USGF National Champion Holds True To Form
Spotlight On Kunyavsky At NSF By Carla Besemann
er special flare and consis tent performances throughou t the 1985 National Sports Festival once again proved Marina Kunyavsky is the best rhythmic gymnast in the land . Along with winning the all-around competition, Kunyavsky, 20, of Lost Angeles, Calif., secured a position on the U.S . Rhy thmic World Championships
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Team. The current national champion points. Her highest score of the meet was the only rhythmic gymnast who was a 9.25 for her ribbon routine on did not score below a 9.00. Her high- the final day. est marks of 9.4 came the final day of The gold and silver medalists are competition in the rope and ball events. members of the LA Lights Rhythmic She ended the two-day competition Team and they train at the Los Angewith a total score of 73.70 points. les School of Gymnastics under Coach Receiving the silver medal was tall, Alla Svirsky. Svirsky is the U .S. graceful Stacy Oversier, 18, of Los National Rhythmic coach and was the Angeles, Calif. Oversier, who has Olympic coach for the 1984 U.S . aspirations of becoming a model, Rhythmic Olympic team. completed the competition with 71.75 After the first day of competition, USA Gymnastics