Soviet Sport № 5 Relay race - a half-century. Rural athletes. Overcoming (Towards the Olympics-80). (1977)

1. Participants of the relay for the prize of the newspaper "Evening Moscow" in Mayakovsky Square.

Viewers.

Athletes are to start.

Standing athletes - veterans.

Newsreel footage in 1927:

Participants in the relay at the start.

Athletes run on the cobbles Boulevard Ring.

Spectators at the track.

Newsreel footage of 1941.:

Athlete runs along the Garden Ring.

Running boy.

Znamensky at a distance.

Finish the relay in Mayakovsky Square.

Launch party of the first stage in Mayakovsky Square.

Athletes at a distance - different plans.

Transfer of the baton.

Spottsmeny on the Crimean bridge, run through the tunnel.

Leader of the athlete finishes the relay B. Vezdenitsky.

2. Village Chkalovsk.

Along the street passing cyclists.

Youth and children of all ages running to the bus.

The bus drives through the countryside outside.

Training of athletes in the stadium club "Kolos" - jogging.

Views coach Vladimir Schurenko.

Trains candidate master Yu Mavrodi.

B. Schurenko instructs athletes.

LA practicing sporstmenka Chelovan.

At the height of the jumps T. Krivitskaya.

Athletes and B. Schurenko bear, set in a stadium sports equipment.

3. Shtagnu prepare for competitions.

Kneaded weightlifters.

Gymnasts on the equipment.

Weightlifter raises shtagnu.

Gymnast B. Markelov before the competition.

Hall of the Sports Palace in Vilnius before international competitions weightlifters for the Cup "Friendship" and the competitions of the USSR on gymnastic all-around.

Unsuccessful attempts to take the weight lifters.

World Champion, shtagnist polusrednegno weight Y. Vardanyan, preparing for competitions.

Unsuccessful attempt Y. Vardanyan, take the weight.

Fans.

Yuri Vardanyan records in the jerk Weight 195 kgs (world record).

Members of the jury, among them weightlifters: N. Shatov and A. Medvedev.

Olympic champion gymnast Boris Shahlin and national champion in gymnastics B. Kerdemelidi the jury the competition.

Exercises on the bars does Tkachev.

A. Dityatin massaged the injured leg.

A. Dityatin oversees the performance of gymnasts.

Exercises on the rings and the horse performs V. Markelov.

Trainer Vladimir Popov watching the performance.

The final parade of the gymnasts.