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Competition Begins at Moscow 'World Stars'
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Friday, 29 May 2009 23:51

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The host nation led four events in qualification Friday at the "World Stars" World Cup in Moscow. Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Russia) was the top scorer on still rings.

The host nation led four events in qualification Friday at the "World Stars" World Cup in Moscow.

The Russian women led three of four events, ceding only balance beam to rising Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers. Top qualifiers were Yulia Berger on vault, Yekaterina Kurbatova on uneven bars and Anna Myzdrikova on floor exercise.

Gymnasts from six different nations won qualifiying in the men's competition, which boasted six 2008 Olympic medalists and four world champions.

Top scorers were Diego Hypolito (Brazil) on men's floor exercise, Prashanth Sellathurai (Australia) on pommel horse, Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Russia) on still rings, Yernar Yerimbetov (Kazakhstan) on vault, Alexander Tsarevich (Belarus) on parallel bars and Epke Zonderland (Netherlands).

Double Olympic bronze medalist Anton Golotsutskov, Russia's top name in the competition, finished fourth on floor exercise and second on vault. He did not perform his new vault in qualification: a Rudi-in, back-out (1 1/2-twisting handspring double front). He said he submitted the vault for evaluation to the judging panel, and hopes it will be given the highest-possible difficulty rating.

"[The judges] will decide whether they agree with my evalution," he said. "But nobody has ever done a vault like this — it's the most complex."

The top eight gymnasts on each event in qualification advance to Saturday's finals. The competition features a prize purse of 50,000 Swiss francs ($47,000).

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

2009 "World Stars" World Cup
May 29, Moscow

Women's Vault Qualification		D	E	Score	ND	Average
1.	Yulia Berger	5.5	8.900	14.400		14.312
		5.7	8.525	14.225
2.	Yekaterina Kurbatova	5.8	8.275	14.075		14.162
		5.6	8.650	14.250
3.	Mayra Kroonen	5.0	8.975	13.975		13.800
		5.0	8.725	13.725	0.1
4.	Tiyana Tkalsech	5.0	8.775	13.775		13.612
		5.0	8.450	13.450
5.	Anna Kalashnyk	5.8	7.825	13.625	0.1	13.550
		5.0	8.575	13.575
6.	Alina Sotnikava	5.0	8.950	13.950		13.512
		4.6	8.475	13.075
7.	Ethiene Franco	5.0	8.625	13.625		13.487
		4.4	9.050	13.450
8.	Irina Deniskina	4.6	8.375	12.975		12.900
		4.6	8.225	12.825
9.	Thi Ha Thanh Phan	5.0	8.425	13.425		12.850
		4.6	7.675	12.275
10.	Olga Antipenko	4.6	8.025	12.625		12.587
		5.0	7.550	12.550
11.	Thu Thuy Dang Thi	4.4	7.750	12.150		12.300
		4.2	8.250	12.450

Uneven Bars Qualification		D	E	Score
1.	Yekaterina Kurbatova	5.8	8.500	14.300
2.	Ethiene Franco	5.3	8.500	13.800
3.	Kristina Goryunova	5.7	7.975	13.675
4.	Lucia Tacchelli	5.5	8.150	13.650
5.	Sanne Wevers	5.2	8.325	13.525
6.	Marta Pihan-Kulesza	5.4	7.900	13.300
7.	Valentina Golenkova	5.3	7.050	12.350
8.	Feike Wilems	5.3	7.000	12.300
9.	Luisa Galiulina	5.4	6.650	12.050
10.	Alina Sotnikava	4.0	7.950	11.950
11.	Irina Deniskina	5.0	6.175	11.175
12.	Thi Ha Thanh Phan	4.0	6.450	10.450
13.	Linda Stampfli	3.9	5.175	9.075

(Full balance beam and floor exercise results not yet available)

Balance Beam Qualification		Score
1.	Sanne Wevers	14.300
2.	Ethiene Franco	14.075
3.	Adela Sajn	14.050

Women's Floor Exercise Qualification		Score
1.	Anna Myzdrikova	14.400
2.	Ethiene Franco	13.875
3.	Valentina Golenkova	13.575

Men's Floor Exercise Qualification		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Diego Hypolito	6.5	8.950		15.450
2.	Alexander Shatilov	6.5	8.800		15.300
3.	Filip Ude	6.0	9.150	0.1	15.050
4.	Anton Golotsutskov	6.1	8.950		15.050
5.	Jeffrey Wammes	6.2	8.725		14.925
6.	Kristian Thomas	5.8	9.050		14.850
7.	Roland Hauptli	5.8	8.900		14.700
8.	Tomislav Markovic	6.3	8.450	0.1	14.650
9.	Guillermo Alvarez	6.1	8.375		14.475
10.	Alexander Yakubovsky	6.2	8.375	0.2	14.375
11.	Rafael Martinez	5.8	9.025	0.5	14.325
12.	Jad Mazahreh	5.8	8.525		14.325
13.	Daniel Groves	5.7	8.575		14.275
14.	Theo Seager	6.0	8.325	0.3	14.025
15.	Arthur Zanetti	5.8	8.000		13.800
16.	Hoang Cuong	5.5	8.250		13.750
17.	Nikolai Kuksenkov	5.7	8.050		13.750
18.	Alexander Demchikhin	5.7	7.975		13.675
19.	Wajdi Bouallegue	5.6	8.225	0.6	13.225
20.	Rok Klavora	5.9	7.225		13.125
21.	Paata Nozadze	5.4	7.700		13.100
22.	Marius Haaverstad	5.3	7.300		12.600
23.	Ruben Lopez	5.7	6.925	0.2	12.425
24.	Samuel Piasecky	4.6	8.300	0.5	12.400
25.	Mohammed Abu Saleh	4.2	7.875	0.1	11.975
26.	Nasser Al-Hamad	4.5	6.225		10.725

Pommel Horse Qualification		D	E	Score
1.	Prashanth Sellathurai	6.6	9.175	15.775
2.	Louis Smith	6.6	9.050	15.650
3.	Krisztian Berki	6.7	8.950	15.650
4.	Saso Bertoncezj	6.4	8.775	15.175
5.	Andrei Perevoznikov	6.2	8.900	15.100
6.	Robert Seligman	5.9	9.000	14.900
7.	Vahang Stepanyan	6.0	8.850	14.850
8.	Filip Ude	5.6	9.125	14.725
9.	Anton Fokin	6.0	8.725	14.725
10.	Dmitri Trefilovs	6.1	8.250	14.350
11.	Guillermo Alvarez	5.6	8.675	14.275
12.	Zoltan Kallai	6.1	8.175	14.275
13.	Alexander Tsarevich	6.1	8.150	14.250
14.	Roland Hauptli	5.9	8.150	14.050
15.	Harutyun Merdinyan	5.9	8.100	14.000
16.	Alexander Shatilov	5.7	8.275	13.975
17.	Rafael Martinez	5.5	8.350	13.850
18.	Minh Sang Truong	5.7	8.100	13.800
19.	Ziga Britovsek	5.8	7.900	13.700
20.	Daniel Groves	6.0	7.675	13.675
21.	Sergio Eras	5.1	8.475	13.575
22.	Alexei Koltakov	6.1	7.325	13.425
23.	Kalle Maatta	5.2	7.875	13.075
24.	Henrik Pettersson	5.2	7.750	12.950
25.	Yaroslav Vovk	5.9	6.975	12.875
26.	Manuel Carballo	4.9	7.800	12.700
27.	Samuel Piasecky	5.6	7.025	12.625
28.	Maxim Petrishko	5.4	6.600	12.000
29.	Matthew Curtis	4.5	7.450	11.950
30.	Phuok Hung Pham	4.3	7.300	11.600
31.	Ravshanbek Osimov	5.4	5.550	10.950
32.	Daniel Larsen	4.5	5.950	10.450
33.	Mahmood Alsadi	4.3	6.025	10.325

Still Rings Qualification		D	E	Score
1.	Konstantin Pluzhnikov	6.8	8.700	15.500
2.	Prashanth Sellathurai	6.6	8.725	15.325
3.	Yuri van Gelder	6.4	8.825	15.225
4.	Raj Bhavsar	6.4	8.625	15.025
5.	Alexander Balandin	6.6	8.350	14.950
6.	Timur Kurbanbayev	6.5	8.400	14.900
7.	Ali Alasi	6.8	7.850	14.650
8.	Sergio Eras	6.5	8.125	14.625
9.	Arthur Zanetti	6.6	7.950	14.550
10.	Vahang Stepanyan	5.8	8.625	14.425
11.	Igor Kozlov	6.2	8.200	14.400
12.	Manuel Carballo	6.2	8.200	14.400
13.	Olli Torkkel	6.0	8.275	14.275
14.	Alexander Vorobyov	6.3	7.975	14.275
15.	Eduard Ghoulob	6.5	7.650	14.150
16.	David Sender	6.7	7.425	14.125
17.	Ruben Lopez	5.6	8.325	13.925
18.	Anton Fokin	6.1	7.425	13.525
19.	Fabian Leimlehner	5.4	8.075	13.475
20.	Paata Nozadze	5.1	8.200	13.300
21.	Nils Haller	6.1	6.825	12.925
22.	Marius Haaverstad	4.9	7.825	12.725
23.	Mahmood Alsadi	5.0	7.325	12.325

Men's Vault Qualification		D	E	Score	ND	Average
1.	Yernar Yerimbetov	7.0	9.325	16.325		15.962
		6.6	9.000	15.600
2.	Anton Golotsutskov	7.0	9.150	16.150		15.925
		7.0	9.000	16.000	0.3
3.	Yevgeny Sapronenko	6.6	9.275	15.875		15.737
		6.6	9.000	15.600
4.	Marek Lyszczarz	6.6	9.200	15.800		15.650
		6.2	9.300	15.500
5.	Jeffrey Wammes	6.6	9.275	15.875		15.587
		6.6	8.700	15.300
6.	Diego Hypolito	6.6	8.975	15.575	0.1	15.587
		6.6	9.100	15.700
7.	Jad Mazahreh	6.6	9.075	15.675		15.475
		6.2	9.075	15.275
8.	Theo Seager	6.6	8.975	15.575	0.3	15.412
		6.6	8.950	15.550
9.	David Sender	6.6	8.925	15.525		15.400
		6.6	8.975	15.575	0.3
10.	Ali Alasi	6.6	9.150	15.750	0.1	15.262
		6.2	8.675	14.875
11.	Alexander Yakubovsky	7.0	8.475	15.475		15.162
		6.6	8.550	15.150	0.3
12.	Linh Hau Trung	6.2	9.125	15.325		15.162
		6.6	8.500	15.100	0.1
13.	Igor Kozlov	6.6	9.025	15.625		15.012
		5.3	9.100	14.400
14.	Arthur Zanetti	5.8	8.900	14.700	0.3	14.787
		6.6	8.675	15.275	0.1
15.	Marius Haaverstad	6.2	9.025	15.225	0.5	14.675
		6.2	8.525	14.725	0.1
16.	Nguyen Ha Thanh	6.6	8.125	14.725		14.250
		4.6	9.175	13.775

Parallel Bars Qualification		D	E	Score
1.	Alexander Tsarevich	5.9	9.175	15.075
2.	Yernar Yerimbetov	6.1	8.825	14.925
3.	Mitja Petsovsek	6.2	8.650	14.850
4.	Phuok Hung Pham	6.2	8.575	14.775
5.	Epke Zonderland	6.2	8.550	14.750
6.	Roman Kulesza	5.7	9.025	14.725
7.	Manuel Carballo	5.8	8.925	14.725
8.	Raj Bhavsar	6.0	8.725	14.725
9.	Nguyen Ha Thanh	6.1	8.575	14.675
10.	Adam Kierzkowski	6.0	8.500	14.500
11.	Anton Fokin	6.4	8.050	14.450
12.	Nils Haller	5.4	8.875	14.275
13.	Nikola Dudek	5.5	8.775	14.275
14.	Samuel Piasecky	5.7	8.525	14.225
15.	Alen Dimic	5.8	8.000	13.800
16.	Sergio Eras	5.2	8.550	13.750
17.	Fabian Leimlehner	5.5	8.125	13.625
18.	Emin Garibov	5.6	7.975	13.575
19.	Ravshanbek Osimov	5.3	7.850	13.150
20.	Mahmood Alsadi	5.2	7.675	12.875
21.	Vahang Stepanyan	5.3	7.550	12.850
22.	Ruslan Panteleymonov	5.5	7.350	12.850
23.	Ildar Valeyev	6.0	6.700	12.700
24.	Ruben Lopez	5.6	7.050	12.650
25.	Jad Mazahreh	4.9	7.725	12.625
26.	Daniel Groves	5.0	7.075	12.075
27.	Kalle Maatta	4.6	7.250	11.850
28.	Daniel Larsen	5.0	5.450	10.450

High Bar Qualification		D	E	Score
1.	Epke Zonderland	6.9	8.575	15.475
2.	Anatoly Vasilyev	6.7	8.625	15.325
3.	Aljaz Pegan	6.5	8.575	15.075
4.	Alexander Tsarevich	6.0	8.725	14.725
5.	Rafael Martinez	6.2	8.225	14.425
6.	Nikolai Kuksenkov	5.9	8.500	14.400
7.	Alen Dimic	6.4	8.000	14.400
8.	Jeffrey Wammes	6.2	8.125	14.325
9.	Dmitri Trefilovs	5.6	8.400	14.000
10.	Daniel Groves	5.7	8.225	13.925
11.	Roland Hauptli	5.5	8.350	13.850
12.	Marijo Moenik	6.8	6.925	13.725
13.	Emin Garibov	6.0	7.675	13.675
14.	Yevgeny Sapronenko	4.9	8.400	13.300
15.	Alex Shatilov	5.6	7.625	13.225
16.	Samuel Piasecky	5.9	7.225	13.125
17.	Roman Kulesza	5.5	7.550	13.050
18.	Ruben Lopez	5.3	7.625	12.925
19.	Ruslan Panteleymonov	5.7	7.175	12.875
20.	Yaroslav Vovk	6.0	6.750	12.750
21.	Kristian Thomas	5.5	6.875	12.375
22.	Ravshanbek Osimov	4.7	7.650	12.350
23.	Fabian Leimlehner	4.6	7.675	12.275
24.	Sang Truong Minh	4.9	7.200	12.100
25.	Kalle Maatta	4.9	6.975	11.875
26.	Mahmood Alsadi	3.8	7.950	11.750
27.	Mohammed Abu Saleh	5.0	5.550	10.550
28.	Marius Haaverstad	4.1	6.250	10.350