Nadia Comaneci Shines With Near Perfection at Montreal
Nadia Comaneci, 14, exuded cool poise at a global news conference as she claimed the all around gold and watched the Romanian flag rise. The Romanian champion faced a rare teenage moment during the ceremony as the anthem played and spectators cheered. Meanwhile American swimmers continued their dominance, winning many medals but not breaking any world records.
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Nadia Comaneci
Nadia
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Americans sweep 1 2 3 in 100m butterfly and relay record
The United States dominated swimming in Athens with a 1 2 3 finish in the men s 100 meter butterfly led by Matt Vogel Joe Bottom and Gary Hall. They then set a world record 7 23 22 in the 800 freestyle relay as American men earned seven golds five silvers and three bronzes in four days.
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Mark Spitz
Matt Vogel
Fort Wayne
Ind
Joe Bottom
Santa Clara
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Hall
Fayetteville
N.C
Nadia Comaneci crowns gymnastics era as Korbut weeps
Nadia Comaneci, 14, swept the uneven bars and balance beam at Montreal to claim the all around title, as Olga Korbut cried and Latynina protested a low beam score. Ludmila Tourischeva finished third and retired, while Nelli Kim impressed in the USSR lineup.
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Nadia
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Olga
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Olympic Medal Standings and Notable Finishes Reported
Medal standings show Scott May and Adrian Dantley star for the United States in a 112 93 win while Canada falls 108 85 to Russia. Nadia Comaneci dazzles with four perfect 10s as she wins the women s all around. Kim and Tourischev place second and third. Russia dominates swimming with Koshevaia and Surchenia leading the 200 breaststroke and backstroke events. Androniov tops men s all around. Kaczmarek wins lightweight lifting and Dal Zotto claims foil fencing.
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Puyallup
Wash
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Moscow
Brigit Treiber
East Germany
Nancy Garapick
Nikolai Andrionov
Sawao Kato
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Zbigniew Kaczmarek
Poland
Fabio Dal Zotto
Italy
Nadia Comaneci Eyes Apparatus Finals As TV Plans Loom
Montreal AP Nadia Comaneci, Olympic all around gymnastics champion, competes in individual apparatus finals as ABC-TV covers the Summer Games. The 14 year old Romanian seeks medals in floor, vault, uneven bars and balance beam amid 32 hours of live sports and a 11 30 p m wrap up. Also on tap four swimming finals men s diving equestrian US women s basketball and US boxing. Catfish Hunter’s rookie year note included.
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Olga
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Romania
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Soviets Accused of Attempted Fix in U S Diving
U S diving manager Tom Gompf alleged Soviet officials offered a deal to back Russian diver Irina Kalinina for a judges’ vote in exchange for support of U S diver Phil Boggs in the men’s event. He said the proposal arose in Minsk and was refused. Kalinina finished seventh in the women’s final. Boggs led the men’s. Mantle named as an insurance VP in Dallas.
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Topeka
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Associated Press
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United States
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Sweden
Italy
University of Miami
Anatoliy Larushkin
Wirt M. Norris
Norris
Larushkin
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