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Soviet men easl win
a
g mnastics gold medal
MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet Union's cises to finish more than eight points 1979 world championships," Arkayev mile by a ru
men's gymnastics team snared the first ahead of East Germany. said. He did not mention the first time a
gold medal of the Moscow Olympics THE EAST Germans collected 581.15 Americans. an average p
tournament yesterday, crushing East points and the silver medal. Hungary EAST GERMAN coach Peter Weber per 100 meter
European rivals in the absence of won the bronze with 575.00. called the Soviet performance the best HE DEFE.
strong teams from Japan and the Soviet coach Leonid Arkayev claimed in the history of Olympics and on a Alexandr Ch
United States. the outcome would not have been in- higher level than the world meet last
Led by world all-around champion fluenced even if the Japanese - team December in Fort Worth, Texas.
Alexander Dityatin and Montreal goldmedalists in every Olympics since But most observers regard the men's
Olympics hero Nikolai Andrianov, the 1952 - had competed in Moscow. gymnastics events as greatly
Soviets rolled up 589.60 points in two "They took the silver and won only downgraded with the absence of the
days of compulsory and optional exer- one bronze in individual events at the Japanese and Americans, who boycot-
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anner and represented the
swimmer had maintained
ace of better than a minute
rs over the 1,500.
ATED silver medal winner
aev of the Soviet Union by
Olympic
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ted the Olympics to protest the Soviet
military actions in Afghanistan.
The American team, led by stars
Kurt Thomas and Bart Connor, was ex-
pected to match or improve on its bron-
ze medal placing in the world meet.
Swimming
Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union
became the first man ever to swim the
1,500 in less than 15 minutes, and the
talented East German women won
their fourth consecutive gold medal and
set mother world record last night in
the Olympic Games.
Salnikov swam the metric mile in 14
minutes, 58.27 seconds to win the gold
medal- and surpass the four-year-old
world and Olympic record of 15:02.40 by
Brian Goodell of Mission Viejo, Calif.
The performance was swimming's
equivalent of the first sub-four-minute
Medal Standings
Gold Slver Bronze Total
Soviet Union 10 8 3 21
E. Germany 5 8 5 18
Hungary 2 1 2 5
Australia 0 0 4 4
Great Britain 1 2 0 3
Bulgaria 0 1 2 3
North Korea 0 1 1 2
Romania 0 1 1 2
Poland 0 0 2 2
Cuba 1 0 0 1
Greece 1 0 0 1
Italy 1 0 0 1
Sweden 1 0 01
Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
Jamaica 0 0 1 1
Roundup
16 seconds. Max Metzker of Australia
captured the bronze only .09 behind
Chaev.
East Germans won the first three
places in the women's 400 freestyle,
with Ines Diers, the bronze medalist in
the 100 freestyle Monday night, winning
the gold in an Olympic record of 4:08.76.
The silver and bronze medals were
won by Petra Schneider and Carmela
Schmidt, respectively.
Duncan Goodhew of Britain won the
gold medal in the 100 breaststroke in
1:03.34, beating silver medal winner
Arsen Miskarov of the Soviet Union.
Miskarov was timed in 1:03.82. Peter
Evans of Australia won the bronze in
1:03.86.
Cycling
The new Moscow cycling velodrome
fulfilled its promise as perhaps the
fastest track in the world. Lothar
Thoms of East Germany set a world-
record of 1:02.55 in winning the gold
medal in the one-kilometer race on a
streamlined bike and wearing an air-
tight suit.
Alexander Panfilov of the USSR was
second and Jamaican David Weller,
who attends Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University in Daytona
Beach, Fla., was third.
Six men broke the 4,000-meter record
of 4:43.09 in qualifying.
The Spanish Alternative
American Wayne Brabender, playing basketball for Spain in this summer's
Olympics, tries to stir things up defensively in the backcourt.
SPORTS OF THE DAILY:
All-American Paciorek hits .350; U.S. wins
Michigan Wolverine slugger Jim Paciorek scored
the tying run din the bettom of the ninth inning last
night in Seoul, South Korea, as an American college
All-Star team edged a Korean collegiate- crew, 4-3,
and clinched the seven-game series, 4-2.
The Koreans had broken a 1-1 tie with two runs in
the top of the ninth. Frank Castro (a Miami, Florida
baseballer) reached first on an infield single, and
Paciorek followed suit with the same. Catcher Harry
McCulla (from Central Arizona Junior College) than
blasted a three-run game-winning homer. Michigan
State's Brian Walcutt was the winning pitcher.
Paciorek's one-for-three sixth game gave him a
six-for-10 total over the last three contests, all of
which the Americans won. He finished the series
with a ,3150mark (seven-for-20).
The Baseball Bulletin's August issue named
Paciorek to its All-American first team as an
outfielder. George Foussianes, co-captain of the 1980
Michigan squad which advanced to the College World
Series, received honorable mention honors.
Brazile balking
SAN ANGELO, Texas; (AP)-Houston Oiler
management, already embroiled with tight end Mike
Barber over a new contract, also is facing a fight with
player agent Jerry Argovitz, who wants to
renegotiate linebacker Robert Brazile's contract.
"Robert is the most under-paid player in the NFL,
based on what he has accomplished," said Argovitz,
who negotiated Billy Sims' multi-million dollar
contract with the Detroit Lions. "He has
outperformed his contract."
Brazile, a perennial all-pro selection and Pro Bowl
member, has three years remaining on his current
contract. Although no figures were released, Brazile
reportedly makes between $70,000 and $80,000
annually.
Oiler Coach Bum Phillips met for four hours with
Brazile and Argovitz without reaching an agreement.
Braman cut
SUWANEE, Ga. (UPI)-Eight free agent rookies
were waived yesterday by the Atlanta Falcons, two of
the hopefuls from Michigan.
Among the victims of Atlanta's first major cut
since training camp opened last week were defensive
-backs Keith Edwards of Minnesota, a Grand Rapids,
Mich., native, and Mark Braman of the University of
Michigan.
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