00:06In the Molossiglio gardens, the awards ceremony for the Olympic sailing champions.
00:10For the occasion, the fire of Olympia was moved from the Forte Ovo to the small port.
00:14The Head of State and the Greek royal family were present at the ceremony.
00:20The first gold medal for the Hellenic nation was won in the Dragoon class by Prince Constantine.
00:25The Argentine crew finished second, with Cosentino's Italian team third, having missed out on the silver medal due to a disqualification in the final race.
00:34In the star class, the Soviets Pinegin and Fedor Shutkov, confirming their extraordinary ability,
00:40they preceded the Portuguese and American crews, Straulino and Rolandi in fourth place.
00:46The United States clearly asserted itself in the 5 and 50 classes, with Denmark and Switzerland significantly behind in the rankings.
00:57Danish dominance in the fins with four-time Olympian Elvström.
01:02Lively fight for the silver medal, the Soviet Tchucelov earned it with honor ahead of the Belgian Nelis,
01:07the blue Trani, fourteenth.
01:10Among the Flying Deutschman, Norway won, Denmark took the silver medal,
01:14the German crew was third and the Italian crew was eleventh.
01:20The Soviet Shacklin, with this spectacular and perfect test on the pommel horse,
01:25He managed to overtake the Japanese Ono in the individual gymnastics rankings
01:30and to secure the gold medal.
01:32The regularity of the Soviet, both in compulsory and free exercises,
01:36Safety on every piece of equipment and synchrony of movements rewarded the most deserving athlete.
01:47The other Soviet also put on a first-rate show for Saryan.
01:51On the rings, the Melbourne Olympian confirmed his undisputed superiority over all the other competitors.
01:57In handstands, crosses, and twisting, he revealed remarkable physical energy and good technique.
02:03The women's freestyle practice began this morning.
02:07The Soviets are absent and will perform in the afternoon.
02:10The performances of the teams aiming for the places of honour were particularly followed.
02:14Kyphoslovakian Bosakova, in the floor exercise, strengthened her team's second position,
02:19but also the Japanese Ikeda, in the exercise on the uneven bars,
02:23he offered a sample of his perfect preparation.
02:30In the individual general classification, after four representatives of the Soviet Union,
02:34In fifth place is the Romanian Jovan, a gymnast of great value and very high class.
02:40Jovan, with a perfect floor exercise,
02:43added new precious points to his already brilliant ranking.
02:46The large audience present this morning warmly applauded the Romanian's performance.
02:51In the afternoon, in addition to the Soviets, the Italians and the Americans will be on stage.
03:02Second title awarded in the weightlifting tournament.
03:05Soviet Minaev won in the plus-weight category,
03:08but totaling in the three lifts, 372 and 500 kilograms,
03:12exceeding the Olympic record by 20 kilograms.
03:15Here is the Soviet weightlifter doing the press with a lift of 120 kilograms.
03:19In the snatch Minaev lifted 110 kilograms
03:22and finally he confirmed his superiority in the clean and jerk with 142 and 500, a new Olympic record.
03:29American Berger, Olympian in Melbourne,
03:32he risked going out of the competition in the snatch where he failed to lift his legs twice
03:36105.
03:37Once past the critical moment, Berger recovered well and finished second with 362 and 500 overall.
03:45Manironi performed excellently and took third place.
03:47Here we see the Italian weightlifter engaged in the snatch
03:49where he broke the Olympic record with 110 kilograms together with Minaev.
03:56The semi-finals of the Sabre and Individual tournaments did not offer any major surprises.
04:01The Hungarian school especially with the champion Carpati
04:04here in front of the Polish Zablochi
04:06she once again proved to be very aggressive in this specialty.
04:10Having lost the elderly Gerevic in the play-off with Calarese,
04:13In the final, however, the Magyars will be able to count on the strong Hovar,
04:16as well as on the favorite Carpati.
04:19The blue Calarese that we see on the left against the Soviet Rilski
04:23he was the only Italian left in the race.
04:25Other finalists, besides the two Hungarians, are the Polish Pavlovski and Zablochi,
04:29the Soviets Pizler and Rilski and the French Arabo.
04:32The other blue Ferrari didn't have much luck.
04:35In the decisive match against Zablochi he lost the last thrust and was eliminated.
04:42The dressage trials for the eventing competition continued at the Vivaro meadows.
04:47The cross-country skiing competition will take place tomorrow, and the ski jumping competition the day after.
04:52Here in the race is the Soviet Mursalimov, who performed with honor
04:55and which appears capable of placing itself among the top positions in the rankings,
04:58so far in favour of the Nordics.
05:04The performance by the Australian Grago was also of an excellent standard.
05:07He should also do well in the long-distance race, which promises to be very tough.
05:12In the competition, the telescopic Schultz showed off his excellent stylistic skills.
05:17The Italians' performances were not too brilliant,
05:19Even Argenton, after Nava, failed to achieve a high score.
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