European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 19 1987 National collegiate division i men s basketball championship 1m Floum mrcnt2-t3 univ and hound Vafi 14-15 and hound mttm4-15 in Hou dmm 1m3 East Etui Rutn word. March a 21 Canadian skater wins Short program Dpi by Barry Wilner Cincinnati a Canadian Brian Oner used a dazzling display of footwork and spins to win the Short pro Gram tuesday night at the world figure skating 25-year-old Oner remained third Overall behind Alexander Fadeev of the so Viet Union and american Brian Oner and Soilano the defending Champion Are considered stronger freestyle skaters than fade cd the 1985 world Cham Pion. Fadeev won the compute sonics and was third in the Short program. Soilano was Sec Ond in both. The three Way Batlle for the men s championship will conclude thursday night with the free skate Worth 50 Pawn of the knew before i went out there it would be Good said Oner the runner up in thelast three world championships As Well As in the 1984 olympics. My adrenalin was pumping. You Justman feel it. It s it familiar feeling for me. A scr skated just before Soilano and Fadeev and his series of spins jumps and particularly his connecting footwork was spectacular. He earned seven 5.9s for technical Merit from the nine judges and six 5,9s for artistic impression. The crowd of 11,369, which included Many canadians waving the red and White Maple Leaf Dag gave Hima standing ovation. The audience was great or scr said. I think i had As much support As Boitano completed his program set to country and Western music just As cleanly. The difference was in the was so pleased Boitano said. "1 could t have expected it to be better Fadeev was pushed in the Short program by countrymen Vladimir Kolin and Viktor pc Trunko. Kolin playing the Matador As he skated to bullfight music and Petrenko whose spins and footwork were nearly As sensational As Oner a arc fourth and fifth respectively. Earlier tuesday Natalia Andrei Bukin of the soviet Union began their quest for a third consecutive title by winning the compulsory portion office dancing. Besle Dianova and Bukin were first in All three required dances the Westminster Waltz Yankee polka and blues. They received seven 5.9s, including five in the final dance. Another soviet couple Marina Klimova and Sergei Pono Mattko was second in a continuing Chase of their countrymen. They have been runner up in the last two world championships. Canada s Tracy Wilson and Robert Mccall who won the Bronze medal in but year s world championship were third Winall three dances. The top american couple . Champions Suzanne Semanick and Scott Gregory placed fifth and were particularly Strong in the polka. The other american duo Susa Wynne and Joseph 12ln. We come Here expecting to win Bukin said. We fed we will win. We want to be first in the olympics and what we try to do is gel ready for the Baste Dianova and Bukin were second to Britain s Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean in the 1984 olympics. Wilson and Mccall expressed satisfaction with their showing. We were technically on in the first dance artistically Good in the second and combined it in the third Mccall said. We were fourth after this Competition last year and we wanted to move up Wil son added. Semanick and Gregory also were pleased with their in the world is not bad Gregory said. We re skating As Well As we can an that s what is important it s very difficult to move up because the dance is so slotted with no obvious mis takes. So you try to do the Best you can and Hope it works knocks Jawann out turn left Patrick Ewing and pistons Adrian Dante cd Grope for from Page 17 tie. San Antonio commit i
