N.Z. flier twelfth
NZPA-Reuter Moscow Pam Lock, of New Zealand, has finished twelfth in the women’s section of the second compulsory exercise at the world aerobatics championship in Kiev. Soviet pilots dominated the event, capturing five of six medals awarded for the exercise.
A Soviet clean sweep was stopped by Ivan Tucek (Czechoslovakia) who finished third behind the Soviet fliers, Igor Yegorov and Victor Letsko in the men’s event.
Competitors in the event had to perform a series of prescribed manoeuvres revealed to them only 24 hours befbre they took off.
In the women’s event, Soviet pilots took all the first five places. Each competitor in the championships, which last until August 4, has to complete two compulsory exercises and a third allowing freer aerobatics. The best performers qualify for the final on August 2 which will decide the world champions.
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