Russian Championships of Artistic Gymnastics

Yulia Lozhechko

The national Russian Championchips of artistic gymnastics took place at Sunday in Moscow.
To the first time the Junior European all-around bronze medallist (2004, in Amsterdam) Yulia Lozhechko won the national Russian title, followed by Elena Zamolodchikova.
Defending women's Russian champion Anna Pavlova, who placed first during Saturday's qualifications, made mistakes on uneven bars and on floor exercise (12th place)....

Anton Golotsutskov (Seversk) won the all-around men's title.
Second place went to veteran Yuri Kryukov, Sergei Khorokhordin won the bronze medal....

Russian Gymnastics Championships 2005
Moscow, March 6

All-Around, Women
1. Yulia Lozhechko (Bryansk) 36.400
2. Yelena Zamolodchikova (Moscow) 35.675
3. Tatiana Kazantseva (Volgograd) 34.875
4. Nadezhda Chikhireva (Moscow) 34.750
5. Yelena Kokareva (Volzhky) 34.650
6. Natalia Ziganshina (St.Petersburg) 34.575

Anton Golotsutskov

All-Around, MEN
1. Anton Golotsutskov (Seversk) 53.250
2. Yuri Kryukov (Moscow) 53.100
3. Sergei Khorokhordin (Barnaul) 53.000
4. Timur Kuzmin (Vladimir) 52.400
5. Ruslan Nigmadzhanov (Vladimir) 52.050
6. Dmitry Barkalov (Barnaul) 52.050

RUSSIAN CUP 2005
On Sunday, March 7 took place the apparaus finals of the 'Russian Cup' for apparatus, only.
Anna Pavlova - after the retirement of the long time leading Svetlana Khorkina - the new 'Number 1' of the GYMmedia World Ranking List, took four medals, but one golden only at the vaulting table.
The others were won by Russian juniors Yelena Kokareva (bars), Yulia Lozhechko (beam) and Nadezhda Chikhirova (floor).

2005 Russian Cup for Apparatus
Moscow, March 7

Women's Vault
1. Anna Pavlova (Orekhovo-Zuevo) 9.350
2. Nadezhda Chikhirova (Moscow) 9.112
3. Tatiana Kazantseva (Volgograd) 9.094

Uneven Bars
1. Yelena Kokareva (Volzhsky) 9.387
2. Yulia Lozhechko (Bryansk) 9.212
3. Anna Pavlova (Orekhovo-Zuevo) 8.700

Balance Beam
1. Yulia Lozhechko (Bryansk) 9.325
2. Alyona Zmeu (Kogalim) 9.225
3. Anna Pavlova (Orekhovo-Zuevo) 9.188

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Nadezhda Chikhirova (Moscow) 9.050
2. Ksenia Afanasyeva (Tula) 8.813
3. Anna Pavlova (Orekhovo-Zuevo) 8.775

In the men's competition of the 2005 Russian Cup, Nikolai Kryukov won both pommel horse and parallel bars. Dmitry Barkalov won floor exercise, Timofei Lazarev won still rings, Anatoly Vasilyev won vault, and Sergei Khorokhordin won high bar.

Men's Results
Men's Floor Exercise
1. Dmitry Barkalov (Barnaul) 8.900
2. Alexander Demin (Chelyabinsk) 8.900
3. Andrei Belousov (Novosibirsk) 8.800

Pommel Horse
1. Nikolai Kryukov (Voronezh) 9.400
2. Dmitry Vasilyev (Izhevsk) 9.300
3. Dmitry Barkalov (Barnaul) 9.200

Still Rings
1. Timofei Lazarev (Yekaterinburg) 9.500
2. Sergei Khorokhordin (Barnaul) 9.300
3. Alexander Kalabin (Vladimir) 9.050

Men's Vault
1. Anatoly Vasilyev (Cherboksary) 9.400
2. Alexander Demin (Chelyabinsk) 9.350
3. Anton Lobachov (St. Petersburg) 9.300

Parallel Bars
1. Nikolai Kryukov (Voronezh) 9.200
2. Yuri Kryukov (Moscow) 8.950
3. Anatoly Vasilyev (Cheboksary) 8.900
High Bar
1. Sergei Khorokhordin (Barnaul) 9.200
2. Andrei Likhovtsky (Rostov-on-Don) 9.100
3. Dmitry Paramonov (Cherboksary) 8.800