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Afanasyeva leads Russia Cup All Around qualifications

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Veteran artistic gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva leads the first day of Russia Cup competition in Ekaterinburg, ahead of European champion Anna Dementieva and newcomer to the senior team, Viktoria Komova.  This annual competition will form an important element of the selection process for the national team for autumn's World Championships.  Full individual results can be viewed on the Federation's website.

Afanasyeva is said to be the gymnast on top form at this competition, having fully recovered from an injury she had been carrying for some time.  Viktoria Komova performed extremely well considering she was not initially expected to compete on all four pieces, and achieved the highest score on bars.

Only three of last year's World Championships team - Afanasyeva, Dementieva and Semenova - featured in the top ten here (Semenova, recently returned to Lake Krugloye to begin full training, finished in 7th place).  Tatiana Nabieva competed only vault and bars but seems to have had a bad day, recording a disastrous 12.575 on vault (19th) and relatively low 14.775 on bars (5th). 

Newcomer Yulia Belokobylskaya finished in 4th place, showing a consistent contribution throughout the day, while vault and floor specialist Maria Paseka made a credible first call for a place on the worlds team, finishing in 1st place on vault.

The all around final takes place tomorrow at 5.00 pm local time - online streaming video of the competition may be accessible here, trusting that the technology will work.

Russia Cup All Around Qualifications results, 17th August 2011

1     Ksenia Afanasyeva              58.675
2     Anna Dementieva                58.55
3     Viktoria Komova                57.15
4     Yulia Belokobylskaya          56.275
5     Yulia Inishina                       55.25
6     Maria Stepanova                 53.775
7     Ksenia Semenova                53.75
8     Diana Sapronova                 52.925
9     Anna Pavlova                      52.925
10   Ekaterina Kramarenko         52.2
11   Ramila Musina                     50.75
12   Ekaterina Kurbatova            50.125

The event qualifications information provided below is collated using the ordinal numbers provided at the side of each apparatus score.  This has ended up showing some frustrating gaps - I don't fully understand why but perhaps more information will be available in the morning.

 Vault qualifications

1     Maria Paseka                     14.875
2     Anna Pavlova                     14.8
3     Ksenia Afanasyeva             14.6
4     Y. Belokobylskaya             14.5
5     V Komova                         14.05
6     ?
7     E Kramarenko                   13.75
8    K Semenova                       13.60
R    M Stepanova                      13.425
R    Francesca Yanaeva             13.425

Uneven bars qualifications

1   V Komova                        15.8
2   ?
3   A Dementieva                    14.95
4   ?
5   T Nabieva                         14.775
6   K Afanasyeva                    14.2
7   Kramarenko                      13.75
8   Stepanova                          13.65
R   Belokobylskaya                 13.625
R   A Pavlova                          13.225

Beam qualifications

1   A Dementieva                     15.3
2   ?
3  K Afanasyeva                      14.9
4  V Komova                           14.8
5  ?
6  Y Belokobylskaya               14.325
7   D Sapronova                      14.15
8   Y Inishina                           13.825
R  T Solovieva                         13.65
R  K Semenova                       13.575

Floor qualifications

1   K Afanasyeva                    14.975
2   A Dementieva                    14.9
3   ?
4   Y Inishina                           14.375
5   Y Belokobylskaya              14.275
6   M Stepanova                     14.075
7   M Paseka                          13.4
8   K Semenova                      13.225
R   R Musina                           13.125
R   Maria Smirnova                 13.075

I should also record that the team results are available here.
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  1. Anonymous17 August 2011 at 22:58

    I'm just joking but maybe Mustafina secretly competed here, hence the (?).

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  2. Queen Elizabeth18 August 2011 at 00:41

    I never had thought of that. You could very well be right. O:-)

    Or it could be Grishina and another junior.

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  3. Anonymous18 August 2011 at 01:34

    Grishina sort of makes sense. If you look in the bottom left of this photo, she is definitely there. The scores make sense for her too.

    http://s.66.ru/new66/collection/14/04/e7/5d/1404e75d.jpg

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  4. Queen Elizabeth18 August 2011 at 07:45

    If we are right, she could well have been in contention for sikver all around. I'll keep my eye on the results and see what confirmation we can get ...

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