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Support. He also presses a handstand and does a slow straight body roll to Berne, Switzerland handstand and another cross. He does both gianis but the meat of his exercise is May 31, June 1, 1975 strength. There was no favorite in Vaulting . The In a freezing gymnasium in Berne, The Finals on Saturday were very Switzerland, Nicolai Andrianov of the interesting with Andrianov against all the six men were bunched from 9.25 to 9.50. USSR won the coveted All-Around other gymnasts. Szajna tied him on the Two good vaults in the finals were needed European Gymnastics Championships floor as he is more graceful a_nd matches · and Andrianov again stayed in there to with an almost flawless performance. He his difficulty. Andrianov starts with his win . There was nothing spectacular and scored a total of 57.90 points with his high double back, takes a 1/2 turn step so much depends on the stand after the lowest score being a 9 .50 in Vaulting. · and another 1/2 turn step to get to the vault that it seems the judges' decision is Eberhard Gienger, the runner-up from the corner. We work hard to eliminate these largely based on that. Andrianov was a shoo-in on the P. German Federal Republik, gave it a good nothing moves. Jiri Tabak, of Bars. sing hi great exerc ise wit tfie _tt,y bu was defeated in eveFy vent by Czechoslovakia, was the mast- explosive Andrianov and scored 56.85 points. tumbler, starting with a round-off, front catch, back catch handstand, Eighteen-year-old Alexandre Detiatin of flic-flac 1/2 twist to a double front and at Diamadov and double back off, he left his opposition far in the rear. Andrianov also the USSR performed very well to finish the end of the exercise, a double back. third with 56.70 points. The Pommel Horse belongs to Zoltan tied Gienger, the World Champion, for A mixture of snow and rain made the Magyar of Hungary with his backward first on the Horizontal Bar. They gave day a miserable one outdoors, but it was walk across the pommels but Andrianov fine performances, with Gienger having not much better indoors. The is good too and gave him a good battle. the more difficult exercise and Andrianov competition was held in an ice hockey . He scored a 9.70 against a 0.80 and more fluency. Andrianov scored 9.80 arena with no heat and temporary Magyar won the event by 1/10 although against a 9.70 in the prelims and Gienger curtains so it was very cold and damp. he could have won by 3/10s if the judges reversed it in the Finals for the tie. All in Spect'a tors wore heavy coats and would have considered all of his all, it was a great weekend for Andrianov and it was a well-deserved victory. sweaters, some had blankets to keep them difficulty. warm. Although the gymnasts were cold, The Rings saw Andrianov fall to his most of them worked well. on IY non-medal event. The World Victor Klimenko, the defending · Champion, D.an Grecu of Rumania, was champion from the USSR. finished 7th at his best as he defeated his countryman, with 55.15 points. He started badly on Mihai Bors, 19.60 to 19.30. It seems that the Pommel Horse, falling off to score an , the Rings are turning to strength despite 8 .30. It seemed to destroy him and the Code of Points. Grecu starts with a except for the Horizontal Bar, his , slow pull-up through an inverted hang to performance was not up to par. an 'L' Cross and a slow pull to an 'L' Andrianov, despite the cold, worked great. He looked super-confident with his close cropped hair and his face was generally expressionless as he moved from one event to another with great certainty that he would win the event . His exercises appeared to be unchanged from what they were on the U.S. tou r last November.
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