Veteran artistic gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva leads the first day of Russia Cup competition in Ekaterinburg, ahead of European champion Anna Dementieva and newcomer to the senior team, Viktoria Komova. This annual competition will form an important element of the selection process for the national team for autumn's World Championships. Full individual results can be viewed on the Federation's website.
Afanasyeva is said to be the gymnast on top form at this competition, having fully recovered from an injury she had been carrying for some time. Viktoria Komova performed extremely well considering she was not initially expected to compete on all four pieces, and achieved the highest score on bars.
Only three of last year's World Championships team - Afanasyeva, Dementieva and Semenova - featured in the top ten here (Semenova, recently returned to Lake Krugloye to begin full training, finished in 7th place). Tatiana Nabieva competed only vault and bars but seems to have had a bad day, recording a disastrous 12.575 on vault (19th) and relatively low 14.775 on bars (5th).
Newcomer Yulia Belokobylskaya finished in 4th place, showing a consistent contribution throughout the day, while vault and floor specialist Maria Paseka made a credible first call for a place on the worlds team, finishing in 1st place on vault.
The all around final takes place tomorrow at 5.00 pm local time - online streaming video of the competition may be accessible here, trusting that the technology will work.
Russia Cup All Around Qualifications results, 17th August 2011
1 Ksenia Afanasyeva 58.675
2 Anna Dementieva 58.55
3 Viktoria Komova 57.15
4 Yulia Belokobylskaya 56.275
5 Yulia Inishina 55.25
6 Maria Stepanova 53.775
7 Ksenia Semenova 53.75
8 Diana Sapronova 52.925
9 Anna Pavlova 52.925
10 Ekaterina Kramarenko 52.2
11 Ramila Musina 50.75
12 Ekaterina Kurbatova 50.125
The event qualifications information provided below is collated using the ordinal numbers provided at the side of each apparatus score. This has ended up showing some frustrating gaps - I don't fully understand why but perhaps more information will be available in the morning.
Vault qualifications
1 Maria Paseka 14.875
2 Anna Pavlova 14.8
3 Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.6
4 Y. Belokobylskaya 14.5
5 V Komova 14.05
6 ?
7 E Kramarenko 13.75
8 K Semenova 13.60
R M Stepanova 13.425
R Francesca Yanaeva 13.425
Uneven bars qualifications
1 V Komova 15.8
2 ?
3 A Dementieva 14.95
4 ?
5 T Nabieva 14.775
6 K Afanasyeva 14.2
7 Kramarenko 13.75
8 Stepanova 13.65
R Belokobylskaya 13.625
R A Pavlova 13.225
Beam qualifications
1 A Dementieva 15.3
2 ?
3 K Afanasyeva 14.9
4 V Komova 14.8
5 ?
6 Y Belokobylskaya 14.325
7 D Sapronova 14.15
8 Y Inishina 13.825
R T Solovieva 13.65
R K Semenova 13.575
Floor qualifications
1 K Afanasyeva 14.975
2 A Dementieva 14.9
3 ?
4 Y Inishina 14.375
5 Y Belokobylskaya 14.275
6 M Stepanova 14.075
7 M Paseka 13.4
8 K Semenova 13.225
R R Musina 13.125
R Maria Smirnova 13.075
I should also record that the team results are available here.
Afanasyeva is said to be the gymnast on top form at this competition, having fully recovered from an injury she had been carrying for some time. Viktoria Komova performed extremely well considering she was not initially expected to compete on all four pieces, and achieved the highest score on bars.
Only three of last year's World Championships team - Afanasyeva, Dementieva and Semenova - featured in the top ten here (Semenova, recently returned to Lake Krugloye to begin full training, finished in 7th place). Tatiana Nabieva competed only vault and bars but seems to have had a bad day, recording a disastrous 12.575 on vault (19th) and relatively low 14.775 on bars (5th).
Newcomer Yulia Belokobylskaya finished in 4th place, showing a consistent contribution throughout the day, while vault and floor specialist Maria Paseka made a credible first call for a place on the worlds team, finishing in 1st place on vault.
The all around final takes place tomorrow at 5.00 pm local time - online streaming video of the competition may be accessible here, trusting that the technology will work.
Russia Cup All Around Qualifications results, 17th August 2011
1 Ksenia Afanasyeva 58.675
2 Anna Dementieva 58.55
3 Viktoria Komova 57.15
4 Yulia Belokobylskaya 56.275
5 Yulia Inishina 55.25
6 Maria Stepanova 53.775
7 Ksenia Semenova 53.75
8 Diana Sapronova 52.925
9 Anna Pavlova 52.925
10 Ekaterina Kramarenko 52.2
11 Ramila Musina 50.75
12 Ekaterina Kurbatova 50.125
The event qualifications information provided below is collated using the ordinal numbers provided at the side of each apparatus score. This has ended up showing some frustrating gaps - I don't fully understand why but perhaps more information will be available in the morning.
Vault qualifications
1 Maria Paseka 14.875
2 Anna Pavlova 14.8
3 Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.6
4 Y. Belokobylskaya 14.5
5 V Komova 14.05
6 ?
7 E Kramarenko 13.75
8 K Semenova 13.60
R M Stepanova 13.425
R Francesca Yanaeva 13.425
Uneven bars qualifications
1 V Komova 15.8
2 ?
3 A Dementieva 14.95
4 ?
5 T Nabieva 14.775
6 K Afanasyeva 14.2
7 Kramarenko 13.75
8 Stepanova 13.65
R Belokobylskaya 13.625
R A Pavlova 13.225
Beam qualifications
1 A Dementieva 15.3
2 ?
3 K Afanasyeva 14.9
4 V Komova 14.8
5 ?
6 Y Belokobylskaya 14.325
7 D Sapronova 14.15
8 Y Inishina 13.825
R T Solovieva 13.65
R K Semenova 13.575
Floor qualifications
1 K Afanasyeva 14.975
2 A Dementieva 14.9
3 ?
4 Y Inishina 14.375
5 Y Belokobylskaya 14.275
6 M Stepanova 14.075
7 M Paseka 13.4
8 K Semenova 13.225
R R Musina 13.125
R Maria Smirnova 13.075
I should also record that the team results are available here.
I'm just joking but maybe Mustafina secretly competed here, hence the (?).
ReplyDeleteI never had thought of that. You could very well be right. O:-)
ReplyDeleteOr it could be Grishina and another junior.
Grishina sort of makes sense. If you look in the bottom left of this photo, she is definitely there. The scores make sense for her too.
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If we are right, she could well have been in contention for sikver all around. I'll keep my eye on the results and see what confirmation we can get ...
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