05. Dezember 2013  
Moscow, Russia  
Artistic Gymnastics

20th Voronin Cup 2013

The 20th Voronin Cup 2013 was held last weekend in the Russian capital of Moscow. This Tournament is named for nine-time Olympic medallist Mikhail Voronin, the 1968 Olympic champion (vault and high bar). After retiring from competitive gymnastics, Voronin served as President of the Russian Gymnastics Federation, and later as President of Moscow's legendary Dinamo Gymnastics Club, which he and numerous Olympic medallists have trained over the years. The all-around competition of this years anniversary were won by Ukraine's Olena Vasilyeva and Russia's Dmitry Gogotov at the Olimpiyskiy, Moscow's Olympic Stadium. Vasilyeva, a Beam finalist at this year's European Championships, notched the highest scores on Uneven Bars (14.150) and Floor Exercise (13.700). In spite of an error on Balance Beam (12.700), the 16-year-old totaled 53.900 to win the women's title over Azerbaijanis Anna Pavlova (53.600) and Marina Nekrasova (51.000).

Russian men's and women's teams easily won the team titles up for grabs, the Russian men defeating Japan (171.464-169.798).

A second Russian men's team won the bronze (164.664). The Russian women bested Azerbaijan (105.500-104.600), with a second Russian team again winning the bronze (104.550).
In her first competition representing Azerbaijan, Anna Pavlova, who represented Russia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, posted the highest scores on Vault (13.700) and Beam (13.950) in the All-around. Bolstered by a hit Beam routine (13.850), Kazakhstan's Zhanerke Duisek finished fourth.
>> Detailed men's AA results   >> Detailed women's AA results

Both Vasilyeva and Pavlova picked up multiple medals in event finals. Vasilyeva won Uneven Bars (14.600) and Balance Beam (14.750) and finished second to Pavlova on Vault (13.575 average). In addition to gold on Vault (13.625 average), Pavlova picked up silver on Bars (13.150 in spite of a low difficulty score) and bronzes on Beam (13.700) and Floor (13.100), while Nekrasova added silver on Beam (13.8), giving Azerbaijan a total of seven medals at this meet. Latvia's Valerija Grishane tumbled cleanly to the Floor title (13.600).
Gogotov, a former Russian World team member, topped the scoring with 87.699, ahead of Armenia's Artur Davtyan (86.533) and Yaoto Hayasaka of Japan (85.766).
Gogotov also picked up silvers on Floor (14.825) and Parallel Bars (15.6) in event finals, the former behind Hayasaka (15.225) and the latter behind 2011 World bronze medallist Vasileios Tsolakidis of Greece (15.700). Davtyan, known for his excellent form on Vault, won that event (14.738 average) and also pocketed silver on Pommel Horse (14.500).
Pommel Horse specialist Matvey Petrov (RUS) won the title on his best event (15.175), outscoring the rest of the field by more than half a point, while his teammates Pavel Pavlov and Emin Garibov won Rings (15.375) and Horizontal Bar (14.575), respectively.

Russian men's and women's teams easily won the team titles up for grabs, the Russian men defeating Japan (171.464-169.798). A second Russian men's team won the bronze (164.664). The Russian women bested Azerbaijan (105.500-104.600), with a second Russian team again winning the bronze (104.550). 
 
Russian and Japanese gymnasts dominated the Junior Cup, with Japan's Kazuma Kaya (84.032) and Russia's Daria Mikhaylova (53.300) winning the junior men's and women's titles, respectively.