World Cup: Bessonova s total triumph

Anna BESSONOWA (UKR)
'Favorite of Hearts!

Favorite of Hearts won four decisions
On Easter Sunday, final day of the "2008 DERYUGINA CUP", the first world cup of the Olympic season, was a total triumph for the reigning all-around champion Anna BESSONOVA - second placed in the all-around qualification, with a difference of one tenth only: The "Favorite of the Hearts' won all the four final decisions.
Russia's Olga KAPRANOVA won the all-around competition in front of BESSONOVA and two silver medals (Rope, hoop), Olga SESSINA (ribbon) and Evgenia KANAEVA (clubs) the other two. Only one bronze medal went outside of the Ukraine and Russia, to Inna ZHUKOVA with clubs...
Italy, Russia, Ukraine was the sequencing of the groups' all-around decision...

Reporting from Kiev for GYMmedia
(c) Photos: Dirk ZIMMERMANN (GER)

WORLD CUP: DERJUGINA CUP 2008
- Kiev, Ukraine, 21. - 23. March 2008 -

* R E S U L T S
- Saturday -

> Elite, All-around > Final, Qualifiers
> Groups, All-around

> Juniors, All-around > Juniors, Final Qualifiers

W O R L D C U P, FINALS
- Kiev, 23-March- 2008 -

* R E S U L T S

* ROPE / Seil
1. Anna BESSONOVA (UKR)   - 18.525
2. Olga KAPRANOVA (RUS) -18,525
3. Evgenia KANAEVA (RUS) - 18,350
        >> Detailed Results

* HOOP / Reifen
1. Anna BESSONOVA (UKR)   - 18.700
2. Olga KAPRANOVA (RUS) -18,500
3. Evgenia KANAEVA (RUS) - 18,375
             >> Detailed Results

* CLUBS / Keulen
1. Anna BESSONOVA (UKR)   - 18.675
2. Evgenia KANAEVA (RUS)   - 18,425
3. Inna KHUKOVA (BLR)         - 18,075
        >> Detailed Results

* RIBBON / Band
1. Anna BESSONOVA (UKR)   - 18.450
2. Vera SESSINA (RUS)          -18,000
3. Olga KAPRANOVA (RUS) - 17,500
        >> Detailed Results

The girls of the fifth placed JAPANESE GROUP - behind the leading group nations - charmed with their new hoop/clups exercise an a lot of originally ideas.

Update, Tuesday, 2008, March 25

Derjugina Cup 20008
- Kiev, March 23 -

After the Italian victory in the all-around group competition the Russian girls dominated the final events on Sunday and won all the two final decision in front of Italy.
The Japanese girls advanced from fifth to fourth place with 3 hoops/2 clubs...:

* FINAL RESULTS, Groups, 5 Ropes (Seile)

* FINAL RESULTS, Groups, 3 Hoops/2 Clubs

Having won the juniors' all-around competition, the young Russian Daria DIMITREVA was also the absolutely best gymnast at the final day and won also all the four apparatus decisions...:
* Final-Results, Juniors
> Rope/Seil; > Ball; > Hoop/Reifen; > Ribbon/Band

* Sorry for the later updates...!
- the editors-

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World Cup: Bessonova s total triumph