Gymnastics Win Razor-Thin

Sun., March 2, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

France’s Elvire Teza won the American Cup women’s all-around gymnastics title by the smallest margin in the event’s 21-year history and Blaine Wilson of the United States took the men’s crown by the largest-ever margin.

Teza, a 1996 Olympian, had 36.574 points, edging the 36.567 by U.S. junior national champion Vanessa Atler.

Wilson scored 55.9 points, 1.6 more than second-place Fan Hongbin of China.

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