(Russian born) West Australian Daria Joura defended her national women’s all-around crown with a stunning display at the Australian Gymnastics Championships at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne on Friday.
Training partner Lauren Mitchell finished second in her first year as a senior with Commonwealth Games gold medallist Chloe Sims from Queensland in third.
Joura collected four gold medals, winning the all-around title along with the individual apparatus gold on floor, vault and the uneven bars.
In doing so, she led the Australian team to an upset victory over reigning world champions China, coming from behind on the final apparatus to win by less than half a point.
Joura’s combined all-around total of 120.350 was made up of two consecutive 60-plus point displays, both bettering her previous best all-around total of 59.875 achieved in finishing fifth at last year’s world titles in Denmark.
The 17-year-old opened with her signature double-twisting Yurchenko vault, earning 15.100, the first time she has broken the 15-point barrier with the difficult manoeuvre.
After another improvement on the uneven bars (15.600) her only stumble before her final floor routine came when she toppled off the balance beam to score 14.125.
… After hearing the news of their team win over China, whose team included two members of last year’s world championship winning team, Joura said the unexpected victory had overshadowed her individual performance.
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