The compulsory competition showed no surprises. Ring dismounts and "Peach Baskets" were the two skills performed most inconsistently by the majority of the gymnasts. Biespiel went through th e six compulsories with no major breaks for a score of 55.00. Riegel had three major faults. A missed "back stutz" led to two extra swings and an 8.10 on PB ; a short hold on the "press" ended in a 9.15 on FX; and a fall on a "Kehr-in" resulted in an 8.85 on pommel horse, final score 54. l 0. Of all the compulsory sets, Riegel's vault, 9.35, was grossly underscored by at least .40. What a rip-offi! In the optionals, Biespiel again went through six events with no major faults for 55.80 and a total of 110.80 and eleventh place in the all-around. Riegel performed much more consistently the second day for a 55.54 and a 109.60 total for 17th place. Biespiel qualified for three individual event-finals - floor, rings, and horizontal bar. On FX Matt over-rotated a double-back for a 9.15 and 7th place. Lack of straight arm forward swing and a weak strength part resulted in a 9.00 on rings (8th place). A weak dismount on HB resulted in a 9.30 and 8th place. Riegel qualified in two event-finals - floor and vault. Riegel's set contained only two risk parts and this, combined with the fact he executed two double-fulls, resulted in a 9 .55 (5th place). Chris is capable of much more in this event. In vaulting, Chris had an excellent chance for a gold medal, but over-rotated a piked handspring front and touch his knee down for a 9.30 . His second vault was a very well executed tucked tsukahara-full twist, score 9.60 and sixth place. The Japanese completely dominated the finals competition with Kajitani winning all but HB and that gold medal went to his teammate, Yamawaki. Both Matt and Chris represented the U.S.A. very well. It was a pleasure to work with both athletes.
Jim
Howard
Hungarian Invitational April 5-11, 1982 Budapest, Hungary Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17
Name Nobuyuki Kajitani Kyoji Yamawaki Gyeorgy Guczoghy Li Su Gil Li Chol Hon Han Guan Song Oleg Protaszov Andreas Hirsch Zoltan Kelemen Matt Biespiel Ferenc Donath Istvan Vamos Chris Riegel
Country AA Total C/O JPN 115 .05 JPN 113 .20 HUN 112.90 PRK 112.20 PRK 112.15 PRK 111 .85 URS 111 .55 GDR 111 .1 0 HUN 111 .05 USA 110.80 HUN 110.75 HUN 11 0.70 109.60 USA
Hungarian Invitational April 5-11, 1982 Budapest, Hungary Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12
Name Silvia Topalova Natalia Solovej Andrea Szabo Michelle Goodwin Kriszlina Koteles Antonetta Rachneva Tania Gonzales Ratka Zemanova Nina Roffey Andrea Horacsek Marta Artigas Laura Bortlaso Yayoi Kano
Country BUL URS HUN
USA HUN BU L CUB TCH
USA HUN ESP ITA JPN
AA Total 75 .20 74 .65 74.50 73.95 73 .30 73 .15 73.05 73 .00 72.95 72 .90 72 .70 72 .40 72.40
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Chris Riegel, USA USGF GYMNASTICS JULY/AUGUST '82
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