Word: somersault
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...maneuver only a few men in the world can perform) while she is at it. On the vault, she earned a 10 with that trick, which calls for pouncing onto the vault, then pushing into the stratosphere with her arms and twisting 360° while doing a double somersault with her body perfectly straight...
...second series, Retton gave a creditable performance on the beam, but she had one serious loss of balance after landing a back somersault. The judges marked it, by the book, for a 9.80. Szabo moved to the floor exercise. There again, she was as athletic as she was balletic, alternating stunning twists and turns with lyrical dance movements. Her 9.95 put her in the lead by .15 with only two events remaining...
...European velvet, Retton is muscular American brashness. No one can generate her speed or leap to her heights; she can do numbers in floor exercises known only to men. On her first tumbling run, she pounded out enough time in the air to pull off a layout double back somersault, and exploded into a dazzling smile. It did not dim for the rest of her routine. When she landed her final twisting somersault, she had notched a 10. Szabo did not give any ground, however. She went out with solid 9.90s on the vault and, finally, the uneven bars...
MARRIED. Miguel Vazquez, 18, the world's greatest trapeze artist and the only aerialist ever to execute a quadruple somersault; and Rosa Segrera, 21, his flying partner; both for the first time; in Venice, Fla., the winter home of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus. After a Roman Catholic ceremony, a circus parade, including elephants, tigers and clowns, wound its way to an arena where the newlyweds climbed the trapeze for their first flight as husband and wife. They rode off atop an elephant wearing flower garlands and a JUST MARRIED sign...
DIED. Sergei Chalibashvili, 21, Soviet diver; of heart failure, after having struck his head (incurring multiple skull fractures) on the ten-meter-high platform while attempting a 3½ reverse somersault in tuck position at the World University Games; in Edmonton, Alta. The athlete had had trouble in executing the difficult dive in practice. Anticipating tragedy, other divers along with U.S. Coach Bob Rydze could not watch his competition effort. Said Rydze in anger after the July 10 accident: "It's the coach's responsibility to make sure his divers are not attempting dives they...