Kramarenko Headlines WOGA Classic

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2006 Russian Cup all-around champion Yekaterina Kramarenko headlines the international field at the 2007 WOGA Classic, to be held Feb. 3 in Frisco, Texas.

Saturday evening's elite session will include gymnasts from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Ukraine is bringing 2004 European champion Alina Kozich, 2006 world balance beam champion Irina Krasnyanskaya and 2004 Olympian Olga Scherbatykh.

Ksenia Semyonova will also represent Russia. In October, Kramarenko and Semyonova finished first and second at the Massilia Cup in Marseille. Teammate Ksenia Afanaseva, a member of Russia's gold-medal team at the 2006 Junior European Championships, had been slated to take part but was forced to withdraw because of injury.

WOGA will be without national team members Nastia Liukin (recovering from surgery) and Rebecca Bross (back injury). Hawaiian native Randi Lau, who relocated to WOGA in 2006, will make her debut for the host club.

U.S. junior standouts Ivana Hong (GAGE) and Mattie Larson (All Olympia) will make their senior debuts in Frisco. (Larson's clubmate, U.S. junior national team member Samantha Shapiro, will be unable to compete because of an elbow injury.)

More than 1,000 gymnasts total will take part in the three-day event, with sessions being held simultaneously at the Frisco Convention Center and WOGA's club in nearby Plano.

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