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When diver Jeff Mule completed dive number 11, a forward one and one-half somersault with two twists, the gifted sophomore had amassed 444.70 points, topped only by Cornell's John Krakora. this year's champion from the one-meter board...
...until finally the rebels vault over the defending walls and capture the stronghold. The athletic skills displayed in this and other parts of the program could win gold medals in a dozen Olympics, and the brilliantly garbed Chinese players have discovered what may be a new art form - the somersault. They do fast flip-flops and they do slow ones; they can do almost any thing with their bodies, defying both gravity and anatomy. A more gorgeous dis play of costumes and gymnastics has probably never before been presented onstage...
FOUR MONTHS AGO, the American press asked Jimmy Carter to drop out of the presidential race to make room for Teddy Kennedy. At that time, Kennedy led all polls by 40 points. But 14 weeks later, Carter has turned a remarkable political somersault. He defeated Kennedy 59-31 in Iowa, and has a chance of repeating his performance in New Hampshire, although Carter pulled a four-point advantage in Maine...
...competition on the high bar, and the Soviets' Alexander Tkachev went first. He was trailing Kurt Thomas, the finest male gymnast in U.S. history, by just .025 points. Leaping up to the bar, Tkachev spun through a series of dazzling maneuvers. He launched himself into a twisting flyaway somersault, swooped down, then grabbed the bar a split second before crashing to the floor. Finally, Tkachev arched his body high above the bar, twisted through another flying double somersault with two half-twists and landed flawlessly, arms outstretched in triumph before the judges. Long minutes passed, then the score...
Thomas grasped the bar. He swung around once, twice, building speed and momentum for a spread-legged somersault over the bar, reaching in mid-air to grab the bar again before swinging 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...