Mustafina, Belyavsky Win Russian Championships

Mustafina, Belyavsky Win Russian Championships
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Sunday, 03 March 2013 17:30

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Olympians Aliya Mustafina and David Belyavsky won the all-around titles Sunday as the Russian championships began in Penza.

Olympians Aliya Mustafina and David Belyavsky won the all-around titles Sunday as the Russian championships began in Penza.

Mustafina, the 2010 world champion and 2012 Olympic champion on uneven bars, delivered the highest score on three of the four events to defend her title. London teammate Anastasia Grishina won the silver over first-year senior Yevgenia Shelgunova.

World and Olympic medalist Viktoria Komova skipped the competition to rest a sore back.

Mustafina, looking fit and determined, appears tough to beat for the all-around title at the European championships next month in Moscow. She notched 15.300 for her double-twisting Yurchenko vault and then 15.500 for a watered down set on uneven bars (toe-on full to Maloney-half; inside Stalder-blind to piked Jaeger; Stalder-full to Pak to Stalder half; toe-shoot to high; full-twisting double). She earned 15.450 on balance beam, beginning with a nailed standing Arabian followed by an ambitious series attempt of switch half (pause), Onodi to immediate double turn, and attempted another series of front aerial (stop), wolf jump, side aerial. She also tossed a flip flop to back tuck and a switch ring, and dismounted with a double tuck with a step.

Mustafina, who suffered a torn ACL on vault nearly two years ago, took her lowest score, 13.600, on floor exercise with an Arabian double front to stag jump; triple turn; 2 1/2 to layout front full (nearly sat down); double tuck; and triple twist (messy legs).

Now training under legendary coaches Viktor Razumovsky and Irina Razumovskaya, Grishina landed her double-double mount on floor exercise but fell on her double pike dismount. She had the second-best score on uneven bars with 15.000 (inside-Stalder, inside Stalder-full to piked Tkatchev, Pak; Maloney half; piked Jaeger; full-twisting double).

Two-time Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva, fourth, had the top mark on floor exercise (14.350). Reigning European champion Anna Dementyeva was sixth ahead of Olympians Anna Pavlova and Yekaterina Kramarenko. 2012 Olympic vault bronze medalist Maria Paseka competed two events only, as did Tatiana Nabiyeva.

Only three of the top 10 were first-year seniors: Shelgunova, Alla Sosnitskaya (ninth) and Polina Fyodorova (10th).

"We don't have replacements for those who competed in London, not yet," Russian team coach Valentina Rodionenko said. "Not enough time has passed. The guys are in a better position than the girls. There are still enough gymnasts to make up almost two teams. The competition is stronger."

Fourth in 2012, Belyavsky grabbed his first Russian championships all-around title. With the top scores on floor exercise (15.000) and parallel bars (15.500), Belyavsky edged defending champion Nikita Ignatyev, 87.950-87.800. Dmitry Stolyarov was third with 86.250.

European high bar champion Emin Garibov had the top scores on pommel horse (15.450) and high bar (15.250), while Penza's own Olympic medalist Denis Ablyazin had the top mark on vault (15.150). Ukrainian Olympian Nikolai Kuksenkov, who has been training in Vladimir with the hopes of representing Russia internationally, competed four events.

Olympic finalist Alexander Balandin crushed the field on still rings with 15.700. Rival rings specialist Konstantin Pluzhnikov — rumored to be seeking citizenship to compete for Azerbaijan — was absent.

Competition continues Monday in Penza with the women's team final.

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2013 Russian Championships
March 3, Penza

Women's All-Around			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Aliya Mustafina	Moscow	15.300	15.500	15.450	13.600	59.850
2.	Anastasia Grishina	Moscow	14.900	15.000	14.900	12.600	57.400
3.	Yevgenia Shelgunova	Central/Volga	14.750	13.950	14.950	13.600	57.250
4.	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Central	15.200	13.450	13.850	14.350	56.850
5.	Kristina Goryunova	Northwest	14.150	13.750	14.600	13.450	55.950
6.	Anna Dementyeva	Central/Volga	14.050	14.800	13.700	12.850	55.400
7.	Anna Pavlova	Central	14.900	12.650	13.850	13.050	54.450
8.	Yekaterina Kramarenko	St. Petersburg	14.450	13.150	13.900	12.750	54.250
9.	Alla Sosnitskaya	Moscow	14.700	14.000	12.650	12.650	54.000
10.	Polina Fyodorova	Volga	13.950	12.700	13.900	13.050	53.600
11.	Olga Bikmurzina	Volga	14.350	12.900	13.150	12.400	52.800
12.	Alyona Polyan	Volga	14.150	11.050	13.500	13.850	52.550
13.	Yekaterina Baturina	Southern	13.500	12.400	12.850	12.600	51.350
14.	Lilia Akhaimova	St. Petersburg	13.850	11.950	12.550	12.550	50.900
15.	Maria Smirnova	Volga	14.350	10.850	12.250	13.000	50.450
16.	Marina Nekrasova	Central	13.900	11.100	12.600	12.250	49.850
17.	Anna Myzdrikova	Moscow	14.100	11.200	12.300	12.100	49.700
18.	Anastasia Cheong	St. Petersburg	13.800	10.550	12.800	12.300	49.450
19.	Maria Nechayeva	Siberia	13.100	11.650	12.500	11.950	49.200
20.	Kristina Kruglikova	Central	14.350	11.600	11.900	11.250	49.100
21.	Maria Dunayeva	St. Petersburg/Northwest	13.450	10.950	12.400	12.250	49.050
22.	Yuna Nefedova	Central	13.450	11.950	11.900	11.250	48.550
23.	Anastasia Osetrova	Southern	13.900	11.850	11.950	10.850	48.550
24.	Daria Anishina	Northwest	14.050	11.550	10.400	12.400	48.400
25.	Tatiana Kirilova	Northwest	12.800	12.050	12.200	11.000	48.050
26.	Eleonora Goryunova	Northwest	14.100	9.950	11.400	12.450	47.900
27.	Alla Sidorenko	St. Petersburg	12.950	10.550	11.900	12.200	47.600
28.	Yulia Chemaryova	Central	13.000	10.200	11.800	12.550	47.550
29.	Irina Yashina	Volga	12.700	13.000	10.250	11.550	47.500
30.	Maria Silyukova	Volga	12.950	10.800	11.200	12.300	47.250
31.	Anna Vanyushkina	Northwest	13.500	10.350	10.950	12.200	47.000
32.	Viktoria Shmidt	Volga	12.550	9.250	12.250	12.450	46.500
33.	Natalia Medvedeva	Southern	13.450	9.550	10.900	12.500	46.400
34.	Irina Voropayeva	Central	13.700	8.600	11.550	12.450	46.300
35.	Yekaterina Shtronda	Siberia	11.900	10.800	12.450	10.550	45.700
36.	Nailya Mustafina	Moscow	12.900	7.900	12.300	12.000	45.100
37.	Irina Andreyeva	Southern	13.450	8.100	11.150	11.950	44.650
38.	Diana Ravdina	St. Petersburg	14.150	8.050	10.550	11.850	44.600
39.	Olga Tyo	Siberia	12.250	9.150	12.200	10.600	44.200
40.	Anna Solomeina	South	12.950	8.950	11.400	10.250	43.550
41.	Yekaterina Tsvetkova	Central	14.050	8.100	10.350	10.850	43.350
42.	Francheska Yanayeva	South	13.650	7.650	9.700	12.050	43.050
43.	Maria Popova	South	12.800	7.700	10.650	9.850	41.000
44.	Yelena Klyuchkova	Southern	11.900	9.450	9.200	10.300	40.850
45.	Valeria Golenischeva	Southern	10.100	9.450	9.900	11.150	40.600
46.	Yelena Tyapkova	South	12.700	8.350	8.350	10.050	39.450
47.	Anastasia Marchuk	Moscow		13.350	12.450	12.550	38.350
48.	Anastasia Kuznetsova	South	12.400	7.400	7.400	10.600	37.800
49.	Maria Paseka	Moscow	15.250	14.100			29.350
50.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	St. Petersburg	14.250	13.900			28.150
51.	Kristina Sidorova	Volga		7.900		11.850	19.750

Men's All-Around			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	David Belyavsky	Urals	15.000	15.400	13.750	13.700	15.500	14.600	87.950
2.	Nikita Ignatyev	Siberia	14.700	13.950	14.550	14.800	15.250	14.550	87.800
3.	Dmitry Stolyarov	Moscow	14.100	14.700	14.000	14.900	14.800	13.750	86.250
4.	Andrei Cherkasov	Siberia	14.350	13.600	14.000	14.750	15.000	14.000	85.700
5.	Pavel Russinyak	Volga	13.650	14.550	14.200	13.450	14.400	14.400	84.650
6.	Dmitry Gogotov	St. Petersburg	13.350	14.750	13.950	14.450	14.550	13.550	84.600
7.	Igor Pakhomenko	Siberia	14.050	13.000	13.800	15.050	14.050	14.400	84.350
8.	Daniil Kazachkov	Siberia	14.200	12.850	14.400	13.700	13.850	14.350	83.350
9.	Roman Suetin	Urals	13.950	13.600	13.000	14.600	14.350	13.800	83.300
10.	Pavel Pavlov	Volga	13.100	12.950	14.500	14.850	14.250	13.150	82.800
11.	Alexander Fafashkin	Moscow	13.950	13.550	13.500	14.100	13.900	13.700	82.700
12.	Grigory Zyryanov	Siberia	13.200	14.450	13.400	14.450	14.200	12.700	82.400
13.	Kirill Prokopyev	Central	14.000	13.600	13.800	13.800	13.400	13.600	82.200
14.	Kirill Ignatenkov	Central/Northwest	13.950	13.300	13.350	13.450	14.650	13.450	82.150
15.	Anton Neudakin	Central	14.500	12.500	13.400	14.200	13.850	13.700	82.150
16.	Sergei Danilenko	Urals	13.450	13.250	13.550	13.250	14.050	13.500	81.050
17.	Andrei Perevoznikov	Central	13.250	15.250	12.300	13.050	13.700	12.950	80.500
18.	Mikhail Kudashov	Urals	12.900	13.250	13.550	13.550	13.450	13.500	80.200
19.	Vyacheslav Veselov	Moscow	13.750	13.200	12.600	13.950	13.600	13.000	80.100
20.	Vladislav Kozin	St. Petersburg	13.150	11.400	13.650	14.250	13.550	13.900	79.900
21.	Sergei Stepanov	Volga	12.500	13.700	12.350	14.550	13.000	13.300	79.400
22.	Vilyam Katyn	Volga	12.800	14.100	12.800	13.300	12.600	13.100	78.700
23.	Dmitry Turaev	Volga	13.100	12.800	12.350	13.800	13.350	13.100	78.500
24.	Filipp Chuglazov	Northwest	14.050	12.150	13.350	13.200	13.350	12.200	78.300
25.	Alexei Rostov	Moscow	12.400	13.850	12.400	13.950	13.100	12.550	78.250
26.	Yaroslav Maksyukov	Siberia	12.300	13.000	12.800	14.150	13.450	12.150	77.850
27.	Alexei Bykov	Southern	13.800	13.200	11.250	13.700	13.450	12.400	77.800
28.	Dmitry Kharkov	Volga	13.050	10.950	13.250	13.050	13.550	13.300	77.150
29.	Vladimir Grigorkin	Urals	13.500	13.650	11.300	13.050	12.850	11.900	76.250
30.	Gleb Garmash	St. Petersburg	13.600	13.100	11.750	12.250	12.750	12.150	75.600
31.	Timofei Danyuk	St. Petersburg	13.450	11.700	12.850	13.450	11.400	11.900	74.750
32.	Alexander Silenko	Volga	11.450	12.550	12.300	13.050	13.000	11.850	74.200
33.	Mikhail Zakharov	Volga	11.800	12.150	12.650	13.550	12.650	11.400	74.200
34.	Mark Antushev	Volga	12.850	12.550	9.500	13.750	13.000	11.650	73.300
35.	Mikhail Tarlo	Far East	12.450	12.450	10.000	12.750	13.050	11.300	72.000
36.	Artyom Levitsky	Central	13.050	11.250	11.400	12.900	11.800	10.250	70.650
37.	Artyom Rymashevsky	Urals	10.750	8.150	11.150	12.400	12.650	11.300	66.400
38.	Eldar Yunusov	St. Petersburg		14.450	13.650	13.700	13.250	11.300	66.350
39.	Emin Garibov	Moscow		15.450	14.100		14.350	15.250	59.150
40.	Nikolai Kuksenkov	Central		14.150	14.850		14.750	14.500	58.250
41.	Denis Ablyazin	Volga/Moscow	14.700		15.500	15.150		12.400	57.750
42.	Pavel Belousov	Far East	10.400	9.200		13.050	11.850	10.650	55.150
43.	Maxim Khodykin	Northwest		11.150	13.550		13.750	12.000	50.450
44.	Alexander Balandin	Central/Northwest		13.750	15.700		14.950		44.400
45.	Dmitry Yakubovsky	Moscow		12.750		13.700	13.900		40.350
46.	Nikita Lezhankin	Urals		13.800	14.250				28.050
47.	Alexei Matveyev	Central		11.700			13.400		25.100
48.	Alexander Ilyin	St. Petersburg	12.550	11.450					24.000
49.	Matvei Petrov	Northwest		15.100					15.100
50.	Vladimir Olennikov	Moscow		14.100					14.100

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January/February 2013 - Mustafina center poster
September 2012 - Olympic Games special issue
July/August 2012 - Mustafina and Komova on cover photo collage, Olympic Games preview
May 2012 - "Up for the Challenge" (Komova interview)
January/February 2012 - "Poised for Perfection (Afanasyeva cover photo and interview)
December 2011 - World Championships special issue
June 2011 - "Russian Intensity" (Nabiyeva interview)
May 2011 - Dementyeva and Mustafina on cover (May 2011)
January/February 2011 - "The Mustafina Mystique" (Mustafina profile)
March 2011 - "Serious Contender" (Kuksenkov profile)
December 2010 - Mustafina on cover, World Championships special issue
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July/August 2010 - Komova on cover photo collage
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