The All Around Gymnastics News site reports the final results of the second day of competition in Japan. Beam : 1 Mitchell, 15.2 2 Mustafina 15.15 3 Sui Lu 14.975 Dementieva came 7th with 12.775 following two falls and two large balance checks. Such a pity - competing to full potential, Dementieva should have been able to beat this field on beam. Floor: Equal first = Sui Lu and Aliya Mustafina, 14.625 3 - Jiang Yuyuan, 14.175. Dementieva came 5th with 14 points. Albert reports that she had problems landing her final triple twist. This was a fairly good competition for the Russians that underlines their growing strength in depth. Thanks to Mustafina's efforts, they took half the gold on offer, in addition to two silvers and a bronze medal. All three Russian girls medalled, and Russians collected medals on every piece of apparatus. Out of 12 possible medals, they took five. The Chinese didn't do ba...
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