European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is spices skate meet february the stars and stripes Page 25 girls spin1 Sally Little whips Denise Bellmann Austria a the High Point of Denise Biel Manns championship free skate performance is the acrobatic spin the International skating fraternity has named after the by now famous which is the Peak of every Bellmann perform won the 18yearold schoolgirl from Zurich the ladies european figure skating championship sat the first Ever for i dont know Why i can do the blon haired skater said of her extraordinary spin just hours after her but my sister can As so perhaps it is something that runs in the Bellmann begins the spin on one her body and second leg parallel to the As she builds up she reaches behind her grasps for an and finishes with a spectacular both hands holding a leg High above her her body arched in an improbable the performance brought cheers from the spectators gathered at Innsbruck Olympia stadium for the concluding ladies free skating event of the we Klong european Champi Bellmann said the which was originally pioneered in a similar ver Sion by Swiss National Champion Karin Iten five years resulted from acrobatic lessons begun when she was and i do five minutes of acrobatics every it keeps you in Good she observers say that Biel Manns parents were themselves former circus acrobats and suggest the skater has been performing similar contortions on and off the ice since but the famous which was the showstopper of this years european May disappear from International Bellmann says she is seriously considering turning professional after next months world figure skat ing championships in the talk among the skating fraternities Here is of the Large contract offers Bellmann has received from private skating and of the Swiss skaters reputation for Incon she cant be counted on in inter National competitions Shes far too one Follower of the skating circuit said if she wins in she wont do much so Shell play it smart and turn professional most International skating champions have Given up Competition for professional skating after a number of years on the competitive this is Only Biel Manns third year Vav my j i might turn pro of International Cruz grabs Denmark bout Lewis loses on split decision Denmark win one and barely lose that was the record of the two usar tur boxers competing for the touring National team against members of the danish National team Here i of y corps and Winner of the Uba eur invitational tournament bantamweight championship this scored an impressive decision Over Kristian Oliver brother Smokey Lewis of Vii the current Usa eur invitational Light heavyweight lost a split decision to the highly touted Michael Madsen of the danish National Madsen was a Quarter finalist in the Moscow Borg is player of month new York up Bjorn win Ner of his second straight masters grand has been named player of the in playoff to Nab classic North Miami a Sally Little won the ladies professional Golf associations Elizabeth a Den classic in a sudden death playoff Sun Day when Judy Rankin hit into the water on the third extra Little shot a 4underpar 68 Over the final 18 holes to jump from eighth and tie ran Kin and Joanne who each shot Par at 5underpar 283 after the regulation 72 All three Lyga veterans started sudden death with birdies on the 335yard 16th Hole on the Turnberry Isle who was tied with Rankin for the Lead going into the final round at dropped out with a bogey on the Yard 17th on the 485yard Rankin hit her third shot into the water for a two stroke Little played the Hole conservatively for her playoff Victory was Worth the 17th was disastrous for Carner ing ahead by two she took a double bogey to fall into the three Way Donna Caponi was fourth at a stroke ahead of Pat Nancy Lopez who had shot par72 in each of the quist and Jan Stephenson for sixth at 288 first two rounds and 69 in the soared Patty Sheehan was ninth at 289 and Ludo to a 3overpar 75 sunday to tie Dale Lund Clark 10th at 290 y Sally Little Richer tops in Paris swim meet Paris a the Arena International swimming the most important euro Pean Short course turned out to be three Days of steady victories for americans Over medal Laden olympic champions and finalists from East Germany and the soviet you cant compare this to the olympics but it really does give you a Good satisfaction to know that youre beating the swim mers who dominated the said Mary the 16yearold from who won the 100meter and 200meter Butterfly the indisputable Star of the meet that ended sunday was High school senior Tracy who won four set the Only world Best performance in the meet and Defeated two East German Gold the brow haired who won five titles at the last world swimming championships in won the 200meter and 400meter Medley and the 100meter and 200meter in which she established a world Best fastest times at the meet Only could count toward world bests and not world re cords because the Pool in the Paris suburb of  is 25 meters Long instead of the olympic sized 50 considered one of the Best women swimmers in the has three universities vying for her talents this fall Texas and i Haven yet decided which one ill at the 18yearold i dont want to Rush americans won the most races in the 26 event they took top honors in 12 races compared with eight for the soviet Union and six for East theres been a lot of National Pride said 23yearold Dallas swimmer Greg you just dont want a foreign swimmer to beat i think theres still a Little bit of mystique when it comes to american Kraus staged a surprising and narrow Victory sunday in the mens 100meter free style Over East German Jorg the olympic Champion in the event who Only last tuesday posted the fourth fastest 100 meter time in swimming i dont feel any revenge or said who also won the 200meter freestyle and who is retiring from Competition this was my final compe my last Opportunity to win and go out on other american winners among the 23 member team were Rick of who won the 100and 200 meter backstroke Richard of who won the 200meter Butterfly and Karin of Doyles who won the 800meter the swimmers praised their team for an extremely High level of despite minor bouts with colds among some and a few complaints of fatigue caused by their current european american Trainer Ron said the meet helped erase the negative effects of the decision to Boycott the Moscow games because of the soviet unions intervention in the soviet unions head coach said his country did not Send Many of its top swim mers because it wanted to give new swim mers experience in International the russians didst have their Best team the East germans didst have their Best team Here and we didst have our Best team Young so it was a but none of us had our Best the soviet did Send super Star Vladimir the recognized King of the 1500meter freestyle and 400 meter Medley who won two of the soviet unions eight Gold medals at the Salnikov won both those events at the Arena the Only two races he the East germans sent stars Woithe and Caren who both set meet re cords in winning the 50meter