Great competition. You’ll be seeing many of these names in the mix for Olympics 2016.
… up-and-coming Russian stars Anastasia Dmitrieva and Maria Bondareva tied for the junior title Saturday. …
Russia won the junior women’s competition, easily defeating Canada, Japan and France with strong performances on bars, beam and floor. Canada was the top team on vault and floor, though only sixth out of seven teams on bars. Romania, as expected, had the highest team score on beam.
… Japan’s Yuki Uchiyama finished third and had the top score of the evening on bars (13.633), ahead of Romania’s Andreea Munteanu (highest beam score with 14.033) and Louise Vanhille of France.
Canada’s Heaven Latimer, sixth, was the highest home-country finisher in the junior division, but she had the top score on floor with 14.0. …
The competition concludes Sunday evening with the senior session and junior event finals.
Examiner – Gymnix: Woo, Russians golden at Montreal’s premier gymnastics showcase
Romania had only 3 competitors. According to Fangymnastics, Andreea Iridon did not get a visa for Canada. And Laura Jurca hurt her ankle during the meet.
Brigid Couch Gymnast McCarthy on Facebook:
1. Bondareva 53.832
1. Dimitrieva 53.832
3. Yuki Uchiyama 52.999Top vaulter Shallon Olsen- the only DTY (14.666) 2. Aleez Yu 14.266 3. Yuki Uchiyama 14.200
Top bars: Yuki Uchiyama with 13.633 2. Maria Bondareva 13.333 3. Lousie Vanhille 13.166
Top beamer Andreea Munteanu 14.033 2T. Yuna Hiraiwa 13.966 2T. Anastasia Dimitrieva 13.966
Top floor Heaven Latimer 14.00 2. Andreea Munteanu 13.833 3. Aleeza Yu 13.400
Brigid has a more detailed report on Couch Gymnast.
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