Seda Tutkhalyan, Angelina Melnikova, Daria Mikhailova Angelina Melnikova confirmed her status at the top of the junior Russian tree today with an outstanding performance in the junior championships (Master of Sports category), scoring a total of 58.3. She was followed by Seda Tutkhalyan and Daria Mikhailova, both Muscovites. Mikhailova trains with Anastasia Grishina under Viktor Razumovsky. Melnikova with coach Denisovich, from Voronezh In the Candidate Master of Sports category, Elena Eremina came first (55.1), ahead of Gymnix 'veteran' Ekaterina Sokova and the relatively unknown Viktoria Trykina. Eremina is a team mate of Tatiana Nabiyeva in St Petersburg, and is coached by Alexander Kiryashev. All of the medallists in today's competition, with the exception of Trykina, who comes from Moscow, are listed as national team members on the RGF website - I publish some of their details below. Full results of the competition are availa...
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