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| Fan favourite Anna Dementyeva took three golds in Moscow this December |
The Russian Gymnastics Federation has now published the full results of this competition which I will reproduce below (WAG first, MAG in a separate post).
I think the most significant outcomes are the junior women where Evgeniya Shelgunova, who turns senior next year, took the gold in the all around and beam. Maria Kharenkova, who will train with the seniors next year but won't have senior competitive eligibility till 2014, also rounded out the year nicely with a silver in the all around and a the gold medal on floor.
It is good to see Dementyeva pick up some gold (gold all around in the senior competition, and gold on bars and beam where she scored 15.6 with an SV of 6.6). With Anna Pavlova taking silver in the all around and golds on floor and vault, this must have been a pretty competition to watch. Olympic team members Komova and Mustafina were present and appeared on individual apparatus, though as exhibition performances. I wonder though why Moscow-based Anastasia Grishina did not compete?
Qualifications/all around, junior women
WAG Senior All Around competition
Master of Sports competition, WAG All Around
Junior WAG individual event finals
Vault
Uneven Bars
Floor
Vault
Beam
Floor
You can find the team competition results here.
Funny to see Dutch names written in Cyrillic ;)
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, none of the Olympic participants didn't compete, Aliya and Komova did bars but I haven't seen anything about Ksenia or Maria either, unless I am mistaken, so I doubt Grishina would compete.
ReplyDeleteNice to see Dementieva getting in form.
Elizabeth do you know what the next competition Russian elites may be gunning for start of the year? What we have to look forward to following next?
ReplyDeleteShelgunova is a very promising soon-to-be senior.
ReplyDelete"I am sure for Olympic Games we will have two--probably three--like Komova. And, of course, we will beat them." - Andrei Rodionenko (circa 2011 World Championships)
ReplyDeleteFor a newly minted senior hitched to a wagon of soaring expectations, Grishina's performance at London Prepares seemed promising, and Mr. Rodionenko's statement eerily prophetic. Who dreamed this starlet would return to Greenwich Arena--to the London Games--completely disheveled?
When it comes to Grishina, no news is probably good news. If anyone needs privacy and ample time to recover, it is this poor girl.
ANNA PAVLOVA!!! If she improves some of her beam, floor, and vault, than she could make to next years worlds.
ReplyDeleteAnna does not train with the national team and Andrei Rodionenko has said that this is because her knee injury excludes her from the hard training necessary on the national team.
DeleteI understand the enthusiasm that people have for Anna's gymnastics; and she often seems stronger and more consistent on vault than many of those on the current national team - however, I would be surprised to see her qualify for any of those top level competitions.
Did you see the interview with her in International Gymnast recently where she discusses the situation on the national team?