
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 19, 1993                   TAG: 9304190075
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
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GYMNASTICS-MILLER, SCHERBO CONFIRM STRENGTH

American teen-ager Shannon Miller and Vitali Scherbo of Belarus were confirmed as the world's best gymnasts when they wound up with three titles each at the World Championships in Birmingham, England.

Scherbo, who won six gold medals at the Barcelona Olympics, added the vault and parallel bars titles to the all-round championship he won Thursday.

Miller, a 16-year-old high school student from Edmond, Okla, floundered on the beam, one of her strongest events, and finished last. She collected gold in floor exercises to add to the all-round and uneven bars titles she already had won.

The American women's team wound up with three golds, all won by Miller, and two silver medals collected by Dominique Dawes.

by CNB