Russian Championships Event Finals

Vault
1 Alla Sosnitskaya 14.800 (6.4, 5.8)
2 Maria Paseka 14.367 (6.4, 5.8)
3 Seda Tutkhalyan 13.867 (5.8, 5.0)

Bars
1 Daria Spiridonova 15.033 (6.7)
2 Ekaterina Kramarenko 14.600 (6.0)
3 Maria Paseka 14.567 (5.9)

Click PLAY or watch Daria’s Bars on YouTube.

Beam
1 Maria Kharenkova 14.533 (6.6)
2 Daria Spiridonova 14.233 (5.9)
3 Seda Tutkhalyan 14.200 (6.6)

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Floor
1 Ksenia Afanasyeva 15.133 (6.4)
2 Evgeniya Shelgunova 14.033 (5.9)
3 Maria Kharenkova 13.967 (6.0)

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The biggest upset of the event finals was Viktoria Komova falling on both bars and beam. Komova looked to be in good shape on both events but will need a bit more repetitions and upgrades in order to compete with the likes of Spiridonova and Kharenkova on bars and beam respectively. …

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Aliya is skipping Europeans.

At the conclusion of this weekend’s Russian Championships, Valentina Rodionenko named the nominative team for European Championships, just about a month away in France.

This year’s Euros are individual championships only, and Russia has opted to send the four apparatus gold medalists from Russian Championships – Alla Sosnitskaya (vault), Daria Spiridonova (bars), Maria Kharenkova (beam), and Ksenia Afanasyeva (floor). …

Overall, these championships were a mess, to put it frankly. But it’s not totally bleak. The little core group going to Euros should do very well there, and can realistically aim for at least one medal in every final, even without Queen Mustafina. And in addition to this group, there is so much promise. If everyone can stay healthy all year, they could have a considerable amount of depth going into Worlds.

Gymternet – The Russian Ladies at Championships

UPDATE: As is so often the case, Valentina Rodionenko spoke too soon.

Head WAG coach Evgeny Grebyonkin:

On the basis of their performance at the Russian Championships, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Maria Kharenkova and Daria Spiridinova have been confirmed for the team. Fighting for the final place will be Alla Sosnitskaya, Viktoria Komova, Maria Paseka and first year senior Seda Tutkhalyan. …

RRG – Komova, Tutkhalyan will fight for a place on Russia’s Euros team

related – Russian Men’s Team – Seven men compete for six places at Euros – Valery Alfosov