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Written by Amanda Turner    Tuesday, 05 March 2013 18:10    PDF Print
Central Teams Win Russian Championships
(8 votes, average 4.00 out of 5)



Central dealt defeat to Moscow in narrowly capturing the team titles for both men and women as the Russian championships continued this week in Penza. Pictured: Recent Russian citizen Nikolai Kuksenkov (back left) led Central to the men's team title.

Central dealt defeat to Moscow in narrowly capturing the team titles for both men and women as the Russian championships continued this week in Penza.

The men and women matched medals, with Moscow winning silver and Volga bronze Monday and Tuesday at the Burtasy Sports Palace.

Two-time Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva led her Central squad to the women's team title, edging defending champion Moscow by just one tenth of a point. Afanasyeva contributed the top scores on both vault (Yurchenko double full with a large step to the side, 15.000) and floor exercise (double layout; two whips to triple twist; 2 1/2 twist; double pike).

Central earned the top team total on vault, with 14.800 from first-time senior Yevgenia Shelgunova and two-time Olympian Anna Pavlova. Shelgunova, who competed with a large back brace, showed good content on uneven bars (toe-on full to Maloney; piked Tkatchev to Pak salto; toe-blind to Jaeger; full-twisting double) but the judges were not impressed with her sloppy execution (13.300).

World and Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina, who won the all-around title Sunday, contributed three hit routines (15.250 on vault, 15.450 on uneven bars and 15.200 on balance beam) but mistakes from her teammates kept Moscow out of first. Olympic vault bronze medalist Maria Paseka earned the highest mark on vault for her Amanar (15.750), however.

2012 Ukrainian Olympian Nikolai Kuksenkov hit four events to lead Central to the men's title. Kuksenkov, who has been training under Vladimir coach Igor Kalabushkin since after last summer's Olympic Games, received Russian citizenship at the end of 2012. He had the top scores of the day on pommel horse (15.250), and contributed 14.700 on still rings, 15.000 on parallel bars and 14.550 on high bar.

Olympian Alexander Balandin had the best mark on still rings with 15.450 to help Central win its narrow victory. .350 ahead of Moscow.

European high bar champion Emin Garibov helped Moscow take second, with the top scores on parallel bars (15.100) and high bar (15.550). Penza native Denis Ablyazin, whose scores counted for both Moscow (where he trains) and Central, outscored the field on floor exercise (15.250) and vault (15.300), and earned 15.250 on still rings (15.250).

Men's all-around champion David Belyavsky contributed six events for the fifth-place team from the Urals.

Competition continues Wednesday in Penza with the first day of event finals.

2013 Russian Championships
March 4-5, Penza

Women's TeamVTUBBBFXTotal
1.Central44.60041.50039.60041.150166.850
Yevgenia Shelgunova14.80013.300
Ksenia Afanasyeva15.00012.75014.450
Anna Pavlova14.80013.30013.100
Anna Dementyeva14.40013.55013.600
Yuna Nefyodova13.800
Yulia Chemaryova
2.Moscow44.20042.80040.90038.850166.750
Anastasia Grishina13.20014.75013.75013.950
Aliya Mustafina15.25015.40015.200
Maria Paseka15.75012.650
Anna Myzdrikova11.95013.150
Alla Sosnitskaya11.750
Anastasia Marchuk
3.Volga42.75039.60040.20039.450162.000
Olga Bikmurzina14.25013.250
Maria Smirnova13.700
Polina Fyodorova11.90013.800
Alyona Polyan12.85012.600
Anna Dementyeva14.40013.55013.600
Yevgenia Shelgunova14.80013.300
4.St. Petersburg42.15039.20039.05039.300159.700
Tatiana Nabiyeva14.05014.500
Yekaterina Kramarenko14.25013.80013.35012.800
Maria Dunayeva13.150
Anastasia Cheong12.55013.300
Alla Sidorenko
Lilia Akhaimova13.85010.90013.200
5.Northwest40.15037.65036.10036.500150.400
Kristina Goryunova14.050
Eleonora Goryunova13.05010.45012.400
Anna Vanyushkina13.20011.800
Daria Anishina13.90011.90012.300
Tatiana Kirilova11.70012.500
Maria Dunayeva13.150
6.South40.65035.55033.40037.900147.500
Natalia Medvedeva13.40012.800
Yekaterina Baturina12.10013.70013.650
Valeria Golenischeva11.800
Anastasia Osetrova13.90011.65011.45011.450
Yelena Klyuchkova
Irina Andreyeva13.3508.250
7.Siberia39.65034.40033.70035.500143.250
Maria Nechayeva13.00013.00011.35011.750
Olga Tyo13.55011.0009.95011.600
Yekaterina Shtronda13.10010.40012.40012.150
8.Urals38.60026.55032.15032.550129.850
Anna Solomeina9.70011.55011.250
Anastasia Kuznetsova7.00010.850
Yelena Tyapkova12.600
Maria Popova12.55011.050
Francheska Yanayeva13.4509.8509.55010.450

Men's TeamFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.Central42.75043.60043.70043.60044.65041.650259.950
Alexander Balandin15.40014.750
Andrei Perevoznikov14.950
Anton Neudakin14.40014.55013.600
Kirill Prokopyev14.05013.40013.60014.550
Kirill Ignatenkov14.30014.50014.90013.500
Nikolai Kuksenkov15.25014.70015.00014.550
2.Moscow42.90043.20041.75044.60044.25042.900259.600
Emin Garibov14.80013.90015.10015.550
Denis Ablyazin15.25015.25015.300
Dmitry Stolyarov14.55014.95014.70013.850
Alexander Fafashkin13.85012.60014.450
Alexei Rostov13.85013.500
Vyacheslav Veselov13.80014.350
3.Volga42.55041.05043.75043.95043.25040.100254.650
Denis Ablyazin15.25015.25015.30013.100
Pavel Pavlov13.30014.40014.65014.650
Dmitry Kharkov14.150
Vilyam Katyn13.800
Sergei Stepanov12.90014.00013.100
Pavel Russinyak14.00014.35014.10014.45013.900
4.Siberia42.90042.00042.40044.30042.95039.400253.950
Igor Pakhomenko14.65013.85015.00012.800
Nikita Ignatyev14.30014.60015.05014.000
Andrei Cherkasov14.55013.10014.85014.800
Daniil Kazachkov13.70014.70012.600
Grigory Zyryanov13.85014.45013.100
Yaroslav Maksyukov
5.Urals42.40040.75041.35044.05042.40039.800250.750
David Belyavsky14.80014.95014.00015.10013.90013.850
Mikhail Kudashov14.10013.55013.90014.200
Nikita Lezhankin13.450
Sergei Danilenko12.25014.30012.350
Roman Suetin13.50014.75014.20013.600
Vladimir Grigorkin
6.St. Petersburg40.30040.10040.75042.10041.30037.200241.750
Vladislav Kozin13.00013.60013.85013.45013.000
Eldar Yunusov14.50013.20014.100
Alexander Ilyin
Dmitry Gogotov14.95014.15013.95014.15015.05012.800
Gleb Garmash12.35012.800
Timofei Danyuk11.45011.400
7.Northwest39.60036.55042.00038.25042.05037.200235.650
Filipp Chuglazov13.50010.55013.30013.45012.050
Maxim Khodykin12.00013.30012.40011.650
Matvei Petrov11.80014.00010.300
Kirill Ignatenkov14.30014.50014.90013.500
Alexander Balandin15.40014.750
8.Far East23.80022.65011.70025.85024.05011.100119.150
Mikhail Tarlo12.40011.30011.70012.65013.30011.100
Pavel Belousov11.40011.35013.20010.750

International Gymnast Magazine's coverage of Russian gymnastics includes:

March 2013 - Grishina interview
January/February 2013 - Mustafina center poster
September 2012 - Olympic Games special issue
July/August 2012 - Mustafina and Komova on cover photo collage, Olympic Games preview
May 2012 - "Up for the Challenge" (Komova interview)
January/February 2012 - "Poised for Perfection (Afanasyeva cover photo and interview)
December 2011 - World Championships special issue
June 2011 - "Russian Intensity" (Nabiyeva interview)
May 2011 - Dementyeva and Mustafina on cover (May 2011)
January/February 2011 - "The Mustafina Mystique" (Mustafina profile)
December 2010 - Mustafina on cover, World Championships special issue
October 2010 - Komova on cover, World Championships preview
July/August 2010 - Komova on cover photo collage
June 2010 - Komova on cover

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Written by Amanda Turner    Monday, 04 March 2013 12:52    PDF Print
Whelan, Whitlock Win English Championships
(1 vote, average 5.00 out of 5)



Two-time Olympian Hannah Whelan and double Olympic bronze medalist Max Whitlock won the senior titles at the 2013 English Gymnastics Championships, held at the Europa Gymnastics Centre in Kent.

Two-time Olympian Hannah Whelan and double Olympic bronze medalist Max Whitlock won the senior titles at the 2013 English Gymnastics Championships, held at the Europa Gymnastics Centre in Kent.

The championships featured nearly 250 English gymnasts, as well as some non-English guests, competing in three age groups.

Whelan (City of Liverpool) topped Niamh Rippin (Notts) and Laura Edwards (Dynamo) to take the senior women's title.

2000 Olympian Lisa Mason made a return to competition, competing vault and balance beam. Mason, who turned 31 on Feb. 26., won the senior vault title with a Yurchenko layout half (13.250) and a stuck piked handspring front (13.200). She is aiming to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Whitlock (South Essex) scored 89.400 to take the Senior B men's title and won the pommel horse title with an outstanding 15.967. Reiss Beckford, also of South Essex, won the silver (87.100) over Olympian Sam Oldham of (86.333).

Olympian Daniel Purvis (Southport YMCA) scored 87.568, but was ineligble for the silver medal as he represents Scotland.

2009 world all-around silver medalist Daniel Keatings (who also represents Scotland) competed three events, scoring 15.067 on pommel horse, 15.100 on parallel bars and 13.200 on high bar.

External Link: English Gymnastics

2013 English Gymnastics Championships
March 1-3, Kent

Senior Women's All-AroundVTUBBBFXTotal
1.Hannah WhelanCity of Liverpool5.014.0005.711.9505.713.5505.412.60052.100
2.Niamh RippinNotts5.313.1504.412.2505.112.4005.713.30051.100
3.Laura EdwardsDynamo5.013.6005.713.2505.212.5504.811.60051.000
4.Ruby HarroldThe Academy5.013.9006.212.7005.011.7504.912.50050.850
5.Charlie FellowsCity of Liverpool5.013.5505.512.8005.011.7505.512.70050.800
6.Kelly SimmDynamo5.013.5505.012.2505.413.0505.310.75049.600
7.Loriah JamesHeathrow5.013.6003.911.4504.712.3504.811.95049.350
8.Jocelyn HuntHorsham5.314.1004.79.9505.212.3005.412.40048.750
9.Kirsty BaldwinNotts4.012.5503.411.4004.311.3504.712.15047.450
10.Lucy BrettThe Academy4.012.6004.511.8504.011.1504.411.80047.400
11.Jasmine Reed-YangThe Academy4.012.6505.511.8003.711.0004.911.90047.350
12.Iona TheobaldHorsham5.013.3504.611.4503.69.5504.512.65047.000
13.Katy BramleyNotts4.413.2503.510.6004.311.8504.311.10046.800
*Hollie MooreThe Academy4.012.6004.711.4504.810.6504.811.70046.400
14.Maisie DoddsThe Academy4.012.5004.811.5004.610.5503.710.85045.400
15.Eleanor ThompsonSapphire4.613.1502.910.0504.29.2504.912.70045.150
16.Nicole PavierNotts4.212.5004.210.9504.710.4004.411.10044.950
17.Eleanor CliffordColchester4.412.8002.79.9004.510.4004.311.80044.900
18.Mollie PaytonHeathrow4.412.8004.610.9504.410.5004.510.20044.450
19.Stevie HarrowPipers Vale4.012.7004.510.8505.210.8004.49.65044.000
20.Beth DonaldsonSouth Durham4.012.6502.99.9503.910.2504.610.55043.400
21.Katie CarterPinewood4.412.8002.08.7003.210.0504.111.45043.000
22.Charlotte BennettThe Academy4.012.4503.79.7003.98.7504.511.20042.100
23.Natasha WalkerYork4.212.4003.28.6004.49.3003.910.65040.950
24.Chloe WoodPipers Vale4.011.3004.58.9503.78.4004.410.60039.250
25.Louise OrchardLoughborough4.012.5502.09.2002.68.2503.08.00038.000
26.Olivia BlatchEuropa4.211.3002.09.1503.210.10030.550
27.Lisa MasonHuntingdon4.713.2504.19.90023.150
28.Rebecca HallCity Of Leeds4.412.1504.59.40021.550
29.Caitlin KickhamUckfield4.19.2504.19.80019.050
30.Becky DownieNotts6.214.30014.300
31.Charlotte LindsleyHeathrow4.411.05011.050
32.Hannah WadeCity Of Leeds3.410.05010.050
33.Jessica NicholsonCity Of Leeds4.28.7508.750

Senior B Men's All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.Max WhitlockSouth Essex6.615.0006.615.9675.514.8005.613.9006.015.0336.014.70089.400
*Daniel PurvisSouthport YMCA6.413.3676.115.3675.914.6335.615.0676.314.9675.914.16787.568
2.Reiss BeckfordSouth Essex6.314.6005.514.0006.114.7335.214.7336.214.1676.414.86787.100
3.Sam OldhamHuntingdon6.313.9006.014.7335.914.6335.613.3676.314.9676.514.73386.333
4.Matthew FirthCity Of Leeds5.714.6675.814.0675.314.3675.214.7676.014.8335.512.60085.301
5.Frank BainesSouthport YMCA6.014.1335.212.7674.713.7335.214.4336.014.7335.914.80084.599
6.Samuel HunterNotts5.813.6005.712.6005.014.2335.214.7335.614.0005.613.56782.733
7.Mitchell JarvisLoughborough5.413.8003.711.7335.514.6675.214.7004.913.3004.513.40081.600
8.Cameron MackenzieHuntingdon6.113.8674.812.1005.713.8335.613.4335.413.3005.013.93380.166
9.Tom GibbsHuntingdon5.512.2005.113.2675.514.2675.212.5005.414.0674.613.03379.334
10.William TroodHinckley5.012.6675.113.1005.013.6004.413.1675.613.3004.511.93377.767
*Luke CarsonHuntingdon4.713.6334.712.3334.913.7004.413.1005.013.8332.09.20075.799
11.Theo SeagerBury6.313.5006.314.8676.015.3336.114.4676.215.03373.200
*Robert HunterCMIG5.011.0004.59.9674.612.6335.213.0004.711.7673.812.00070.367
*Harry OwenLoughborough4.911.4004.412.1333.78.0674.413.5674.712.5004.312.30069.967
12.Duncan CrichtonHeathrow4.312.6673.210.2004.011.8004.412.7003.29.2002.510.60067.167
13.Tim GatesHawth4.512.9332.29.5003.111.4333.611.6673.010.4672.510.26766.267
*Harshul MeasuriaCMIG4.012.5333.010.7331.99.7332.011.3333.211.4331.86.53362.298
14.Tim ChampionExeter4.112.4003.612.4003.912.3333.611.76748.900
15.Minesh DesaiTolworth4.911.2005.312.2004.412.5674.111.90047.867
*Tom BarnesRushmoor3.912.1002.310.2003.612.8003.412.30047.400
16.Ross MoreyTolworth5.311.7333.011.5004.310.6673.512.03345.933
17.Nathan SinclairFlying Angels4.511.4002.29.5673.612.8333.111.53345.333
18.Ashley WatsonCity Of Leeds5.414.2004.814.2006.515.30043.700
*Daniel KeatingsHuntingdon6.315.0676.515.1005.413.20043.367
19.Robert PayneLoughborough5.013.9335.413.7334.612.10039.766
*Chris O'ConnorTolworth5.913.56713.567

Senior A Men's All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.Nile WilsonCity Of Leeds5.113.4335.714.7335.114.4005.214.2675.814.9005.314.20085.933
2.Dominick CunninghamEarls5.714.1675.113.2334.813.9675.614.9675.014.0005.114.00084.334
3.James HallPegasus5.314.1005.714.2004.914.1675.214.5335.013.3335.013.46783.800
4.Courtney TullochPegasus5.213.7005.213.6335.715.0005.614.1675.114.0334.611.93382.466
5.Brinn BevanSouth Essex5.311.5335.111.6675.013.8335.213.5335.414.5335.113.56778.666
*Jack NeillTolworth4.112.8004.912.2673.211.8003.612.8333.912.8672.711.60074.167
6.Clark GouldWaveney5.113.2675.312.2004.711.6674.413.4334.211.7004.511.20073.467
7.Tom DefinaWoking3.910.3675.713.3674.713.2004.413.3334.212.7003.510.30073.267
8.Elliott CooperCMIG4.812.5674.79.8674.612.9004.413.3674.812.2003.911.76772.668
9.Gabriel HannahPipers Vale4.912.1004.912.1334.813.1005.213.8674.310.7333.210.30072.233
10.Joseph FoxCity Of Leeds4.612.2335.210.1674.112.2334.413.3674.411.9004.311.66771.567
11.Alex FarrandCMIG4.711.2004.511.9004.211.0333.612.6334.411.7334.611.60070.099
12.George HarrowPipers Vale4.211.7003.710.6673.411.3673.612.4003.912.7332.711.13370.000
13.Anthony WiseSouth Essex5.614.2006.114.6005.214.1005.013.5674.512.70069.167
14.Adam SteelePipers Vale4.713.2004.78.5334.212.3334.413.1674.412.0003.09.56768.800
15.Max HayesHawth4.012.6332.910.4332.911.7002.811.3673.210.7672.79.60066.500
16.Robert WrightCity Of Leeds4.712.4334.19.2004.512.5004.413.4004.011.93359.466
17.Josh AvaloneNotts3.89.5003.111.4333.612.5674.011.8003.08.90054.200
18.Jay ThompsonExeter5.213.3334.813.6674.412.5674.513.50053.067
19.Ilan LamplTolworth3.711.6002.86.1003.211.4333.912.1671.710.20051.500
20.Harry CarterWoking5.412.7004.913.3334.311.4333.912.23349.699
21.Liam PearsonCity Of Leeds4.612.7675.311.4003.411.93336.100
22.Miki ChuWoking5.011.6674.411.63323.300
23.Bradley McBrideWoking4.611.83311.833

Junior Women's All-AroundVTUBBBFXTotal
1.Ellie DownieNotts5.014.1004.412.0004.713.0505.213.50052.650
2.Tyesha MattisEast London5.814.5005.711.7505.712.7505.313.35052.350
3.April MaslenThe Academy4.413.1505.112.2004.612.6005.012.65050.600
4.Chantelle HalfordEast London5.013.7505.112.1505.212.8504.811.80050.550
5.Imogen ChanThe Academy4.012.1003.611.4505.413.5004.812.90049.950
6.Jade StedfordCMIG4.413.1004.311.5005.012.4004.912.20049.200
7.Stefanie BowlesCMIG4.613.2004.211.9504.011.9504.411.85048.950
8.Lauren MitchellAspire4.012.6002.510.3004.112.8004.512.90048.600
9.Polina PoliakovaNorfolk Academy4.012.5504.711.2004.512.3004.612.45048.500
10.Ellis O'ReillyEuropa4.413.2504.110.5004.812.0504.612.65048.450
11.Georgina ClementsPark Wrekin5.013.4504.210.9505.211.1004.812.55048.050
12.Jade ArmstrongSouth Durham5.012.6504.09.9504.911.7504.512.75047.100
13.Natasha Raymund-JayadevCMIG4.212.8003.19.3004.412.1504.510.65044.900
14.Imogen DaviesSapphire4.212.3502.510.5003.310.6503.811.10044.600
15.Morgan FinneganCMIG4.012.5503.59.4503.711.7503.810.80044.550
16.Briony MoirEuropa4.012.8002.69.7003.611.0504.110.95044.500
17.Georgina HarrisCMIG4.212.8504.67.6504.711.6004.612.25044.350
18.Naomi GayleCMIG4.212.9501.19.1503.210.6504.411.00043.750
19.Natasha FultonHeathrow4.012.8002.79.3004.711.1004.39.60042.800
20.Katie-Ann BartonBury4.212.4001.59.7003.39.7503.610.60042.450
21.Rebecca WilliamsonPark Wrekin4.012.6502.18.0004.210.1004.511.55042.300
22.Eshe BernardPark Wrekin4.012.0502.98.1504.49.6004.512.00041.800
23.Lauren HearfieldRedcar4.212.8002.17.7004.49.5504.511.15041.200
24.Lavinia Raymund-JayadevCMIG4.213.0001.85.9003.410.5004.411.35040.750
25.Maddy YoungHuntingdon4.212.8001.58.2002.89.7503.79.70040.450
26.Leah BurkeWigan4.012.5003.68.6504.68.8004.710.50040.450
27.Lydia HaydenFromeside4.212.3501.38.1002.910.0504.59.45039.950
28.Caitlin DyerWaveney4.212.8501.16.4503.59.9004.110.70039.900
29.Nadine GomezCity of London4.211.7501.27.1003.510.6503.39.50039.000
30.Danielle BarnesDynamo2.611.0001.17.1502.37.6002.88.60034.350
31.Millie KennardTolworth4.011.5504.19.4503.411.25032.250
32.Molly SteeleCity Of Leeds3.011.4003.79.8003.59.30030.500
33.Savannah HenryCity of London4.212.5504.211.50024.050
34.Megan CoatesNotts4.912.7503.711.30024.050
35.Aasha KimptonHeathrow3.99.4009.400

Junior Men's All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.Giarnni Regini-MoranEuropa5.814.6674.713.3334.412.9005.615.1005.213.6334.312.23381.866
2.Joe FraserCity Of Birmingham5.013.7005.514.2334.813.7674.413.1005.013.8334.513.16781.800
3.Tom NicolaouPipers Vale5.013.7334.412.6674.813.6674.413.7004.110.7004.413.40077.867
4.Hamish CarterCity Of Birmingham5.113.7004.712.3004.613.0334.413.5334.712.4674.212.66777.700
5.Jamie LewisWoking4.813.4674.913.5333.211.7674.413.5004.313.1673.612.06777.501
6.Harry CaulwellEarls5.312.6004.512.6004.713.5675.213.8004.712.7003.411.43376.700
7.Josh NathanCity Of Birmingham4.913.4334.913.3003.411.8673.612.0334.413.0333.111.76775.433
8.Daniel LeeDynamo4.513.0333.110.6332.511.5003.612.6674.213.3673.011.50072.700
9.Mohammed SerryTolworth4.813.3333.210.2333.711.7673.612.9004.212.3333.311.60072.166
9.Hayden SkinnerSouth Essex4.713.0333.511.1332.811.8673.612.0004.212.5333.611.60072.166
11.Ryan OwenFalcons4.312.1004.112.0004.212.1003.612.6334.411.5002.511.46771.800
12.Harry O'NeillCity Of Leeds4.313.0673.611.4333.111.2003.612.7003.212.5672.310.16771.134
13.Byron Day-RogersFalcons4.112.5673.110.0673.911.5672.811.6003.712.3333.312.13370.267
14.Patrick MurphyHuntingdon4.011.6333.011.8002.311.1333.612.5673.712.2332.410.86770.233
15.Donell OsbourneEarls4.812.5004.812.4003.912.7333.611.4334.611.7004.49.16769.933
*Tony DucharsHuntingdon4.112.4674.212.1673.410.7332.811.7334.111.0672.811.40069.567
16.Jake WatsonCity Of Birmingham4.011.8333.710.8002.310.4673.012.0334.012.7332.311.10068.966
17.Dean CollinsPipers Vale4.412.9002.910.6002.611.4002.811.5673.911.9002.610.26768.634
18.Bradley NuttallCMIG3.612.0333.611.5672.110.5673.011.8673.811.6001.910.20067.834
19.Jack ChamberlainBury4.413.0673.810.9333.47.7673.612.1674.112.6333.511.10067.667
20.Callum BarberPipers Vale4.112.2672.810.6673.111.3673.012.0672.411.0001.710.20067.568
21.James GaskinCMIG3.912.2672.911.0672.410.8332.811.7003.811.8002.49.83367.500
22.Thomas SettleCity Of Leeds4.012.1333.29.2002.110.2003.011.9003.411.5672.311.20066.200
23.Tobias BrewerWoking4.212.5333.710.8002.89.5673.011.9673.912.1332.59.03366.033
24.Keenan HiltonPipers Vale3.911.9333.28.0672.611.0672.811.6333.911.4672.911.10065.267
25.James HodgsonCity of Newcastle4.412.8333.48.5332.410.1332.811.7003.210.9333.010.73364.865
26.Alex BrierleyCMIG4.512.9003.27.3672.29.5333.612.7673.711.7332.410.30064.600
27.Kallum MulhallCity Of Birmingham4.513.2672.911.4672.25.4004.413.8333.69.8001.810.46764.234
28.Isaac HinceCMIG4.312.8002.98.2332.310.1673.612.4003.010.6332.19.40063.633
29.Josh HarrisonCMIG3.710.2002.911.4002.38.8672.811.6333.111.1333.19.66762.900
30.Archie BakerHawth3.511.5332.88.7332.610.5332.011.3002.910.5332.19.10061.732
31.Owen PrintRugby4.110.2003.27.0002.69.9003.612.6673.911.6672.410.00061.434
32.Tim McCarthyWoking3.611.7002.89.4672.210.5333.011.9003.211.8331.65.86761.300
33.James CookHuntingdon3.911.6672.911.1002.310.6332.811.6333.811.1331.64.70060.866
34.Alex LomaxBury4.313.1332.28.4672.210.4673.011.4673.411.2332.05.33360.100
34.Daniel NagyCity of Newcastle3.912.2003.410.4331.89.0672.810.6672.67.0002.010.73360.100
36.Lorenzo CarrozzoWoking3.811.8332.77.2002.110.8673.612.6333.211.8331.65.70060.066
37.Thomas HasselHeathrow3.712.0332.06.2001.95.9002.811.3672.911.1671.79.66756.334
38.Harry RossCity of Newcastle4.110.7672.79.3002.05.7333.011.7672.310.5002.06.60054.667
39.Morgan GirvinCity Of Leeds2.911.4002.610.5332.29.6332.811.9003.011.16754.633
40.Loukas JonesCity Of Leeds4.713.2004.312.6003.612.7674.313.23351.800
41.Joe BrownHuntingdon3.711.7331.66.4672.05.5672.010.8332.610.4671.65.63350.700
42.Harry O'DriscollHuntingdon3.912.0331.65.2002.05.3002.010.8672.310.1331.65.83349.366
*Mosawir SafiHeathrow3.711.4672.12.1001.55.9002.011.1332.98.1001.710.40049.100
43.Callum SimsDynamo4.313.0003.212.0334.112.3003.311.63348.966
44.Tom SullivanCMIG4.011.2673.110.7003.612.7003.210.90045.567
45.Patrick SmithHawth3.311.5672.72.8332.110.2002.011.0002.65.8331.43.96745.400
46.Dylan BoarerHeathrow3.47.4001.41.9671.55.7672.010.9672.910.4671.64.06740.635
47.Dominic SestoSouth Essex4.612.7674.413.46726.234
48.Michael O'NeilHeathrow2.04.5331.72.9672.76.5330.70.714.733

Espoir Women's All-AroundVTUBBBFXTotal
1.Georgia-Mae FentonEuropa4.012.9004.412.5504.713.3004.412.95051.700
2.Alice KinsellaPark Wrekin4.013.2003.411.0504.913.3004.612.70050.250
3.Teal GrindleSapphire3.812.1004.312.2504.712.4005.012.95049.700
4.Catherine LyonsEuropa4.413.3504.912.3004.811.0004.813.00049.650
5.Lucy StanhopeCity of Liverpool4.213.0002.310.2004.813.5004.512.40049.100
6.Caitlin TsangPark Wrekin4.413.2004.79.3505.113.2504.812.35048.150
7.Elesse OatesPark Wrekin3.812.9503.39.5504.412.5004.512.75047.750
8.Phoebe TurnerThe Academy5.013.7003.610.1005.012.7004.810.75047.250
9.Abigail SolariThe Academy4.413.4003.811.0004.611.0004.811.75047.150
10.Claudia BarkesSouth Durham4.012.8504.110.9504.510.9504.512.25047.000
11.Bethany LavellePark Wrekin4.412.8004.710.5004.411.6004.512.05046.950
12.Leah RockettSouth Durham4.212.3002.510.5004.611.9504.312.10046.850
13.Rebecca JonesPark Wrekin4.013.1002.39.8504.412.3004.611.35046.600
14.Ella CooperPark Wrekin4.413.1503.49.6505.511.0504.712.40046.250
15.Josephine TangSouth Essex4.012.6002.98.7004.612.5503.711.70045.550
16.Maia AndersonTolworth3.812.6502.29.5004.312.0503.510.80045.000
17.Lauryn ArmstrongSouth Durham4.012.3002.69.6004.511.2004.311.90045.000
18.Rachel FraserCity Of Birmingham3.812.4002.310.3503.911.6004.410.55044.900
19.Amelia MontagueTolworth2.611.6002.310.0504.911.4503.711.75044.850
20.Eden EdwardsCity Of Birmingham4.213.0503.210.2503.610.4503.410.50044.250
21.Jasmine HarkinPort Regis4.212.5502.88.8003.811.7503.711.00044.100
22.Honour SheardPark Wrekin4.012.7503.010.3504.49.0504.311.75043.900
23.Karis MaskellSouth Essex3.811.7002.69.6503.710.9004.511.25043.500
24.Lottie SmithHuntingdon3.812.5003.78.3004.610.5004.712.15043.450
25.Olivia BellSouth Durham4.012.7002.49.9003.910.1504.110.50043.250
26.Maisie DixonPlymouth Swallows4.212.9001.78.3003.89.9004.611.10042.200
27.Ellie VineColchester4.211.9502.38.7003.69.9003.710.90041.450
28.Casey SpryDynamo4.012.7501.67.9503.910.7002.78.65040.050
29.Rosheen HinzeRushmoor4.412.7002.66.4504.79.0504.311.30039.500
30.Carrie WalkerHuntingdon3.812.2001.92.9004.911.9504.612.40039.450
31.Lana ChiltonCity of Newcastle4.012.3501.66.0003.710.8002.610.05039.200
32.Tilly AllenHuntingdon4.212.8001.42.6504.212.0504.311.35038.850
33.Hannah ClaytonDynamo4.012.1001.17.6003.19.5503.18.80038.050
34.Charlie PlumridgeSouth Devon4.012.2501.77.1503.79.8003.48.85038.050
35.Georgina BispFromeside4.212.3001.16.2503.110.2003.69.20037.950
36.Olivia DeanSouth Devon4.212.5501.16.5003.88.4503.610.35037.850
37.Amy LayzellDynamo4.011.9502.18.6503.27.2503.49.90037.750
38.Hannah PeggsRedcar4.012.4001.16.5502.98.6503.510.10037.700
39.Jaime WallFromeside4.011.1001.06.3503.610.2503.59.35037.050
40.Florence AylwardRushmoor4.212.7000.92.4003.210.1003.610.35035.550
41.Chloe JonesRedcar4.012.6000.92.0003.910.1003.410.45035.150
42.Sophie HeeneyCity of Newcastle4.012.0000.71.2004.19.2502.99.80032.250
43.Olivia MillerCity of Newcastle4.012.2002.88.7004.010.40031.300
44.Kate HooleyCity of Newcastle4.212.7001.15.6003.210.60028.900
45.Alex LearmanSouth Durham1.73.9003.79.3003.311.55024.750
46.India WellerAbingdon2.78.6004.710.40019.000
47.Imogen PlumridgeSouth Devon1.66.8506.850

Boys All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.Euan CoxPegasus4.412.7503.612.2003.011.1503.011.5504.013.3503.211.80072.800
2.Korben FellowsCity Of Birmingham3.712.6504.613.0003.711.6503.011.9503.412.4002.810.65072.300
3.Thomas ParadiseCity Of Birmingham3.812.5504.312.6002.311.1503.012.0003.412.6502.010.35071.300
4.Levi GiffordCMIG3.912.7003.111.4002.311.1003.011.7503.613.0002.310.60070.550
5.Aldrin TagayunaCMIG4.412.7003.310.4002.310.6003.612.5503.611.9502.711.00069.200
6.Kai Yin-HoEarls3.512.3501.910.8001.910.3502.811.7003.712.5502.311.05068.800
7.Tyla-Jae CurtisNotts4.112.1003.910.9002.410.9002.811.8003.212.7502.210.25068.700
8.Thomas HardyBury4.112.4502.210.9002.311.0003.612.2503.111.2501.810.50068.350
9.Adam TobinFalcons4.513.1502.98.9002.69.7504.413.2504.111.8003.111.40068.250
10.Harry HarrodHawth3.912.6003.09.5502.311.1503.011.5503.812.6502.210.70068.200
11.Matthew McClymontTolworth3.811.4503.811.4502.010.7503.011.6003.512.8502.010.00068.100
12.Owen HarrisonHuntingdon3.611.8502.610.8502.110.9002.011.3003.812.7502.010.05067.700
13.Philip HarrisonEarls3.512.8001.910.2501.810.6003.011.8503.612.0502.09.85067.400
14.Hamzah BaigCity Of Birmingham3.912.7504.411.8002.310.5502.811.3503.911.7001.68.80066.950
15.Jack HelpsDynamo3.712.5003.510.0002.310.3502.811.7503.512.5001.89.50066.600
16.Bradley ColeSouthport YMCA3.411.7503.211.3502.210.5502.011.0503.411.5002.510.25066.450
17.Reece ShephardPegasus3.911.8003.610.8502.310.2003.612.2003.511.7001.89.60066.350
18.Jake JarmanHuntingdon3.811.9502.610.3002.410.4502.811.6003.612.2001.99.35065.850
*Caleb StephensonHeathrow4.310.0503.19.4003.19.5503.612.2003.913.2002.810.75065.150
19.Nathan AdamsSouth Essex4.312.7501.910.7002.310.0003.612.1002.69.9001.89.55065.000
20.Luke MorrisonPipers Vale4.012.5502.39.4502.210.6502.811.0503.012.3001.58.95064.950
21.Harvey WilliamsRushmoor3.312.7502.410.1002.111.5502.011.3502.911.9001.77.10064.750
22.Max BeeleySouthport YMCA3.411.6003.010.5502.010.2002.010.8503.211.2501.59.65064.100
23.Matthew BoardmanNotts4.011.9002.98.9502.311.0003.010.9002.910.5502.410.05063.350
24.Harry HayesDynamo3.611.7502.37.8502.310.6502.010.9503.212.1001.89.55062.850
25.Samuel PlantNotts3.912.4002.57.6502.110.5502.811.0503.512.0502.39.10062.800
26.Tom KillickHawth3.512.9003.07.4002.311.2502.810.4503.311.8501.68.90062.750
27.Thomas JonesRugby3.812.3003.210.5002.59.0503.611.3003.811.3002.28.15062.600
27.Finlay LincolnPegasus4.010.8003.08.4002.210.9002.011.0503.411.9001.99.55062.600
29.Mackenzie WelshFromeside3.212.3501.88.5001.89.7502.010.9003.012.2001.88.85062.550
30.Conor McGrathNotts3.810.2502.99.7002.110.4502.810.6503.211.6502.38.90061.600
31.James MillerWoking3.912.1501.910.4002.39.7002.811.3503.312.5501.35.30061.450
32.Louis BrunnenDynamo3.911.3001.76.6502.210.9502.811.7503.111.4001.89.15061.200
33.Adam SiddeeqWoking4.011.8501.910.4502.210.9502.810.3502.711.7001.35.65060.950
34.Alex DaySouthport YMCA3.411.8001.88.7501.910.7502.010.8503.212.4501.44.95059.550
35.Jasper Smith-GordonWoking3.911.7501.910.7002.39.6002.810.3503.211.8001.35.20059.400
36.Louis JohnFromeside3.311.5501.88.1001.89.8502.010.6503.011.3001.31.30052.750
37.Amrou GreenidgeHeathrow3.712.2001.33.2502.07.4502.011.2003.011.3001.64.40049.800
38.Ethan KennedyHeathrow3.510.9001.88.9002.010.9002.510.4001.63.45044.550
* Colton DudleyHeathrow2.09.8002.210.85020.650

*Guest competitor

 
Written by Amanda Turner    Sunday, 03 March 2013 17:30    PDF Print
Mustafina, Belyavsky Win Russian Championships
(15 votes, average 4.20 out of 5)



Olympians Aliya Mustafina and David Belyavsky won the all-around titles Sunday as the Russian championships began in Penza.

Olympians Aliya Mustafina and David Belyavsky won the all-around titles Sunday as the Russian championships began in Penza.

Mustafina, the 2010 world champion and 2012 Olympic champion on uneven bars, delivered the highest score on three of the four events to defend her title. London teammate Anastasia Grishina won the silver over first-year senior Yevgenia Shelgunova.

World and Olympic medalist Viktoria Komova skipped the competition to rest a sore back.

Mustafina, looking fit and determined, appears tough to beat for the all-around title at the European championships next month in Moscow. She notched 15.300 for her double-twisting Yurchenko vault and then 15.500 for a watered down set on uneven bars (toe-on full to Maloney-half; inside Stalder-blind to piked Jaeger; Stalder-full to Pak to Stalder half; toe-shoot to high; full-twisting double). She earned 15.450 on balance beam, beginning with a nailed standing Arabian followed by an ambitious series attempt of switch half (pause), Onodi to immediate double turn, and attempted another series of front aerial (stop), wolf jump, side aerial. She also tossed a flip flop to back tuck and a switch ring, and dismounted with a double tuck with a step.

Mustafina, who suffered a torn ACL on vault nearly two years ago, took her lowest score, 13.600, on floor exercise with an Arabian double front to stag jump; triple turn; 2 1/2 to layout front full (nearly sat down); double tuck; and triple twist (messy legs).

Now training under legendary coaches Viktor Razumovsky and Irina Razumovskaya, Grishina landed her double-double mount on floor exercise but fell on her double pike dismount. She had the second-best score on uneven bars with 15.000 (inside-Stalder, inside Stalder-full to piked Tkatchev, Pak; Maloney half; piked Jaeger; full-twisting double).

Two-time Olympian Ksenia Afanasyeva, fourth, had the top mark on floor exercise (14.350). Reigning European champion Anna Dementyeva was sixth ahead of Olympians Anna Pavlova and Yekaterina Kramarenko. 2012 Olympic vault bronze medalist Maria Paseka competed two events only, as did Tatiana Nabiyeva.

Only three of the top 10 were first-year seniors: Shelgunova, Alla Sosnitskaya (ninth) and Polina Fyodorova (10th).

"We don't have replacements for those who competed in London, not yet," Russian team coach Valentina Rodionenko said. "Not enough time has passed. The guys are in a better position than the girls. There are still enough gymnasts to make up almost two teams. The competition is stronger."

Fourth in 2012, Belyavsky grabbed his first Russian championships all-around title. With the top scores on floor exercise (15.000) and parallel bars (15.500), Belyavsky edged defending champion Nikita Ignatyev, 87.950-87.800. Dmitry Stolyarov was third with 86.250.

European high bar champion Emin Garibov had the top scores on pommel horse (15.450) and high bar (15.250), while Penza's own Olympic medalist Denis Ablyazin had the top mark on vault (15.150). Ukrainian Olympian Nikolai Kuksenkov, who has been training in Vladimir with the hopes of representing Russia internationally, competed four events.

Olympic finalist Alexander Balandin crushed the field on still rings with 15.700. Rival rings specialist Konstantin Pluzhnikov — rumored to be seeking citizenship to compete for Azerbaijan — was absent.

Competition continues Monday in Penza with the women's team final.

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

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2013 Russian Championships
March 3, Penza

Women's All-AroundVTUBBBFXTotal
1.Aliya MustafinaMoscow15.30015.50015.45013.60059.850
2.Anastasia GrishinaMoscow14.90015.00014.90012.60057.400
3.Yevgenia ShelgunovaCentral/Volga14.75013.95014.95013.60057.250
4.Ksenia AfanasyevaCentral15.20013.45013.85014.35056.850
5.Kristina GoryunovaNorthwest14.15013.75014.60013.45055.950
6.Anna DementyevaCentral/Volga14.05014.80013.70012.85055.400
7.Anna PavlovaCentral14.90012.65013.85013.05054.450
8.Yekaterina KramarenkoSt. Petersburg14.45013.15013.90012.75054.250
9.Alla SosnitskayaMoscow14.70014.00012.65012.65054.000
10.Polina FyodorovaVolga13.95012.70013.90013.05053.600
11.Olga BikmurzinaVolga14.35012.90013.15012.40052.800
12.Alyona PolyanVolga14.15011.05013.50013.85052.550
13.Yekaterina BaturinaSouthern13.50012.40012.85012.60051.350
14.Lilia AkhaimovaSt. Petersburg13.85011.95012.55012.55050.900
15.Maria SmirnovaVolga14.35010.85012.25013.00050.450
16.Marina NekrasovaCentral13.90011.10012.60012.25049.850
17.Anna MyzdrikovaMoscow14.10011.20012.30012.10049.700
18.Anastasia CheongSt. Petersburg13.80010.55012.80012.30049.450
19.Maria NechayevaSiberia13.10011.65012.50011.95049.200
20.Kristina KruglikovaCentral14.35011.60011.90011.25049.100
21.Maria DunayevaSt. Petersburg/Northwest13.45010.95012.40012.25049.050
22.Yuna NefedovaCentral13.45011.95011.90011.25048.550
23.Anastasia OsetrovaSouthern13.90011.85011.95010.85048.550
24.Daria AnishinaNorthwest14.05011.55010.40012.40048.400
25.Tatiana KirilovaNorthwest12.80012.05012.20011.00048.050
26.Eleonora GoryunovaNorthwest14.1009.95011.40012.45047.900
27.Alla SidorenkoSt. Petersburg12.95010.55011.90012.20047.600
28.Yulia ChemaryovaCentral13.00010.20011.80012.55047.550
29.Irina YashinaVolga12.70013.00010.25011.55047.500
30.Maria SilyukovaVolga12.95010.80011.20012.30047.250
31.Anna VanyushkinaNorthwest13.50010.35010.95012.20047.000
32.Viktoria ShmidtVolga12.5509.25012.25012.45046.500
33.Natalia MedvedevaSouthern13.4509.55010.90012.50046.400
34.Irina VoropayevaCentral13.7008.60011.55012.45046.300
35.Yekaterina ShtrondaSiberia11.90010.80012.45010.55045.700
36.Nailya MustafinaMoscow12.9007.90012.30012.00045.100
37.Irina AndreyevaSouthern13.4508.10011.15011.95044.650
38.Diana RavdinaSt. Petersburg14.1508.05010.55011.85044.600
39.Olga TyoSiberia12.2509.15012.20010.60044.200
40.Anna SolomeinaSouth12.9508.95011.40010.25043.550
41.Yekaterina TsvetkovaCentral14.0508.10010.35010.85043.350
42.Francheska YanayevaSouth13.6507.6509.70012.05043.050
43.Maria PopovaSouth12.8007.70010.6509.85041.000
44.Yelena KlyuchkovaSouthern11.9009.4509.20010.30040.850
45.Valeria GolenischevaSouthern10.1009.4509.90011.15040.600
46.Yelena TyapkovaSouth12.7008.3508.35010.05039.450
47.Anastasia MarchukMoscow13.35012.45012.55038.350
48.Anastasia KuznetsovaSouth12.4007.4007.40010.60037.800
49.Maria PasekaMoscow15.25014.10029.350
50.Tatiana NabiyevaSt. Petersburg14.25013.90028.150
51.Kristina SidorovaVolga7.90011.85019.750

Men's All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.David BelyavskyUrals15.00015.40013.75013.70015.50014.60087.950
2.Nikita IgnatyevSiberia14.70013.95014.55014.80015.25014.55087.800
3.Dmitry StolyarovMoscow14.10014.70014.00014.90014.80013.75086.250
4.Andrei CherkasovSiberia14.35013.60014.00014.75015.00014.00085.700
5.Pavel RussinyakVolga13.65014.55014.20013.45014.40014.40084.650
6.Dmitry GogotovSt. Petersburg13.35014.75013.95014.45014.55013.55084.600
7.Igor PakhomenkoSiberia14.05013.00013.80015.05014.05014.40084.350
8.Daniil KazachkovSiberia14.20012.85014.40013.70013.85014.35083.350
9.Roman SuetinUrals13.95013.60013.00014.60014.35013.80083.300
10.Pavel PavlovVolga13.10012.95014.50014.85014.25013.15082.800
11.Alexander FafashkinMoscow13.95013.55013.50014.10013.90013.70082.700
12.Grigory ZyryanovSiberia13.20014.45013.40014.45014.20012.70082.400
13.Kirill ProkopyevCentral14.00013.60013.80013.80013.40013.60082.200
14.Kirill IgnatenkovCentral/Northwest13.95013.30013.35013.45014.65013.45082.150
15.Anton NeudakinCentral14.50012.50013.40014.20013.85013.70082.150
16.Sergei DanilenkoUrals13.45013.25013.55013.25014.05013.50081.050
17.Andrei PerevoznikovCentral13.25015.25012.30013.05013.70012.95080.500
18.Mikhail KudashovUrals12.90013.25013.55013.55013.45013.50080.200
19.Vyacheslav VeselovMoscow13.75013.20012.60013.95013.60013.00080.100
20.Vladislav KozinSt. Petersburg13.15011.40013.65014.25013.55013.90079.900
21.Sergei StepanovVolga12.50013.70012.35014.55013.00013.30079.400
22.Vilyam KatynVolga12.80014.10012.80013.30012.60013.10078.700
23.Dmitry TuraevVolga13.10012.80012.35013.80013.35013.10078.500
24.Filipp ChuglazovNorthwest14.05012.15013.35013.20013.35012.20078.300
25.Alexei RostovMoscow12.40013.85012.40013.95013.10012.55078.250
26.Yaroslav MaksyukovSiberia12.30013.00012.80014.15013.45012.15077.850
27.Alexei BykovSouthern13.80013.20011.25013.70013.45012.40077.800
28.Dmitry KharkovVolga13.05010.95013.25013.05013.55013.30077.150
29.Vladimir GrigorkinUrals13.50013.65011.30013.05012.85011.90076.250
30.Gleb GarmashSt. Petersburg13.60013.10011.75012.25012.75012.15075.600
31.Timofei DanyukSt. Petersburg13.45011.70012.85013.45011.40011.90074.750
32.Alexander SilenkoVolga11.45012.55012.30013.05013.00011.85074.200
33.Mikhail ZakharovVolga11.80012.15012.65013.55012.65011.40074.200
34.Mark AntushevVolga12.85012.5509.50013.75013.00011.65073.300
35.Mikhail TarloFar East12.45012.45010.00012.75013.05011.30072.000
36.Artyom LevitskyCentral13.05011.25011.40012.90011.80010.25070.650
37.Artyom RymashevskyUrals10.7508.15011.15012.40012.65011.30066.400
38.Eldar YunusovSt. Petersburg14.45013.65013.70013.25011.30066.350
39.Emin GaribovMoscow15.45014.10014.35015.25059.150
40.Nikolai KuksenkovCentral14.15014.85014.75014.50058.250
41.Denis AblyazinVolga/Moscow14.70015.50015.15012.40057.750
42.Pavel BelousovFar East10.4009.20013.05011.85010.65055.150
43.Maxim KhodykinNorthwest11.15013.55013.75012.00050.450
44.Alexander BalandinCentral/Northwest13.75015.70014.95044.400
45.Dmitry YakubovskyMoscow12.75013.70013.90040.350
46.Nikita LezhankinUrals13.80014.25028.050
47.Alexei MatveyevCentral11.70013.40025.100
48.Alexander IlyinSt. Petersburg12.55011.45024.000
49.Matvei PetrovNorthwest15.10015.100
50.Vladimir OlennikovMoscow14.10014.100

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Written by Amanda Turner    Saturday, 02 March 2013 18:35    PDF Print
Ohashi, Dalton Win American Cup Titles
(10 votes, average 4.40 out of 5)



Americans Katelyn Ohashi and Jake Dalton comfortably captured the AT&T American Cup, a FIG World Cup held Saturday in Worcester, Mass.

Americans Katelyn Ohashi and Jake Dalton comfortably captured the 38th American Cup, a FIG World Cup held Saturday in Worcester, Mass.

Ohashi, a first-year senior, scored 59.199 to top teammate Simone Biles (57.666) and Canadian Olympian Victoria Moors (57.066).

Biles soared ahead of the field on the first event thanks to her huge Amanar on vault, which brought her 15.733 (out of a 6.3 possible Difficulty score, downgraded from 6.5 in the previous Code of Points). She had the top score on uneven bars as well with 14.800 (Weiler kip, pirouette to Shaposhnikova; Tkatchev; piked Tkatchev to Pak salto; full-twisting double).

Ohashi, who notched the second-best scores on vault (double-twisting Yurchenko, close to stuck) and uneven bars (late pirouettes), pulled ahead in the third rotation with a jam-packed routine on balance beam. She had the top score of the day with 15.333, impressing with her standing Arabian to sissone and layout full twist. She missed some connections on her second series but had the top D-score of the day by far 6.8.

On floor exercise, Ohashi clinched victory with a 14.400 for a classy new routine (piked full-in; 1 1/2 to front double twist; 2 1/2 punch front).

"It feels so great to be out here," said Ohashi, who trains under Olympic champion Valeri Liukin at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano, Texas. "It’s a great start to my senior career. I want to keep upgrading my routines, focus on cleaning them up and being consistent."

Biles dropped off beam in the third rotation on two-foot layout, but dismounted with two flip flops into a very high tucked full-in. She told IG she was "shaky and nervous" on beam, but happy with her first-place performances on vault — her strength — as well as bars, usually her weakest event.

"I actually go really fast and I get ahead of myself," she said of bars routine, "and have to slow it down, and then just think really hard with what's happening next, and then just do it like I do in practice."

Biles, also a first-year senior, impressed with the most difficult tumbling in the women's competition (tucked double-double; double layout; 1 1/2 to double pike; 2 1/2 tsit) but hinted of more difficulty to come by calling them her "downgraded passes."

Moors, who trains under legendary coach Elvira Saadi, was fourth after the third rotation before a brilliant floor routine moved her to the bronze. After sticking her opening double-double, Moors showed her usual elegant effort and tumbled a further 1 1/2 to triple twist and double tuck for first place on the event (14.900). Moors also tied Ohashi for second on vault (clean double-twisting Yurchenko with a large step back).

German Olympian Elisabeth Seitz was fourth, followed by former world champion Vanessa Ferrari of Italy (who also tumbled a tuck double-double for second place on floor). Britain's Gabrielle Jupp, Japan's Asuka Teramoto and Canada's Maegan Chant followed in the rankings.

Dalton, who won the U.S. Winter Cup last month, hit six routines to win the men's competition by more than 2 points over Ukrainian Olympian Oleg Vernyayev, 89.398-87.298. German star Marcel Nguyen was third with 87.031.

Dalton, a finalist on floor exercise at last summer's Olympic Games in London, had the top mark on floor with 15.700 (his layout Arabian double front mount). He also had the best mark on vault, 15.433, with a triple-twisting Tsukahara (Kasamatsu double), which has been downgraded to 6.6 Difficulty, as well as on high bar.

"It feels great to win the AT&T American Cup," he said. "It’s good to get back into routine mode and hit all my routines, Start value and consistency are my focus – I want to be the one to count on when I go out there and compete."

Vernyayev had the best score on pommel horse with 15.033, but came unglued on parallel bars for eighth on the event (13.966). Nguyen, the reigning Olympic all-around silver medalist, won still rings and parallel bars but scored only 13.033 on pommel horse and erred on high bar.

Japan's Hiroki Ishikawa finished fourth, half a point behind Nguyen. Kristian Thomas, who helped Great Britain win an historic team bronze at the Olympics in London, was fifth.

Defending champion Danell Leyva of the U.S., the 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, took sixth despite suffering from illness. South Americans Sergio Sasaki (Brazil) and Jorge Hugo Giraldo (Colombia) rounding out the field.

The American Cup is the fourth of five all-around World Cups for the 2012-3013 season. Previous events in the series were the 2012 American Cup, held in March in New York; the 2012 DTB Cup held in December in Stuttgart; and the 2012 Glasgow World Cup, held in December. The final event takes place in April 6-7 in Tokyo.

External Link: USA Gymnastics Website

2013 AT&T American Cup/FIG World Cup
March 2, Worcester, Mass.

Women's All-AroundVTUBBBFXTotal
1.Katelyn Ohashi5.814.9006.214.5666.815.3335.814.40059.199
2.Simone Biles6.315.7336.114.8005.813.1336.114.00057.666
3.Victoria Moors5.814.9005.313.5665.714.0005.914.60057.066
4.Elisabeth Seitz5.814.7666.014.5005.613.8665.313.56656.698
5.Vanessa Ferrari5.314.3335.613.6665.713.6336.114.46656.098
6.Gabrielle Jupp5.013.8665.313.7006.314.4335.513.66655.665
7.Asuka Teramoto5.314.0005.614.1005.413.3664.612.80054.266
8.Maegan Chant5.414.1334.912.8005.311.9335.712.53351.399

Men's All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1.Jake Dalton6.515.7005.013.3336.215.1666.015.4336.315.0336.114.73389.398
2.Oleg Vernyayev6.614.3336.715.0336.114.7666.015.0006.813.9666.114.20087.298
3.Marcel Nguyen6.014.4335.013.0336.115.1665.614.9006.515.1336.214.36687.031
4.Hiroki Ishikawa6.214.8665.814.5335.613.5665.214.6006.314.9666.314.00086.531
5.Kristian Thomas6.315.4005.714.0335.714.3665.614.0006.014.1666.013.86685.831
6.Danell Leyva6.112.8006.414.5665.614.4335.615.0336.714.8336.913.60085.265
7.Sergio Sasaki6.513.8006.114.3335.714.4006.014.2006.114.3334.912.16683.232
8.Jorge Hugo Giraldo5.714.1336.014.1005.814.2665.213.2006.414.9665.511.63382.298
 
Written by Amanda Turner    Monday, 25 February 2013 11:45    PDF Print
Lopez, Ruggeri Win Houston Invitational
(1 vote, average 5.00 out of 5)

Two-time Olympian Jessica Lopez (Venezuela) and Paul Ruggeri (U.S.) won the Houston National Invitational (HNI), held Friday and Saturday in Houston.

Hosted by the Houston Gymnastics Center, the three-day event features competition in Levels 4-10, in addition to an elite session. The international session featured combined junior and senior results.


Jessica Lopez (Venezuela)

Lopez, second at the Nadia Comaneci International last weekend, won the women's title with the top scores on vault (much improved double-twisting Yurchenko with a hop back) and balance beam (ff, ff, two-foot layout; front aerial; side aerial; 2 1/2). She won silver medals on uneven bars (despite a fall) and on floor exercise with an energetic new routine (tucked full in; whip, immediate triple twist; 2 1/2; double pike).

Junior Alyssa Baumann, who was out of competition for more than a year with an elbow injury, claimed second all-around. She also won the floor exercise title (2 1/2 punch front layout full; triple twist; 1 1/2 to Rudi; beautiful double turn with leg horizontal; double pike). She also won the silver on balance beam (standing Arabian; switch ring; Onodi; double turn; front aerial; side aerial, sissone, straddle jump; 2 1/2). Baumann trains at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) under French-born Laurent Landi and 1996 Olympian Cecile Canqueteau-Landi.

Madison Kocian (WOGA) won the all-around bronze and gold on uneven bars (toe-full, Stalder-Shaposhnikova; Stalder-full to Stalder-Shaposhnikova-half; Jaeger; full-twisting double).

Once again representing Uzbekistan, six-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina placed sixth overall and second on vault (handspring layout front full and Tsukahara-full). Chusovitina, who still lives and trains in Cologne, was coached in Houston by 1992 Olympic teammate Svetlana Boginskaya.

China, which sent five gymnasts from Shandong, won the men's team competition on Friday. U.S. national team member Paul Ruggeri handily won the men's all-around title over China's Wang Haoran and Sean Johnston (St. Charles Gymnastics in Illinois).

Ruggeri had the top scores on floor exercise, vault and high bar. China's Yu Liang won pommel horse and parallel bars, and Qu Yexin took the gold on still rings.

The Chinese gymnasts were making their seventh appearance at the HNI.

"I am satisfied with the overall results," Chinese coach Sun Yiyang said. "The results basically met our expectations. But I did not expect our athletes to flaw on high bar. We are strong on high bar, pommel horse and floor exercise. Surprisingly, we won the gold medal in rings."

External Link: Official Website

2013 Houston National Invitational
Feb. 22-23, Houston


Women's All-AroundVTUBBBFXTotal
1. Jessica Lopez Venezuela 14.750 13.700 14.050 13.500 56.000
2. Alyssa Baumann WOGA 14.150 13.200 13.950 14.100 55.400
3. Madison Kocian WOGA 14.300 14.500 13.200 13.000 55.000
4. Sabrina Schwab WOGA 13.900 13.150 13.400 12.100 52.550
5. Samantha Ogden WOGA 13.250 13.000 13.400 12.100 51.750
6. Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan 14.275 11.500 12.450 13.100 51.325
7. Yelena Rega Uzbekistan 12.550 12.000 12.850 12.500 49.900
8. Lauren Farley WOGA 12.700 12.050 13.900 11.100 49.750
9. Irina Alexeeva WOGA 12.350 11.100 13.350 12.700 49.500
10. Flavia Saraiva Brazil 13.000 10.300 12.500 11.700 47.500
11. Nadia Cho WOGA 12.850 11.700 10.650 12.000 47.200
12. Ahtziri Sandoval Code Jalisco 10.575 11.800 12.000 11.900 46.275
13. Paula Heredia Code Jalisco 13.450 10.500 10.600 11.700 46.250
14. Selene Vazquez Code Jalisco 12.900 9.900 11.650 11.200 45.650
15. Beatriz Silveira Brazil 12.600 8.100 10.500 11.500 42.700
16. Catalina Escobar Colombia 13.900 13.900

Men's All-AroundFXPHSRVTPBHBTotal
1. Paul Ruggeri USGDC 2 14.900 13.100 14.700 15.300 14.500 15.400 87.900
2. Wang Haoran China 13.900 13.050 13.950 14.300 12.700 13.750 81.650
3. Sean Johnston St Charles 14.250 12.800 12.850 14.000 12.350 13.100 79.350
4. James Brochero Gymmasters 14.300 12.150 13.800 13.600 12.250 13.100 79.200
5. Austin Hodges Buffalo Grove 13.100 13.950 13.250 12.400 13.200 12.450 78.350
6. Jeff Becker Cypress 14.200 9.750 13.500 13.700 12.400 13.900 77.450
7. Mauro Martinez Cypress 14.250 12.000 13.600 13.600 11.900 12.050 77.400
8. Wang Yongchao China 14.100 5.500 14.450 13.500 14.300 13.000 74.850
9. Tommy Trompeter Eagle's Wings 13.350 12.750 13.300 10.800 12.750 11.850 74.800
10. Brian Francioni Bannon's 12.700 12.250 12.000 13.300 11.900 12.550 74.700
11. Logan Doughty Texas Champion 12.500 13.550 10.100 13.700 11.000 12.400 73.250
12. Kyle King Texas Champion 12.900 12.800 12.200 13.800 10.750 10.500 72.950
13. Santiago Pouchan Bannon's 13.150 12.750 12.900 12.200 10.350 11.150 72.500
14. Ryan Johnston St. Charles 13.800 13.700 14.100 11.200 52.800
15. Grant Breckenridge Buffalo Grove 13.600 13.500 11.750 13.700 52.550
16. Jesus Vidal Universal 10.800 13.500 13.950 14.100 52.350
17. Justin Muenz Eagle's Wings 11.550 11.050 10.800 12.500 45.900
18. Jhonny Muñoz Gymmasters 14.800 13.900 13.850 42.550
19. Yan Renpeng China 14.050 14.250 13.400 41.700
20. Ian Makowske Team Mikey's Way 14.200 12.450 13.750 40.400
21. Ari Barrera Universal 13.250 13.550 12.800 39.600
22. Yu Liang China 14.850 15.150 30.000
23. Qu Yexin China 13.650 15.500 29.150
24. Chris Brooks Cypress 13.350 13.350
 


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