Word: dismounting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into a perfect handstand. For a moment, he was frozen, balanced perfectly upside down. Then he flipped into action again, knifing his inverted body through a double "German" giant swing, arching his back into another handstand, twirling, spinning. Finally, tucking his knees into his chest, Thomas whipped into his dismount: a double somersault with a half-twist on each revolution. If he faltered on landing, took one steadying step, he would lose. He landed solidly and the gold medal was his. The judges' 9.90 merely confirmed the crowd's shout of delight: America's male gymnasts...
...army will once again yield to the temptation to remain in power, particularly if the outcome of the October voting is not decisive. Observes Correspondent Malkin: "The generals may discover that they are still riding a wild frontier pony and may find it exceedingly difficult to dismount...
...little could detract from ABC's superb pictures of the events themselves. Nadia Comaneci performing her flawless routines in a trance of innocence. Olga Korbut turning into an instant Edith Piaf. Gymnast Shun Fujimoto's kamikaze dismount with a broken knee. The victory lap after the 400-meter hurdles when Gold Medal Winner Ed Moses and Silver Medalist Mike Shine loped round the track in joyous exhaustion. Weightlifter Vasili Alexeyev looking like the Buddha meditating over 561 I=lbs. of iron...
...coaches because she was "alive," has advanced the sport of gymnastics as much as Olga popularized it. Frighteningly daring, she has developed a series of ultra-acrobatic moves that leave crowds gasping. The Salto Comaneci, to cite one, is a twisting, back-somersaulting dismount from the uneven parallel bars that one U.S. gymnast has a forthright word for: "Madness." Her derring-do, coupled with unusual stability in such difficult and dangerous moves as three back handsprings in a row on the beam, won her last year's European championship. (Korbut did not compete; Turishcheva was injured.) Comaneci has been...
...shrewdness and good taste to cast not only Hackman but the excellent, sardonic James Coburn as his buddy and friendly rival. After that, in spiration fails. Pace, so crucial to un dertakings of this kind, is maintained at the approximate speed of a lazy canter. Characters race a piece, dismount, talk things over, get to know each other a little, then start racing again. No one, however, becomes either familiar enough or real enough to make it a matter of much concern who wins the race...