Sovetsky Sport. November 24, 1975. Kiev, 24 November (our correspondent). Experience, stability, versatility - these three qualities decided the outcome of the competition among the participants in the gymnastics youth championship of the country.
On the last day of the competition in the individual events, we saw Lena Davydova from Voronezh in a new light. She won two victories - on the vault and on the uneven bars (9.625 and 9.6, respectively, in the finals).
Magadan schoolgirl Natasha Tereschenko was also excellent. In the second day of the all-around, Natasha received the highest mark of the competition in the vault (9.9 points), but on the first day she had only 8.9 points on this apparatus, so her starting half sum was rather modest - 9.4 points. That's why, in spite of getting the best score of all in the finals (9.65), Natasha had to be content with second place.
But on floor exercises she turned out to be unbeatable, having more than 0.3 points over her nearest rival. Although she fell on the balance beam, she showed a cascade of the most difficult elements and took third place.
Recently, in our gymnastics, there has been a new and semi-official term: ROV. Decoding this, it means Risk, Originality, Virtuosity. These qualities were fully demonstrated by Eduard Azaryan, who with good reason can be called the heir of his father, Merited Master of Sports Albert Azaryan. According to family tradition, Eduard performed especially effectively on the rings, showing a whole series of bold, difficult, and different elements.
In addition, Azaryan performed excellently in floor exercises and on the high bar, taking second place after G. Krysin, who also captivated the audience with his courage and the difficulty of many elements. In particular, a forward jump with a 360-degree twist in floor exercises, demonstrated by Krysin, is still performed by only a few.
In conclusion, the opinion of the head of the gymnastics department of the Central Institute of Physical Culture V. Smolevsky about these competitions is:
"What we have seen these days on the platform of the Kiev Sports Palace breaks the usual notion that difficult gymnastics is supposedly inaccessible to young (13-14 years old) athletes. We had the opportunity to see that many coaches are refuting previous ideas in their work. I am especially pleased that the bold search for new methods of training is characteristic not only for specialists from recognized gymnastic centers, but also for many coaches of the so-called periphery."
TECHNICAL RESULTS
USSR youth gymnastics championships. Girls. Vault. 1. E. Davydova (Voronezh) - 19.2; 2. N. Tereschenko (Ust-Omchug) and Kryuchkova (Voronezh) - 19.05. Uneven bars. 1. E. Davydova - 19.2; 2. E. Gurina (Moscow) - 19.05; 3. E. Aleksyutina (Moscow)- 18.825. Balance beam. 1. L. Knysheva (Rostov-on-Don) - 18.75; 2. L. Kalachinskaya (Rostov-on-Don) - 18.45; 3. N. Tereschenko - 18.25. Floor exercise. 1. N. Tereschenko - 19.325; 2. E. Safonova (Leninsk-Kuznetsk) - 19.05; 3. A. Zelenko (Minsk) - 18.6.
Boys. Floor exercise. 1. G. Krysin (Moscow) - 18.725; 2. E. Azaryan (Yerevan) - 18.075; 3. A. Agafonov (Moscow) - 17.95. Pommel horse. 1. V. Volkov (Minsk) - 18.45; 2. A. Lev (Moscow) - 18.125; 3. S. Shelest (Kemerovo) - 17.7. Rings. 1. E. Azaryan - 18.025; 2. A. Balaev (Leninsk-Kuznetsk) - 18.0; 3. O. Dmitriev (Minsk) - 17.575. Vault. 1. S. Shelest - 19.075; 2. A.Agafonov - 19.05; 3. S. Lashin (Kiev) - 18.725. Parallel bars. 1. S. Gevorkyan (Yerevan) - 17.35; 2. Yu. Kuzin (Bryansk) and N. Volodko (Minsk) - 17.075. High bar. 1. G. Krysin - 19.125; 2. E. Azaryan - 18.725; 3. V. Volkov - 19.45.