ' t know, but I do kn ow o ne spec ial thing th at has attract ed me to her and ha s mad e her ri se above many other lead in g gymn as ts is her pe rso n alit y. By th at I m ea n her w armn ess, her affec ti o n, her p leasing smil e showin g with every m ove a different type of e motion and feeling . Her , confid ence and ind epend ence interests me grea tl y, I am always w ond erin g w hat is going throu gh her mind f ro m on e minute to th e nex t. But mainl y th e reason wh y Olga Korbut is my fa vorit e gy mna st is b ecause she is th e p erfect ima ge o f the gymn ast I would som ed ay like to be .... ..Co ngratul ati o ns to th e winn er Kim Crowther of Clifton, Virginia.
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Stormy Eaton and astronaut Scott Carp e nte r bouncing on the tra mpoline during the World Pro-Am Championships.
O ne area we've sort o f n eg lec ted lately is trampo lin e. Dick Criley m enti o ned th e Wo rld Age Group Trampoline Championships in h is co l u mn and now I'd li ke to me ntio n ano th er tramp o lin e co mpe titi o n th e 1973 Pro-Am Tr.ampoline Championships spon so red by th e Nissen Company and th e Canadian National Exhibition an d held at th e end o f Aug u st in Toronto~ Canada. The w i n ners we re decided by sm gle eliminati o n (man to m an) w ith th e lose rs beco ming judges and in th e fin al ro und th ere we re 16 jud ges wa tc hin g Stormy Eaton agai n st Paul luxon. In th e end Paul Luxon claim ed three first pl aces in trampo line, add -o n, and trampo line track. In additi o n to th ese three eve nt s th e r e was co mp e titi o n in mi n i- t ra mpo li ne and space ball. Cash pri zes we re give n to th e p ros (p rofessio nals) w hil e th e amateurs receive d ni ce awards . It 's onl y fair to menti o n a few o f th e ot her tramp o lin e en t hu sias ts o n hand fo r th e co mp etiti o n, su ch as Dave Jacobs, George Hery, Ronnie Munn, Ro?bie Bollinger, Alexandria Nicholson, Jay Geist, Ho.mer Sardina, Fred Saunders, Bill Copp and Eddie Cole. G ues ts includ ed as tro naut Scott Carpenter and hi s wi fe and acco rd in g to t he repo rt received it was a fun m ee t fo r everyo n e es peciall y th e w inners. Paul Luxon is f ro m Englan d. Wh at hap pe ned to A m er i ca n do min at io n of tr amp o lin e co m pe titi o n ?
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So m e rea d ers have ex pr essed an interes t in kn owin g th e add ress of th e NationalCollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) so here it is: U.S. Highway 50 and Nail Avenue-P.O. Box 1906 Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66222. A co uple of o th er addresses th at mi ght be impo rt ant to you are naturall y th e USGF office, P.O. Box 4699, Tucson, Arizona and th e AAU House, 3400 West 86th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46268.
GYMNAST Nov. '73
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Rece ive d a ca lend ar of mee ts for thi s season in Texas. Th at m akes two co mpl ete sc h e dules th at we now have; Texas and California. It would sure m ake o ur ca lend ar a littl e fatter if we co uld ha ve sc h edules from oth er states. Sur ely th ere's at leas t o ne perso n per stat e who could put a co mplete cal endar of gymna stic eve nt s to geth er an d submit th em to us . Th ank s. Cr e dit wh e r e c r e dit IS due departm ent.. .. Werner Hoeflich is o ne of our new co ntribut i ng ca rt oo ni sts (J oe Gymn ast) . On e o f hi s carto o ns appea red in th e April-May edition and anoth er appears in the O ctober edition . He's a junior at South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon and an all-aro und gymn ast. If an y o f yo u ha ve ca rtoon s yo u are anxiou s to contribut e, plea se se nd th em in to Richard Kenney, Art Director, GYMNAST magazine .... H e ju st loves ca rtoons . His only requ est is that th ey be done in black ink. Final comm ent s o n the University Games .. . didn' t go but d efinitely didn 't mi ss the telev isio n coverage. A nd o ne gy mn as t that was parti cul arl y notabl e was Lubov Bogdanova. Fearl ess, determin ed and a gymn as t with origin ality and good form . Sh e w as w ith the Russians o n th eir t o ur of th e United States and was impressive th en but eve n more so now. For her va ult (round ·off back) th ey should have give n her not o nl y first place but a gold-plated va ul t in g hors e. Should hear a lot more about her in future competition . These comments also should have bee n with the University edition but oh w ell.
Even off balance Elvira Saadi (URS) looks good. (Notice pointe d toes.) And merits being November's girl " On The Beam". w
Is it a bircH Is it a plane? Nope it's Mark Davis.
If yo u didn ' t get to a GYMFEST this yea r be sure and att end on e ne xt summer. Ch an ces are ours w ill be held at th e sam e tim e and th e same pl ace ... And rem ember the more people, the more tun . Ah , th e b each , th e weather is starting to get bett er o ut h ere. Wond er what it's like in St. Louis ••. Ye s, th at's wh ere my penn y fund will take m e next , to th e USGF Coaches Congress. I would say meet m e in St. Loui s... howeve r the Congress will b e ove r b y th e time you receive thi s. But that w o n ' t be th e case for long. Th ank s to o ur new produ ction man ager R.K. (Rich Kenney) it looks lik e the ma gazine will finally be out ON TIME. H e deserves a lot of praise for that o r at least a few letters and con stru ctive id eas. So whil e you 're getting read y to write him b e sure and write m e too. Thank s...
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