12. Dezember 2005  
Plano, Texas / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

LIUKIN INVITATIONAL 2005Premiere: First competition under new Code of Points

Yernar Yerimbetov

Kazakhstan's Yernar Yerimbetov won the all-around at the 10th Valery Liukin Invitational, held Saturday at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas (USA).
International Gymnast reports that this event were practiced under the conditions of the neww 2006 Code of Points, already!
The new Code of Points abolishes the traditional ten-point scoring system. Final scores will be a combination of difficulty (based on the top ten most difficult skills in the routine) and execution (out of a ten-point scale).
Intl. Gymnast wrote, that in Plano, manual score flashers were used, as the software for the gym's electronic scoreboard does not yet recognize the higher scores of the new Code. (The 10.000 on pommel horse by Houston Gymnastics Academy's Sean Ames placed him 29th on the event.)
'All I can understand is that 15 or higher is a good score,' joked Vladimir Artemev, coach and father of U.S. team member Sasha Artemev.
With an all-around total of 89.400, Yerimbetov topped the Ukrainian pair of Andrei Isayev (87.850) and Nikolai Kuksenkov (86.550).
Source: International Gymnast

2005 VALERY LIUKIN INVITATIONAL
- December, 10; Plano/Texas (USA) -

Men's All-Around
1. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 89.400
2. Andrei Isayev UKR 87.850
3. Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 86.550

4. David Henderson (Univ. of Oklahoma) 86.250
5. Stepan Gorbachyov KAZ 86.100
6. Tim Gentry (WOGA) 85.650
7. Mark Holyoake NZL 85.250
8. Philip Oronato (WOGA) 85.200
9. Vladimir Olennikov RUS 83.850
10. Alexander Yakubovsky UKR 83.150
11. Cole Storer (WOGA) 82.750
12. Emin Garibov RUS 82.250
13. Alexander Klochkov RUS 81.450
14. Matt Hicks (HGA) 81.100
14. Andre Berry (Cypress) 81.100
16. Steven Legendre (WOGA) 80.350
17. Jevgenijs Zorins LAT 79.800
18. Timothy Pittman (Cypress) 78.850
19. Maxim Malyshkin RUS 78.250
20. Anthony DaGrosa (5280 Gymnastics) 75.200
Floor Exercise
1. Ivan Gorbunovs LAT 14.650
2. Stepan Gorbachyov KAZ 14.600
3. Nikolai Kuksenkov 14.400

Pommel Horse
1. Andrei Isayev UKR 14.600
2. Mark Holyoake NZL 14.550
2. Dmitrjis Trefilovs LAT 14.550

Still Rings
1. Andrei Isayev UKR 15.550
2. Sean Golden (HGA) 15.450
3. Philip Onorato (WOGA) 15.150

Vault
1. Andrei Isayev UKR 16.700
2. Cole Storer (WOGA) 16.350
3. Alexander Yakubovsky UKR 16.300

Parallel Bars
1. Mark Holyoake NZL 15.150
2. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 15.000
3. Andrei Isayev UKR 14.700

High Bar
1. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 15.400
2. Stepan Gorbachyov KAZ 14.700
3. Tim Gentry (WOGA) 14.450