Russian Olympian Anastasia Grishina won a second title on Sunday as the 37th Tournament of Masters/FIG World Challenger Cup concluded in Cottbus, Germany. Pictured: Women's floor exercise champion Maegan Chant (Canada)
Russian Olympian Anastasia Grishina won a second title on Sunday as the 37th Tournament of Masters/FIG World Challenger Cup concluded in Cottbus, Germany.
Grishina, who claimed the uneven bars title on Saturday, also won balance beam to become the only double winner this weekend.
Now training under Viktor Razumovsky and Irina Razumovksaya, Grishina looked like a completely new gymnast, confidentaly hitting a near-perfect balance beam set (roundoff, two-foot layout; side somi; front aerial to consecutive sissones; Onodi to illusion; RO double pike with a slight hop forward) for 14.600, with a rather stingy 8.8 Execution score.
Anastasia Grishina (Russia) won two titles in Cottbus.Two-time Greek Olympian Vasiliki Millousi — whose routine is a true artistic performance — as took second with an elegant set featuring a layout mount; side aerial; switch ring; side somi; front aerial, ff; RO double pike). European champion Anna Dementyeva (Russia) had the highest Difficulty score of the final with 6.0 (switch ring; Onodi; front aerial to sheep; side aerial, sissone, wolf; RO two-foot layout; original split ring leap; triple twist), but several large breaks cost her.
Canadian first-year senior Maegan Chant (double layout and piked full-in) won the women's floor exercise title. All the competitors seemed to struggle with the floor mat, with most uncharacteristically struggling with more than one tumbling pass. Dementyeva, the top qualifier, had serious landing errors as well (two whips to short triple twist; stumble backward on double tuck; 2 1/2 punch front out of bounds) but her artistic presentation and real choreography set her apart from most of the routines seen today.
Dutch gymnast Nöel van Klaveren, who used Beethoven's "Für Elise" as her music, won the bronze medal with the highest Execution score of the final (8.075).
Two-time Olympian Jessica Lopez (Venezuela) had the tricks and presentation to take the title, but stumbled backward out of bounds on her full-in mount, nearly flew out of the area on her whip-triple twist, and landed short on her double pike dismount.
U.S. Olympian Jake Dalton won the men's vault title with a double-twisting Kasamatsu and a stuck double-twisting layout handspring front. Russian newcomer Mikhail Kudashov took second with a huge handspring double front and a Tsukahara 2 1/2. Top qualifier Shek Wai Hung (Hong Kong) boomed his double-twisting Kasamatsu, but sat down his handspring double front to place fifth.
Vietnamese gymnast Nguyen Ha Thanh claimed the title in an excellent parallel bars final, in which only one gymnast missed his routine. Nguyen showed impeccable handstands and body line en route the only Execution score above 9.0.
Andreas Bretschneider closed the competition with a gold medal for Germany on high bar (Tak-full to Yamawaki; Cassina; Kolman; stuck layout double-double). Japan's Koji Uematsu tied for second with Israeli Olympian Alexander Shatilov.
Prior to the final awards ceremony, the audience at Lausitz Arena was treated to a floor exhibition from 87-year-old Johanna Quaas, possibly the world's oldest active gymnast. The video of Quaas' performance after the 2012 Tournament of Masters, when she was 86 years old, became a viral sensation one year ago. The video, which has since garnered more than 5 million YouTube views, sparked media requests for interviews and appearances with Quaas.
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37th Tournament of Masters/FIG World Challenger Cup March 24, Cottbus, Germany
| Balance Beam Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. |
Anastasia Grishina |
 |
5.8 |
8.800 |
|
14.600 |
| 2. |
Vasiliki Millousi |
 |
5.7 |
8.600 |
|
14.300 |
| 3. |
Anna Dementyeva |
 |
6.0 |
8.275 |
0.1 |
14.175 |
| 4. |
Nöel van Klaveren |
 |
5.1 |
8.425 |
|
13.525 |
| 5. |
María Paula Vargas |
 |
5.8 |
7.525 |
|
13.325 |
| 6. |
Ana Filipa Martins |
 |
4.9 |
8.175 |
|
13.075 |
| 7. |
Oksana Chusovitina |
 |
5.5 |
7.650 |
0.1 |
13.050 |
| 8. |
Dilnoza Abdusalimova |
 |
5.1 |
7.850 |
0.1 |
12.850 |
| Women's Floor Exercise Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. |
Maegan Chant |
 |
5.7 |
8.050 |
|
13.750 |
| 2. |
Anna Dementyeva |
 |
5.8 |
7.875 |
0.1 |
13.575 |
| 3. |
Nöel van Klaveren |
 |
5.4 |
8.075 |
|
13.475 |
| 4. |
Cagla Akyol |
 |
5.3 |
8.000 |
0.2 |
13.100 |
| 5. |
Jessica Lopez |
 |
5.6 |
7.575 |
0.3 |
12.875 |
| 6. |
Silvia Colussi-Pelaez |
 |
5.2 |
7.875 |
0.3 |
12.775 |
| 7. |
Jasmin Mader |
 |
4.9 |
7.850 |
|
12.750 |
| 7. |
Ana Filipa Martins |
 |
4.7 |
8.050 |
|
12.750 |
| Men's Vault | D | E | ND | Score | Average |
| 1. |
Jake Dalton |
 |
6.0 |
9.250 |
|
15.250 |
15.187 |
|
5.6 |
9.525 |
|
15.125 |
|
| 2. |
Mikhail Kudashov |
 |
5.6 |
9.350 |
|
14.950 |
14.825 |
|
5.6 |
9.100 |
|
14.700 |
|
| 3. |
Caio Souza |
 |
5.6 |
9.325 |
0.1 |
14.825 |
14.512 |
|
5.2 |
9.100 |
0.1 |
14.200 |
|
| 4. |
Marco Walter |
 |
5.6 |
9.275 |
0.1 |
14.775 |
14.475 |
|
5.2 |
8.975 |
|
14.175 |
|
| 5. |
Andrey Medvedev |
 |
5.6 |
9.150 |
|
14.750 |
14.462 |
|
6.0 |
8.475 |
0.3 |
14.175 |
|
| 5. |
Shek Wai Hung |
 |
6.0 |
9.325 |
0.1 |
15.225 |
14.462 |
|
5.6 |
8.100 |
|
13.700 |
|
| 7. |
Pavel Bulavsky |
 |
5.6 |
9.400 |
|
15.000 |
14.325 |
|
6.0 |
7.950 |
0.3 |
13.650 |
|
| 8. |
Arthur Mariano |
 |
5.6 |
8.875 |
0.1 |
14.375 |
14.275 |
|
5.4 |
8.875 |
0.1 |
14.175 |
|
| Parallel Bars Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. |
Nguyen Ha Thanh |
 |
6.3 |
9.075 |
|
15.375 |
| 2. |
Vasileios Tsolakidis |
 |
6.5 |
8.800 |
|
15.300 |
| 3. |
Lucas Fischer |
 |
6.5 |
8.725 |
|
15.225 |
| 4. |
Brandon Wynn |
 |
6.6 |
8.475 |
|
15.075 |
| 5. |
Alexander Tsarevich |
 |
6.6 |
8.425 |
|
15.025 |
| 6. |
Koji Uematsu |
 |
6.7 |
8.250 |
|
14.950 |
| 7. |
Nikita Ignatyev |
 |
6.4 |
8.375 |
|
14.775 |
| 8. |
Shogo Nonomura |
 |
5.9 |
7.125 |
|
13.025 |
| High Bar Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. |
Andreas Bretschneider |
 |
6.8 |
8.225 |
|
15.025 |
| 2. |
Koji Uematsu |
 |
7.1 |
7.875 |
|
14.975 |
| 2. |
Alexander Shatilov |
 |
6.5 |
8.475 |
|
14.975 |
| 4. |
Umit Samiloglu |
 |
7.0 |
7.625 |
|
14.625 |
| 5. |
Glen Ishino |
 |
5.9 |
8.700 |
|
14.600 |
| 6. |
Alexander Tsarevich |
 |
6.3 |
8.225 |
|
14.525 |
| 7. |
Kristof Schroe |
 |
5.9 |
7.250 |
|
13.150 |
| 8. |
Igor Pakhomenko |
 |
5.3 |
6.100 |
|
11.400 |
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