The Siberian Open Cup has been taking place in Leninsk-Kuznetzk. In its 10th year, previous winners have included Anna Pavlova, Evgeny Podgorny and Maxim Devyatovski. Competitors from Russia, Mongolia and Kazakstan this year participated. Anastasia Ovipova from Novosibirsk took first place in the girls' competition (Candidate Master of Sport level), ahead of home gymnast Ekaterina Ilyankova, who won the competition last year. The senior competition (Master of Sport level) was won by Valeria Sviridova. Full results of this competition can be found here . Sviridova also won bars in the individual apparatus finals, which were otherwise dominated by Irina Andreeva who had come third in the all around final. The men's competition was headed by Igor Pakhomenko, followed closely by fellow Leninsk-Kuznetsk native Nikita Ignatiev. In third position was Andrei Cherkasov. The men's field also included Youth Olympic Daniil Kazachkov, so there was ...
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