Angelina taking her gold medal AA at the Junior European Championships in 2014. Picture courtesy of UEG . Yesterday, at the Massilia Cup, Russian junior Angelina Melnikova scored 57.5 to win the all around competition ahead of France's Marine Brevet and Romania's Diana Bulimar, both established senior competitors. This score would have seen her finish in fifth place a few weeks ago, at the World Championships in Glasgow. The Russian team, including fellow juniors Daria Skrypnik and Natalia Kapitonova, and senior Evgenia Shelgunova, finished second behind France, after a tight battle. See scores below. Angelina on bars - http://youtu.be/oeVEt8UzkHo On beam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIMiesOKsdw&sns=tw On floor - http://youtu.be/JKfUEYt5RSE Natalia Kapitonova, beam - http://youtu.be/JF1xNqiv2TU On bars - http://youtu.be/B6jnRxWOyKs Shelgunova, beam - http://youtu.be/D4sTTo1Fs88 On bars - http://youtu.be/VYtmhnvOcvg...
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