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2026 Russian Championships Performance analysis WAG V

Russian Championships 2026 Performance Analysis

Part 1: Women’s Vault – Power, Precision and Consistency

The women’s vault final at the 2026 Russian Championships showcased one of the deepest fields of the competition. While Alexandra Anufriyeva claimed the national title, the results also highlighted the continuing strength of Krasnodar Krai and Moscow, both of which placed multiple gymnasts among the championship’s leading performers. Execution scores were generally high, suggesting that clean landings and technical precision proved just as important as difficulty in determining the final standings.  

The Podium

Medal

Gymnast

Region

Score

🥇 Gold

Alexandra Ivanovna Anufriyeva

Smolensk Region

13.800

ðŸ¥Ë† Silver

Lyudmila Arkadyevna Roshchina

Krasnodar Krai

13.483

🥉 Bronze

Elizaveta Vladimirovna Us

Krasnodar Krai

13.300


Highest difficulty score

Rank

Gymnast

Region

D Score

1=

Alexandra Ivanovna Anufriyeva

Smolensk Region

5.4

1=

Anna Dmitriyevna Kalmykova*

Moscow

5.4

1=

Elizaveta Vladimirovna Us

Krasnodar Krai

5.4

4=

Lyudmila Arkadyevna Roshchina

Krasnodar Krai

5.0

4=

Arina Artemovna Strukova

Moscow

5.0


Highest Execution Scores

Rank

Gymnast

Region

E Score

1=

Elizaveta Vladimirovna Us

Krasnodar Krai

9.100

1=

Arina Artemovna Strukova

Moscow

9.100

3

Elena Yuryevna Chursina

Moscow

8.966

4

Anna Dmitriyevna Kalmykova

Moscow

8.966

5

Yuliya Konstantinovna Biryulya

Krasnodar Krai

9.066


Team rankings

Rank

Team

Score

1

Moscow

55.366

2

Krasnodar Krai

51.666

3

Vladimir Region

51.499

4

Saint Petersburg

45.899

5

Tula Region

45.565



Numbers That Matter

13.800 – Championship-winning score.

9.100 – Highest execution score recorded on vault.

5.4 – Highest difficulty value performed.

0.317 – Margin separating first and second place.

2 – Gymnasts from Krasnodar Krai finished on the podium.

3 – Different regions represented among the medal winners.


Performance Spotlight

Alexandra Ivanovna Anufriyeva

Although still one of the younger competitors in the field, Alexandra Anufriyeva produced two controlled vaults to secure the national title. Her victory was built on a combination of high difficulty and dependable execution rather than relying on one exceptional vault. Matching the championship’s highest difficulty value while maintaining consistently strong execution enabled her to finish more than three tenths of a point clear of the silver medallist.  


What We Learned

The statistics point to an encouraging level of depth in Russian women’s vaulting. Five gymnasts performed vaults with a start value of 5.0 or higher, while execution scores above 8.8 were achieved repeatedly across the championship, particularly during the team competition. That combination of difficulty and execution suggests that the event remains one of Russia’s strongest disciplines domestically. At the same time, the narrow margins between the leading gymnasts indicate that execution continues to be decisive when athletes perform vaults of comparable difficulty.  


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