Games surprise

Press, 30 December 1980, Page 20

Games surprise

The entry of four West Germans for the- New Zealand Games swimming and diving next month was a pleasant surprise for the Games-organisers yesterday. Any hope of a West Ger? man team attending had been’ virtually abandoned. They had /indicated, that examinations would /prevent a team coming to New Zealand, except perhaps for;a male diver. The team, telephoned to the New Zealand . Amateur Swimming AMOciation yesterday, contains . three world ranked swimmers and a top diver. / Two. of the swimmers are women and the most accomplished is a sprint free-sty-ler, . Marion Aizpors. She is

ranked tenth in the world at 56.82 s for 100 m freestyle, and thirteenth in the 200 m freestyle with a best time oh 2min 2.175. She is also ranked in-the 100 m backstroke. Her best time of Imin 4.42 s ranks her twenty-first equal. At a dual meeting between West Germany and Canada id Toronto in July — one of the " alternative Olympic. comjJetiticns for the swimmers; of those two countries —• Miss Aizpors won the 100 m ’ freestyle, and backstroke:. , . < The other woman is a breaststroke swimmer Angelika Snipping, who is set to make the world rankings. A young competitor, she won the 100 m breaststroke at the Toronto carnival. ______