00:14The final medals for the men's gymnastics competitions have been awarded.
00:17Eight and not six were the laurels following two ex aequo in both the vaulting on horse
00:22than in the pommel horse.
00:23The Finnish Ekman, here in action, with a perfect performance, reached the first
00:27place the favorite Shacklin.
00:30The Soviet athlete achieved the gold medal today in the all-around individual competition.
00:35three more magnificent successes and is therefore the athlete who has achieved the highest number
00:39of victories during the seventeenth Olympiad.
00:51The fourth Olympic laurel of the day was won for the Soviet Union by
00:55Albert Azarian, extraordinary if not astonishing, is the way in which this
01:01gymnast performs the most difficult apparatus.
01:03All his exercises are performed with the utmost ease making them appear
01:08even elementary.
01:09Azarian, who does not excel on other tools like his compatriot Shacklin, finds in the
01:14rings his workhorse.
01:21In the vault on horse, the Japanese Ono won joint first place.
01:29and from the Soviet Shacklin.
01:33The latter placed third after the overall competition with a real leap
01:38excellent managed to reach the Japanese at the top of the rankings.
01:42The other Soviet, Portnoy, however, had to settle for third place.
01:52Shacklin once again had the upper hand on the parallel bars.
01:56The formidable Soviet athlete demonstrated his class especially in this apparatus.
02:01exceptional and his temperament of a true champion.
02:04The Soviet Union owes to this athlete three of the four medals won today, while
02:09the others were divided as follows: three to Japan and one to Finland.
02:15The behavior of our young champion Giovanni Carminucci was surprising.
02:20Third after the all-around, the Italian was able to climb a position and rank
02:25in second place behind Shacklin.
02:27Perhaps Carminucci could have even won the gold medal if the verdict of a judge
02:33Australian had been similar to that of the other three jurors.
02:36The Italian laurels were completed by the bronze medal obtained by Franco
02:41Menichelli in the floor exercise.
02:43With Giovanni Carminucci and Franco Menichelli, Italy has found the good blood to bring itself back
02:48in that prestigious position which rightfully belongs to it.
02:53The eventing competition concluded in the subjective setting of Piazza di Siena
02:57with the jump test.
02:58The gold medals went to Lawrence Morgan riding Selle Days and Australia for
03:03thanks to Morgan himself, Leavis and Royko.
03:09Here is the Australian rider who won the eventing on the course with 12 obstacles of no
03:14difficult to overcome.
03:15At the end of the three tests of the Olympic program Dressage, Cross-country and Jumping, Morgan is the only one
03:20with a positive score of 7 and 15 points.
03:22His most dangerous opponent for the title, his compatriot Grego, was unable to participate
03:27to the test because his horse, Ibro, was declared physically unfit.
03:39In the place of honour however another Australian, Neil Leavis, who riding Mirrabuca, here in
03:44action, has made a magnificent clear run.
03:47Overall he scored 16 and 50 negative points.
03:56The Swiss Buller on Geist Park was third and with this placing he allowed
04:01the helmeted team to win the silver medal.
04:04Buller, here he is on the course, after yesterday's test he gained precious points both on the
04:08compatriot Schwarzenbach and the Soviet Mursalinov.
04:18Italians, these images refer to the blue Nava who masterfully mounted
04:23Arcidosso, they missed out on the third place achieved by the French by just a few points.
04:43Mendelein, Horvat, Kovac and Karpati are the gold medal winners in sabre
04:48in teams.
04:48The Polish team, defeated in the final by the Magyars by 9 to 6, won the medal
04:53silver, the bronze one for the Azzurri.
04:55Olympian and world champion Karpati started badly against the fast Pole Zablotski,
05:00losing the first match.
05:02The seniors of the Hungarian team Karpati and Pal Kovac have clearly denounced
05:06the wear and tear of a long career.
05:08Fortunately for their colors, the young Horvat are the absolute best of this
05:13final and Mendelein were able to make up for the setbacks suffered at the beginning by their teammates.
05:19Among the Poles, the best were Pavlovski and Zablotski.
05:28On the other platform, surrounded by a public point of fans, the Azzurri fought
05:32strenuously against the Americans for the bronze medal.
05:35Calarese lived up to his reputation, winning all four of his matches.
05:39Here is the Sicilian left-hander in action against Morales.
05:42The other victories were obtained by Calanchini, Tre, Dacchicca and Ravagnano.
05:51The last medals for the shooting competitions were awarded today at the Umberto I shooting range.
05:56The small caliber rifle free-range prone position test was scheduled.
06:01The young German Koenke prevailed, scoring 590 points with the 60 shots available.
06:10The silver medal went to American Hill with 589 points.
06:17While Venezuelan Forsella Pelliccioni won the bronze medal with 587 points.
06:23The other four gold medals in the shooting competition went to the Soviets Shamburkin and Gustkin,
06:28to the Austrian Hammerer and the American Macmillan.
06:37Ethiopian athlete Bichila Abebe won the marathon this evening and with a time of 2 hours and 11 minutes finished first in the 16th place.
06:43seconds and 2 tenths
06:44has greatly improved the limit set by Zatopec in 52.
06:48Second place goes to the Moroccan Radì. Third place goes to the New Zealander Meyer.
06:52With 76 participants, the start was given at 5:33 pm at the foot of the Campidoglio steps.
06:59The route of 42 and 195 kilometres, leaving the Campidoglio, is very suggestive.
07:05The runners will pass by the Colosseum, then the Baths of Caracalla, before taking Via Cristoforo Colombo.
07:10Then through the ring road and the Laurentina and Ardeatina roads,
07:14the athletes will take the Via Apia Antica, with the finish line at the Arch of Constantine.
07:21At the Tor Carbone crossroads, kilometers 34 and 200 pass through Paiati Bichila Abebe, number 11 of Ethiopia.
07:29and the well-known Moroccan specialist Radì.
07:31At the twentieth kilometer these two athletes were already in the lead,
07:34while in the initial stages the Moroccan Saudi had led first, then the English Kelly.
07:39With a gap of two firsts and five seconds the New Zealander Meyer.
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