Ignatyev Prevails at Russian Championships

Ignatyev Prevails at Russian Championships
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Wednesday, 04 April 2012 20:30

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2011 world team member Nikita Ignatyev won the all-around title Wednesday as the 2012 Russian Men's Gymnastics Championships began in Penza. Pictured: Ignatyev flanked by runner-up Emin Garibov and bronze medalist Igor Pakhomenko

2011 world team member Nikita Ignatyev won the all-around title Wednesday as the 2012 Russian Men's Gymnastics Championships began in Penza.

Ignatyev emerged victorious after a mistake-filled first day of competition. He swallowed a 13.067 on pommel horse but defeated Russian Cup champion Emin Garibov, 89.067-88.734. Ignatyev, who turns 20 in June, finished fifth all-around at the 2011 European Championships in Berlin.

Garibov also erred on pommel horse (13.600) but had the top score on both parallel bars (15.567) and high bar (15.633). Igor Pakhomenko, who also turns 20 in June, won the al-around bronze (88.133).

Sixth all-around at the 2011 Worlds, David Belyavsky finished fourth in Penza after a missed vault (14.667) and a disaster on high bar (12.600). Belyavsky, 20, had the top score on pommel horse (15.367) and second-best mark on parallel bars (15.333).

2008 Olympian Sergei Khorokhordin finished fifth, while defending titlist Maxim Devyatovsky dropped to 10th.

Dennis Ablyazin had the top score on floor exercise (15.767), and notched the third-best score on still rings (15.800) behind specialists Konstantin Pluzhnikov (16.033) and Alexander Balandin (15.967). Ignatyev and Pavel Russinyak, sixth all-around, tied for the high score on vault (15.800).

The Russian women's championships were held two weeks ago in Penza. The goal is to peak for the European championships before the final Olympic push, explained Russian head coach Andrei Rodionenko.

"The women's [European championships] will take place May 9-13 in Brussels, and the men will be two weeks later," Rodionenko said. "That's why the national championships for men and women are at different times."

The Russian men finished fourth at the 2011 Worlds and are aiming for Olympic medals this summer in London, said veteran Anton Golotsutskov, who had the second-best mark on floor exercise (15.567).

"We can fight for medals in all the events," Golotsutskov said. "We're made of the same stuff as everyone else, and we're no less talented. Nobody is relaxing and losing heart. Russians don't give up!"

Competition continues Thursday with the team final.

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

2012 Russian Men's Championships
April 4, Penza

Senior All-Around Final			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Nikita Ignatyev	SFO	14.733	13.067	15.467	15.800	14.833	15.167	89.067
2.	Emin Garibov	MOS-1	14.267	13.600	14.767	14.900	15.567	15.633	88.734
3.	Igor Pakhomenko	SFO	15.167	15.033	14.700	15.100	14.133	14.000	88.133
4.	David Belyavsky	UFO	15.267	15.367	14.400	14.667	15.333	12.600	87.634
5.	Sergei Khorokhordin	CFO	14.767	14.067	14.833	13.867	15.167	14.800	87.501
6.	Pavel Russinyak	PFO	14.300	12.333	14.700	15.800	14.900	14.667	86.700
7.	Dmitry Stolyarov	MOS-1	13.800	14.667	14.600	14.533	14.700	14.167	86.467
8.	Daniil Kazachkov	SFO	15.133	13.367	14.967	14.967	13.500	14.200	86.134
9.	Andrei Cherkasov	SFO	15.267	12.667	14.833	14.367	14.433	14.133	85.700
10.	Maxim Devyatovsky	SFO	14.200	12.667	15.200	14.367	14.900	13.467	84.801
11.	Nikita Lezhankin	UFO	15.100	12.767	12.633	14.967	13.967	13.533	82.967
12.	Kirill Ignatenkov	CFO	13.867	12.800	13.967	15.200	14.767	11.800	82.401
13.	Mikhail Bodnar	MOS-1/CFO	13.933	10.633	13.667	14.767	13.633	14.667	81.300
14.	Anton Neudakin	CFO	13.167	12.667	13.800	15.033	12.533	13.833	81.033
15.	Andrei Perevoznikov	CFO	13.800	14.700	12.533	14.067	13.167	12.633	80.900
16.	Alexander Fafashkin	MOS-2	13.267	12.300	14.367	14.733	14.300	11.667	80.634
17.	Roman Suetin	UFO	12.900	12.800	13.300	14.200	13.700	13.000	79.900
18.	Alexei Bykov	YUFO	12.200	12.600	13.500	14.900	13.400	12.933	79.533
19.	Vyacheslav Veselov	MOS-2	13.700	12.600	12.600	14.933	13.600	12.033	79.466
20.	Eldar Yunusov	CFO/SPB	13.433	12.300	12.833	14.433	12.933	13.200	79.132
21.	Vilyam Katyn	PFO	12.833	13.833	13.067	13.200	13.633	12.467	79.033
22.	Alexander Klochkov	MOS-1	13.767	8.433	13.733	15.067	13.933	13.800	78.733
23.	Sergei Danilenko	UFO	13.433	12.100	12.800	14.367	13.267	12.733	78.700
24.	Mikhail Kudashov	UFO	13.833	13.800	12.900	12.233	13.367	12.333	78.466
25.	Dmitry Molodykh	SFO	13.233	13.067	12.367	13.933	13.033	12.633	78.266
26.	Dmitry Yakubovsky	MOS-2	12.667	12.800	13.233	14.433	13.667	11.333	78.133
27.	Pavel Pavlov	PFO	13.167	11.500	14.067	14.267	12.733	11.233	76.967
28.	Alexander Ilyin	SPB	14.500	12.633	11.100	14.133	12.267	12.267	76.900
29.	Kirill Gusev	SFO	13.500	10.833	13.700	13.333	12.400	12.833	76.599
30.	Artyom Markelov	CFO/PFO	14.367	11.433	12.233	15.000	12.900	10.233	76.166
31.	Andrei Sovenko	YUFO	13.833	7.200	14.133	14.333	13.267	13.067	75.833
32.	Vasily Malyi	UFO	13.767	12.033	12.033	14.100	13.033	10.000	74.966
33.	Yegor Skvortsov	SFO	12.967	10.233	12.567	14.100	12.067	12.900	74.834
34.	Denis Ablyazin	MOS-1/PFO	15.767	0.000	15.800	15.133	14.133	13.800	74.633
35.	Dmitry Kharkov	PFO	12.267	9.567	12.833	14.000	13.000	12.467	74.134
36.	Alexander Silenko	PFO	12.300	10.867	12.700	13.267	12.967	11.933	74.034
37.	Mikhail Simakov	PFO	12.067	12.533	12.933	12.067	12.067	11.167	72.834
38.	Alexei Zhilinsky	PFO	12.033	9.833	12.900	11.800	13.033	12.366	71.965
39.	Konstantin Chalov	MOS-2	13.533	10.933	12.300	12.300	11.833	11.033	71.932
40.	Mikhail Gorbushin	PFO	10.700	9.867	12.167	14.467	12.333	11.933	71.467
41.	Vladimir Grigorkin	UFO	12.700	10.167	11.167	13.500	12.200	11.733	71.467
42.	Dmitry Gogotov	MOS	14.800	13.867	0.000	14.733	14.533	13.533	71.466
43.	Pavel Lebedenko	PFO	12.567	9.633	11.533	11.933	12.667	12.700	71.033
44.	Mikhail Tsvetkov	CFO	13.033	9.000	13.200	13.900	11.667	9.800	70.600
45.	Mark Antushev	PFO	12.267	9.667	12.100	14.000	12.367	9.967	70.368
46.	Artur Bekov	YUFO	13.067	10.100	11.867	11.867	12.233	10.600	69.734
47.	Maxim Malyshkin	MOS-2	14.300	12.733	13.600	14.633	13.433	0.000	68.699
48.	Denis Solodovnikov	YUFO	12.600	10.433	6.000	12.133	11.433	10.033	62.632
49.	German Andriolli	UFO	11.733	0.000	10.600	13.767	11.367	10.767	58.234
50.	Anton Golotsutskov	SFO	15.567	13.900	0.000	14.467	0.000	14.133	58.067
51.	Alexei Rostov	MOS-2	0.000	12.500	14.200	0.000	13.733	13.467	53.900
52.	Dmitry Turayev	PFO	10.700	2.200	12.200	0.000	12.800	11.767	49.667
53.	Alexander Balandin	SZFO	0.000	13.800	15.967	0.000	14.933	0.000	44.700
54.	Vladimir Olennikov	MOS-1	0.000	14.933	0.000	15.300	13.767	0.000	44.000
55.	Konstantin Pluzhnikov	SFO	0.000	12.667	16.033	0.000	14.300	0.000	43.000
56.	Alexei Balandin	SZFO	0.000	12.333	14.600	0.000	0.000	0.000	26.933

Junior Qualification (Master of Sport)			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Grigory Zyryanov	SFO	13.333	14.400	13.633	14.767	14.167	13.767	84.067
2.	Sergei Stepanov	PFO-1	13.967	12.533	14.533	14.800	13.900	13.200	82.933
3.	Kirill Prokopyev	CFO	14.733	13.233	14.067	14.233	13.267	13.167	82.700
4.	Vladislav Polyashov	PFO-2	13.333	13.767	13.400	14.167	14.133	13.667	82.467
5.	Andrei Lagutov	SFO	14.033	12.567	13.767	14.300	13.600	13.900	82.167
6.	Alexander Ruzhitsky	MOS	13.533	11.900	14.350	14.067	13.633	13.633	81.116
7.	Vladislav Kozin	SPB	13.533	10.067	14.433	14.167	13.900	14.000	80.100
8.	Nikolai Kovinov	PFO-1	13.700	12.467	13.133	14.167	14.233	12.367	80.067
9.	Alexei Kosyanov	MOS	13.667	13.533	13.425	13.867	12.867	12.667	80.026
10.	Dmitry Radionov	YUFO	12.733	12.767	13.967	13.867	13.300	12.300	78.934
11.	Yevgeny Vasilyev	PFO-2	13.867	12.167	13.033	14.633	13.167	11.967	78.834
12.	Shamil Gatiyatov	PFO-1	13.900	10.900	14.133	14.233	12.700	12.767	78.633
13.	Anton Yakushev	MOS	13.833	9.933	13.633	13.833	13.267	13.333	77.832
14.	Viktor Cherepanov	SFO	13.367	12.333	12.467	13.933	13.267	12.267	77.634
15.	Nikita Kudryavtsev	SPB	13.067	12.533	12.300	13.967	12.900	12.500	77.267
16.	Andrei Matyushechkin	CFO	12.433	12.900	11.767	14.267	13.233	12.500	77.100
17.	Boris Lozhkin	YUFO	13.567	13.200	13.333	13.100	12.133	10.867	76.200
18.	Gleb Garmash	SPB	13.533	11.700	12.400	13.167	13.000	12.300	76.100
19.	Mikhail Tarlo	DVFO	12.567	12.433	12.133	13.400	12.933	11.500	74.966
20.	Artyom Zhukov	PFO-2	13.033	11.933	11.900	13.833	11.300	12.633	74.632
21.	Andrei Kolesnikov	UFO	12.900	12.100	11.600	13.800	12.600	11.467	74.467
22.	Maxim Semagin	CFO	12.167	11.733	11.600	13.233	13.100	12.433	74.266
23.	Alexander Myakinin	MOS	12.800	12.800	12.175	13.633	9.867	12.500	73.775
24.	Alexei Shirokikh	PFO	12.367	9.900	13.300	12.900	12.667	12.133	73.267
25.	Igor Ilyinykh	SFO	12.733	9.200	12.500	13.367	12.633	11.133	71.566
26.	Sergei Trubolenko	DVFO	11.400	11.700	10.333	11.633	11.133	11.100	67.299
27.	Alexander Trubolenko	DVFO	11.133	9.867	11.667	11.133	10.833	10.067	64.700
28.	Nikita Marchenko	UFO	12.000	8.200	11.200	12.767	10.167	9.267	63.601
29.	Andrei Yermoshkin	PFO	12.667	12.867	10.100	0.000	10.433	11.833	57.900
30.	Alexander Yeganov	YUFO	11.033	3.867	10.067	12.700	9.300	9.933	56.900
31.	Eduard Shakhurdin	SFO	13.000	10.400	11.467	0.000	12.000	9.133	56.000
32.	Ilya Puzanov	SZFO	12.700	5.333	9.933	11.200	11.533	1.967	52.666
33.	Alexander Barshis	SZFO	12.967	0.000	11.133	13.200	0.000	11.833	49.133
34.	Shamil Karaketov	SKFO	12.933	0.000	0.000	12.133	0.000	12.133	37.199

Junior Qualification (Master Candidate)			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Ivan Stretovich	SFO	9.500	8.500	9.167	8.783	8.933	8.933	53.816
2.	Artur Dalaloyan	MOS	9.267	8.467	9.350	9.216	8.300	8.933	53.533
3.	Ilya Kibartas	CFO	9.233	6.067	9.500	8.483	8.967	9.233	51.483
4.	Kirill Potapov	SFO	8.300	8.400	8.733	9.033	9.167	7.733	51.366
5.	Viktor Britan	UFO	9.200	5.533	8.733	9.100	8.667	8.833	50.066
6.	Alexander Bogatyryov	SFO	7.633	8.133	9.100	8.150	7.667	8.933	49.616
7.	Anton Sharikov	SPB	8.467	6.900	7.967	8.516	8.667	9.067	49.584
8.	Sergei Yeltsov	YUFO	8.333	8.500	7.733	7.767	8.133	8.800	49.266
9.	Ivan Tikhonov	PFO-1	8.467	8.500	8.300	7.883	7.667	7.500	48.317
10.	Pyotr Chyornenky	SPB	7.800	7.667	8.267	8.117	7.833	8.200	47.884
11.	Valentin Starikov	PFO-1	8.167	6.067	8.967	8.982	8.600	6.933	47.716
12.	Andrei Raznitsyn	CFO	9.100	6.467	8.433	8.567	5.767	9.000	47.334
13.	Stanislav Khegai	MOS	8.833	8.367	6.825	8.033	6.867	8.400	47.325
14.	Mansur Zaripov	PFO-1	8.367	5.933	9.000	8.883	5.733	8.433	46.349
15.	Artyom Samsonov	MOS	8.467	8.833	6.967	8.833	6.167	6.833	46.100
16.	Artyom Pleshkin	PFO-2	7.567	4.900	7.267	8.750	8.600	8.800	45.884
17.	Timofei Danyuk	SPB	8.500	2.600	8.800	8.633	8.467	8.433	45.433
18.	Konstantin Babenko	YUFO	6.100	8.267	5.900	8.866	7.667	8.500	45.300
19.	Denis Kolpakov	SPB	9.133	5.567	7.333	8.866	6.267	7.967	45.133
20.	Dmitry Kirpichenko	UFO	7.600	3.900	7.700	8.550	8.433	7.767	43.950
21.	Vitaly Vanifatov	PFO-2	6.733	3.867	8.000	7.850	8.467	8.967	43.884
22.	Sergei Pavlov	MOS	8.533	3.933	8.125	8.716	7.267	7.067	43.641
23.	Pavel Lavrikov	UFO	7.800	5.467	6.600	8.683	6.000	8.500	43.050
24.	Dmitry Osipov	PFO	6.767	5.167	8.600	7.950	7.833	6.667	42.984
25.	Nikita Kopoplyov	SFO	8.700	5.800	7.267	7.800	7.967	5.133	42.667
26.	Nikita Simonov	PFO-2	8.633	0.000	8.867	8.667	6.067	8.833	41.067
27.	Dmitry Zhigalov	SPB	7.867	8.667	6.700	0.000	8.267	8.767	40.268
28.	Vladimir Medvedev	UFO	7.800	6.600	6.833	8.083	3.833	5.933	39.082
29.	Alexander Klevtsov	PFO	8.400	5.733	6.433	8.033	2.667	7.333	38.599
30.	Dmitry Tarasenko	SZFO	7.200	4.200	6.967	3.816	7.200	7.167	36.550
31.	Georgy Mikheyev	SFO	8.267	5.000	7.633	3.683	7.767	1.600	33.950
32.	Nikolai Shadurkin	SFO	0.000	9.000	6.167	0.000	5.600	8.700	29.467
33.	Rem Akov	SKFO	8.500	0.000	7.267	7.450	0.000	0.000	23.217
34.	Ivan Cherkashev	UFO	6.067	4.867	4.433	0.000	4.100	3.067	22.534