Russian AA Championships results

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

full results

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 …

Kapitonova Solid in Russian Championships Win

Kenzo Shirai – the Tokyo Tornado?

Crushed it in the Melbourne finals. Did not need the new Vault to win.

D 5,6 E 9,500
D 5,2 E 9,533

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Alexandrov coaching Oksana

It’s 1992 all over again. 

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BRG7ydWF-sh/?taken-by=oksana2016

Olympic Champion Rita Mamun

Margarita “Rita” Mamun is the 2016 Olympic All-around Champion. …

Margarita was born in Moscow, Russia to a Bangladeshi father and Russian mother. …

On 26 August 2016, Rita’s father Abdullah died from cancer, days after she won gold at the Olympic Games. …

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https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/836588621243236352

Russian MAG Championships prelim scores

1. Artur Dalaloyan 84.431
2. Vladislav Polyashov 83.499
3. Nikita Ignatyev 82.764
4. Ilya Kirbatas 82.465
5. Kirill Prokopyev 82.297

papa-liukin

H Bar the weakest apparatus, as usual.

Russian Championships prelim scores

1. Elena Eremina – St Petersburg 55.366
2. Seda Tutkhalyan – Moscow 54.198
3. Natalia Kapitonova – Volga 53.432
4T. Lilia Akhaimova – St Petersburg 53.332
4T. Angelina Melnikova – Central 53.332
6. Viktoria Trykina – Moscow 52.899

See the full list on Gymternet.