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 ...
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