Some Games marks bettered in East

Press, 20 August 1984, Page 40

Some Games marks bettered in East

NZPA-AP Moscow Victories by Oleg Protsenko in the men’s triple jump and another Russian athlete, Nadezhda Ralldugina, in the women’s 1500 m at the Soviet bloc Friendship ’B4 Games yesterday bettered marks set in the Los Angeles Olympics Games. There were no world records here or in the other cities hosting the Eastern equivalent of- the OlymWhile Protsenko was competing in the men’s track and field competition, Sergei Kopylov, a Russian cyclist, won his 1000 m race. His time, Imin 3.565, easily bettered the winning Olympic mark, but conditions at the indoor Moscow , Velodrome and at the outdoor Los Angeles Olympic track are not comparable. In the women's track and field in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Ralldugina ran the year’s best time of 3min 56.635, leading the Russians to a dean sweep. Her time was nearly 7s faster than that of the Games gold medallist, Gabriela Dorio, of Italy. It was the eleventh event during the three-day meet-

ing in which women competitors scored better results than the Olympicwinning performances. In Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria’s Dilyana Georgyeva topped 34 athletes from 14 countries in the two-day rhythmic gymnastics meet. Yuri Kovshov of the Soviet Union led a Russian dominance of the equestrian competition in Ksiaz, Poland. Protsenko’s triple jump of 17.46 m put him ahead of his compatriot, Alexander Yakovlev, with 17.41 m and Bulgaria’s Khristo Markov, who jumped 17.29 m. All three outjumped Al Joyner’s 17.26 m at Los Angeles which won the American the gold medal. No pther performances yesterday topped the times and distances at the Olympics, which were boycotted by many of the nations participating in the Friendship Games. In the first event on Saturday, the 20-kilometre walk, the winner, Sergei Protsishin, and two other Russians were inside the time of the Olympic gold medallist, Ernesto Canto, of Mexico. A Russian hammer

thrower, Yuri Sedykh, and two countrymen, then achieved longer distances than the Los Angeles winner, Juha Tlainen, of Finland. In the javelin, East Germany’s world record-holder, Uwe Hohn, bettered the throw of the Los Angeles Olympic winner, Arto Haerkoenen, of Finland. But many other performances were not as impressive as those at Los Angeles. Grigory Degtyaryev, of Russia, recorded 8523 points in the decathlon, ahead of West Germany’s Siggi Wentz, who took the bronze at Los Angeles. Daly Thompson (Britain) totalled 8797 at the Games. Andreas Busse, of East Germany, won the 1500 m in 3min 36.655, Alexander Vasiliev took the 400 m hurdles in 48.63 s and Hungary’s Gyorgy Bakos won the 110 m hurdles in 13.525. In the 200 m Vladimir Muravyev, of Russia, with 20.345, fell far short of Carl Lewis’ Olympic mark of 19.815. Nede Dereje’s marathon time of 2hr lOmin 32s would have placed him fourth at Los Angeles.