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7th Annual Penza International - Komova wins

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This competition included all gymnasts on the Russian training squad for the Tokyo World Championships as well as gymnasts from Ukraine and Kazakhstan.  It has been identified as one of the selection criteria for the final Russian team.  Apparatus finals take place tomorrow.  Full results are available here, and a link to a photo story with the main podiums here.

Women's All Around

In the official all around competition only two Russians competed: Komova and Afanasyeva.  Other Russians competed qualifications but their all around scores are calculated and shown out of sequence - ditto the men's competition.

The  result shows Kononenko taking the bronze medal with a score of 54.125 which otherwise would have placed her behind Inshina in 6th place all around.

1    Viktoria Komova             58.35
2    Ksenia Afanasyeva          56.675
3    Natalia Kononenko         54.125
4    Evgeniya Chernyi             51.6
5    Azimbai Moldir                35.675  
6    Yulia Belokobylskaya       56.55
7    Anna Dementyeva            55.675
8    Yulia Inshina                     55.3
9    Maria Stepanova              52.8

At present this shows the top four on the team as Komova, Afanasyeva, Belokobylskaya, Dementieva, pretty much as established at the Russian Cup.  The big question is, who will take up the final two places on the team, not a straightforward decision at all given relative strengths on individual apparatus.  Both Paseka and Nabieva gave a better account of themselves here than previously but their strengths do not extend across all 4 apparatus.  Inshina's steady performance across all four apparatus may make a case for inclusion on the team, perhaps as reserve.   We also see Solovieva finally showing her class on beam.  Remember that Paseka is capable of performing vault, bars and floor.

Top qualifying scores on individual apparatus

Vault

1     Maria Paseka                     15.6
2     Tatiana Nabieva                 14.9
3     Ksenia Afanasyeva             14.5
4     Viktoria Komova               14.45
5     Yulia Belokobylskaya         14.15


A Bars

1.    Viktoria Komova               15.55
2.    Tatiana Nabieva                 14.9
3.    Natalia Kononenko            14.45
4.    Ksenia Afanasyeva             14.25
5.    Yulia Belokobylskaya         13.975


Beam

1.    Anna Dementieva               14.775
2.    Viktoria Komova               14.55
3.    Tatiana Sovolieva               14.5
4.    Yulia Belokobylskaya         14.075
5.    Yulia Inshina                       14.00


Floor

1.   Ksenia Afanasyeva                14.55
2.   Yulia Belokobylskaya           14.35
3.   Anna Dementieva                 14.275
4.   Angelina Kislaya                   13.85
5.   Viktoria Komova                  13.8

Men's competition - all around

1.    Emin Garibov                          89.2
2.    Sergei Khorokhodin                87.729
3.    Artem Byikov                          81.68
4.    Vassily Mikhailitsin                   80.477
5.    Dmitri Stolyarov                        86.76
6.    David Belyavski                        86.55
7.    Maxim Devyatovski                  86.45
8.    Andrei Cherkasov                    86.437
9.    Nikita Ignatyev                          86.313
10   Konstantin Pluzhnikov               84.179
11   Denis Ablyazin                          83.1


Of the individual apparatus performances we should particularly note Belarus's Pavel Bulavski who scored 16 on parallel bars.

Junior Girls competition

1.    Anastasia Dimitrieva                     50.00
2.    Yana Vlasova                               49.1
3.    Yulia Tipaeva                                47.975

Aliya's sister Nailya Mustafina came fourth of the Russians at this competition with a total score of 47.55, leading floor with 12.675 and in second place in the beam standings.

Junior Boys competition

1.  Lev Nosov                                     73.633
2.  Alexander Glukhov                         73.41
3.  Artem Zhukov                                 73.13
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  1. Anonymous18 September 2011 at 03:24

    Paseka's vault score is very interesting because the other scores don't seem to be inflated at all. I wonder what she did. If it was a clean Amanar, I'd say she's going to worlds. The only big issue with bringing Paseka is prelims on beam, which Nabieva and Paseka both don't seem to compete. That is where Inshina has an advantage, but I still don't think she can top an Amanar because I can't imagine she'd be used anywhere in finals. I don't think Polyan is in the mix.

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  2. Queen Elizabeth18 September 2011 at 10:16

    Yes, I'm sad for Polyan but she does seem to be well outside the leading group now.
    It is a very complicated decision to make, not least because this is the first time Paseka has really shown her class on vault for some time - but can she sustain her improvement and repeat on the world stage?
    Is Nabieva reliable?
    I don't think the Russians can throw away the potential of both Paseka's and Nabieva's high scores on the relatively high scoring pieces of vault and bars but where that leaves them on beam is anyone's guess.
    I can't fathom this one.
    By the way, have you encountered the somewhat lovely Google translate of Maria Paseka as Maria Bee Farm?
    I prefer to think of her as the Honey Monster.

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