Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Aliya Mustafina wins Russian Championships!!!

Aliya Mustafina 58.55
Ksenia Semenova 58.2
Tatiana Nabieva 56.9
Anna Dementyeva 55.55
Kristina Goryunova 55.55
Ksenia Afanasyeva 55.2

Alexandrov said, "I cannot say these results were unexpected. After the Olympics both Ksenias were injured and could not train to full capacity, although they worked a lot. Therefore the errors which they made here could be predicted. Nothing dreadful - it is all reparable. In particular, Ksenia Semenova was leading the competition in three rotations of the competition - she made mistakes only in the floor exercise, where she dropped to second. The rules were adhered to rigidly, with deductions for the slightest error. The results of the younger ones also did not surprise me. The girls are very diligent and hardworking. Before this championship, there was one goal - to get to the national team. This has been achieved. But for me is the important problem - we cannot take the girls born in 1994 to the Europeans. So we have only two Olympians - Semenova and Afanasyeva. We also have Goryunova, who is improving, but that is still not enough. Berger also made mistakes. [I can't understand the last sentence.]
Men's All-Around:
Yuri Ryazanov 88.225
Vladimir Alennikova 86.775
Dmitry Barkalov 86.325
Anton Lihovitsky 85.825
Anton Neudakin 85.0
Nikita Ignatyev 84.4

Maxim Devyatovskim ended up 25th :O he is not doing well is he. But Alexandrov is not giving up on him yet, saying, "However, I think that we should not dismiss Maxim. He is still not over the tragedy which has shaken him (the death of his mother), and serious work should help. He has sufficient potential."
Alexandrov did not comment on who would prepare for the European team, but that it would be decided after the event finals tomorrow.

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