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1974: The Men’s Team Competition at the World Championships
In 1974, not much changed in terms of the top standings. Japan won its fourth-straight team title, the Soviet Union won its fourth-straight team silver at the World Championships, and East Germany won...
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1974: The Women’s All-Around Competition at the World Championships
In 1974, Ludmilla Tourischeva won her second-straight all-around title at the World Championships and proved what some, including head coach Larisa Latynina, believed to be true: Tourischeva would...
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1974: The Men’s All-Around Competition at the World Championships
In 1974, Kasamatsu Shigeru became only the second Japanese gymnast to win the all-around title at the World Championships. (Kenmotsu won it in 1970.) However, his win was not without controversy. With...
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1974: The Women’s Event Finals at the World Championships
Context: At the 1972 Olympics, only three countries (the Soviet Union, East Germany, and Hungary) were represented in the women’s event finals, and only two countries won medals (the Soviet Union and...
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1974: The Men’s Event Finals at the World Championships
The Japanese men were unable to dominate on the final day of competition in Varna — in part because Kasamatsu withdrew from several events. As clear as the Japanese won team and individual victories,...
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1974: The FIG’s Reflections on the World Championships in Varna
What did the leaders of the FIG think about the 1974 World Championships? For starters, none of them was thrilled about having to move the location of the competition. As you’ll see, both presidents...
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1974: Božena Perdykulová and Her “Vault to Glory”
For over three decades Czechoslovakia was a powerhouse in the world of women’s artistic gymnastics. From 1936 until 1968, Czechoslovak women’s artistic gymnasts always won at least one medal at the...
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1974: Sovetsky Sport’s Recap of the World Championships in Varna
After the 1974 World Championships in Varna, Stanislav Tokarev, Sovetsky Sport’s special correspondent in Varna, took a step back and reflected on the trends in men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics....
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1974: Comăneci and Ungureanu Win the Junior Masters Championships
Batman and Robin.Simon and Garfunkel.Woody and Buzz Lightyear.Abbott and Costello.Bert and Ernie.Nadia and Teodora. Nadia Comăneci and Teodora Ungureanu form one of the most iconic duos in gymnastics...
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1975: Tsukahara Vault Wins Medals
Pure gym nerdery. That’s what we have here. In 1975, the FIG reprinted an article that analyzed three Tsukahara vaults by three gymnasts: Lyubov Bogdanova, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and Alina Goreac. It...
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