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Veteran Larisa Iordache led her Romanian squad to victory over their French guests in a dual meet held Saturday in Izvorani.

Veteran Larisa Iordache led her Romanian squad to victory over their French guests in a dual meet held Saturday in Izvorani.

Romania easily overcame its 2.35-point deficit on uneven bars to emerge victorious over France, 227.050 to 223.450. The host team had the high event total on vault with 59.450, where five of their six team members competed double-twisting Yurchenkos, and averaged above 14.50 on balance beam.

Iordache easily won the all-around title (58.150) despite a fall on uneven bars on her new toe-on piked Tkatchev release. Her 15.100 on balance beam (clean ff, tucked full; RO two-foot layout; RO ff triple twist) was the high score of the day.

Anamaria Ocolișan, a member of Romania's fourth-place squad at the 2014 Worlds, placed second all-around (56.850). She matched Iordache on vault with 15.000 and had the top score for Romania on uneven bars with 14.050 (Maloney-half; Jaeger; Pak; Maloney; stuck full-twisting double).

Two-time Olympian Catalina Ponor made her comeback to competition. Ponor, who turned 28 on August 20, scored 14.850 on vault, 14.900 on balance beam and 13.950 on floor exercise. On balance beam, the 2004 Olympic champion performed a swing ring; two-foot layout; Kochetkova; Onodi, front aerial, split jump; and clean double pike; and on floor exercise she tumbled a double layout; two whips to full-in; triple twist and double pike.

Led by Louise Vanhille's 14.500, France outscored Romania on uneven bars, but failed to make ground on the other events. Veteran Marine Brevet scored 55.850 to place third all-around behind Ocolișan and just ahead of Vanhille (55.800).

The Romanian world championships squad will be determined after the upcoming national championships, September 25-27 in Bucharest.

External Link: Romanian Gymnastics Federation

Women's Team		VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Romania	59.450	53.450	58.350	55.800	227.050
	Larisa Iordache	15.000	13.700	15.100	14.350
	Catalina Ponor	14.850		14.900	13.950
	Anamaria Ocolișan	15.000	14.050	14.100	13.700
	Laura Jurca	14.600	13.450	14.050	13.350
	Silvia Zarzu	14.450	12.250		13.800
	Diana Bulimar		11.850	14.250
2.	France	57.600	55.800	54.900	55.150	223.450
	Marine Brevet	14.300	14.250	13.250	14.050
	Camille Bahl	14.750		13.400	13.600
	Claire Martin		12.350	14.650	13.900
	Grace Charpy	13.550	13.150
	Loan His	14.350	13.900	13.300	13.600
	Louise Vanhille	14.200	14.500	13.550	13.550

All-Around			VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Larisa Iordache		5.8	15.000	6.2	13.700	6.4	15.100	5.9	14.350	58.150
2.	Anamaria Ocolișan		5.8	15.000	5.6	14.050	5.7	14.100	5.6	13.700	56.850
3.	Marine Brevet		5.0	14.300	5.9	14.250	5.5	13.250	5.3	14.050	55.850
4.	Louise Vanhille		5.0	14.200	5.9	14.500	5.3	13.550	5.2	13.550	55.800
5.	Laura Jurca		5.8	14.600	5.3	13.450	5.6	14.050	5.7	13.350	55.450
6.	Loan His		5.0	14.350	6.1	13.900	5.0	13.300	5.1	13.600	55.150
7.	Camille Bahl		5.8	14.750	5.1	12.900	5.4	13.400	5.2	13.600	54.650
8.	Diana Bulimar		5.0	14.150	4.9	11.850	5.8	14.250	5.7	13.800	54.050
9.	Silvia Zarzu		5.8	14.450	5.0	12.250	5.4	13.400	5.6	13.800	53.900
10.	Catalina Ponor		5.8	14.850	4.1	6.100	6.3	14.900	5.5	13.950	49.800
11.	Claire Martin				5.1	12.350	6.1	14.650	5.4	13.900	40.900
12.	Grace Charpy		5.0	13.550	5.1	13.150			4.7	12.950	39.650
*	Ioana Nicoara								5.2	13.100	13.100
* Exhibition competitor

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