1. Natalia Kapitonova 108.231
2. Elena Eremina 107.732
3. Evgenia Shelgunova 106.597
4. Seda Tutkhalyan 106.230
5. Lilia Akhaimova 106.031
6. Viktoria Trykina 105.931
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Lauren Hopkins:
Of everyone coming into this year’s Russian Championships, 16-year-old Natalia Kapitonova wasn’t at the top of my list.
The second alternate for last year’s Olympic Games and last summer’s Russian Cup bars champion, Kapitonova has often struggled for recognition in a field full of stars. But when this year’s young stars all imploded at the national championships in Kazan today, Kapitonova was there, slow and steady, to quietly slip in for the gold …
