Lydia Gorbik Photo by Richard Endo
The 18 year o ld Ku laks isow won; at th e Spartiakad e, th e League of Nations in Leningrad, he fin ished behind Kli menko. Gorbik in her wo rld class has already proven herse lf a winner, as we ll as Cons tantin and Paniti. On Jul y 7-9 in Havana,Cuba, the II Yorneco Int ernaction,1i d e G imn astica was presented. The parti c ipdnt s at this " Monc ada " were from Ea st G e rmdn y, Hungary, CSSR, Spain, Mexico, Venez ue l,t. rh e largest number were from Cuba ibe lf. rhere was such st ri ct evaluation t hat finall y on ly nine participants remained . The DDR wom e n gym nasts were compa red alike to th e OOR m e n gymnasts. Esch e r' s performance produced a (36.80); Di egu in W,I S b etter and the over all winner, Jensch , wa s (54.U5) for the Juniors. Cubas "A" squad team were not in th eir best form. Th e six bes t individuals: Men 1. j e",(h (OOK ) 2. Romnebeurg (LJLJK ) 3. tmre Banrev i (Hungar y) 4. Cuervo (Cubd ) 5. Richard , (CUbd) 6. Lau ter (Hun g"'y)
54.85 54.35 54.30 54.15 54.00 52.75
Women
1. Esch er (OOK ) 2. Cernohou, o vd (CSS K) 2. Pohludkov" (CSS K) 4. Cerlad, (OLJR ) 5. C. Nagy (Hun g"'y) 5. Bi zd rovd (CSS K) The besl CuL""1 (wolllan ) 7. Cru zala ,11HI S,lIl ch ez (each)
GYMNAST Nov. '75
36.80 36.30 36.30 36.20 35.80 35.80 35.60
Afterward s was yet the momentous o utcome in Leningrad. Oitjatin surpri sed (in the men ' s compe titi on ) with a victory 111 .10 over Klimenko (109.70) and Ka li mo (109.50) and won al so the final compe tition with 111 .15 from Klim enko 110.575 and the yo un g gymnast Kulabikow, scorin g 110.20, 110.275 w hi ch was a sensation. Il y th e (woman) gymnasts ' position Lu dmill.l I uri sc heva was in front, w ith 38.15 again;! ::IU.05 fro m O lga Korb u t and 37.95 from Elvilil )""d i. But then in the o ptional s the advantage w ent to Nelli e Kim and Olga Korbut. So th at in e nd th e fina l outcome was: 1. Olga Korbut 76.95 ; 2. Nel li Kim 76.25; 3. Ludmilla Turi sc h eva 76.20. Ludmilla was easily vu ln e rable in th e course (of competit ion ) and also by fin al comp etition, Nelli Kim on seco nd spot and now stand s as so: 1. Nelli Kim an d O lga Korbut ea ch 76.825; 3. Ludmill a Turischeva 76.400: 4. LidiJ Gorb ik 75.875; 5. Elv ira Saadi 75.400 ; 6. Ljubov Bogdanova 74.875; 7. Bit sch ukind 74.U50. The newe st fro m Japa n: The East Japan high schoo l competitor s c ompared on a large scale with Kaji ydma (56.45) the horizo ntal bar artist Kume (54.65) Ma ey ama (54.55) and T. Taira (54.55 ). Th e leading compet it or of last yea r was Gu shikan with 54. 25 (fifth). On the pommel horse he hold 9.40 just as good as Kaj iyama . Kaji yama b ec,lIne th e Japan ese high school champion in supre m e styl e. He wa s ab le to overcome Shin Lu in opt i ona l exercises easily even thou g h Sh in zu was close to him after compubori es 55.60 to 55 .80. Kaj iyama was clear winn e r 112.45 to 110.40. 3. Mikami 1101.0; 4.
Kum a 109.35 ; 5. Maeyama 108.80; 6. Senda 108.10. 1 h e diffe re nce from fi rst to sixth was surpri sing ly big! With the women students th ere were m.IIlY go od o nes, however ve ry few excellent o nes and very few except ional ro utin es. Ndkdmura won w ith 37.20 in the East Japan ese Chdmpionships over R. Sakura 36.65 , K. M<lno w on th e high schoo l compet ition with 73.75 "h e"d o f Y. Nakamoto 73.05 and R. Yo shida 72. 95. Mo re d efeated were th e leading high sc hoo l g irl s in compet ition, August 6-8, a week belore th e high schoo l co mp etition had m et. Usui , N ishi za w a, Takagi who were the tal ent with 73 .30 - 73.25 and 72.95 points. The eight comp etition batt le provided twenty (wom en ) stud ent s and 14. high schoo l (women) stud ent s with 70 ove ra ll points. Th ey ' re viewed for Montreal, 110 better than seventh place . And which t,li e nt rega rded th em by the hi g h sch o o l ! I . Il erdt e, first, (1 10.55) Yamawaki, second enO.15 ) o r Se ki , third (109.7), Tomura , fourth (109.45) o r not fifth; E. Matsumoto aft e rward s bein g info rmed , 53 .55 performance (vaulting 7.40!). Th e course of the best gymnas t and with 55 .75 certain a certai n internat iona l p e rforman c e fro m w ith in Messanger Hirata had in th e co urse on ly 54.60 w h o with him Yamawaki .lIld Se ki w itli each 54.65 sca r cely making it. Are th e Japan students not as strong as th e Ru ss idn juniors? obody can real ly say becau se in Japan th e exams are very strict also at th e high sc hoo l leve l. '
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