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Russian Nationals 2024 : Part 2 WAG Team Finals and Individual Qualifiers

Injury was a main concern for the Russian women at this competition.  Of the Olympians, only Gerasimova competed at full strength.  Both Listunova and Melnikova were suffering with pain; you could see this on their faces and in their movement, by the end of the day's competition.  For Listunova, foot and back pain were problems, while Melnikova had severe achilles pain.  Melnikova is booked in for an MRI as soon as she returns to Moscow after a short break in Sochi, where she is staying with David Belyavski and his family.  

Slava Urazova didn't make the competition at all after injuring her knee in training.  Ilyankova has retired.  Both Diana Kustova and Alena Glotova are still recovering from chest infections and Kustova did not compete at all.  Up and coming gymnasts worth watching include Lyudmilla Roschina, Leila Vasileeva (a favourite of mine) and Maria Agafanova.  The standard of execution was generally good, although there were lots of mistakes, especially on beam.  Only Listunova and Melnikova demonstrated the highest levels of difficulty.  I wonder why, given their injuries?  

The results you find here are from Day One of competition, team finals and individual qualifications for the AA and EF.  I'll post the results of the remaining competitions separately.  I've transliterated the main results in this post and you will find the full results in Russian in a separate post.  You can watch broadcasts of the full competitions here Vilyam Gym's Youtube account has some great edits of the women's competition.

Team finals

1

Moscow

161.761

39.165

43.265

39.132

40.199

 

Listunova, Viktoria

 

12.833

14.666

13.6

14.133

 

Perebinosova, Yulia

 

13.266

14.666

 

 

 

Shapovalova, Kristina

 

 

13.333

13.466

13.133

 

Kalmkova, Anna

 

13.066

13.933

11.633

12.933

 

Trykhina, Viktoria

 

12.433

 

12.066

12.4

2

Vladimir Oblast

155.863

39.566

39.132

38.332

38.833

 

Vasileeva, Leila

 

13.866

13.433

13.1

13.5

 

Semiukhina, Arina

 

13.7

13.766

12.366

12.9

 

Gubenkova, Polina

 

11.8

11.933

12.866

11.833

 

Maksimova, Aleksandra

 

 

11.9

 

 

 

Kuznetsova, Violetta

 

12.00

 

 

12.433

3

Krasnodar Krai

153.629

39.599

38.265

37.132

38.633

 

Biryulya, Yulia

 

13.5

12.666

10.4

12.633

 

Lisyakova, Alena

 

12.466

11.133

11.866

11.733

 

Roschina, Lyudmilla

 

12.833

13.466

13.066

12.7

 

Us, Elizaveta

 

13.266

12.133

12.2

13.3

 

Fishenko, Ekaterina

 

 

 

 

 

4

Novgorod Oblast

153.528

39.899

36.765

37.832

39.032

 

Agafanova, Maria

 

13.00

12.466

13.366

13.7

5

Chuvask Republic

153.462

37.832

39.266

39.032

37.332

 

Gerasimova, Elena

 

13.166

14.033

13.133

13.0

6

Voronezh Oblast

153.095

39.265

35.732

39.232

38.866

 

Melnikova, Angelina

 

14.033

14.466

14.466

14.4

 

Vorona, Yana

 

12.366

 

12.966

12.666


AA and EF

Leading the AA competition were Melnikova, Listunova, Vasileeva, Osokina, Andreeva, Gerasimova, Semiukhina, Agafanova, Shapovalova, Roschina.

Top gymnasts qualifying for the EF included:

Vault : Afanasyeva (Eleonora), Melnikova, Vasileeva, Biryulya, Osokina, Us, Kuzmicheva, Shklokova, Listunova
Uneven Bars : Perebinosova, Listunova, Melnikova, Andreeva, Gerasimova, Kalmkova, Osokina, Semiukhina
Balance Beam : Melnikova, Osokina, Andreeva, Listunova, Shapovalova, Agafanova, Glotova, Gerasimova, Vasileeva
Floor Exercise : Melnikova, Listunova, Agafanova, Vasileeva, Us, Shapovalova, Gerasimova, Kalmkova

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