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Czechoslovakian Vera Caslavska approved the Olympic title won in Tokyo in 1964 in the entire individual event. In teams, the whole of the Soviet Union repeated what had been done four years ago to win the gold medal, in a day that will be remembered for the beauty of the gymnasts' performances.
In his last Olympics appearance, Caslavska (78,250 points) earned a 1.40 points difference for occupant of second place, the Soviet Zinaida Voronina, and 1.50 points for the brave and singular Natalya Kuchinskaya, who took eleventh place in the first phase, climbed yesterday incredibly until bronze.
In the overall team classification, the Soviet Union, with 382.85, was confirmed in the place of honor, with 65 hundredths of difference on the Czechs (382.20) and 3.75 on the surprising team of the East Germany, qualified in third place. be rewarded with third place.
What was seen last night at the National Auditorium will hardly be erased from memory. Mainly when competitors from Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Germany and Hungary came on the scene. Before, the other teams had already played in the morning session: Japan, United States, France, Bulgaria, Poland, Canada, Cuba, among others.
In the Olympic swimming pool Francisco Márquez, Michael Burton won the 400 meters freestyle to win a gold medal that was to compete, centimeter by centimeter, with Guillermo Echevarría, the Mexican hope of the sport, which an unfortunate performance was eliminated during the initial heat. Echevarría disappointed everyone who placed her early on the podium.
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