More Gold for Mustafina at Russian Cup

More Gold for Mustafina at Russian Cup
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 28 August 2010 19:14

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Women's all-around champion Aliya Mustafina added the uneven bars gold and vault silver Saturday at the Russian Cup in Chelyabinsk.

Tatiana Nabiyeva of St. Petersburg throws a toe-on layout Tkatchev on uneven bars.

Women's all-around champion Aliya Mustafina (Moscow) added the uneven bars title Saturday at the Russian Cup in Chelyabinsk.

The 15-year-old Mustafina won the silver on vault behind Tatiana Nabiyeva (St. Petersburg), before topping Nabiyeva for the bars title. 2007 world uneven bars champion Ksenia Semyonova (Tula) was third on bars.

Since Mustafina's personal coach moved to the U.S., she now trains with the national team staff, including head coach Alexander Alexandrov, who returned to Russia from Texas in 2008. Her former coach, Dina Kamalova, left CSKA Moscow for WOGA in Plano, Texas, where her new pupils include U.S. champion Rebecca Bross.

Nabiyeva easily won vault before losing to her rival on uneven bars.

"I did everything I could. I even caught my toe-on layout Tkatchev," Nabiyeva said.

The men's competition saw 18-year-old David Belyavsky of Yekaterinburg defeat Olympic bronze medalist Anton Golotsutskov (Seversk) for the floor exercise title, 14.900-14.750.

"I'm not happy with my performance on floor exercise," Golotsutskov said. "Especially considering I took second place even though I know that I'm the leader on this event, at least for the moment. But I blame himself, because I relaxed too much on vacation. But for the world championships, I will gather my strength and compete with dignity to defend the honor of our country."

Matvei Petrov (Khimki) defeated specialist Andrei Perevoznikov (Korolyov) for the title on pommel horse. Men's all-around champion Sergei Khorokhordin (Barnaul) finished seventh in his only final of the day.

2008 Olympian Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Seversk) won the still rings title.

Gymnastics competition concludes Sunday in Chelyabinsk with the remaining apparatus finals.

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

2010 Russian Cup
Aug. 28, Chelyabinsk

Women's Vault Final			Score
1.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	14.550
2.	Aliya Mustafina	Moscow	13.963
3.	Anna Dementyeva	Khimki/Samara	13.463
4.	Yekaterina Kurbatova	Moscow	13.438
5.	Yulia Belokobylskaya	Rostov-on-Don	13.363
6.	Anna Myzdrikova	Moscow	13.350

Uneven Bars Final			Score
1.	Aliya Mustafina	Moscow	14.775
2.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	14.750
3.	Ksenia Semyonova	Khimki/Tula	14.500
4.	Daria Yelizarova	Tula	14.225
5.	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Khimki/Tula	13.425
6.	Diana Sapronova	St. Petersburg	13.025
7.	Yulia Inshina	Voronezh	12.125
8.	Yekaterina Kurbatova	Moscow	11.925

Men's Floor Exercise Final			Score
1.	David Belyavsky	Yekaterinburg	14.900
2.	Anton Golotsutskov	Seversk	14.750
3.	Igor Pakhomenko	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	14.600
4.	Maxim Devyatovsky	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	14.400
5.	Kirill Ignatenkov	Smolensk	14.400
6.	Alexander Dyomin	Chelyabinsk	14.350
7.	Denis Ablyazin	Penza/Moscow	13.450
8.	Andrei Cherkasov	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	13.150

Pommel Horse Final			Score
1.	Matvei Petrov	Khimki	15.400
2.	Andrei Perevoznikov	Korolyov	15.350
3.	Dmitry Barkalov	Vladimir	14.700
4.	Igor Pakhomenko	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	14.600
5.	Andrei Likhovitsky	Rostov-on-Don	14.250
6.	Emin Garibov	Moscow	13.500
7.	Sergei Khorokhordin	Khimki/Barnaul	12.900
8.	David Belyavsky	Yekaterinburg	11.400

Still Rings Final			Score
1.	Konstantin Pluzhnikov	Seversk	15.450
2.	Denis Ablyazin	Penza/Moscow	15.100
3.	Mikhail Bodnar	Moscow/Vladimir	14.650
4.	Dmitry Barkalov	Vladimir	14.650
5.	Alexander Dyomin	Chelyabinsk	14.450
6.	Matvei Petrov	Khimki	14.250
7.	Maxim Devyatovsky	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	13.950
8.	Ruslan Nigmadzyanov	Vladimir	13.200

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