Cathy Rigby M ason and ABC-TV Team
Reporter Lars Kolsrud and Photographer Martin Nilsen
EUROPEan ehampionships 1975 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN 1975 IN NORWAY By La rs Koisrud photos by Martin Ni Isen
When th e U.S.S.R. female gy mn as ti c sta rs to NorwaY for the Europea n came Champi ons hip and we lea rn ed th at O lga Korbut had an ankl e injury and had to staY ho me, we th oug ht thi s wo uld be a co mp etiti o n w ith Ludmill a Tu ri shcheva all the way. Nelli Kim had q ualifi ed fo r O lga's place, and Elvira Saadi was the reserve . Persona ll y I was so sure of an all Ru ss ian triumph , th at I asked Ludmill a d irec tl Y why her team was th e world 's best? She gave an easy ex pl anat io n : "We wo rko ut th e most, that 's why we' re th e best. " I found thi s too si mp le, and asked why th e Japan ese always beat th e Soviet team of male gymn asts? Both Ludmilla and former wor ld champ, Lath ynina, prot es ted loudlY by this co mpari so n, and sa id, " If our路 boys had workout as hard as the U.S.s.R . girl s, th ey probablY wou ld ha ve b ee n th e ve ry bes t too". Litt le did we all know th at th e com in g co mpetition would shake th e Ru ssian hegemony so bad th at I believe th ey' ll h ave to find ot her ca u ses for succeeding th an the ho urs spent o n work-o ut. During the worko ut days before the competi ti o n, we all beca m e awa re of t he " n ew generatio n " of fema le gYmna sts. I reported to my newspaper, "Vestfo ld ", that Ludmilla m ight be ab le to w in all-aro und and floor exercise, b ut she wou ld have a hard tim e winning anyt hing at al l. Nadia Co maneci (13 yea rs o ld), from Romania, went through th e mo st unbelievab le stu nt s durin g workout, close ly fo ll owed by Ne lli Kim and A nnelore Zinke, DDR . Ludmill a's well known security see med to van ish, and both the uneve n bars and the beam gave her problems. When th e all -a round competit ion sta rt ed, Lu dm ill a was first u p on u neven bars. She looked n ervous, missed th e bar with one foot in a reg ular so le circ le, and ended up with a med iocre exercise sco red too hi gh, 9.35. When Ludmilla con tinu ed to th e beam, alm ost fe ll down after a free ro ll , and scored a low9 .25; we all start ed looking elsewhe re for the winner. You ng, skinny and charm in g, Nadia Co m aneci , showed that she co uld more tha n impress th e specta to rs durin g workout. So lid as a rock , she made a fa c inati ng fl oor ex . with two doub le tw ists (9.65), th e b es t fema le Tsukahara
GYMNAST June '75.
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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN NORWAY, 1975 RESULTS All-Around 9.70 9.75 9.75. 9.65 Nad ia Comaneci (ROM) 9.55 9.70 9.55 9.70 Ne ll y Kim (USSR) An ne lore Zink e (RDA) 9.40 9.75 9.40 9.40 Lu dmi lla Turi scheva (USSR) 9.50 9.35 9.25 9.80 Richard a Schmeisser (RD A) 9.50 9.60 9.40 9.40 9.45 9.35 9.50 9.35 A li na Goreac (ROM) Eva Kra lova (TCH) 8.80 9.40 9.40 9.30 9.35 9.40 9.00 9.10 Marta Egervari (HUN) 8.95 9.20 9.25 9.20 Drahomira Smolikova (TC H) 9.35 9.00 8.90 9.10 Krisztina MedveczkY (HUN) 8.65 8.80 9.15 9.00 Judyta Krawieczek (POL) 8.90 8.90 8.75 9.00 Unni Holmen (NO R) 8.85 8.70 9.05 8.90 Lucja M atrasze k (PO L) 8.95 8.80 8.85 8.85 A nge la Mayer (R FA ) 8.80 9.20 8.80 8.55 Jeanette va n Ravenstijn (H aL) 8.70 8.90 8.90 8.75 Uta Schorn (RFA) 8.95 8.70 8.75 8.80 Joe ll e de Keukeleire (BE L) 8.80 8.90 8.70 8.55 Stefa nia Bucc i (ITA) Avr il Le nnox (GBR) 8.95 8.75 8.70 8.55 8.90 8.85 8.45 8.70 Nad ine A udin (FRA) 8.75 9.05 8.40 8.65 Joke Kos (HaL) 8.90 8.75 8.45 8.65 Monique Freres (BE L) 9.20 8.50 8.45 8.55 C hantal Seggiaro (FRA) 8.85 8.70 8.55 8.60 Suzanne Lundva ll (SWE) Eli sa Cabe lla (ESP) 8.70 8.85 8.50 8.55 8.80 8.30 8.75 8.75 Jill Schau (NOR) 8.80 8.65 8.65 8.35 Ella Widmer (SU I) 8.85 8.85 8. 15 8.60 H anni Etienne (SU I) 8.80 8.55 8.40 8.70 Maia Blagoeva (BUL) 8.65 8.40 8.70 8.60 Serenella coda to (ITA) 8.85 8.45 8.50 8.55 Monica Costa (SMR) 8.85 8.75 7.90 8.70 Nina Kostova (BU L) 8.60 8.55 8.45 8.55 Au li Jarvenpaa (F IN) 8.45 8.85 8.20 8.60 Les ley Bartlett (GBR) 8.75 8.60 8.1 5 8.45 Dolores Te llo (ESP) 8.75 8.50 7.80 8.30 Lore lla Stefanelli (SMR) 8.35 8.65 7.95 8.20 Sabine Gratt (AUT) 8.35 8.30 8.35 8.00 Marjut Palmroos (F IN) 8.60 8.30 7.95 8.00 Eva Kuttner (AUT)
38.85 38.50 37.95 37.90 37.90 37.65 36.90 36.85 36.60 36.35 35.60 35.55 35.50 35.45 ' 35.35 35.25 35.20 34.95 34.95 34.90 34.85 34.75 34.70 34.70 34.60 34.60 34.45 34.45 34.45 34.35 34.35 34.20 34. 10 34.10 33.95 33.35 33.15 33.00 32.85
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR WOMEN INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Vault Nadia Coma neci (ROM) 19.50; Richarda Schmeisse r (RDA) 19.10; Al ina Goreac (ROM) 19.00 ; Nelly Kim (U SSR) 19.00; Ludmila Turischeva (USSR) 18.95; Annelore Zinke (RDA) 18.95. Uneven Parallel Bars Nad ia Comaneci 19.65; Anne lo re Zinke . 19.55; Nelly Kim 19.50; Richarda Schme isse r 19.30; Eva Kralova (TCH) 18.30; Marta Egervar i (HUN) 17.95. Balance Beam Nad ia Comanec i 19.50; Ne lly Kim 19.15; A lin a Goreac 19.00; Ric harda Schmeisse r 18.85; Anne lo re Zink e 18.25; Eva Kra lova 17.95. Floo r Exerci se Ne lly Kim 19.55; Nadia Comaneci 19.40; Ludmi la Tunscheva 19.35; A lina Goreac 18.85; Ri charda Schmeisser 18.80; Annelore Zin ke 18.60.
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