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Maxi Gnauck, 15, an East German sprite with closely cropped hair and a tiny chassis (4 ft. 10 in., 71 lbs.), went first on the vault. Her robot-like consistency cracked under the pressure, and she had to settle for a 9.75. Next up was Yelena Davidova, 18, an elfin Soviet with a Dorothy Hamill haircut, on the parallel bars. Only 4 ft. 8 in., 75 lbs., she had scored a stunning 10 in the floor exercises the night before, mixing rubber-body tumbling and kiddie-porn dance routines (hip grinding to a snake charmer's song...
...runners stumble, discus throwers suffer slipped discs, and pole vaulters cannot rise to the occasion. But there seems little doubt that the U.S. would have continued its domination of men's track events as well as taking several medals in the long jump, discus, shot-put and pole vault. American women rank among the world's fastest in the sprints, but a hamstring injury to Pan Am Games Champion Evelyn Ashford undermined U.S. hopes. Eastern Europeans would, as always, have car ried away most of the medals in distance and field events...
...often be much less than charming. The only thing that justifies her moods are the results. In Montreal four years ago, Kim not only won two individual gold medals but scored two all-but-unprecedented perfect tens -one in the floor exercise program and one in her specialty, the vault. In Fort Worth last December she took the all-round women's title. Kim, now training near her home in Minsk, is the odds-on favorite for further honors in the 1980 Olympics. But she is not so sure. Kim will be 23 in July, an aging gymnastic veteran...
...miles later, the cortege reached the grounds of Tito's principal residence at 15 Uzicka Street, in the hilltop suburb of Dedinje overlooking the capital. He had asked to be buried there. To the strains of the Internationale, the coffin was placed above ground in a white marble vault bearing a stark inscription in raised gold letters: JOSIP BROZ TITO, 1892-1980. He had died just three days before his 88th birthday...
...meet drifted back over to the field events, Harvard continued to rack up victories. Junior Dave Randall struggled into the stadium carrying about eight different poles, one of which must have been the right one as he soared 14 ft. 6 in. to capture first in the pole vault. Teammate Jim Mullen contributed a first-place finish in the javelin...