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 The Central squad won the women's team final as the Russian national championships continued Saturday in Penza, where 2012 Olympian Anastasia Grishina suffered a "serious" knee injury. Pictured: Viktoria Komova on beam in Penza The Central squad won the women's team final as the Russian national championships continued Saturday in Penza, where 2012 Olympian Anastasia Grishina suffered a knee injury on floor exercise. The Moscow region team should have won comfortably, but was forced to count Grishina's score of 3.2 on floor exercise. The team finished less than a point behind Central and 2 1/2 points ahead of third-place St. Petersburg.  "If she had not been injured, the girls would have been first by a wide margin," team head coach Yevgeny Grebyonkin told ITAR-TASS news agency, which only called the injury "serious." Grishina was making her comeback after a back injury prevented her from competing in last year's world championships. She won the all-around bronze on Thursday, and started off well for Moscow on Saturday with a 14.600 on balance beam. On floor exercise, however, she fell to the ground after her mount of whip, triple twist, and had to be carried off the podium. There was no confirmation on the status of her injury yet. Superstar Viktoria Komova and Maria Kharenkova led the Central squad to victory. Komova, competing in her first meet since the 2012 Olympics, scored 15.333 on uneven bars (inside-Stalder to Pak salto; Komova transition; inside Stalder-half to layout Jaeger; insider Stalder-full to Tkatchev; stuck double-twisting double back dismount). Kharenkova, a first-year senior, impressed with 15.600 on balance beam. Veteran Ksenia Afanasyeva, still struggling with an ankle injury, competed watered-down routines on vault and floor exercise. After winning her fourth consecutive all-around title on Thursday, Aliya Mustafina scored above 15 on three of her routines. Mustafina, who suffered a torn ACL three years ago, competed gingerly on floor exercise after Grishina's injury. Mustafina fell on her Arabian double front, watered down her second pass to 2 1/2 punch front and bounced out of her double tuck dismount. She again attempted her new turn on floor exercise, a triple turn with her leg held vertical, this time turning immediately into a full turn. The competition concludes Sunday with the junior and senior apparatus finals. Video will be streamed live on the Russian gymnastics federation's official website at sportgymrus.ru. The Russian men's national championships take place April 10-13. External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation 2014 Russian Women's Championships
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