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Written by Amanda Turner Sunday, 07 April 2013 08:09

Teramoto, Vernyayev Take Tokyo World Cup

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2012 Olympians Asuka Teramoto (Japan) and Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine) walked away with the Tokyo World Cup on Sunday and more than $15,000 each in prize money.

2012 Olympians Asuka Teramoto (Japan) and Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine) walked away with the Tokyo World Cup on Sunday and more than $15,000 each in prize money.

The competition was the final all-around World Cup in the FIG's 2012-2013 season. Per FIG rules, the all-around champions each received 15,000 Swiss francs (approximately USD$16,000), with the runners-up taking 12,000 and third place 8,000, down to 1,000 for eighth place.

Vernyayev, who led after the first day of competition on Saturday, clinched the title Sunday with a victory over Olympians Ryohei Kato (Japan) and Dan Purvis (Great Britain).

Vernyayev had the top mark on vault for a high and tidy Dragulescu (15.375) and impressed with a major save on parallel bars, where he nearly fell after a peach to one bar. After Kato nailed his parallel bars and high bar routines, Vernyayev delivered a clean routine under pressure (Yamawaki; Tkatchev-half; Tak-full to Yamawaki-half; Tkatchev; layout double-double) to edge Kato by two tenths.

The 19-year-old Ukrainian's victory was all the more impressive considering he counted a fall on floor exercise Saturday, when he touched down on his new triple-twisting double back on floor exercise. With clean execution, a high level of difficulty and no weak events, Vernyayev is a heavy favorite for the all-around title at the European championships later this month in Moscow.

Kato, also 19, was a substitute for world and Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura, who withdrew last month to protect ankle and shoulder injuries. Kato had the top score on parallel bars (peach half, peach, double pike between the bars; Tippelt; double back to upper arms; straddled front flip; stuck double pike; 6.7 D, 15.300) and high bar (layout Tkatchev; Kolman; Stalder, Stalder-Rybalko; Tak-full to Yamawaki; layout double-double with a step; 15.350, tied with Spain's Fabian Gonzalez).

Purvis impressed with beautiful presentation, earning the top execution scores of 9.575 on vault and 9.000 on parallel bars. He had the easiest high bar routine of the competition but finished comfortably in third.

Gonzalez, who turns 21 in May, had the highest total execution over the two days of competition, averaging 8.883 to Purvis' 8.825. He tied Kato for the best mark on high bar with 15.350 (Kolman; Kovacs; Takemoto to Yamawaki; layout Tkatchev; stuck layout double-double).

Brazil's Sergio Sasaki finished sixth ahead of Olympic silver medalist Marcel Nguyen. Nguyen was the only gymnast who competed in all five all-around World Cups, and indeed looked tired, as Germany's head coach Andreas Hirsch noted last week. Nguyen touched down on his full-twisting double dismount off parallel bars and missed a layout Kovacs on high bar.

Japan's Kazuhito Tanaka withdrew from the second day of competition with an injury to his left foot, sustained when he crashed his triple back dismount off still rings on Saturday. American Danell Leyva scratched before the competition began on Saturday.

On the women's side, Teramoto earned a major victory for the host nation and Japanese women's gymnastics. She competed with precision and artistry, earning 14.250 on balance beam (double turn; Onodi; ff, layout; front aerial; side somi; switch leap; back tuck; excellent triple twist dismount) and 13.800 on floor exercise (2 1/2, punch layout front; triple twist; beautiful triple turn; double-twisting front to stag jump; double pike).

Teramoto, 17, trains under coach Shuji Sakamoto at Legyc Sports Nagoya Gymnastics School. Sakamoto previously coached 2008 Olympian Mayu Kuroda.

First-day leader Peyton Ernst (U.S.) fell to second after rolling out of her ff, ff double pike dismount off balance beam. She had the top score on floor exercise (1 1/2 to Rudi; Arabian double front; double pike; double tuck; 13.875) but it wasn't enough to top Teramoto. The first-year senior, is coached by 1991 world champion Kim Zmeskal and her husband Chris Burdette.

Canadian Olympian Ellie Black, third on Saturday, maintained her ranking to win the bronze, .150 ahead of China's Shang Chunsong. Shang had the best score on balance beam with 14.625 (ff, ff, two-foot layout; front tuck, ff, Korbut; switch leap, back tuck; RO, double pike).

World bronze medalist Huang Qiushuang finished fifth, followed by first-year seniors Charlie Fellows (Great Britain) and Elisa Meneghini (Italy). Japanese veteran Yu Minobe, a late replacement for injured Italian Vanessa Ferrari, rounded out the field in eighth.

External Link: Japan Gymnastic Association

2013 Tokyo World Cup
April 7, Tokyo

Women's All-Around		VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Asuka Teramoto	5.8	14.725	5.9	14.050	5.8	14.250	5.5	13.800	56.825
2.	Peyton Ernst	5.8	15.125	5.7	14.175	6.0	13.375	5.6	13.875	56.550
3.	Ellie Black	5.8	14.950	5.0	13.175	6.1	14.150	5.4	13.625	55.900
4.	Shang Chunsong	5.0	13.875	6.3	13.400	6.1	14.625	5.9	13.850	55.750
5.	Huang Qiushuang	5.0	13.625	6.2	14.400	6.0	14.100	4.7	13.100	55.225
6.	Charlie Fellows	5.0	14.050	5.6	13.325	5.1	13.225	5.5	12.925	53.525
7.	Elisa Meneghini	5.0	14.100	5.2	12.700	5.7	13.350	5.3	13.275	53.425
8.	Yu Minobe	5.0	13.125	5.5	12.500	5.8	12.975	5.2	13.225	51.825

Men's All-Around		FX		PH		SR		VT		PB		HB		Total
1.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.7	14.500	6.4	15.250	6.4	15.275	6.0	15.375	6.1	14.750	6.5	15.225	90.375
2.	Ryohei Kato	6.8	14.800	6.5	14.825	6.1	14.675	5.6	15.050	6.7	15.475	6.4	15.350	90.175
3.	Daniel Purvis	6.5	15.225	6.1	14.125	5.9	14.750	5.6	15.175	6.3	15.300	5.9	14.675	89.250
4.	Fabian Gonzalez	6.2	15.000	6.1	14.850	5.2	13.900	5.6	15.000	5.6	14.600	6.7	15.350	88.700
5.	Sergio Sasaki	6.7	15.150	6.1	14.300	5.7	14.375	6.0	14.975	6.2	14.525	6.5	14.425	87.750
6.	Marcel Nguyen	6.0	14.950	5.1	13.700	6.1	15.025	5.6	15.025	6.8	15.075	6.0	13.500	87.275
7.	Kazuhito Tanaka	6.1	14.900	5.8	13.775	6.0	14.125							42.800

International Gymnast Magazine Related Features:
"Black in Business" - Black interview (November 2012)
"Silver Streak" - Nguyen interview (November 2012)
"Pure Purvis" - Purvis interview (March 2012)
"Lilleshall: Backstage in Britain" - British team profile, with Purvis on cover (November 2011)
"In Steady Pursuit" - Purvis profile (June 2009)

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Written by Amanda Turner Saturday, 06 April 2013 04:44

Ernst, Vernyayev Lead Tokyo World Cup

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American Peyton Ernst and Ukrainian Oleg Vernyayev took the lead on the first day of competition at the Tokyo World Cup, held Saturday.

The competition is the fifth and final FIG World Cup all-around event of the 2012-2013 series. More than $100,000 in prize money will be awarded Sunday. The competition lineup included eight male and eight female gymnasts, though American Danell Leyva withdrew before the competition began Saturday.

Ernst, a first-year senior, took the early lead with a clean double-twisting Yurchenko on vault (15.125). She had the second-best score on uneven bars for a toe-on blind to Jaeger; Pak salto; Maloney to bail; toe-on full (late pirouette) to stuck full-twisting double. (5.7 Difficulty/14.175) Ernst is coached by 1991 world champion Kim Zmeskal and her husband, Chris Burdette.

Japan's Asuka Teramoto ranks second after two strong events. She vaulted a double-twisting Yurchenko and seemed underscored on uneven bars (inside-Stalder full to high Gienger between bars; Stalder blind to Jaeger; double front; 5.9/14.050).

Canada's Ellie Black, third, impressed with a McIntosh vault (full-twisting layout handspring front; 5.8/14.950). On uneven bars she connected a Jaeger to Pak salto and dismounted with a toe-on layout front with a half (named for her 2012 Olympic teammate Victoria Moors).

Chinese Olympian Huang Qiushuang had the top score on uneven bars (elgrip Endo, elgrip Endo-half, Bi, Ling, piked Jaeger; double layout; 6.2/14.400). A weak vault (crooked Yurchenko full) kept her in fourth.

Teammate Shang Chungsong caught her new move on uneven bars, freehip to piked Tkatchev (F rating), but then fell off on a regular Tkatchev. She repeated the skill and connected it to a Gienger between the bars.

In the men's competition, Vernyayev landed in the lead despite putting his hands down on his new triple-double mount on floor exercise. Looking relaxed and confident, the Ukrainian Olympian delivered hit routines on pommel horse (15.250) and still rings (15.275).

Ryohei Kato, a substitute for world and Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura, placed second ahead of British Olympian Daniel Purvis. Purvis took the lead after the first rotation, though he had a bit extra energy on his tumbling (front handspring, piked double front; 1 1/2 to double-twisting front; whip triple twist; 2 1/2 ff; front handspring, double front). Purvis broke form several time during his pommels routine but successfully fought to stay on (14.125).

Separated by just .150, Brazil's Sergio Sasaki, Spain's Fabian Gonzalez and Germany's Marcel Nguyen followed Purvis in the rankings. The springy Sasaki was impressive on floor exercise, tumbling a piked double front, barani; 1 1/2 punch immediate double front; double-double side pass; 2 1/2 front full; layout Thomas; half in, half out; 6.7).

Japan's Kazuhito Tanaka trails in seventh, with falls off pommel horse and on his still rings dismount (rare triple back).

Competition concludes Sunday with the remaining apparatus: balance beam and floor exercise for women, and vault, parallel bars and high bar for men.

External Link: Japan Gymnastic Association

2013 Tokyo World Cup
April 6, Tokyo

Women's All-Around, Day 1		VT		UB		Total
1.	Peyton Ernst	5.800	15.125	5.700	14.175	29.300
2.	Asuka Teramoto	5.800	14.725	5.900	14.050	28.775
3.	Elsabeth Black	5.800	14.950	5.000	13.175	28.125
4.	Huang Qiushuang	5.000	13.625	6.200	14.400	28.025
5.	Charlie Fellows	5.000	14.050	5.600	13.325	27.375
6.	Shang Chunsong	5.000	13.875	6.300	13.400	27.275
7.	Elisa Meneghini	5.000	14.100	5.200	12.700	26.800
8.	Yu Minobe	5.000	13.125	5.500	12.500	25.625

Men's All-Around, Day 1		FX		PH		SR		Total
1.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.700	14.500	6.400	15.250	6.400	15.275	45.025
2.	Ryohei Kato	6.800	14.800	6.500	14.825	6.100	14.675	44.300
3.	Daniel Purvis	6.500	15.225	6.100	14.125	5.900	14.750	44.100
4.	Sergio Sasaki	6.700	15.150	6.100	14.300	5.700	14.375	43.825
5.	Fabian Gonzalez	6.200	15.000	6.100	14.850	5.200	13.900	43.750
6.	Marcel Nguyen	6.000	14.950	5.100	13.700	6.100	15.025	43.675
7.	Kazuhito Tanaka	6.100	14.900	5.800	13.775	6.000	14.125	42.800

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Written by Amanda Turner Sunday, 31 March 2013 22:41

Mustafina, Vernyayev Win Zakharova Cup

(11 votes, average 3.91 out of 5)

Aliya Mustafina (Russia) and Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine) led their teams to victory en route to all-around titles at the 12th Stella Zakharova Cup, held Saturday and Sunday in Kiev.

Aliya Mustafina (Russia) and Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine) led their teams to victory en route to all-around titles at the 12th Stella Zakharova Cup, held Saturday and Sunday in Kiev.

The competition is organized by Stella Zakharova, a member of the gold medal-winning Soviet squads at the 1980 Olympics and 1981 Worlds. This year's event included nearly 60 gymnasts from 14 nations competing at Kiev's Sports Palace, with many gymnasts using the competition served as a final warm-up before next month's European championshipsin Moscow.

The Russian women topped Ukraine in the team competition. 2012 Olympian Yu Minobe led Japan to third.

Mustafina — who looks ready to claim her first European championship all-around title — easily won the all-around despite sitting down her 2 1/2, layout front full on floor exercise. She notched the top scores on the other three events, including the high score of the all-around (15.40) for a watered-down version of her Olympic gold medal-winning uneven bars set. She left out her standing Arabian on beam but impressed with her unusual switch half, Onodi, double turn series (6.5 Difficulty score).

Reigning European champion Anna Dementeyva (Russia) took second all-around over Ukraine's Kristina Sankova.

In finals, Mustafina won uneven bars (15.50) but dropped off beam on another ambitious series: front aerial, wolf jump, side aerial, sissone, side somi. Dementyeva, despite regular troubles landing her tumbling, won floor exercise with impeccable artistry. The host team took golds in finals from Sankova on balance beam and Yelena Vasilyeva on vault.

Like their Russian women, the Ukrainian men won the team competition and took the top two spots in the all-around. Vernyayev also fell on floor exercise but won the all-around title comfortably by more than 4 points. The 19-year-old Olympian earned his top mark on parallel bars with a 15.80 (6.8 D).

Mykyta Yermak finished second behind his teammate. Russia's Kirill Prokopyev, the 2012 Junior European champion on floor exercise, claimed third all-around.

Vernyayev won floor exercise, pommel horse and high bar in finals, but scratched from the parallel bars final, where teammate Georgy Petrosyan took the title. Yermak won vault while Russia's Pavel Pavlov won still rings.

Vernyayev, also a top candidate for the European crown, next heads to Japan for next weekend's FIG World Cup in Tokyo. He said he plans to keep adding difficulty to his routines to keep pace.

"Basically, the program is already there, but we need to add more, because the gymnasts world doesn't slow down, it keeps increasing," he said. "Asians, Americans, Europeans, all keep raising the level."

Zakharova, never at a loss for words, praised the level of competition on hand.

"I want the people who say gymnastics is not spectacular and is not important to spend time and money on to take another look," she said. "In fact we wiped the floor with those people today."

External Link: Official Website

12th Stella Zakharova Cup
March 30-31, Kiev

Women's Team		VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Russia	28.25	29.85	29.50	28.10	115.70
	Anna Dementyeva	13.45	14.45	14.20	14.65
	Aliya Mustafina	14.80	15.40	15.20	13.45
	Polina Fyodorova	13.40	13.40	14.30	12.70

2.	Ukraine	27.70	26.55	25.45	27.30	107.00
	Kristina Sankova	13.70	12.55	12.90	14.70
	Yelena Vasilyeva	13.70	13.70	12.35	12.00
	Angelina Kysla	14.00	12.85	12.55	12.60

3.	Japan	25.70	26.05	27.20	27.15	106.10
	Noda Sakura	13.30	12.85	12.60	13.30
	Yu Minobe	12.10	13.20	14.60	13.85
	Natsuki Mizunaga	12.40	10.65	11.55	13.05

4.	Brazil	27.10	23.60	25.15	27.75	103.60
	Carolyne Pedro	13.50	10.40	12.65	13.40
	Ana Flávia Goncalves	12.95	12.45	12.25	13.85
	Tamires Veiga	13.60	11.15	12.50	13.90

5.	Ukraine	25.55	24.10	26.25	24.75	100.65
	Daria Kloptsova	12.40	12.40	12.90	12.15
	Olesya Sazonova	13.15	11.70	13.35	12.60

6.	Uzbekistan	26.25	23.55	25.15	25.10	100.05
	Dilnoza Abdusalimova	13.50	11.75	12.50	13.00
	Asal Saparbaieva	12.75	9.60	12.60	11.65
	Yelena Rega	12.70	11.80	12.55	12.10

7.	Belarus	25.90	24.65	22.60	21.50	94.65
	Nadezhda Mushinskаya	12.80	12.35	11.05	10.85
	Anastasia Yekimenko	13.10	9.60	11.55	10.65
	Anastasia Miklashevich		12.30	9.80

Men's Team		FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Ukraine 1	28.1	29.95	28.70	29.90	30.25	28.20	175.10
	Mykyta Yermak	14.3	14.50	13.45	15.00	14.45	13.75
	Yevgeny Yudenkov	13.5	13.05	13.60	14.00	13.30	12.40
	Oleg Vernyayev	13.9	15.45	15.10	14.90	15.80	14.45

2.	Russia	26.8	26.20	27.85	27.70	28.90	25.50	162.95
	Kirill Prokopyev	14.0	12.50	13.05	13.90	14.00	13.50
	Pavel Pavlov	11.9	12.85	14.45	13.60	14.80	11.80
	Nikolai Kovinov	12.9	13.35	13.40	13.80	14.10	12.00

3.	Netherlands 2	27.9	27.35	26.15	27.50	26.95	25.60	161.45
	Michel Bletterman	13.6	13.90	13.20	12.00	13.75	12.10
	Karl Kosztka	12.5	11.00	12.95	13.20	13.15	12.60
	Casimir Schmidt	14.3	13.45	12.50	14.30	13.20	13.00

4.	Belarus	25.1	26.75	28.15	27.70	28.35	24.90	160.90
	Artyom Bykov	12.2	14.35	14.25	13.50	13.40	12.40
	Vasily Mikhalitsyn		11.60	13.90		14.80	11.10
	Stanislav Yezhov	12.9	12.40	12.10	14.20	13.55	12.50

4.	Ukraine 2	27.4	26.15	25.50	27.85	28.45	25.60	160.90
	Maksim Semyankiv	14.0	12.95	13.25	13.45	13.65	13.20
	Georgy Petrosyan	13.4	13.20	12.25	14.40	14.80	12.40
	Vladimir Gribuk	10.4	10.15	11.05	13.10	12.30	11.40

6.	Lithuania	26.4	27.40	25.85	26.45	28.65	24.75	159.50
	Rokas Guscinas		14.95			14.35
	Tomas Kuzmickas	13.7	12.45	12.80	13.20	14.30	12.80
	Vladislav Esaulov	12.7	10.60	13.05	13.25	12.00	11.95

7.	Hungary	27.2	27.10	26.10	26.10	27.90	24.80	159.20
	Levente Vagner	13.7	13.85	13.50	12.80	13.00	12.90
	Dávid Vecsernyes	13.2	12.65	12.60	12.80	14.00	11.90
	Nandor Szabo	13.6	13.25	12.10	13.30	13.90	10.50

8.	Netherlands 1	27.4	27.50	26.40	27.10	26.30	23.70	158.35
	Melvin Ornek		12.00	13.45		13.95	12.40
	Axel Quist	13.1	13.50	11.85	12.70	12.35	11.30
	Glenn Smink	14.3	14.00	12.95	14.40	11.30

9.	Uzbekistan	27.9	28.30	25.70	26.90	26.10	22.50	157.35
	Eduard Shaulov	14.3	13.90	12.35	13.90	13.25	10.90
	Otabek Masharipov	13.6	13.50	13.35	13.00	12.20	10.40
	Abdula Azimov	13.0	14.40	12.10	11.55	12.85	11.60

10.	Israel	11.5	12.80	24.75	26.85	25.40	24.10	125.40
	Maran Yanuka	11.5	12.80	11.65	12.65	13.10	11.10
	Itamar Weiss						13.00
	Tom Arnon			13.10	14.20	12.30

11.	Azerbaijan	24.6	23.05	11.70		13.35		72.65
	Ruslan Namazov		11.00	11.70
	Eldar Safarov	11.0				13.35
	Ughur Khalilbayli	13.6	12.05

12.	Kuwait	11.9	23.55		13.10		9.70	58.20
	Alqattan Ahmad	11.9	12.40		13.10
	Alghannam Fahad						9.70
	Almulla Saqer		11.15

Women's All-Around		VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Aliya Mustafina	5.8	14.80	6.3	15.40	6.5	15.20	5.3	13.45	58.85
2.	Anna Dementyeva	5.0	13.45	5.8	14.45	6.3	14.20	5.8	14.65	56.75
3.	Kristina Sankova	4.4	13.70	4.0	12.55	6.2	12.90	5.7	14.70	53.85
4.	Polina Fyodorova	4.8	13.40	5.2	13.40	5.8	14.30	5.2	12.70	53.80
5.	Yu Minobe	4.0	12.10	5.7	13.20	6.1	14.60	5.3	13.85	53.75
6.	Noda Sakura	5.0	13.30	5.4	12.85	5.6	12.60	5.3	13.30	52.05
7.	Angelina Kysla	5.0	14.00	5.4	12.85	5.2	12.55	5.3	12.60	52.00
8.	Yelena Vasilyeva	5.0	13.70	6.2	13.70	6.0	12.35	4.8	12.00	51.75
9.	Ana Flávia Goncalves	5.3	12.95	4.1	12.45	4.8	12.25	5.3	13.85	51.50
10.	Tamires Veiga	5.0	13.60	3.5	11.15	4.5	12.50	5.2	13.90	51.15
11.	Olesya Sazonova	4.4	13.15	5.2	11.70	5.3	13.35	4.8	12.60	50.80
12.	Dilnoza Abdusalimova	4.8	13.50	4.7	11.75	5.1	12.50	4.4	13.00	50.75
13.	Carolyne Pedro	5.0	13.50	3.5	10.40	5.2	12.65	5.2	13.40	49.95
14.	Daria Kloptsova	4.0	12.40	5.2	12.40	5.5	12.90	5.0	12.15	49.85
15.	Yelena Rega	4.2	12.70	4.8	11.80	4.8	12.55	5.0	12.10	49.15
16.	Natsuki Mizunaga	4.0	12.40	5.0	10.65	5.1	11.55	4.8	13.05	47.65
17.	Nadezhda Mushinskаya	4.2	12.80	4.1	12.35	4.6	11.05	3.5	10.85	47.05
18.	Asal Saparbaieva	4.8	12.75	4.6	9.60	4.7	12.60	4.7	11.65	46.60
19.	Anastasia Yekimenko	4.6	13.10	3.9	9.60	4.0	11.55	4.5	10.65	44.90
20.	Anastasia Miklashevich			5.2	12.30	4.8	9.80			22.10
21.	Ajda Bergoc							3.8	10.60	10.60

Men's All-Around		FX		PH		SR		VT		PB		HB		Total
1.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.1	13.85	6.6	15.45	6.4	15.10	6.0	14.90	6.8	15.80	6.5	14.45	89.55
2.	Mykyta Yermak	5.7	14.25	6.0	14.50	5.2	13.45	6.0	15.00	5.5	14.45	5.1	13.75	85.40
3.	Kirill Prokopyev	5.7	13.95	4.6	12.50	5.2	13.05	5.2	13.90	5.0	14.00	5.2	13.50	80.90
4.	Casimir Schmidt	6.0	14.30	5.0	13.45	5.4	12.50	5.6	14.30	5.2	13.20	4.9	13.00	80.75
5.	Maksim Semyankiv	5.4	14.00	5.7	12.95	5.2	13.25	4.4	13.45	5.5	13.65	6.0	13.20	80.50
6.	Georgy Petrosyan	5.9	13.35	5.0	13.20	4.7	12.25	5.2	14.40	5.9	14.80	5.1	12.40	80.40
7.	Artyom Bykov	4.5	12.15	5.7	14.35	5.7	14.25	4.4	13.50	5.0	13.40	5.1	12.40	80.05
8.	Yevgeny Yudenkov	5.4	13.50	4.6	13.05	5.7	13.60	5.2	14.00	5.5	13.30	5.2	12.40	79.85
9.	Vagner Levente	5.2	13.65	6.1	13.85	5.1	13.50	4.4	12.80	5.0	13.00	5.4	12.90	79.70
10.	Nikolai Kovinov	5.2	12.85	5.6	13.35	5.5	13.40	5.2	13.80	5.3	14.10	5.6	12.00	79.50
11.	Pavel Pavlov	5.0	11.85	4.6	12.85	6.2	14.45	5.6	13.60	5.8	14.80	4.6	11.80	79.35
12.	Tomas Kuzmickas	5.5	13.70	4.3	12.45	4.3	12.80	4.8	13.20	5.4	14.30	4.7	12.80	79.25
13.	Aduard Shaulov	5.6	14.30	5.2	13.90	4.5	12.35	4.8	13.90	4.7	13.25	4.6	10.90	78.60
14.	Michel Bletterman	5.8	13.60	5.3	13.90	5.0	13.20	4.8	12.00	5.4	13.75	4.7	12.10	78.55
15.	Stanislav Yezhov	5.6	12.90	5.0	12.40	5.5	12.10	5.2	14.20	5.0	13.55	5.0	12.50	77.65
16.	Dávid Vecsernyes	4.9	13.15	5.3	12.65	4.5	12.60	4.4	12.80	5.3	14.00	5.9	11.90	77.10
17.	Nandor Szabo	5.2	13.55	5.2	13.25	5.1	12.10	5.2	13.30	5.3	13.90	3.3	10.50	76.60
18.	Otabek Masharipov	5.6	13.55	5.2	13.50	5.0	13.35	5.2	13.00	5.6	12.20	3.5	10.40	76.00
19.	Abdula Azimov	4.7	13.00	5.8	14.40	4.6	12.10	3.0	11.55	4.4	12.85	3.4	11.60	75.50
20.	Karl Kosztka	5.1	12.45	4.0	11.00	4.9	12.95	4.4	13.20	4.8	13.15	4.9	12.60	75.35
21.	Axel Quist	4.7	13.10	5.3	13.50	4.3	11.85	4.4	12.70	3.8	12.35	4.1	11.30	74.80
22.	Vladislav Esaulov	4.7	12.70	4.0	10.60	5.0	13.05	4.4	13.25	4.0	12.00	3.7	11.95	73.55
23.	Maran Yanuka	4.6	11.50	4.6	12.80	4.1	11.65	4.4	12.65	4.7	13.10	4.8	11.10	72.80
24.	Vladimir Gribuk	5.6	10.40	3.8	10.15	4.4	11.05	5.6	13.10	4.7	12.30	3.6	11.40	68.40
25.	Glenn Smink	6.2	14.25	5.7	14.00	4.8	12.95	5.2	14.40	4.7	11.30			66.90
26.	Melvin Ornek			4.8	12.00	5.6	13.45			5.5	13.95	5.2	12.40	51.80
27.	Vasily Mikhalitsyn			5.6	11.60	5.4	13.90			5.8	14.80	4.8	11.10	51.40
28.	Tom Arnon					4.8	13.10	5.2	14.20	4.7	12.30			39.60
29.	Alqattan Ahmad	5.1	11.85	5.5	12.40			5.2	13.10					37.35
30.	Rokas Guscinas			6.5	14.95					5.4	14.35			29.30
31.	Filip Ude	6.1	14.05	6.3	14.50									28.55
32.	Ughur Khalilbayli	5.0	13.60	5.0	12.05									25.65
33.	Eldar Safarov	4.4	10.95							4.4	13.35			24.30
34.	Ruslan Namazov			5.0	11.00	3.9	11.70							22.70
35.	Itamar Weiss											5.0	13.00	13.00
36.	Almulla Saqer			4.5	11.15									11.15
37.	Alghannam Fahad											4.2	9.70	9.70

Women's Vault Final		D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Yelena Vasilyeva	5.0	8.975		13.975	13.900
		5.0	8.925	0.1	13.825
2.	Anna Dementyeva	5.0	7.500		12.500	13.000
		4.8	8.700		13.500
3.	Polina Fyodorova	4.4	8.625		13.025	12.950
		4.2	8.675		12.875
4.	Anastasia Yekimenko	4.6	8.675		13.275	12.713
		4.2	8.250	0.3	12.150
5.	Ana Flávia Goncalves	5.3	8.850	0.1	14.050	11.913
		5.0	8.775	2.0	13.775

Uneven Bars Final		D	E	Score
1.	Aliya Mustafina	6.3	9.200	15.500
2.	Anna Dementyeva	5.8	8.825	14.625
3.	Yelena Vasilyeva	6.1	8.100	14.200
4.	Angelina Kysla	5.4	8.175	13.575
5.	Noda Sakura	5.4	7.425	12.825
6.	Yu Minobe	5.0	7.500	12.500
7.	Ana Flávia Goncalves	4.0	8.350	12.350
8.	Anastasia Miklashevich	5.1	6.700	11.800

Balance Beam Final		D	E	Score
1.	Kristina Sankova	6.1	8.125	14.225
2.	Aliya Mustafina	6.2	7.575	13.775
3.	Yu Minobe	5.8	7.875	13.675
4.	Polina Fyodorova	5.4	7.800	13.200
5.	Carolyne Pedro	5.0	7.700	12.700
6.	Yelena Rega	5.2	6.900	12.100
7.	Olesya Sazonova	5.2	5.975	11.175
8.	Noda Sakura	5.5	5.325	10.825

Women's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Anna Dementyeva	5.8	8.075		13.875
2.	Kristina Sankova	5.7	8.075		13.775
3.	Tamires Veiga	5.2	7.825		13.025
4.	Polina Fyodorova	5.1	7.725		12.825
5.	Noda Sakura	4.9	7.950	0.1	12.750
6.	Dilnoza Abdusalimova	4.5	8.225		12.725
7.	Ana Flávia Goncalves	4.8	7.675		12.475

Men's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.6	8.200		14.800
2.	Casimir Schmidt	6.0	8.675		14.675
3.	Glenn Smink	6.2	8.325		14.525
4.	Kirill Prokopyev	6.0	8.500		14.500
5.	Filip Ude	5.6	8.875		14.475
6.	Tomas Kuzmickas	5.6	8.650		14.250
7.	Mykyta Yermak	5.8	8.425	0.1	14.125
8.	Eduard Shaulov	5.6	8.025		13.625

Pommel Horse Final		D	E	Score
1.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.6	8.975	15.575
2.	Mykyta Yermak	6.1	8.700	14.800
3.	Abdula Azimov	6.0	8.625	14.625
4.	Glenn Smink	5.7	7.875	13.575
5.	Aduard Shaulov	5.6	7.625	13.225
6.	Artyom Bykov	5.0	7.850	12.850
7.	Rokas Guscinas	6.5	6.250	12.750
8.	Filip Ude	5.5	7.225	12.725

Still Rings Final		D	E	Score
1.	Pavel Pavlov	6.2	8.450	14.650
2.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.6	7.925	14.525
3.	Artyom Bykov	5.7	8.275	13.975
4.	Melvin Ornek	5.6	8.175	13.775
5.	Vagner Levente	5.1	8.475	13.575
6.	Nikolai Kovinov	5.5	8.025	13.525
7.	Vasily Mikhalitsyn	5.4	7.950	13.350
8.	Yevgeny Yudenkov	5.3	7.050	12.350

Men's Vault Final		D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Mykyta Yermak	6.0	8.400	0.3	14.100	14.238
		5.2	9.175		14.375
2.	Glenn Smink	5.2	8.975		14.175	14.225
		5.2	9.075		14.275
3.	Casimir Schmidt	5.6	8.950		14.550	14.200
		5.2	8.650		13.850
4.	Stanislav Yezhov	5.2	9.200		14.400	13.763
		5.6	7.825	0.3	13.125
5.	Vladimir Gribuk	5.6	7.750		13.350	13.300
		4.4	8.850		13.250
6.	Alqattan Ahmad	5.2	8.800		14.000	13.150
		4	8.300		12.300
7.	Pavel Pavlov	5.6	7.850		13.450	12.888
		4.8	7.625	0.1	12.325
8.	Vladislav Esaulov	4.4	8.825		13.225	12.600
		3.2	8.775		11.975

Parallel Bars Final		D	E	Score
1.	Georgy Petrosyan	5.9	8.825	14.725
2.	Melvin Ornek	5.5	8.750	14.250
3.	Tomas Kuzmickas	5.4	8.625	14.025
4.	Pavel Pavlov	5.8	7.750	13.550
5.	Rokas Guscinas	5.4	8.125	13.525
6.	Dávid Vecsernyes	4.9	8.425	13.325
7.	Nikolai Kovinov	5.2	7.950	13.150
8.	Vasily Mikhalitsyn	5.8	6.775	12.575

High Bar Final		D	E	Score
1.	Oleg Vernyayev	6.2	8.425	14.625
2.	Mykyta Yermak	5.2	8.575	13.775
3.	Karl Kosztka	5.3	8.250	13.550
4.	Tomas Kuzmickas	5.0	8.250	13.250
5.	Vagner Levente	5.1	7.675	12.775
6.	Kirill Prokopyev	5.1	7.000	12.100

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Written by Amanda Turner Saturday, 30 March 2013 11:52

Ross Leads US Squad over Germany, Romania

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Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross led the U.S. women to first place over Germany and Romania in a tri-meet held Saturday in Chemnitz, Germany. Pictured: Sophie Scheder (Germany)

Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross led the U.S. women to first place over Germany and Romania in a tri-meet held Saturday in Chemnitz, Germany.

The U.S. squad, which competed last weekend in Jesolo, Italy, prevailed again with an easy victory, topping the host team by nearly 25 points. The Americans had the top team total on every event, with 61.200 on vault for two Amanars (Simone Biles and Lexie Priessman) and four double-twisting Yurchenkos.

Ross, second to Biles in Jesolo, scored 59.300 for first place in Chemnitz, where the American gymnasts swept the top six places in the senior all-around. Biles fell off bars on her Hindorff but had the top score on every other event, capped by 15.900 for her spectacular vault.

Peyton Ernst, who is scheduled to compete next weekend in the Tokyo World Cup, tied Biles for second all-around.

Germany put up a young team of four juniors and two first-year seniors. Çağla Akyol was the top all-arounder in seventh. 2012 Junior European uneven bars champion Sophie Scheder competed bars only but brought the high score for the home team with 13.900.

Romania sent a junior squad led by 2016 hopefuls Andreea E. Munteanu and Andreea Iridon. The team outscored Germany on balance beam, but was woeful on uneven bars with marks ranging from 10.600-12.900.

American Bailie Key, who won the junior title in Jesolo, topped Munteanu and Germany's Tabea Alt for another victory.

External Link: German Gymnastics Federation

2013 Germany vs. United States vs. Romania
March 30, Chemnitz, Germany

Team		VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	United States	61.200	57.900	58.450	56.500	234.050
	Kyla Ross	15.200	15.450	14.600	14.050
	Bailie Key	14.900	14.250	14.700	14.150
	Simone Biles	15.900	13.050	14.850	14.200
	Peyton Ernst	15.100	14.700	14.300	13.900
	Maggie Nichols	14.950	13.500	13.900	14.100
	Lexie Priessman	15.000	13.500	13.200	14.050

2.	Germany	55.350	51.700	51.800	51.750	210.600
	Tabea Alt	14.000	13.400	13.300	13.250
	Çağla Akyol	13.700	11.800	13.400	12.700
	Florine Harder	13.450	12.400	12.650	12.850
	Maike Enderle	14.200	11.100	12.450	12.950
	Pauline Tratz	13.400	12.000	11.850	12.700
	Sophie Scheder		13.900

3.	Romania	52.350	48.700	53.700	50.400	205.150
	Andreea Munteanu	13.800	12.750	14.500	13.650
	Andreea Iridon	13.500	12.900	13.500	12.400
	Paula Tudorache	12.400	12.450	13.750	11.800
	Diana Teodoru	12.650	10.600	11.950	12.550

4.	Mixed Team Germany/USA	40.750	51.950	37.700	38.700	169.100
	Brenna Dowell	14.650	14.550	13.550	13.650
	Pauline Schäfer	13.800	11.850	11.450	12.650
	Carina Kröll	12.300	12.100	12.700	12.400
	Amelia Hundley		13.450

Senior All-Around		VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Kyla Ross	6.4	15.200	6.0	15.450	5.3	14.600	5.3	14.050	59.300
2.	Simone Biles	6.3	15.900	5.9	13.050	6.3	14.850	6.0	14.200	58.000
2.	Peyton Ernst	5.8	15.100	5.7	14.700	6.2	14.300	5.6	13.900	58.000
4.	Maggie Nichols	5.8	14.950	5.7	13.500	5.7	13.900	5.7	14.100	56.450
5.	Brenna Dowell	5.8	14.650	6.0	14.550	5.8	13.550	5.8	13.650	56.400
6.	Lexie Priessman	6.3	15.000	5.7	13.500	5.4	13.200	5.9	14.050	55.750
7.	Çağla Akyol	5.0	13.700	5.4	11.800	5.5	13.400	5.5	12.700	51.600
8.	Pauline Schäfer	5.0	13.800	4.5	11.850	4.6	11.450	4.6	12.650	49.750
9.	Sophie Scheder	0.0	0.000	6.3	13.900	0.0	0.000	0.0	0.000	13.900

Junior All-Around		VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Bailie Key	5.8	14.900	5.4	14.250	6.2	14.700	5.8	14.150	58.000
2.	Andreea Munteanu	5.0	13.800	5.0	12.750	6.1	14.500	5.6	13.650	54.700
3.	Tabea Alt	5.0	14.000	5.3	13.400	5.2	13.300	5.1	13.250	53.950
4.	Andreea Iridon	5.0	13.500	5.4	12.900	5.4	13.500	5.0	12.400	52.300
5.	Florine Harder	5.0	13.450	5.2	12.400	4.9	12.650	5.0	12.850	51.350
6.	Maike Enderle	5.0	14.200	5.5	11.100	5.3	12.450	5.0	12.950	50.700
7.	Paula Tudorache	4.0	12.400	4.9	12.450	5.6	13.750	4.2	11.800	50.400
8.	Pauline Tratz	4.4	13.400	5.0	12.000	4.9	11.850	4.9	12.700	49.950
9.	Carina Kröll	4.0	12.300	4.9	12.100	4.8	12.700	5.0	12.400	49.500
10.	Diana Teodoru	4.0	12.650	4.8	10.600	5.3	11.950	4.9	12.550	47.750
11.	Amelia Hundley			6.0	13.450					13.450

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Written by Amanda Turner Friday, 29 March 2013 14:01

Romania Rules Final Day at Doha Challenge Cup

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Romanian gymnasts captured three of five gold medals Friday as the 6th Doha World Challenge Cup concluded in Qatar.

Larisa Iordache (Romania)

Olympian Larisa Iordache took the gold medal on balance beam with a wobble-free set, tumbling a ff tucked full, a round off layout/piked full, and a RO ff, triple twist dismount.

China's Zeng Siqi claimed second with a beautiful routine, highlighted by a ff, ff, two-foot layout, sissone series. British champion Gabby Jupp, third on uneven bars on Thursday, grabbed another bronze medal with a steady routine (ff, layout, layout; double turn; RO double pike).

Romanian Olympian Diana Bulimar won women's floor exercise with dynamic tumbling (double layout; tucked full-in; 1 1/2 to double tuck; double pike). Iordache was second (tucked double-double out of bounds; tucked full-in; triple twist; quad turn; double tuck).

Zeng won the bronze medal, displaying the most artistry in a well-choreograped routine set to tango music.

In the men's competition, North Korean phenom Ri Se Gwang barely stood up both his ultra-difficult vaults, piked Dragulescu and full-twisting double Tsukahara, to take the title. Vietnam's Le Thanh Phuong displayed impressive form en route to second (Kasamatsu 1 1/2; double-twisting layout handspring front).

Romanian Andrei Vasile Muntean — one of two gymnasts named Andrei Muntean on the Romanian national team — won parallel bars with a well-executed set, complete with a double pike dismount. North Korea's Kim Jin Hyok's 6.8-Difficulty set was the highest of the final (Tanaka immediate straddle cut), but ragged execution kept him in second over China's Liao Qiuhua.

Europeans swept the medals on high bar, with Croatia's Marijo Moznik topping Jeffrey Wammes and Switzerland's Oliver Hegi.

FIG competition continues April 6-7 in Tokyo with the final all-around World Cup of the 2012-2013 season.

Read "Growing Pains," an interview with Larisa Iordache, in the March 2013 issue of International Gymnast Magazine. To subscribe or order back issues, click here.

External Link: Official Website

6th Doha FIG World Challenge Cup
March 29, Doha, Qatar

Balance Beam Final		D	E	Score
1.	Larisa Iordache	6.7	8.800	15.500
2.	Zeng Siqi	6.6	8.550	15.150
3.	Gabrielle Jupp	5.9	8.550	14.450
4.	Diana Bulimar	5.7	8.650	14.350
5.	Ilaria Käslin	5.2	8.375	13.575
6.	Teja Belak	5.5	8.025	13.525
7.	Jessica Diacci	5.7	7.500	13.200
8.	Ang Tracie	5.0	7.325	12.325

Women's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Diana Bulimar	5.9	8.725		14.625
2.	Larisa Iordache	6.1	8.425	0.1	14.425
3.	Zeng Siqi	5.5	8.550		14.050
4.	Gabrielle Jupp	5.5	8.575	0.1	13.975
5.	Kirsten Beckett	5.3	8.450		13.750
6.	Zhang Qing	5.1	8.625		13.725
7.	Lisa-Katharina Hill	5.1	8.200	0.3	13.000
8.	Ilaria Käslin	5.4	7.425	0.3	12.525

Men's Vault Final		D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Ri Se Gwang	6.4	9.050	0.1	15.350	15.137
		6.4	8.825	0.3	14.925
2.	Le Thanh Phuong	5.6	9.475		15.075	15.062
		5.6	9.450		15.050
3.	Artur Davtyan	6.0	9.400		15.400	14.937
		5.2	9.375	0.1	14.475
4.	Shek Wai Hung	6.0	8.975		14.975	14.925
		5.6	9.275		14.875
5.	Flavius Koczi	6.0	9.175		15.175	14.837
		5.6	8.900		14.500
6.	Cuong Hoang	5.6	9.125		14.725	14.662
		5.6	9.000		14.600
7.	Yusuke Saito	6.0	9.100	0.1	15.000	14.487
		5.6	8.475	0.1	13.975
8.	Liao Qiuhua	6.0	7.825	0.3	13.525	13.675
		6.0	7.825		13.825

Parallel Bars Final		D	E	Score
1.	Andrei V. Muntean	6.4	8.925	15.325
2.	Kim Jin Hyok	6.8	8.425	15.225
3.	Liao Qiuhua	6.5	8.500	15.000
4.	Cuong Hoang	6.1	8.800	14.900
5.	Jorian Ilbrink	5.9	8.650	14.550
6.	Marius Berbecar	6.0	8.425	14.425
7.	Artur Davtyan	4.9	9.250	14.150
8.	Mahmood Alsadi	5.4	8.200	13.600
9	Luke Wiwatowski	5.4	-5.400

High Bar Final		D	E	Score
1.	Marijo Moznik	6.4	8.525	14.925
2.	Jeffrey Wammes	6.2	8.675	14.875
3.	Oliver Hegi	5.9	8.925	14.825
4.	Theo Seager	6.2	8.550	14.750
5.	Arthur Mariano	6.1	8.575	14.675
6.	Kim Kwang Chun	6.3	8.275	14.575
7.	Nicolás Cordoba	5.9	8.575	14.475
8.	Francisco Barretto	6.1	7.550	13.650