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...chief Soviet track coach, Gavriil Korobkov, had an explanation, too. The Americans, he said were overconfident after the decisive U.S. victory in the 1964 dual meet and the poor Soviet performances in the Tokyo Olympics that followed. There was something to that. In Kiev, the U.S. men's sprint relay team had practiced passing the baton for only two hours prior to the meet. Not surprisingly, it bobbled an exchange in the race and was disqualified...
...This is the strongest, most experienced team I have ever had," said Russian Coach Gavriil Korobkov, as he marched his athletes into Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Two days later, the strongest, most experienced flew home again-suffering from an acute dose of shellac. The U.S. men, who barely edged the Russians in 1963, trampled them this time by 139 to 97, winning 16 of 22 events, sweeping an incredible first and second in ten events, and capturing all twelve running races. The U.S. girls, who have always been blitzed by the Russians, won four of ten events, were actually leading...
...Young," He Said. The olive in the martini was Gerry Lindgren, a mere babe of 18, just out of high school in Spokane, Wash., and running only his second race at 10,000 meters, twice the length he is used to. "Too young," advised Soviet Coach Korobkov solicitously. "You should not let him run such distances until he is older." For the first 14 laps, Lindgren (no kin to Blaine) stuck doggedly just off the pace. Then, just to see if he could do it, he kicked past both Russians and sprinted a lap. At the 22nd lap, he began...
Chasing the Men. After the fiasco, Russian Coach Gabriel Korobkov mildly suggested that some U.S. athletes seemed to be in need of "a good training." He undoubtedly meant a good spanking. Serenely overconfident, the U.S. men were ill-prepared for the ruggedness of the competition. The U.S. girls logged more time playing cards in the hotel lobby than they did practicing on the track, more time chasing the U.S. men than chasing the Russian women. They refused to take orders, lounged around listening to records, complained loudly about their rooms, their food and, oddly enough, about the fact that...
...discus thrower, Al Oerter, who was the first man to hurl the discus 200 ft.; at the A.A.U. championships, Oerter got off the best series ever managed by one man in one meet, fell short of Trusenev's record by just ½ in. As Russian Coach Gavril Korobkov said: "It would be no mistake to say that our fourth match with the Amer ican team will be the most difficult...