The Russian Cup finished on Sunday with the final day of apparatus finals. In the women's competition, Komova, Dementieva, Afanasyeva and Belokobylskaya proved to be the most successful of those in contention for places on the national team for the World Championships in Tokyo this October. In the men's competition, we saw a changing of the guard as Ablyazin, Ignatiev and Garibov began to prove their worth against the falling star of such gymnasts as Devyatovski.
The Russian Federation website carries full results of the men's competition, and the women's competition.
The top three in each event, and some more detailed notes, are as follows.
Women's Competition
Vault
1. Anna Pavlova 14.225
2. Anna Dementieva 13.813
3. Maria Paseka 13.713
4. Tanya Nabieva 13.65
Bars
1. Viktoria Komova 15.875
2. Tanya Nabieva 14.825
3. Yulia Belokobylskaya 14.55
4. Anna Dementieva 14.45
Beam
1. Viktoria Komova 15.525
2. Anna Dementieva 15.15
3. Yulia Belokobylskaya 14.625
Floor
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.65
2. Yulia Inishina 14.025
3. Yulia Belokobylskaya 13.375
I am indebted to Tess at the Russian language gymnastics board, whose careful reports provide some elaboration to the bare bones we see here. She includes her calculations of some of the start values. Some key points
- Yulia Belokobylskaya fell on her first tumbling pass on floor
- Ksenia Afanasyeva's choreography is excellent, her tumbling was perfect in this floor exercise.
- Komova's SV on beam = 6.2
- Semenova on beam managed only a double twist dismount and an SV of 4.9.
- Belokobylskaya looked very, very nice on beam, with a start value of 6.0
- Afanasyeva beam SV of 6.0. Fell once during the early part of the routine; had another near fall.
- Dementieva didn't manage to control her beam dismount well and may have missed a connection - resulting in a SV of 6.6 or 6.7
- Nabieva fell on her double twisting Yurchenko in vault final and had some execution faults in her second vault. Paseka fell on her second vault.
All of the national team members have new floor routines, the nicest of which I think is Afanasyeva's; I'm not terribly fond of the break in Komova's music nor of the jazzy style given to Dementieva, but perhaps they will grow on me. Videos of some of the routines can be found here.
There are still some weeks to go before the team has to make its nominative registrations for the World Championships. It is fairly plain to see who are doing the best here (Komova/Dementieva, Afanasyeva, Belokobylskaya) but question marks still remain over the right strategy to fill the final places, given the need (a) to qualify for the Olympics and (b) to present a credible performance in finals. Vault was the weakest piece at this competition, perhaps suggesting Nabieva and Paseka as the final two team members. Paseka in particular would benefit from the experience of international senior competition. Let's just hope the team gets through the final stages of preparation and selection with their health intact.
Men's competition
Floor
1. D. Ablyazin 15.05
2. A. Cherkasov 15.00
3. D. Barkalot 14.75
4. N Ignatieva 14.73
Pommels
1. A. Perevozhnikov 15.08
1. D. Belyavski 15.08
3. V. Olennikov 14.5
Rings
1. K. Pluzhnikov 15.85
2. N. Ignatiev 15.03
3. E. Garibov 14.5
4. D. Ablyazin 14.38
Vault
1. D. Ablyazin 15.76
2. M. Bondar 15.41
3. N Lezhankin 15.24
Golutsotskov fell to his knees on both vaults, scoring 14.98 for 5th place
P Bars
1. N. Ignatiev 15.00
2. D. Gogotov 14.98
3. M. Devyatovski 14.73
4. K Pluzhnikov 14.68
High bar
1. E. Garibov 15.7
2. M. Bondar 15.13
3. M. Devyatovski 14.73
The Russian Federation website carries full results of the men's competition, and the women's competition.
The top three in each event, and some more detailed notes, are as follows.
Women's Competition
Vault
1. Anna Pavlova 14.225
2. Anna Dementieva 13.813
3. Maria Paseka 13.713
4. Tanya Nabieva 13.65
Bars
1. Viktoria Komova 15.875
2. Tanya Nabieva 14.825
3. Yulia Belokobylskaya 14.55
4. Anna Dementieva 14.45
Beam
1. Viktoria Komova 15.525
2. Anna Dementieva 15.15
3. Yulia Belokobylskaya 14.625
Floor
1. Ksenia Afanasyeva 14.65
2. Yulia Inishina 14.025
3. Yulia Belokobylskaya 13.375
I am indebted to Tess at the Russian language gymnastics board, whose careful reports provide some elaboration to the bare bones we see here. She includes her calculations of some of the start values. Some key points
- Yulia Belokobylskaya fell on her first tumbling pass on floor
- Ksenia Afanasyeva's choreography is excellent, her tumbling was perfect in this floor exercise.
- Komova's SV on beam = 6.2
- Semenova on beam managed only a double twist dismount and an SV of 4.9.
- Belokobylskaya looked very, very nice on beam, with a start value of 6.0
- Afanasyeva beam SV of 6.0. Fell once during the early part of the routine; had another near fall.
- Dementieva didn't manage to control her beam dismount well and may have missed a connection - resulting in a SV of 6.6 or 6.7
- Nabieva fell on her double twisting Yurchenko in vault final and had some execution faults in her second vault. Paseka fell on her second vault.
All of the national team members have new floor routines, the nicest of which I think is Afanasyeva's; I'm not terribly fond of the break in Komova's music nor of the jazzy style given to Dementieva, but perhaps they will grow on me. Videos of some of the routines can be found here.
There are still some weeks to go before the team has to make its nominative registrations for the World Championships. It is fairly plain to see who are doing the best here (Komova/Dementieva, Afanasyeva, Belokobylskaya) but question marks still remain over the right strategy to fill the final places, given the need (a) to qualify for the Olympics and (b) to present a credible performance in finals. Vault was the weakest piece at this competition, perhaps suggesting Nabieva and Paseka as the final two team members. Paseka in particular would benefit from the experience of international senior competition. Let's just hope the team gets through the final stages of preparation and selection with their health intact.
Men's competition
Floor
1. D. Ablyazin 15.05
2. A. Cherkasov 15.00
3. D. Barkalot 14.75
4. N Ignatieva 14.73
Pommels
1. A. Perevozhnikov 15.08
1. D. Belyavski 15.08
3. V. Olennikov 14.5
Rings
1. K. Pluzhnikov 15.85
2. N. Ignatiev 15.03
3. E. Garibov 14.5
4. D. Ablyazin 14.38
Vault
1. D. Ablyazin 15.76
2. M. Bondar 15.41
3. N Lezhankin 15.24
Golutsotskov fell to his knees on both vaults, scoring 14.98 for 5th place
P Bars
1. N. Ignatiev 15.00
2. D. Gogotov 14.98
3. M. Devyatovski 14.73
4. K Pluzhnikov 14.68
High bar
1. E. Garibov 15.7
2. M. Bondar 15.13
3. M. Devyatovski 14.73
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