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Skalina Eight
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--- title: Skalina Eight tags: - moravska/society aliases: - The Eight of Skalina - Pobeda crew updated: 2026-11-04 status: canon --- # Skalina Eight The Skalina Eight was the Moravskan rowing crew that won the final at the [[Zaligrad games]] on 14 July 1976. Six days later the crew was disqualified in the [[B-Bottle Affair]]. The boat was named *Pobeda* (Victory).  ## Crew The crew came from the Skalina Werft. All eight rowers worked in the yard or in related plants. The cox was a schoolteacher. The coach was [[Dobri Iliev]]. | Seat | Name | Job | | --- | --- | --- | | Stroke | [[Nikola Vranov]] | Fitter | | 7 | Yordan Sapunov | Shipwright | | 6 | Ivan Rusev | Welder | | 5 | Petar Donev | Electrician | | 4 | Georgi Manev | Storeman | | 3 | Atanas Kirov | Caulker | | 2 | Rumen Stoyanov | Rigger | | Bow | Vasil Todorov | Painter | | Cox | Metodi Zlatev | Teacher | ## The final The eight won its heat and semi-final. In the final it led after 500 m and held the lead. The crew crossed the line first. It was the first gold medal Moravska had won at its own games. The crowd on the shore stood for the anthem. ## Disqualification The A sample of Nikola Vranov was positive for ephedrine. The B bottle disappeared from the hospital cooler before it could be examined. The international commission disqualified the crew on 20 July. Gold went to Czechoslovakia and silver to France. See [[Sport and Doping Control]]. The state press called the result "a laboratory misunderstanding". The crew called it nothing. The boat was hung from the ceiling of the Skalina clubhouse. It is still there. ## Legacy The eight became a symbol of the coast's argument with the state. The rowers kept their jobs. Vranov worked as a welder and later coached children. The cox became a teacher. The coach was removed from the national list in 1977. The crew is mentioned in [[Zeitschrift]], [[KORZO]], and [[Decree 214]]. ## See also - [[Nikola Vranov]] - [[Dobri Iliev]] - [[B-Bottle Affair]] - [[Hosting a World Event]]
