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From 24 nations, a muscular army of 10,000 descended on Stuttgart, pitched their tents in public parks, and ate the city out of fresh fruit. Their weapons were the Indian club, the skipping rope and the trampoline; their uniforms were the leotard, the sweatshirt, and the bloomer; their hearts were uncompetitive and simon-pure. It was amateur night all week. In Stuttgart's commodious Nechar Stadium (capacity 90,000) and in 15 overflow halls around town, the third world festival of amateur gymnasts, the Gymnaestrada (the "way to gymnastics"), was under...
Predominantly a European phenomenon, the Gymnaestrada is amateur athletics at its purest. All 10,000 participants paid their own way to Stuttgart, and their own expenses while there. No one was judged, and everyone was eligible: the age of the participants ranged from 7 to 74. "It's the cheapest form of exercise I can get," explained a German housewife of 38. "I need only a pair of gym shoes and shorts to work out. It's a family sport. My husband and children and I all enjoy it together. Now we like it so much we follow...
...West. Even allowing for the crush-some 3.5 million refugees have streamed out of East Germany since World War II -it is hard to understand how the East German border guards failed to spot lissome, 5-ft. 8-in. Marlene. The West had no such difficulty: she settled in Stuttgart, became a $53-a-week electronics engineer, entered a beauty contest and was elected Miss Germany. Fortnight ago in Miami Beach, Marlene was crowned the 1961 Miss Universe...
...cumbered by European cooking, the U.S. track and field team nonetheless managed to perform handsomely as it toured across Europe last week. After a 124-111 victory over the Soviet Union in Moscow, the strong men's team moved on to face West Germany's best at Stuttgart, brought off a 120-91 win. Only the ladies-and not all of them-seemed to be having trouble; they lost to the Russians 39-68, to the Germans...
...knew in advance that many of the competitors who wanted to go to Moscow could scarcely afford to spend a week away from their jobs. But A.A.U. officials, who also know the pleasures of junkets abroad, proceeded to plan a full-blown four-week tour anyway, with meets in Stuttgart, London and Warsaw, following the Moscow competition. The result: nine men, nearly one-fourth of the 41-man U.S. team, reluctantly refused to make the trip. "The A.A.U. works for the A.A.U. on these trips," growled Olympic Discus Champion Al Oerter, one of the defectors. He spoke from bitter experience...