Page 16-Saturday July 26, 1980-The Michigan Daily SpKorts KIM AND COMANECI TIE ON FLOOR a Nadia MOSCOW (AP)-Nadia Comaneci spun a golden show on the balance beam and in the floor exercises at the Moscow Olympics last night after her defeat in the all-around competition started a bitter controver- sy among gymnastics officials and fans from three Communist countries. The 18-year-old Romanian star won a gold medal on the balance beam after another, shorter, discussion among the judges. And she tied with Nelli Kim of the Soviet Union for the gold in the floor exer- cises. A SCORING CHANGE gave Comaneci the tie for the gold with Kim. She first was listed behind Kim due to a technical problem in the computerized scoring machine. The gymnasts competed Thursday on all four ap- paratuses for an all-around point total and the most coveted prize in the sport. Last night, gold medals were given after competition on each apparatus. It was Comanegi's narrow loss to Soviet Yelena Davydova in the all-around competition Thursday night that caused one of the biggest squabbles in Olympic gymnastics history. reigns on Her coach, Bela Karolyi, charged the East German chairman of the gymnastics federation with ordering Comaneci's marks to be lowered in her final exercise on the balance beam, costing her the competition. KAROLYI SAID IT was "an arrangement" to in- sure a Soviet winner. The Communist Party newspaper in Romania, Scinteia, backed him, headlining "They stole her gold medal. Nadia is still the best." But Ellen Berger, the East German at whom Karolyi aimed his attack, said she didn't do it. In an interview yesterday, Berger said the Romanian head judge, Maria Simionescu, demanded that Comaneci's mark of 9.85 on the balance beam be upgraded, causing a 30-minute row that delayed naming of a winner and awarding of medals. It was a bizarre sight, with officials arguing, the Romanian coach screaming and waving his arms, gymnasts either pacing nervously on the sidelines or trying to smile, and the crowd roaring for a decision. BERGER SAID THE judges didn't want to make the change Simionescu demanded and that she finally ordered the scores posted. Davydova was named the beam winner and Comaneci and Maxi Gnauck of East Germany tied for the silver medal. Yuri Titov of the Soviet Union, president of the In- ternational Gymnastics Federation, insisted Friday that proper procedure was followed and accused Karolyi of trying to influence the judges. He said Davydova showed "more modern exer- cises with very interesting new movements" and ad- ded "I stand on one point. The final marks are a real mirror of their performances." AS THE GYMNASTICS competition drew to a close last night, Gnauck won the gold in the uneven bars competition and Natalya Shaposhnikova of the Soviet Union won the vault. Davydova was second to Comaneci in the beam event, scoring 19.80 points to 19.85 for the Romanian. The Soviet team edged Romania for the team medal Wednesday night. Soviet gymnasts won three of the five final events in the men's competition yesterday as the full Soviet team continued their overwhelming domination of these Games. s a Wells sprints to victory; Coe, Ovett match tonight MOSCOW (AP)-Archrivals Sebas- tian Coe and Steve Ovett reached the showdown stage of the 800-meter race and Scotsman Allan Wells became the first Britisher in 56 years to win an Olympic sprint title, capturing the 100- meter dash last night. Coe and Ovett, the Britons who dominate world middle distance run- ning but have not faced each other in two years, got on a collision course by winning their semifinal heats. And now, after cagily manuevering to avoid each other since the 1978 European Championships, they will slug it out for the gold medal tonight. IN addition to Wells, who nipped Cuba's Silvio Leonard in the 100-both were timed in.10.25 seconds-two track and field gold medals were decided yesterday. Jack Uudmae of the Soviet Union won the triple jump at 56 feet, 11 inches, beating three-time gold medalist Vikor Saneyev, also of Russia, and Maria Colon of Cuba took the women's javelin title with an Olympic record of 222-5. Wells, a 28-year-old Scot and a long jumper until two years ago when he decided to concentrate on sprinting, took the 100 in a photo finish. The last British subject to win the Olympic 100 gold medal was Harold Abrahams in 1924. Wells, a marine engineer, has preferred to run from a standing start rather than using the conventional metal blocks. But under regulations of the International Anateur Athletic Federation, the world governing body of the sport, Wells was forced to start fromthe blocks during the Games. The victory by Uudmae in the triple jump thwarted Saneyev's bid to 'become the second track and field athlete in Olympic history to win four consecutive gold medals in the same event. Medal Standings Gold Silver Bronze Total Soviet Unio . 1.. 4 27 13 74 EGetrmany.1 10 17 47 Bulgaria .......... 4 2 8 14 Hungary .......... 4 5 3 12 Romania .......... 4 3 5 12 Poland ....... 0 4 3 7 Sweden ............ 2 0 4 6 Great Britain ...... 2 2 1 5 Australia .......... 1 0 4 5 Cuba .............. 2 1 0 3 Italy ..... 2 0 1 3 France. 1 2 0 3 North Korea. 0 1 1 2 Brazil.. ....... 0 2 2 Czechoslovakia .... 0 0 2 2 Greece ..... 1 0 0 1 Switzerland.... 1 0 0 1 Mexico ............ 0 1 0 1 Austria ............ 0 0 1 1 Jamaica .......... 0 0 1 1 Finland. 0 0 1 1 Spain ..... 0 0 1 1 Denmark.......... 0 0 1 1 Lebanon........... 0 0 1 1 U AN UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER of the jury shouts during the uproar in Moscow Thursday night. Romania's Nadia Comaneci watches from the background. Comaneci was supposedly discriminated against in favor of Russia's Yelena Davydova who won the gold. Stevenson jabs at 3rd straight Olympic gold MOSCOW (AP)-Teofilo Stevenson is 29, a creaking age for a top amateur boxer, but yesterday at the Olympics he showed there is no rust on the weapons that made him king of the sport. The right-hand punch that carried the Cuban to Olympic heavyweight championships in 1972 and 1976 crashed against the jaw of Samson Ataga late in the third round, and Steven- son's bid for another gold medal was underway in spec- tacular fashion. HE CERTAINLY APPEARED in peak condition when he entered the ring, smiling and blowing kisses to the crowd for his bout against 32-year-old Ataga, a Nigerian civil servant. But some in the crowd began whistling derisively as the round passed the two-minute mark with no action. Ataga kept moving, flicking ineffectual left jabs. Stevenson landed a few jabs and a short right upper cut, but mostly he stalked, trying to set up his opponent for a finishing punch. "He's brainy fighter," said Henry Cooper, a former European pro heavyweight champ who twice fought Muhammad Ali and is here as a commentator for the British Broadcasting Corporation. "You can see as he's boxing that he's measuring a guy, jabbing, setting up." THAT'S WHAT STEVENSON was doing in the closing seconds. Ataga moved to Stevenson and jabbed. But he pulled his glove back too low and the right crashed home. Ataga went down in a heap. He struggled up at sixth but was badly hurt and referee Goro Kawashima of Japan coun- ted him out. The time was 2:59. _a 4