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OHO RACE WALKER VOLUl~lEVI, Mrivi.BLR5 COLU.hBUS,OHIO JULY, 1970 FANTASTICJ! Havir~ already questioned the validity of Gennadiy Agapov's 1:26:45.8 world record 20 Km of la.ct year_, what is this cynic to say upon learning of the fantast:i c performance of East German, Peter Frenkel at Erfurt on July 4. On that date, the 30-year-old Frenkel covered 20 kilometers on the track in 1: 25: 50--6: 54. 4 per mil:: 1 And only 17.8 seconds back wa::; countryman Hans-Georg Reimann. Gerhard Sperling, probably the ni.oct consiGtent of the strong East German 20-km crew, followed in 1:27:0404• World 5Q-km record holder, Christoph Hohne , suffered the humiliation of being lapped nearly three ti.mes while recording a fine 1:31:08.6 in fifth. I'eter Frenkel first came into prominence in 1967 wehn he finished fifth in the Lugano Cup 20 Km. However, he w~s only 10th in 1·iexi co City and did not canpEite in la&t year's European cha.rnpionship. Even bef'ore the Erfurt race he was in the . midst of his finest season with several fact 10 kms and a smashing victoriJ over Agapov (1:27:22.6 to 1:34:lJ.2) on the track in Ea.Gt .Berling on Hay 1. That was an Ea:::t German record and the race upheld Aga11ov's reputation for flaking out when the chips are down. At this point, I might return to my lea d sentence. I find it much easier to accept the Frenkel performance, incredible as it is, and, in fact have little doubt of its &uthenticity, which must indicate some deep- seated irrationaJ. prejudice. I just have this suspicion of old Genna.diy turning in those fantastic t~nes on saJe secluded track back in the woods in the USSR. Ee that as it may, Frenkel will certainly have t he chance to prove himself come the Lugano Cup this October , a race for which he must nmr be considered the favorite. That is a race I would very dearly like to see. Hans-Georg Reimann, 't'Jho apparently gave Frenkel such a tunole in this race, has a long career near the top. At age 23, he had the fastest time in the world in 1964, but could only m.a.na~e 12th place in the Tokyo Olympics. He was then 7th in rifexico City and 5th in laut year's E1,1ropean Champion:;hi ps. Sperling has a more · :impressive record with 9th in Tokyo, 4th in the 1967 Lugano Cup, 5th in Hexico City and 4th in the 196~ European Championshi!. ~s. The results of this outstanding r ace : 1. Peter Frenkel 1:25:50 (world record) 2. ,Hans-Georg Reimann 1:27:04 . 4 3. Ger hard Sperling 1 :27:04.4 (Re~nann was 1:26:07.8) 4. Siegfried Zschiegner 1 :28!13.6 5. Christoph Hohne 1:31:08.6 6. Lutz Lipowski l :33:43 .2. This puts the firut three in fir:_t, second, and fift on the t.11- Time list. Vladilld.r Golubnic ~1iy' s 1:26:13.2 in 1959, which was never recognized,is. third and Agapov' s 1:26:45.8 of la:...t year is fourth. Others in the top ten are: 6. Grigoriy Panischkin, USSR 1: 27: 22.1-8, 1959; Mikhail I..avrov, USSR 1 : 27:58.2, 1956; Leonid Spirin, USSR, x l:2 8:01 .8, 1956; Bruno Junk, USGR 1:28:04.8, 1956; and Alexa nder Bilek, Czech. l:2n:04.8, lc/J.7. -;r;~-i~~H(~h~-;;-ih'H(~f-~~~->~-;~~:~.<;~~r',f1H~*',~c-X-YrlH~-iHHH~-1~;~~H~-~~-~J"~~~-¼-}H:-;HH :--'k-~:i:-;~;~"'1HH-:-~Y8H}-!~~~H:-;HH~~("""~~-~HHHH~~HH?nt.~~ OUR MEN ABROAD After succecaes in Paris and Stuttga .rt, both the U.S. track team and our t11ro stout race walking representative::; fell on bad times in Leningrad. In a dual meet with the USSR, we found that Dave Romans1cy, tough as he ia, still wasn't quite ready to beat ttie Soviets on their hameground. Unfortunately, I have no detail other th.at the final t~nes yet, so I can't tell you where Dave faltered, if you can say he faltered when waJldng hio faotest race to date. But despite his fine 1~29:50 effort, he could still count three of those Rusl<ies in front of him at the finish, albeit not far in front. Tom Dooley also turned in a caree r beat with 1:32:31 -2-, to cap a. very impressive., if not t·:holly succeo:;ful, trip from our walkers. To start at the start., we go to Pario on July 8. This was a 20 km welk on the tartan track, which was not scored as part of the track meet. Romansky won easily in 1:31: 5608, despite slowing appreciably in the second half ( 45: 02 at 10). Tom Dooley 1rms fairly close at 10 (45:4?), but slowed even more and wound up with a creditable 1: 34: 54.4, well clear of the first Frenchlran, Jean-Ch. ude Decesse in l:40:06e8 . The great young French hope, 17-year-old Olly Caviglioli,w-as sick t·rith dysentary for a week before the race ani struggled home in 1:42:07,,21. Of c01rse t his isn 1t bad for a youngoter in his .first International, but well below his pot$ntial and what we will see from him in the near future . The Tartan surface may have been at least partly reposnsible for the slowed pace in the second half of the race. Tdn, at least, found it too softJ not having been on it since 1968. Dave ·apparently ran into a little trouble with the judges and vras told he ,·iould have been DCJ1 d had it been a scoring event. Att ention to ntyle between meets paid off ,-ri.th a new Americ an record fer 10 km in Stuttgart a week l ater. In this one, Dave turned in 43 :03.8, after an appar ent hard fight i,d.th Peter Schuster, who cai._11.eacross in 43:21.2. In another even closer battle, the Gennan veteran Eern.~ard Nen neri ch nos ed out Tom Dooley 44:25 to 44:28.6, a time bettered only by llomanslcy and Ron Laird among U.S . walkers. In the Leningrad meet, the venerable duo of Vladimir Golubnichiy and Iu ..kolai Smaga proved too mu.ch for Rananslcy, but by only 15. 6 seconds . ThiG is the closed; we have ever ca ne to beating the Rucsians. (Ron Lind was 16 Geconds back of Gol ubnichiy in Los Angeles i-.hile beating Smaga. Paul Nih.ill won that race.) This Soviet t wosome .finished 1- 2 in the 1967 Luga.no Cup, 1- 3 in f·iexico City , and Smaga was third in last year's Buropean Championship. Golubnichiy, of course , has a gold 111edal from the 1960 Olympics and a bronze .from Tokyo. A pair obviously cap able of providing worthy oppooition, as indeed they did. A third Russ ian, Yakov]y' competed as a non-scorine competito r and finishe d just back of the other two. He was seventh in laot year's European rneet. So the results read: 1. Golubnichiy arrl Smaga, USSR 1:2 9:34.6 3. Yakovlev, US R 1:29:.37 4. Ror.ia.ncky, USA 1:29:50 5. Dooley, USA 1:32:31. Perhap8 we will have more detail on this race next month. -;t-H-;~~{-)(-"h-~<-~h"HH:"'?t-3~;:~(""1~~;-;H!~~~H<-X-~-'~~H'dP~~{-;H~~H:-~H:~HHHH~;H8''--}P~-K-}r~HHH~~H(~*X-~~~ -,,-,HH~-1HHHH!-',..(_;~-!~~H~~~~X~H~* DOOLEYIN TWO MILE P.akersfield, June 27-- Tom Dooley warmed up for his trip abroad with a National Championship in the 2 Hile at the :NA.AU Track 1-:ect . In a tightly ju dged race, Tan dayep. out in front after Dave Rorr.ansky .-,aa di :. qualifie<l on the second lap and came home abol.lt 25 yards in front of :Ron Laird and Goetz Klopfer in 13:44~ laird and Klopfer had a hea -tohead battle to the tape, which resulted in dinqualification for both. Thin left Ron Daniel a distan t seco nd in 14:14, with Jim Ha.nley just edging a. fai:;t - improving Bruce Adair for third. In another close tattle , Greg 1 Diebold noaed out John Kelly a nd lar!"IJ i alker for :fifth (~~Cl%:Kri'RC'l9tI Walker wac apparently well off the fonn that brou ght him an .American record earlier in 1 the year. Also suf ·tering dfoqu a lifications were Rudy 'aluza, Ron Kulik , and Steve Tyrer. Dooley .-.ran 1:36 at the L}40, 3:18 at the hal f , arrl 6:43 at the mile. The results: 1,. Tom Dooley, ilthens AC13:44.0 2. Ron Daniel , l-.1YAC11:. :lA.8 J . Jim Hanley, Stri ders 14:21.8 4. Bruce Adair, US Anny 14:28.4 5. Greg Diebold, Shore l\.C l4~3L~.6 6. John Kelly, Strid e: s 14:35.4 6 . John Kelly, Striders 14:35-4 7. krr-J Walker, Stride , s 14:36.6 8. Bob Bowman, Striders 14:49.0 9. Ray Parker, Striders 15 :10 10. Roger Duran, no ti me 11. Gerry WilJ.,·1ertlr, US Anny 15:56 ~\-;,"7P~~1~-i!~H ~-?:-{H:~DH~)t.-;{~H f.-;;~H:-~-~~~H: -¾-3H;-~H :~HH\-;HH~~ ;f--;~~ -)H~'!->"yf-X-;p~-,~~PJ1H:""?HHHHHH(-i{-JH~~h'HH(~HHh~~Bh'{-i~-iH~~t· The Ohio Race Halke r is edited and publinhe d monthly in Columbus bJ Jack i.iortland.