1.
GV.R & G. JONER (SWITZERLAND) COMPETING
0.14

2.
GV.CROWD
0.15

3.
SV.COUPLE PIROUETTE
0.25

4.
GV.CROWD
0.26

5.
SV.COUPLE COMPETE
0.50

6.
LV.CROWD
0.51

7.
SV.GIRL LIFTED AND SPUN
1.02

8.
GV.CROWD
1.03

9.
SV.COUPLE COMPLETE'S PERFORMANCE
1.19

10.
MV.CROWD APPLAUD
1.22

11.
SV.PROTOPOPOV AND WIFE (WINNERS) COMPETE
1.26

12.
GV.COUPLE IN ACTION
1.42

13.
SV.CROWD
1.43

14.
STV.ROUTINE CONTINUES
1.56

15.
GV.CROWD
1.58

16.
SV.COUPLE CONTINUE ROUTINE
2.12

17.
SV.CROWD
2.14

18.
SV.ROUTINE CONTINUES
2.32

19.
GV.CROWD
2.34

20.
SV.WINNERS CONCLUDE ROUTINE
2.44

21.
MV.WINNERS ACKNOWLEDGE OVATION
2.49



Initials DR/V-TELE/JF/SGM DR/V-TELE/JF/SGM-JG


SPORT: FIGURE SKATING
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Background: THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS, OLEG PROTOPOPOV AND HIS WIFE, FORMERLY LUDMILLA BELOUSOVA, WON THE PAIRS TITLE IN THE EUROPEAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MOSCOW TODAY (SATURDAY).

ANOTHER RUSSIAN PAIR, ALEXANDER GORELIK AND TATYANA ZHUKM WERE THIRD.

PROTOPOPOV AND HIS WIFE WERE RUNNERS-UP TO HANS-JUERGEN BAUMLER AND MARIKA KILIUS OF WEST GERMANY FOR LAST YEAR'S WORLD AND EUROPEAN TITLES. THE GERMAN PAIR ARE NOW PROFESSIONALS. AFTER THEIR WIN TODAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RUSSIAN COUPLE WILL ATTEMPT TO WIN THE WORLD TITLE AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, EARLY NEXT MONTH.

THE WINNING PAIR SCORED 315 POINTS. THE JONERS FOLLOWED WITH 306.9 POINTS, AND THE SOVIET UNION PAIR WHO CAME THIRD SCORED 298.8 POINTS.

SEVENTEEN COUPLES TOOK PART IN THE CONTEST.

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