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Bondareva leader on first day of Junior Russian Championships - results of qualification

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This morning we saw the Junior competitions take place - qualifications for the all around finals, which will take place on Friday, and also the team competitions.

The junior gymnasts compete in two categories - Master of Sport; and Candidate Master of Sport. One big surprise is the omission of leading junior Evgeniya Shelgunova. Shelgunova, 15 this year, is training alongside the seniors in preparation for her maiden year at senior level in 2013. It is unclear whether she competed hors de concours as her colleagues Anastasia Grishina and Sidorova did last year, or if she was missing from the field altogether.

This competition could be said to give the impression that the generation below Shelgunova lacks depth, but then again Maria Kharenkova and her other Pacific Rim team mates did not perform here. However, at Candidate Master of Sport level we see Maria Bondaryeva confirmed as the leading junior gymnast at this competition, outscoring her elders in the Master of Sport category by a clear 2.5 points.

You'll find the full results at the following links - Candidate Master of Sport; and Master of Sport categories.

Junior All Around Qualifications - Candidate Master of Sport

1. Maria Bondaryeva        55.4
2. Kristina Levshina          53.467
3. Evgenia Korolkova      52.167
4. Daria Mikhailova         51.9
5. Viktoria Kuzmina        51.7
6. Polina Spirina             50.967
7. Ekaterina Tinyakova   50.866
8. Olga Valekzhanina      50.633
9. Kristina Yaroshenko   50.134
10. Elena Alekseyenko   50.00

Junior All Around Qualifiers - Master of Sport

1.  Polina Fedorova                 52.734
2.  Yuna Nefedova                  51.167
3.  Irina Yashina                     50.767
4.  Ekaterina Shtronda            50.633
5.  Viktoria Schmidt               50.567
6.  Yulia Ovcharova               49.633
7.  Maria Nechaeva               49.3
8.  Anastasia Kaducheva        48.634
9.  Galina Gannochenko         48.433
10. Maria Borisova                 48
11.  Naila Mustafina               47.766
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