Moscow, Central Teams Win Russian Cup

Moscow, Central Teams Win Russian Cup
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:07

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Moscow and the Central Federal District captured the team titles this week as the Russian Cup began in Penza.

Aliya Mustafina (Moscow)

The Russian Cup — featuring team, all-around and individual events — is the last competitive chance for on-the-bubble gymnasts to prove themselves worthy of Olympian status.

Powered by superstars Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova, Moscow ran away with the women's title on Wednesday, which also served as the qualification for all-around and event finals.

Mustafina scored 59.335 to Komova's 59.234. Komova's 16.134 on uneven bars (new double-double dismount) was the highest score of the women's meet, followed closely by Mustafina's 15.834. Komova, who returned to all-around competition after ankle surgery this spring, outscored Mustafina on vault but dropped off balance beam on her consecutive layouts.

Moscow teammate Maria Paseka landed her Amanar for the top vault score of the competition (15.800).

Ksenia Afanaseyva and Anna Dementyeva were back in action for the Central Region. Both gymnasts posted strong beam scores but Afanasyeva fell on vault and Dementyeva fell twice on floor exercise.

Russia's athletic rules allowed gymnasts' scores to count twice: one for their native region and one for the region in which they may be affiliated. This double representation allowed Komova (gold with Moscow and silver with Central) and Dementyeva (silver with Central and bronze with Volga) to receive two medals each on Wednesday.

2008 Olympian Sergei Khorokhordin led Central to the men's team title on Tuesday, defeating Siberia and the Ural Region. Khorokhordin was the top qualifier with 89.050. World team member Nikita Ignatyev qualified second with 87.900.

Olympic hope David Belyavsky, who has been suffering from a pinched nerve in his neck, scored 87.400 after a botched vault (12.900 for piked Tsukahara).

Penza's own Denis Ablyazin impressed the home crowd with scores of 15.700 on floor exercise, 15.350 on still rings and 16.200 on vault.

Absent from the competition are Olympic locks Anastasia Grishina (reportedly resting a sore leg) and Emin Garibov. World and Olympic medalist Anton Golotsutskov, suffering from a sore back, also sat out the meet.

External Link: Russian Gymnastics Federation

2012 Russian Cup
June 12-13, Penza

Women's Team		VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Moscow	45.267	46.102	42.134	41.701	175.204
	Anna Myzdrikova	13.634	11.034	13.467	13.234
	Maria Paseka	15.800			14.134
	Aliya Mustafina	14.667	15.834	14.667	14.167
	Viktoria Komova	14.800	16.134	14.000	14.300

2.	Central	41.734	44.168	43.834	42.167	171.903
	Yulia Inshina	13.667	13.000	14.500	13.800
	Viktoria Komova	14.800	16.134	14.000	14.300
	Ksenia Afanasyeva	13.267	13.634	14.467	14.067
	Anna Dementyeva	12.900	14.400	14.867	11.200

3.	Volga	39.401	40.534	40.668	39.134	159.737
	Olga Bikmurzina	12.700	10.267	11.567	12.400
	Alyona Polyan	13.134	12.500	12.767	13.934
	Anna Dementyeva	12.900	14.400	14.867	11.200
	Anna Rodionova	13.367	13.634	13.034	12.800

4.	Southern	40.467	35.868	38.301	38.967	153.603
	Kristina Berskromnaya	12.867	10.067	12.100	11.567
	Maria Dergacheva	12.034		10.367	10.834
	Yulia Belokobylskaya	13.200	12.467	13.767	13.400
	Anastasia Sidorova	14.400	13.334	12.434	14.000

5.	Central 2	40.801	36.534	38.201	38.066	153.602
	Yekaterina Tsvetkova	13.267	10.867	11.167	10.300
	Alla Sidorenko	12.534	12.967	12.634	12.100
	Kristina Bogryagina	13.067	10.000	10.034	12.566
	Anna Pavlova	14.467	12.700	14.400	13.400

Men's Team		FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Central	42.100	42.950	43.100	44.800	43.450	41.250	257.65
	Kirill Ignatenkov	14.000	13.600	14.100	14.950	14.450	13.950
	Andrei Perevoznikov	13.200	14.750	12.600	13.500	13.800	13.000
	Sergei Khorokhordin	14.900	14.200	15.050	15.400	15.200	14.300
	Eldar Yunusov	12.800	14.000	13.950	14.450	12.850	9.050

2.	Siberia	44.100	41.400	43.850	46.700	38.600	43.000	257.650
	Daniil Kazachkov	12.100	12.300	14.600	14.700	11.500	13.900
	Igor Pakhomenko	14.700	14.300	14.200	15.300	12.250	13.400
	Andrei Cherkasov	15.000	13.400	14.300	15.700	11.400	14.750
	Nikita Ignatyev	14.400	13.700	14.950	15.700	14.850	14.350

3.	Urals	42.400	41.500	41.950	44.450	42.100	41.850	254.250
	David Belyavsky	15.200	14.800	14.500	12.900	15.350	14.650
	Nikita Lezhankin		13.500	13.900	14.750	13.450	13.350
	Roman Suetin	12.950	12.800	13.550	15.100	13.300	11.400
	Alexander Dyomin	14.250	13.200	8.600	14.600	12.800	13.850

4.	Moscow	44.350	37.300	43.250	46.100	42.250	40.850	254.100
	Denis Ablyazin	15.700		15.350	16.200		12.800
	Dmitry Gogotov	14.500	14.200	13.900	15.250	14.850	13.800
	Alexander Fafashkin	14.150	11.800	14.000	13.800	14.150	13.150
	Alexei Rostov	13.600	11.300	13.700	14.650	13.250	13.900

5.	Volga	43.400	38.300	43.850	45.600	40.400	39.600	251.150
	Pavel Russinyak	14.300	12.300	14.400	14.500	13.850	13.800
	Pavel Pavlov	13.400	12.900	14.100	14.900	13.750	13.000
	Vilyam Katyn	12.900	13.100	12.800	13.600	12.800	12.300
	Denis Ablyazin	15.700		15.350	16.200		12.800

6.	Moscow 2	40.550	38.700	39.750	45.200	41.200	38.850	244.250
	Maxim Malyshkin	12.100	12.850	13.500	14.800	13.600
	Dmitry Yakubovsky	13.750	12.900	12.950	15.350	14.100	12.700
	Alexander Klochkov	12.800	12.900	13.300	14.400	13.150	13.900
	Vyacheslav Veselov	14.000	12.900	12.600	15.050	13.500	12.250

7.	St. Petersburg	40.400	40.000	37.050	42.750	38.650	36.450	2 35.300
	Vladislav Kozin	13.000	10.500	12.500	14.400	13.600	13.700
	Eldar Yunusov	12.800	14.000	13.950	14.450	12.850	9.050
	Alexander Ilyin	14.350	14.000	10.600	13.900		11.450
	Nikita Kudryavtsev	13.050	12.000		13.800	12.200	11.300

8.	Northwestern		13.700	15.500		14.550		43.750
	Alexander Balandin		13.700	15.500		14.550

9.	Southern		11.600	12.000	14.500			38.100
	Alexei Bykov		11.600	12.000	14.500

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Rebecca4717 said:

	... I think Anna Dementieva just lost her ticket to London It's a shame because she is awesome. I think they will take: - Komova - Mustafina - Paseka - Grishina - Afansieva
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