FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup CIII

World Stars

Moscow (RUS), May 13 - 14, 2011

 

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, May 16, 2011: The 2011 World Stars, an FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup with Apparatus Finals, concluded Saturday at the Olimpisky Arena in Moscow (RUS) in the presence of FIG President Prof Bruno Grandi (ITA). Thomas Bouhail (FRA) and Anna Dementyeva (RUS) dominated the competition in Men’s and Women’s Artistic respectively, both taking two Gold medals and with Dementyeva adding a Silver. 

 

The competition that entered the four best ranked gymnasts from Qualifications to the Finals on each apparatus saw Bouhail prevailing on his signature Men’s Floor and Vault. He relegated reigning World Champion Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE), who led in Qualifications, to rank two, while the Netherland’s Jeffrey Wammes (NED) took the Bronze. On Vault, top qualifier and 2010 World Stars title holder Anton Golotsutskov (RUS) settled for Bronze close on the heels of Korea’s Hak Seon Yang.

 

 

 

As during preliminaries, World Champion Krisztian Berki (HUN) topped Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) and Robert Seligman (CRO) on Pommel Horse. And as a booster for Russian fans, newly crowned European Champion on Rings Konstantin Pluzhnikov and runner-up Alexander Balandin went 1-2 on their best event. Yuri van Gelder (NED) finished third.

 

Adam Kierzkowski of Poland outscored top qualifier and former World Champion Mitja Petkovsek (SLO) in the Parallel Bars Final to take the title. Former European Champion Yann Cucherat won the Bronze. 

 

We saw ranking identical to Qualifications in the Horizontal Bar Final, with Epke Zonderland (NED) ahead of Marijo Maznik (CRO) and Nikolai Kuksenko (UKR). 

The most successful gymnast in Moscow this year was the newly crowned European All-around Champion Anna Dementyeva (RUS), who claimed Gold on Balance Beam and Floor and Silver on Uneven Bars. Her team-mate Ksenia Afanasyeva made her premiere competition appearance this year and garnered two Silver medals on Beam and Floor, while Russia’s third entry, former European Champion Ekaterina Kurbatova, pocketed Silver on Vault. 

 

Jessica Lopez of Venezuela won the Gold on Uneven Bars after top qualifier Elisabeth Seitz of Germany fall on her def in the Final. Czech Jana Sikulova came in third on Uneven Bars and Lopez added a Bronze on Floor to her record, placing in the wake of the two Russians.

 

Five-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina (GER) took yet another Vault title with a comfortable margin over the rest of the field. Although struggling in Execution, Brazilian Olympian Jade Barbosa took home the Bronze. 

 

Ukraine's Jana Demyanchuk was third on Beam after a fall from top qualifier Vasiliki Millousi (GRE).

 

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Moscow, having concluded the 2011 FIG World Cup Series with Individual Apparatus Finals, also awarded the following winners of the overall series. 

 

Men

Floor: BOUHAIL Thomas (FRA)

Pommel Horse: SELLATHURAI Prashanth (AUS)

Still Rings: BALANDIN Aleksandr (RUS) and PLUZHNIKOV Konstantin (RUS)

Vault: BOUHAIL Thomas (FRA)

Parallel Bars: PETKOVSEK MITJA (SLO)

Horizontal Bar: ZONDERLAND Epke (NED)

 

 

 

Women

Vault: MUSTAFINA Alina (RUS) and TKALCEC Tijana (CRO) 

Uneven Bars: SEITZ Elisabeth (GER)

Balance Beam: DEMENTYEVA Anna (RUS)

Floor: DEMENTYEVA Anna (RUS)

 

 

 

About 2011 FIG World Cup Series in Artistic Gymnastics

 

With 100,000 CHF prize money at every event and guaranteed TV coverage the new FIG World Cup Series in Artistic Gymnastics is particularly attractive for the competitors as well as the public. 

 

Composed of six events and with stopovers on three continents, the 2011 FIG World Cup competitions in Artistic Gymnastics are scheduled for March 5 in Jacksonville (USA), March 19 – 20 in Paris (FRA), April 16 in Glasgow (GBR), May 13 – 14 in Moscow (RUS), November 12 – 13 in Stuttgart (GER) and November 26 – 27 in Tokyo (JPN). While Paris and Moscow are hosting Individual Apparatus Finals (C III), all other World Cups feature Men’s and Women’s All-around (C II) competitions. 

 

Separate World Ranking lists will be established for C III (6 for Men and 4 for Women) and C II competitions (Men and Women one each). For the latter, the best three results per gymnast count for the total ranking and the top scorers will be crowned the winners of the overall series. Since in 2011 only two tournaments of the CIII category will be held, the Cups will go to the top scorer of each category, adding up the results of Paris and Moscow.

 

Participation at C II competitions is limited to eight gymnasts while C III events feature twelve gymnasts per individual apparatus. A maximum of two gymnasts per country (and apparatus in C III) can compete and participation of the host federation is ensured by a maximum of one additional wild card per Men’s and Women’s competition if needed. 

 

At C II events a single final round competition will be carried out with no Qualifications. At C III events the best four gymnasts per apparatus from the preliminary round qualify for the Final.

Link to the press release on the FIG website