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Junior men EF results, Russian Nationals - Ivan Stretovich, Grigori Zyrianov show strength

Russian Championships came to an end on Saturday with event finals in both the senior and junior categories.  As usual, the juniors competed in two separate classifications, Master of Sport and Candidate Master of Sport.  We saw the emergence of a very young new star, Ivan Stretovich, who turns 16 in October and trains in Novosibirsk with coach B Konvissar.  Ivan won either gold or silver on every apparatus except vault, for which he did not present (the first day's results can be found here).  Stretovich's success further underlines the growing dominance of Siberia as a force in Russian men's gymnastics with strength in depth throughout the ranks.

Left : Ivan Stretovich picks up one of his silver awards last week.  Identity of the other two gymnasts to be confirmed as soon as possible!  Picture courtesy of the RGF
In the Master of Sport category Grigory Zyrianov took gold on both parallel bars and high bar.

Full results are given below.

Master of Sport


Candidate Master of Sport




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