• Short Summary

    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).

  • Description

    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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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVA3O8OF2VWZW2GGFJHJUUWEYM59
    Media URN:
    VLVA3O8OF2VWZW2GGFJHJUUWEYM59
    Group:
    Reuters - Source to be Verified
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    13/02/1965
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:50:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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