World Cup Begins in Moscow

Australia's Lauren Mitchell was the top qualififer on balance beam.

Gymnasts from seven nations led the individual event qualification at the Stars of the World, a World Cup event that began Thursday at Moscow's Olimpysky Arena. The competition featured 137 gymnasts from 37 countries.

The host nation had three top qualifiers: Anna Pavlova (women's vault), Anton Golotsutskov (men's vault) and Anatoly Vasilyev (high bar).

China had two top qualifiers in Pang Panpan (uneven bars) and Deng Linlin (women's floor exercise).

World uneven bars champion Ksenia Semyonova erred on bars, but still qualified third to the final. Semyonova finished second on beam behind Australia's Lauren Mitchell.

Brazil's Diego Hypolito was the top qualifier on men's floor exercise, outscoring Kazakhstan-born Alexander Shatilov (Israel) and Golotsutskov.

New Junior European champion Daniel Keatings outscored senior European pommel horse champion Krizstian Berki (Hungary) on horse.

Dutch star Yuri van Gelder earned the highest individual score, 16.725, on still rings.

The competition concludes Friday.

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

2008 Stars of the World
May 29, Moscow

Qualification

Women's Vault
1. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.800
2. Jade Barbosa BRA 14.625
3. Deng Linlin CHN 14.362
4. Ksenia Afanasyeva RUS 14.338
5. Dasha Joura AUS 14.262
6. Lais Souza BRA 14.025
7. Anastasia Marachkovskaya BLR 13.975
8. Ariella Käslin SUI 13.925
R1 Dorina Boczogo HUN 13.750
R2 Tijana Tkalcec CRO 13.612
R3 Kristina Vaculik CAN 13.587

Uneven Bars
1. Pang Panpan CHN 15.925
2. Daria Zgoba UKR 15.025
3. Ksenia Semyonova RUS 14.825
4. Lichelle Wong NED 14.800
5. Marta Pihan POL 14.750
6. Sui Lu CHN 14.625
7. Lauren Mitchell AUS 14.500
8. Kristina Vaculik CAN 14.475
R1 Gaelle Mys BEL 14.400
R2 Kristina Palesova CZE 14.400
R3 Dasha Joura AUS 14.375

Balance Beam
1. Lauren Mitchell AUS 15.700
2. Ksenia Semyonova RUS 15.500
3. Deng Linlin CHN 15.425
4. Anna Pavlova RUS 15.400
5. Marta Pihan POL 15.275
6. Jade Barbosa BRA 15.250
7. Sui Lu CHN 15.125
8. Lichelle Wong NED 14.825
R1 Sanne Wevers NED 14.650
R2 Luiza Galiulina UZB 14.500
R3 Kristina Vaculik CAN 14.475

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Deng Linlin CHN 14.600
2. Dasha Joura AUS 14.550
3. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 14.300
4. Ana Claudia Silva BRA 14.300
5. Ksenia Afanasyeva RUS 14.175
6. Kristina Vaculik CAN 13.975
7. Marta Pihan POL 13.950
8. Jade Barbosa BRA 13.925
R1 Lauren Mitchell AUS 13.900
R2 Anastasia Marachkovskaya BLR 13.625
R3 Suzanna Harmes NED 13.600

Men's Floor Exercise
1. Diego Hypolito BRA 15.625
2. Alexander Shatilov ISR 15.400
3. Anton Golotsutskov RUS 15.375
4. Filip Ude CRO 15.050
5. Claudio Capelli SUI 14.825
6. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.775
7. Samuel Piasecky SVK 14.725
8. Patrick Domingues SUI 14.700
R1 Rafael Martinez ESP 14.600
R2 Ilya Giorgadze GEO 14.550
R3 Rok Klavora SLO 14.225

Pommel Horse
1. Daniel Keatings GBR 15.825
2. Krisztian Berki HUN 15.575
3. Louis Smith GBR 15.525
4. Harutyum Merdinyan ARM 15.325
5. Anton Fokin UZB 15.225
6. Robert Seligman CRO 15.225
7. Cyril Tomassone FRA 15.000
8. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 14.900
R1 Ruslan Nigmadzyanov RUS 14.825
R2 Donna-Donny Truyens BEL 14.800
R3 Vid Hidvegi HUN 14.625

Still Rings
1. Yuri van Gelder NED 16.725
2. Alexander Vorobyev UKR 16.475
3. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS 16.425
4. Danny Rodrigues FRA 16.300
5. Timur Kurbanbayev KAZ 15.800
6. Eduard Golub ISR 15.575
7. Giordallas Irodotos CYP 15.425
8. Roman Zozulya UKR 15.350
R1 Federico Molinari ARG 15.300
R2 Koen van Damme BEL 15.250
R3 Olli Torkkel FIN 15.200

Men's Vault
1. Anton Golotsutskov RUS 16.437
2. Jeffrey Wammes NED 16.063
3. Rafael Wignanitz FRA 16.038
4. Thomas Bouhail FRA 15.800
5. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 15.750
6. Yevgeny Bogonosyuk UKR 15.713
7. Diego Hypolito BRA 15.700
8. Mohamed Serour EGY 15.675
R1 Alexander Shatilov ISR 15.612
R2 Patrick Domingues SUI 15.575
R3 Tomi Tuuha FIN 15.550

Parallel Bars
1. Yann Cucherat FRA 16.125
2. Samuel Piasecky SVK 15.800
3. Roman Zozulya UKR 15.450
4. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 15.450
5. Vahag Stepanyan ARM 15.375
6. Adam Kierzkowski POL 15.175
7. Federico Molinari ARG 15.150
8. Yuri Ryazanov RUS 15.050
R1 Ilya Giorgadze GEO 14.975
R2 Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 14.925
R3 Niki Böschenstein SUI 14.900

High Bar
1. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 15.800
2. Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.675
3. Yann Cucherat FRA 15.600
4. Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 15.475
5. Roman Kulesza POL 15.400
6. Hamilton Sabot FRA 15.250
7. Epke Zonderland NED 15.175
8. Alen Dimic SLO 15.050
R1 Marijo Moznik CRO 15.025
R2 Christoph Shärer SUI 15.000
R3 Samuel Piasecky SVK 14.950