Mustafina, Ignatyev Golden at Russian Cup

Mustafina, Ignatyev Golden at Russian Cup
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 16 June 2012 12:58

(11 votes, average 4.27 out of 5)

2010 world champion Aliya Mustafina scored 16.150 to take the uneven bars title as competition continued Saturday at the Russian Cup in Penza. Pictured: Uneven bars medalists Viktoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina pose with vault bronze medalist Tatiana Nabiyeva.

2010 world champion Aliya Mustafina won the uneven bars title Saturday as competition continued at the Russian Cup in Penza.

Mustafina hit a 7.0-Difficulty routine for an outstanding 16.150 to take the gold medal over Anastasia Grishina (15.450/6.5D). Overall champion Viktoria Komova, who scored 16.20 in Friday's all-around final, fell on her new double full-out dismount but still won the bronze (15.100/7.0D).

Two-time Olympian Anna Pavlova won the vault gold medal over Tatiana Nabiyeva and Anna Myzdrikova. Pavlova still has not restored the Amanar vault she competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, making her a long shot for a third Olympic Games.

Nikita Ignatyev, who finished fifth in the men's all-around final, remains in the Olympic mix with gold medals on floor exercise and high bar. Penza's own Denis Ablyazin, the top qualifier to the floor final, tumbled the most difficulty routine in the world (7.1 D) but fell to place fifth.

All-around champion David Belyavsky picked up a complete set of medals with the gold on pommel horse, silver on high bar and bronze on floor exercise. All-around silver medalist Sergei Khorokhordin earned the silver on floor exercise and bronze on high bar, while all-around bronze medalist Igor Pakhomenko was third on pommel horse.

Head coach Andrei Rodionenko announced that Ablyazin, Alexander Balandin and Emin Garibov have already secured spots on Russia's Olympic team based on their medal-winning performances at May's European championships. Belyavsky's strong performance in Penza should guarantee him a berth, leaving Khorokhordin, Ignatyev and Pakhomenko as the leading contenders for the final ticket to London.

Competition continues Saturday with the first day of apparatus finals.

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

2012 Russian Cup
June 16, Penza

Women's Vault Final			D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Anna Pavlova	Central	5.8	9.025	.1	14.725	14.388
			5.6	8.550	.1	14.050
2.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	5.8	8.900	.1	14.600	14.150
			5.2	8.500		13.700
3.	Anna Myzdrikova	Moscow	5.0	8.650		13.650	13.800
			5.6	8.350		13.950
4.	Yekaterina Tsvetkova	Central	4.6	8.350		12.950	12.875
			4.6	8.200		12.800
5.	Kristina Bodryagina	Central	4.4	8.600		13.000	12.788
			4.6	8.075	.1	12.575
6.	Olga Bikmurzina	Volga	4.6	7.225		11.825	12.025
			4.0	8.225		12.225
7.	Maria Paseka	Moscow	5.8	7.750	2.0	11.550	11.925
			6.5	7.800	2.0	12.300

Uneven Bars Final			D	E	Score
1.	Aliya Mustafina	Moscow	7.0	9.150	16.150
2.	Anastasia Grishina	Moscow	6.5	8.950	15.450
3.	Viktoria Komova	Central	7.0	8.100	15.100
4.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	6.1	8.800	14.900
5.	Anna Dementyeva	Central	6.1	8.325	14.425
6.	Anna Rodionova	Volga	6.2	7.300	13.500
7.	Maria Paseka	Moscow	6.1	7.075	13.175
8.	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Central	5.7	7.200	12.900

Men's Floor Exercise Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Nikita Ignatyev	Siberia	6.1	8.633	.1	14.633
2.	Sergei Khorokhordin	Central	5.8	8.633		14.433
3.	David Belyavsky	Urals	6.0	8.167		14.167
4.	Alexander Ilyin	St. Petersburg	5.6	8.467		14.067
5.	Denis Ablyazin	Volga	7.1	7.133	.2	14.033
6.	Igor Pakhomenko	Siberia	6.2	7.567		13.767
7.	Dmitry Gogotov	Moscow	6.0	7.533		13.533
8.	Andrei Cherkasov	Siberia	4.0	7.000	.1	10.900

Pommel Horse Final			D	E	Score
1.	David Belyavsky	Urals	6.3	8.900	15.200
2.	Andrei Perevoznikov	Central	6.6	8.433	15.033
3.	Igor Pakhomenko	Siberia	6.2	8.566	14.766
4.	Sergei Khorokhordin	Central	5.8	8.633	14.433
5.	Nikita Ignatyev	Siberia	5.7	8.600	14.300
6.	Alexander Ilyin	St. Petersburg	5.7	7.267	12.967
7.	Dmitry Gogotov	Moscow	5.5	7.433	12.933
8.	Alexander Balandin	Northwestern	5.1	7.100	12.200

High Bar Final			D	E	Score
1.	Nikita Ignatyev	Siberia	6.7	8.133	14.833
2.	David Belyavsky	Urals	6.0	8.467	14.467
3.	Sergei Khorokhordin	Central	6.2	7.833	14.033
4.	Alexei Rostov	Moscow	6.0	7.833	13.833
5.	Kirill Ignatenkov	Central	5.9	7.433	13.333
6.	Andrei Cherkasov	Siberia	4.9	7.633	12.533
7.	Daniil Kazachkov	Siberia	5.1	7.400	12.500
8.	Alexander Klochkov	Moscow	2.7	8.000	10.700

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Alison Clements said:

	... Oh how I love that Anna Pavlova is making it so difficult for the Russian selectors to leave her out. I think they'll leave her out anyway, mind - but the Russian team's vault specialist was supposed to be Maria Paseka doing an Amanar, and (even without an Amanar) Anna has beaten her twice this weekend.
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