World Gymnastics Championships Special Edition

Moscow, Central Lenin Stadium. Opening of the XIV Artistic Gymnastics World Championship. Teams of gymnasts from Canada, China, Italy, Japan, and the USSR are passing through the stadium. President of the International Gymnastics Federation Charles Thoeni will deliver a welcoming speech. Hall of the Palace of Sports. Gymnasts (men) performing: V. Torreson (Sweden), R. Lombard (Union of South Africa), Bao Naidzian (China), F. Danish (Czechoslovakia), A. Cornoli (Italy), A. A. Izmail Mohamed ( OAR), D. Becker (USA), V. Kapsazov (Bulgaria), K. Kochin (Hungary), A. Kono (Japan), V. Gipser (GDR), R. Dot (France), V. Lipatov, B Shakhlin, Yu. Titov, V. Muratov, P. Stolbov, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto (Japan), A. Azaryan, V. Chukarin. Gymnasts performing: V. Chaslavska (Czechoslovakia), E. Leushtyan-Teodorescu (Romania), Keiko Tanaka (Japan), E. Russell (Canada), P. Astakhova, L. Latynina, T. Manina, S. Muratova (USSR) , E. Bosakova (Czechoslovakia). On the podium of the winners: T. Manina, L. Latynina, L. Kalinina, S. Muratova, E. Bosakova; A. Azaryan, B. Shakhlin, Takashi Ono, Yu. Titov. Champions lower the competition flag.

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Sound K. Nikitin, text by I. Prok