I’ve been looking at the official 2009 Valeri Liukin Invitational webpage all weekend. (Some great photos.)
But it took Blythe on Gymnastics Examiner to put together a proper write-up of the FIG meet.
Ukraine’s Nikolai (Mykola) Kuksenkov, ninth all-around at the 2009 World Championships, won the Valeri Liukin Invitational last weekend in Frisco, Texas.
Kuksenkov posted the highest scores of the meet on floor (14.8) and high bar (15.4) to finish ahead of runner-up Jonathan Horton of Houston and Takuto Tatikani of Japan. Horton had the highest score of the entire meet on rings (16.1) and tabbed second place finishes on floor (14.7) and parallel bars (15.45) but was as usual outdone on pommel horse (13.0). He finished with an 89.45 all-around total to Kuksenkov’s 90.1. …
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Congratulations to Valeri and WOGA for putting together such an important men’s meet.
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Rick,
Just a comment on Horton — he tore his handgaurd in the 1st one third of the routine – on a Rybaliko I believe. The rest of the group finished (2-3 guys). Then he went again with a 2nd pair of grips and nailed it. I assume he recieved a 1 point deduction for the fall.
Also , check those PEI results – Blaise 2 medals in level 8, Chris 4 medals in level 9, and Matt 3 medals in level 10.
Excellent, Jim. I wish I could get to that meet. Especially in December.
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