Triple Russian Victory in the Senior All-Around |
Russian Junior Group celebrating their victory
* Reporting from Portimao: GYMmedia correspondent Esther Teijeira
The Russian Junior group competing with 5 ropes |
Senior groups 5 balls routine
As expected, Russia took the lead after the first rotation and on Saturday it will be decided who is the group all-around winner of this year’s edition of the Portimao World Cup. Second placed Italy (27,200 points) and third the Israeli group (26,500 points). The Belarussian gymnasts made a mistake at the end of their routine and placed only sixth (26,000 points) behind Bulgaria and France.
Results Senior groups 5 balls:
1- RUS 28,400
2- ITA 27,200
3- ISR 26,900
> Results Senior Groups 5 balls
Italian group competing with five balls |
Silvia Miteva competing with hoop |
Senior All-Around Hoop & Ball
After the first two rotations in the senior all-around, there’s no doubt that Evgenia Kanaeva is the absolute number one in rhythmic gymnastics. She performed two impressive routines scoring 29,000 and 29,050 points and took the lead ahead of her teammate Daria Kondakova and Melitina Staniouta from Belarus. On fourth place after two exercises ranks Aliya Garaeva and on fifth Silvia Miteva from Bulgaria, the third Russian gymnast Daria Dmitrieva made mistakes with hoop and places only sixth.
Results Senior All-Around after two routines:
1- Evgenia Kanaeva 58,050
2- Daria Kondakova 57,050
3- Melitina Staniouta 55,775
> Results Senior All-Around after two routines
Daria Kondakova (RUS) competing with ribbon |
* Saturday 30th of April 2011
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Senior All-Around Clubs & Ribbon
Saturday’s senior all-around finished with Daria Kondakova from Russia winning ahead of her teammates Evgenia Kanaeva and Daria Dmitrieva. Kanaeva scored 0,100 points less than Kondakova and therefor loses her first all-around in the last three years. Kanaeva made a small mistake with ribbon and had a drop outside the carpet with clubs that meant that she not only lost the gold medal in Portimao, but also that she will be present only in two of the finals, with hoop and ball, tomorrow as there are allowed only two gymnasts per country and the “two Dashas” over scored her in both exercises.
On fourth place ranks Aliya Garaeva from Azerbaidjan and on fifth Liubov Charkashina from Belarus.
Final Results Senior All-Around
1- Daria Kondakova (RUS) 114,325
2- Evgenia Kanaeva (RUS) 114,225
3- Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) 111,000
> Final Results Senior All-Around