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Show Thursday. Juiv a . " THE HERALD, Provo, Utah 26 1984 fi Pape 7 HUM I " - By MLTCE RABUN X 1 r Writer LOS ANGELES (L'PI) On a July evening in 1976, Romania's Nadia Comaneci was awarded a "10" by a panel of gymnastics judges and the world praised her perfection. Now the score of 10, the highest a gymnast can achieve for a routine, has become almost commonplace. "I don't think you can win a gold medal at these Olympics unless you get a 10 somewhere along the way," said Ameri- K Jk v ITI Sporti V - - if .., K f , ' "- f " ' - - - . . " . i I ninastlca perform. There isn't much room left before you get to 10. "What you need to see is a revamping of the scoring system and I think you will see it happening soon. It doesn't make any difference what the winning scores might be. You just need to be sure the relative difference between the competitors is maintained." ticipation," said Conner. Conner leads a U.S. mens's team that is expected to battle Japan for a silver medal in the team competition. With the Soviet Union boycott, China (winners of the 1983 world title) is the heavy favorite for the gold. The Americans already have received a break since they will do their compulsory routines during the evening of July 29. Both the Chinese and Japanese must perform during the morning session that day. The difference in drawing a morning or evening session again has to do with the odd manner in which scoring develops during a gymnastic competition. "Usually, you find lower scores awarded in the morning," said Connor, a member of the American "And as amazing as you might think it is. it might be possible to get a 10 for a routine here and when you average it in with your other scores, you might not even win a medal." The winners in gymnastics, as they are in such sports as diving and figure skating, are determined by opinions. And those opinions, influenced as they are by national favoritism, often make more news than the competition itself. But the problem that has surfaced in fgymnastics the past decade is that the judges have too high an opinion of the people they are judging. "I think it all started when Comaneci got those 10's at Montreal," said Conner, who at 26 is the old man of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. "People started thinking about Uhi Jiy PavUMI (Ply compuliory eurcua - i 6 104 All ) Saatoy, i Men pm 30 JOpra Maaday. Jily 31 iPaalry Pavibaa) Women 10 j compultory ewrcuet m S 30-P m IS p m Taeaaajr. Jaly U (Paaley PavlUoal Men i optional eierciiei t so-- 30 m p m Men i optional eiercua team finals - JO am ' 12 45 15 - p m 30-- I WeAktaiay, AaM IPaaley Pavllloa) s optional Mercian 10 a m 12 49 pm optional eiercua team finals 5 30- I - Women Women s 15 p m - t Taanaay. Aafaat IPaaley PavUwai 5 linaU 30 p m. sataraay, Aapai 4 (Paalry Pavtllaa) Men s apparatus finals i 304 30 p m. Saaaay, Aafaat I i Pauley Pavilion Women s apparatus finals 5 30 p m Taanday, Aanat I (Pauley Pavdionl Women i rhythmic 0 preliminaries p m Friday, Aafaat 10 IPaaley PavUlaal Women rhythmic preliminaries p m Salarday, Aafaat II Pavliioai IPaaley Women s rhythmic finals p m Men stay-at-ho- Now the judges are apparently thinking too much about it. "It has gotten to a point where a score of 9.9 is nothing more than a certificate of par- - Sckc! Olympic GymMitk-- i i - Olympic team of 1980. "I guess they figure that if they perfection." Mary Lou Return, America's number one ranked female gymnast, begins her quest for an Olympic Gold Medal next week. - G1, can gymnast Bart Conner. - "What happens when you give somebody a 10 and then somebody comes along and does better," said Conner. "You can't give them a 10.1. We saw people getting 10 s in the world championships at Bucharest (last year) and not getting medals. "Sometimes you see a mediocre routine getting a 9.8 early in the day and there are more than 70 gymnasts left to - give good scores in the morning, they won't have any better scores to give in the evening." That, in essence, is the whole problem. Jazz Assistant Still In Running For Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach AKRON, Ohio (UPI) - Only three names are left on the list of candidates for head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and team officials are expected to make their choice sometime this week or The Akron Beacon Journal said Tuesday that the finalists to replace Tom Nissalke are Cavs personnel director George Karl, Utah Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson Karl, 33, is believed to be the leading candidate for the job. He was an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs between 1978 and 1980. coach Dick Harter. City Kings from Johnson coached the Kansas and Detroit Pistons assistant next. 1973 to 1978. f ' .. : .... - , e ; H "' " ' - .: m ajs I , I ( ' V--r - V Take a look ; j Khi! 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