couple reverse pirouettes on beam by Michelle Goodwin and Amy Koopman, the team's consistency enabled them to finish in fifth position behind Romania by .90. The U.S. girls began on UB and hit six for six with Michelle Goodwin starting with a solid, but conservative 9.40 routine. The overall improvement from the September Trials on bars helped for a positive start to the competition. On beam the misses on the reverse pirouette sequence cost tenths, but all six gymnasts remained aggressive to secu re the best possible event score. McNamara's 9.55 solidified her second place compulsory placement, and in session three, following the Chinese, Bulgarians and Romanians and after two events, Julianne was the AA leader. In the last two events, all 12 rou tines were hit and the team score was 189.00 (a 9.45 average). Romania started on BB with one miss, and were noticeably not the polished performers of years past. In th e remaining three events they were consistent, only one other miss on UB, but showed less overall amplitude than the Chinese and had more than expected fo rm breaks. East Germany was in the next, fourth, session with Hungary, Spain and West Germany. DDR began on UB with three missed routines while Maxi scored a 9 .85. They too had only one miss (on BB) in their remaining three events with strong, conservative, consistent routines on BB, FX and vaults. All vaulting runs were long, fast and powerful. Gnauck did a "10.0" in V warm-ups. In the first session of Tuesday night, the Soviet women competed with Great Britain, Holland and Sweden. The Russians began on beam with six nailed routines, and would go on to hit 100% in compulsories. Their beam presentation, dance and consistency outshown all other teams; their releves were higher and demonstrated¡ by all six girls. On FX, tumbling, form , flexibility and interpretation were excellent. Alike the Chinese, their flexibility highlighted th e dance and presen tation of the routine. They were an excellent vaulting team, with a powerful run to help post-flight height and distance. The Russian bars might be their only overscored event, however, consistency and superb form makes it diffcult to find many deductions. At the conclusion of compulsories, Natalia Ilienko was the AA leader - 39.05 - (9.70 BB, 9.90 FX, 9.65 V and 9.80 UB). Great dance, flexibility, basics and form are the characteristics which enabled her to beat Olympic Champion Elena Davydova and Maxi Gnauck. Optio n al Team Results I. USSR
2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
China DDR Romania Czech.
USA
194.90 192.60 191.85 191.60 190.95 190.4S
URS Filatova Mari a Polevaia Ellena ll ienko Natalia Zakharova Stella Bicherova Olga Davydova Elena
CHINA Wu Jiani Chen Yongyan Ma Yahong Li Guiling Zhu Zheng Wen Jia
GDR Linder Ann Klotcek Christin Voigt Franka Senff Birgit Kraker Steffi Gnauck Maxi
ROM Eberle Emilia Stanulet Mikaela Agache Lavinia Dunka Rodica Grigorash Christina Tu rner Du mitrita
Competition I AA Re sults
Overall Team Result s
389.30 384.60 382.10 381.50 379.65
I. USSR
2. China 3. DDR 4. Romania
I. Davydova USSR
2. Bicherova USSR 3. Filatova USSR 4. Zakharova USSR
78.25 77.90 77.45 77. 30 77.20 77. 15
48.70 9.70 9.60 9.70 9.75 9.75 9.80
49.20 9.80 9.85 9.20 9.80 9.85 9.90
5. Polevaia USSR 6. Ilienko USSR FX BB 49.20 47.80 9.70 9.70 9.50 9.80 9.30 9.90 9.85 9.25 9.60 9.80 9.70 9.85
48.10 9.50 9.60 9.55 9.65 9.70 9.60
48.90 9.85 9.80 9.90 9.40 9.85 9.50
48.10 9.70 9.70 9.70 9.35 9. 65 8.95
46.90 9.60 9.20 9.60 8.45 8.95 9.55
192.00 38.65 38.30 38.75 36.85 38. 15 37.60
48.60 9.50 9.55 9.55 9.80 9.80 9.90
48.45 9.75 9.80 8.70 9.20 9.75 9.95
47.45 9.60 8. 60 9.30 9.45 9.30 9.80
47.35 9.55 9.40 9.50 9.50 9.40 2.50
191 .85 38.40 37.35 37.05 37.95 38.25 32.15
47.85 9.25 9.50 9.65 9.60 9.70 9.40
48.85 9.90 8.85 9.80 9.80 9.90 9.45
47.60 9.50 9.15 9.70 9.70 9.00 9.55
47.30 9.65 9.55 9. 15 9.60 9.35 9. 10
191 .60 38.30 37.05 38.30 38.70 37.95 37.50
5. Czech. 6. USA
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UB
TOTAL 194.90 38.90 38.75 38.10 38.65 39.00 39.25
1980 USA Oly mpic Team memberAmy Koopmanfinished25th in the all around after Competition 1. 42
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