00:05Two new world records in the 400 and 1500 meters stand out among numerous excellent results
00:11of the afternoon athletics competitions at the Olympic Stadium. The final was memorable.
00:15of the 400 meters, from the second to the seventh lane, six athletes of great value,
00:20the teresco Kaufman, the Americans Young and Davis, the South African Spence, the Indian
00:24Milka Singh and another Teres Kinder. Spence's very fast start and he wins in the first
00:30part of the race at a very fast pace, but the two main candidates for success, the American
00:34Otis Davis and the teresque Karl Kaufman, will soon come to light and will be protagonists, both
00:40visibly very tired, of an emotional finale. Davis will narrowly win over
00:44Kaufman, then Spence, Singh, Kinder, and Young. The first two are credited with the time.
00:50an exceptional 44.9 seconds, three tenths faster than the previous world record
00:55by American Lou Jones. For Spence, 45 and 5, a new Commonwealth record. For
01:01Mika Singh, 45 and 6, new Indian and Asian record.
01:13Otis Davis, after running the 400 meters in Bern on August 20th in 45 and 6, had improved
01:18yesterday in the semi-final the Olympic record in 45 and 5. Kaufman even boasted a limit
01:23seasonal in 45 and 4, European record.
01:31Here at the awards ceremony are Otis Davis, Karl Kaufman on the left and Malcolm Spence.
01:44The Australian out-of-towner set a second all-time record in the 1500-meter race.
01:49Herbert Elliot, who by winning three firsts of 55 seconds and 6, improved by four tenths
01:54the world record he himself set two years ago.
02:02In the top positions are the Frenchman Bernard, who will finish seventh, and the Swede Waern.
02:08exceptional time after 400 meters, 58 and 2. Better at the 800 passage, even better
02:14at 1000 meters, ran in two first 25 seconds and 4. Elliot meanwhile took the lead, dragging
02:21in her wake the Hungarian Rosa Volgi, former world record holder, the French Jassy and the
02:25Romanian Vamos. While Elliot, the race's dominator, is now unreachable, the surprising
02:31Jassy battles Rosa Volgi for second place and prevails.
02:36Here's Elliot's victorious finish, captured in slow motion. Admire the power and style.
02:42of the Australian, winner in three first 35 seconds and 6.
02:51Jassy was second at 2.8 seconds, Rosa Volgi third, Waern fourth in 3.40, a new record.
02:58Swedish, Romanian Vamos fifth, American Ballesan sixth.
03:07On the podium the three protagonists, Elliot, new Olympic world record holder, Jassy, new record
03:12Frenchman and Rosa Volgi. Polish Joseph Smith also competed at a high level in the triple jump,
03:19very consistent today on excellent measures, he won with 16.81 metres, a new Olympic record.
03:24Schmidt recently raised the world mark to 17.03 meters.
03:37The silver medal goes to a young Soviet specialist, 21-year-old Vladimir Goryaev, who
03:42reached 16.63 meters, personal best.
03:57In third place was another Soviet, Vital Krayer, who with 16.44 metres preceded by 3 centimetres
04:04American Ira Davies.
04:15American Rafer Johnson finally won the gold medal in the Decathlon, totalling
04:198,392 points, a new Olympic record. China's Yang Chuangkwang placed second.
04:25just 58 points behind Johnson. Third was the Soviet Kuznetsov, the Italian Saar came in sixth, establishing
04:31the new Italian record. With the last-gasp victory over the English team L&J, which we present to you,
04:41The Italian Dolphin won the gold medal in the individual epee tournament. The champion
04:46British, excellent in both foil and world title holder as well as in epee, was
04:50almost a sure winner, thanks to his consistency of performance and his
04:55series of successes.
05:05Delfino, however, with an astonishing comeback that began with the victory over his direct rival,
05:09he managed to get on par with the Englishman, who the Italian then beat by 5 to 2 in
05:13an exciting playoff. For the bronze medal the world champion, Khabarov, has
05:18overtaken the Hungarian Shakovic.
05:26Unfavorable weather conditions put the crews to the test today
05:29engaged in the sailing regattas in Naples. The Azzurri were less than expected and
05:33Cosentino, coming fifteenth in the Dragon class, from the first place in the standings and
05:38relegated to third. The best of the Italian crews was that of Straulino and Rolandi,
05:42their boat numbered 3810, which placed second in the class
05:48stars. The Azzurri finished behind the Portuguese and thus strengthened their third place
05:52position in the rankings. In the 5.50m the Swedes won, while Reggio
05:58placed eleventh. Among the Finns, the Danish Elvström, with today's victory, judged himself
06:04virtually the gold medal. Italian Trani was forced to retire. In the fifth class
06:08finally, that of the Flying Teutschman, victory of the Danish crew, while the Italians
06:12Capio and Pizzorno were fifth.
06:16The Soviets clearly won the second day of the gymnastics tournament
06:20taking place at the Baths of Caracalla. The Soviet Union team's performance
06:24It was really excellent and the score of each individual athlete soon took off
06:28showy proportions, a prelude to a conspicuous success in all exercises. It is very difficult
06:33in fact, the gold medals won by the Soviets could be contested, both in the rankings
06:37in both teams and individuals. Liukina, who we believe to be on parallel bars, amazed
06:42for the perfection of the exercises combined with the grace of the movements. In the free body
06:47the other Soviet Latin team prevailed, as in Melbourne. The Olimpionica, after the
06:52four compulsory exercises, he is in second place in the individual general classification,
06:56behind her compatriot Astakova.
07:04The Italians, coached by the Hungarian Olympian Cheleti, showed sensitive
07:08progress especially in the parallel bars exercise. Miranda Cicognani, here in action, performed
07:13brilliantly achieving a good placing.
07:21The preliminary round of the clay pigeon shooting competition has concluded. Among the qualifiers:
07:25for the final there are the Italians Liano Rossini and Edoardo Casciano. Although our representatives,
07:34especially in the series they shot this morning, they were hindered by the wind, they
07:38Rossini, Olympian from Melbourne, scored 89 targets out of 100 and Casciano 93. The best
07:46of this eliminatory round were the Swede Andersson and the Soviet Nikandrov, who
07:5097 out of 100 clays were hit. The final phase, which will be played on Thursday and Friday, will take place
07:56on 200 plates.
07:58The eventing competition, the most demanding specialty of the Equestrian Olympics, has
08:03The dressage test got underway at the Vivaro meadows. Of the 73 institutional riders
08:0825 of them took part in the competition. The eventing competition includes, in addition to the
08:15dressage, a cross-country test on the country course and a jumping test. At the end, a form is filled out
08:20a special ranking that takes into account the perfection demonstrated by the competitor in the
08:24three trials. Here in the race is the Englishman Hill, one of the favorites at the Stockholm Olympics.
08:31He was part of the British team that won the gold medal in the team competition. Italy
08:36he is competing with four knights, Grignolo, Tasca, Argenton and Nava, who we see here at work.
08:42The dressage test will continue tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
08:57Ladies and gentlemen, here is now the recorded commentary of some stages of the final evening.
09:03of the freestyle wrestling tournament held in the Basilica of Massenza. At this tournament they have
09:10164 wrestlers representing 51 nations took part.
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