00:07The Soviet Latina confirmed her Olympic gymnastics title in the all-around individual competition.
00:12As in Melbourne, Latina showed remarkable regularity in all
00:17exercises performed by her and after having completed the compulsory ones with a standard of performance
00:21normal has provided an example of its class in the free and in particular in the
00:26floor exercise where he obtained the highest score.
00:34Unlucky performance by Astakova, the blonde and tall Soviet in the lead
00:39general classification until the penultimate test he lost the title following a fall
00:44from the beam which made her lose several points and relegated her to third place.
00:49The silver medal went to Muratova who we see competing on the parallel bars
00:54asymmetrical.
00:55The excellent performance of all its gymnasts allowed the Soviet Union to win
00:59also the team competition.
01:03Despite the great superiority of the Soviet school, other nations also succeeded
01:07to emerge thanks to some notable individual.
01:11The United States, for example, has shown a Grossfeld that could cause concern in the future.
01:16the Soviets themselves and in the Italian field the Cicognani sisters responded to the wait
01:20with a notable performance.
01:22Rosella here has the uneven bars but still lacks international experience while Miranda
01:26she secured access to the final in the same apparatus.
01:35Soviet weightlifting successes continue.
01:39After Minaev in the featherweight division and Bushoev in the lightweight division, it was middleweight Kurinov who won the title.
01:44In the three lifts Kurinov shattered the Olympic world record by kilograms
01:48437 and 500.
01:50In the bench press he lifts the barbell by 135 kilograms.
01:53In the snatch, the Soviet shot putter raised the Games record to 132,500 kilograms.
01:59Finally Kurinov also broke the Olympic world record in the clean and jerk with the exceptional
02:03measures 170 kilograms.
02:08American Kono finished second with excellent measurements of 427 and 500.
02:14In the press Kono broke the Olympic record and equaled the world record with 140
02:18kilograms.
02:19Hungarian Veres took third place with a total of 405 kilograms.
02:24No Italians were competing in the middleweight category.
02:28The Italian Olympic épée team in 1956 qualified for the final of the
02:33specialty and scheduled for the late afternoon.
02:36The winners of the Hungary-Great Britain match will take to the stage against the Azzurri.
02:41Pavesi, victorious in Melbourne also in the individual event, is with Saccaro, Pellegrino and the new Olympian
02:46of the first one of the strengths of the Italian team that eliminated that one in the semi-final
02:51Soviet.
02:52In the other lively group the battle between the Hungarian quartets is uncertain, here they face
02:56the highly rated Sakovic, and Great Britain led by the outstanding Gioei.
03:00The meeting is still ongoing.
03:02Score.
03:03Hungary 7, Great Britain 7.
03:11Spain, beating Great Britain 2-1 in the match valid for the third and
03:16fourth place, won the bronze medal in the hockey tournament, the first in the
03:20Olympics of this specialty, the only one in the Rome games.
03:23The English, in light-coloured jerseys, took the lead in the thirteenth minute.
03:27A penalty volley is cleverly exploited by Scott.
03:30The Spanish, despite being without Caballer and Usoz, react promptly, with a raid in the 27th minute
03:35of Macaia on the right.
03:36The low cross is converted into a goal by the bursting Joachim Dualde, 1-1.
03:41Spain kept their distance well and after the restart of the game the goal came from a short corner.
03:46victory.
03:46Maximum punishment for the English, Edoardo Dualde is in charge of the penalty dance, the
03:50he succeeds in the game and the bronze medal is a reality.
03:55The basketball finals have begun at the sports hall, from first to fourth
04:00place, the meeting between the Italians, of which we see an action with a basket of hauls
04:04blow, and the Americans in white jersey ended in favor of the latter for
04:08112 to 81.
04:11Obviously, the victory of the overseas basketball players was expected, but the Azzurri, with a Lombardi
04:15excellent scorer, his the basket, they offered an excellent performance, finishing
04:20the first half with a very small gap, 56 to 48.
04:24In the second half the Italian team paid for the effort of the first 20 minutes and the disadvantage in the
04:28score increased.
04:30The Americans, as usual, have developed a game of the highest technical level.
04:36In the top four ports of the final standings of the tournament, Brazil and the Union are also fighting
04:40Soviet.
04:41The South Americans in the striped shirts played a more lively game, with more technical and elaborate maneuvers.
04:46of the Soviets, who won in the end by a narrow margin, 64 to 62, and thus managed to take
04:52revenge for the defeat suffered in the preliminary round.
04:55The Brazilians have however confirmed the good impression they made in the previous
05:00matches and actually finished the first half thanks to excellent baskets by Masques and Pasos
05:05leading by 32 to 28.
05:07Then, a fiery finale with alternating scores and a victory for the Soviets by one basket, 64
05:13at 62.
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