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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Oct. 22, 19
US Leads USSR at Olympics With Two Days Remaining
TOKYO — (UPI)— American girl canoeists stunned European experts by winning silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Games today and United States hopes for holding its over-all gold medal zoomed when Russian gymnasts were beaten in four events tonight.
With only two days to go, the surprising American team has 34 gold medals to 23 for Russia, which needs a sacrosanit finish to gain the team championship for the third straight time.
THE UNITED STATES also held a lead over Russia in total gold, silver and bronze medals, 88-77, with a fair chance of staying on top all the way despite Soviet strength in the remaining boxing, gymnastics, volleyball and fencing.
Russia picked up three gold medals in canoeing, one in women's gymnastics and nine assorted silver and bronze medals in four sports while the U.S. scored only its two unexpected medals in canoeing.
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Francine Fox and 35-year-old Gloriane Perrier of Washington, threshing furiously in a late rally, nosed in second in the women's 500 meter kayak tandem and 23-year-old Marcia Jones of Oklahoma City outfought seasoned Europeans for a third in the kayak singles.
Those two plucky performances could be highly significant in the overall medal race that most observers conceded in advance to the Russian team.
Time is running out and the disaster in gymnastics—as a Japanese, a Czech, an Italian and a Yugoslav won gold medals—was a major blow to the aging Soviet team.
POLINA ASTAKHOVA, champion at Rome four years ago, was the
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"WE HAVE ONLY 12 girls paddling in the whole United States," said jubilant Coach Eric Feicht of New York City, "and two of them beat the whole world except the talented German girls."
For the U.S., the big event of the day was the canoe surprise.
Five more gymnastics events, three women and two for men, were scheduled for tomorrow.
only Russian gymnastics winner in five events tonight. She retained her crown in the uneven parallel bars with a Hungarian second and another Russian third.
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