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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, July 22, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. July 22. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports drinks Are on him App Huic Tim Richmond at Cornelius , Long Pond a Hii free Way Ponyi Champagne to photographers photo finish with Ricky Toddi and after winning the Pomona summer 500 Geoff Bodine. See Story on Page 26. Little big Man a photo , team Captain Tyrone Bogue of world championship basketball tour Wake Forest University displays the Nampel in Madrid. At 5-foot-3, Borum championship trophy after the Ameri cans Defeated the soviet team in the was the smallest player in the tournament. Goodwill games termed a Success by Kenneth Jautz Moscow despite Small crowds Low television ratings and a multimillion Dollar loss. Turner broadcast ins system officials have billed the Mau ural Goodwill games a Success. Athletically they certainly were for the soviet Union. Tbs owner Ted Turner the games chief sponsor said organizers already Are preparing for the next Goodwill games scheduled for Seattle in 1990. The games which ended sunday produced controversy in several events but also provided some thrilling performances and six world records. Most competitors and coaches praised the games originally proposed by Tomer to bring soviet and american athletes together in olympic events for the first time since the 1976 summer games in Montreal. The soviet Union dominated the games ending the Competition with is Gold medals and 241 medals Overall. The United Stales finished with 42 golds and 142 medals Overall. Several coaches said the games would help them prepare for the 1988 olym pics while others said it was healthy for american and soviet athletes to meet in sporting Competition. In i Good to get our athletes Over Here and the soviets Back Home american boxing coach Roosevelt Sanders said. The More people get to know one an other the belter. In May not help any thing but it can t Hurt Turner billed the games As a Way of helping to improve superpower relations. The Competition s motto inscribed on giant banners Hung at every venue around Moscow was from Friendship in sport to peace on Earth although ranking Kremlin officials praised the 17-Day festival As a Way of breaking Down barriers Between the superpowers they said the Competition did not prompt a decision on soviet participation in the 1988 olympics in Seoul. Throughout the games the soviet press carried lengthy commentaries raising the Competition and touting the Good relations Between . And soviet  Marat Ramov head of the soviet sports committee said he could no draw any parallel Between the olympics and the Goodwill games. The soviet Union has indicated that its participation in 1988 would depend on whether the International olympic committee allows communist North Korea to serve As co Host. A ruling from the Ioc is due later this summer on the subject of the two Korea. Turner meanwhile acknowledged that television ratings were so Low for the Goodwill events that he would have to return Money to some Cable operators. Turner said if each station subscriber holding the so called Cash Back option demanded Money it could Cost Tbs up to $5 million Turner said he expected to $10 Mil lion to $15 million on the inaugural games but Tbs officials said they Hope to make that up at Seattle where the Hope to attract 5,000 athletes from More than 100 countries. Some 3,500 athletes from 76 countries competed in Moscow. The soviets ended the games will a flourish sunday winning nine of i head to head races in rowing taking All Ihrcke medals in super heavyweight weightlifting and capturing one of two possible golds in judo. Among the world records posted were those by soviet Sergei Bubka in the pot vault american Jackie Joyner in the heptathlon and soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov in the 800-Rncler  other records were set in cycling. In other memorable moments the american women s basketball Loam crushed the soviets 83-60 in the final handing the soviet National team its first defeat in a major International tournament in 2b years. In men s volleyball the soviet Union rallied to Down the United states in a thrilling five game final while soviet gymnast Yelena Shushunov collected four golds and two silvers to end up the games biggest individual Winner. Soviet men gymnast Valentin Mogiln and american swimmer Angel Myers each won five medals. The american swimming teams con sisting of third and fourth place finishers in the National championships made an unexpectedly Strong showing winning 49 medals 15 of them Gold. The soviet Union placed 19 boxers in the finals and won 11 of 12 possible Gold medals. Arthur Johnson of St. Louis was the Only american Boxer to earn a Goldmedal on a team that was devastated when nine leading military boners were banned from Competition by the Penta gon. In the games major controversies the . Swimming team lodged a Quick Start proles in a race it won. The americans though they could do better than their 1 6-7 finish. In track american coach Harry Groves was angered when the soviets divided several races into two Section finals and put their Best runner into the expected slower Section. Soviet sports official Levan Sayad Edze said that since the games were being he Din an atmosphere of Goodwill and cooperation we decided to violate some of the  in boiling american Light heavy weight Harvey Richards was disqualified on a Low blow Call but the ruling was overturned two Days later by an International jury just six hours before he had to Box again and Richards lost  
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