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RUS-GBR-SUI Tri-meet - videos, link to full results (updated)

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The Russian team of Mustafina, Komova, Grishina, Dementyeva,Sidorova and Paseka won the tri-meet this Friday relatively easily, with a total team score of 177.30, almost two points higher than they achieved at last October's World Championships, although comparison is somewhat distorted as the competition formats were different.  Aliya Mustafina, performing only a portion of her full difficulty, won the all around with a score of 58.95 ahead of Grishina with 57.7 and Dementyeva at 56.55.  Observers (Maddie at the All Around forum and Trudi at the IG Forum) noted in particular the excellence of Mustafina's double twisting Yurchenko (15.2 with an execution score of 9.4).   Komova, performing only on bars and beam, acquitted herself well with a 15.85 on bars and a 15.2 beam.   Dementyeva's contribution of a 15 on beam should also not go without note.

Maddie has posted videos of every Russian routine on her Youtube channel and you can read a report at the Couch Gymnast also.  There is a report in German here although partial results only are available to date. Trudi at the IG Forum has posted full results for the Russian girls which I will integrate with the results available elsewhere here.

Hey ho.  Not a bad competition result, considering three of the six are still recovering from injury and the team is far from at full capacity.  I do not think we will see the team at full strength until after their arrival in London for the Olympics.  Nominative registrations for the European Championships are due in the next few days and I guess we will see then whether World Floor Champion Ksenia Afanasyeva, currently recovering from a small leg injury according to an interview in International Gymnast, is introduced into the mix.

Well done to all the girls!

Updated 21 April - link to full results at International Gymnast.
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