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Yana KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) - quintuble gold medalist in Stuttgart |
The individual events of the 34th Worlds of Rhythmic Gymnastics 2015 in Stuttgart finished with the total triumph of the Russian gymnastics nation:
The Queen of Stuttgart, Yana KUDRYAVTSEVA won her third all-around title in a line and altogether four more titles here in the Porsche Arena of Stuttgart! Not only the all-around silver medal went to her compatriot Margarita MAMUN, but all the other silver medals too. So Russia won the maximum of medals in a sovereign manner .....! After a strong fight and with her last exercise with the ribbon Melitina STANIOUTA came on bronze place, because Ganna Rizatdinova started with mistakes in her first routine (clubs) and ranked on 5th place, behind the young Salome Pazhava from Georgia, who surprised with an phantastic fourth place, followed by Marina Durunda (AZE), Neta Rivkin (ISR) and Laura Yiha Zeng from USA .......
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♦♦ All-around Final & Olympic Qualification (Top 15)
1. KUDRYAVTSEVA, Yana (RUS) - 75,632
2. MAMUN, Margarita (RUS) - 74,766
3. STANIOUTA, Melitina (BLR) - 72,132
4. PAZHAVA, Salome (GEO) - 71,782
5. ROZATDINOVA, Ganna (UKR) - 71,541
6. DURUNDA, Marina (AZE) - 71,399
7. RIVKIN, Neta (ISR) - 70,974; 8. ZENG, Laura Yihan (USA) - 70,416;
9. RODRIGUEZ, Carolina (ESP) - 70,248; 10. VLADINOVA, Neviana (BUL) - 70,115
11. SON, Yeon Jae (KOR) - 69,998; 12. MOUSTAFAEVA, Ksenia (FRA) - 69,715
13. HALKINA, Katsiaryna (BLR) - 69,599; 14. FILIOU, Varvara (GRE) - 69,449
15. MINAGAWA, Kaho (JPN) - 69,399.
* These 15 gymnasts fought for each one quota place for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio for their countries.
►► All-around Final results
Yana Kudryavtseva captures third consecutive All-around title
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* All-around medalists: Mamun (silver), Kudryavtseva (GOLD), Staniouta (Bronze) |
After winning gold with the Ball, Clubs, Ribbon and in the team competition earlier this week, this All-around title is the 17-year-old's fifth gold medal at these World Championships, and her 13th overall.
Since beginning to compete on the elite level in 2013, Kudryavtseva has proven nearly unbeatable in competition, and today was no exception. But it was not quite the domination that was expected from "the Angel with Iron Wings," as Kudryavsteva has been nicknamed.
After an excellent start with the Clubs, where she scored 19.000 points, the Muscovite made a slight error with the Ribbon, allowing her best friend and biggest rival,
Margarita Mamun (RUS) to move into the lead by 0.2 points with one routine left to perform. With gold in her grasp, Mamun dropped the Ribbon early in her last routine, scoring an uncharacteristically low 18.050 on the event where she was World champion in 2014.
Kudryavtseva took full advantage of the opportunity, posting the highest score of the competition (19.116) with the Ball to bounce back for the gold, her third consecutive World title (75.632). As she typically has for the past two years in international competition, Mamun settled for silver (74.766).
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Melitina Staniouta: - Bronze |
Veteran Melitina Staniouta (BLR), already a bronze medallist with the Ball in Stuttgart, allowed the apparatus to slip out of her hands early Friday night but recovered well enough to finish with a second bronze in the All-around (72.132). The usually collected Kudryavtseva pumped her fists and bowed to the crowd following her routine, knowing she had secured the title. Kudryavtseva has been nursing a slight leg injury in Stuttgart and opted not to compete for the World title with the Hoop, which in her absence was won by Mamun. On a night where Olympic qualification berths were at stake, few among the 24 All-around finalists managed four clean routines.
Reigning World bronze medallist Ganna Rizatdinova watched her chances of a fifth medal at this Championships vanish after she failed to catch her Clubs out of bounds at the end of her first routine of the night.
Son Yeon Jae (KOR), another pre-competition favorite, made several errors during her Ribbon routine and finished 11th overall.
* source: f i g coverage
* FIG Video --: Kudryavtseva and Mamun: Friends but Rivals!
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* FIG Video Channel presents: Summary of Individual All-around final
♦ The Group A (ranks 1 - 12)
♦ The Group B (ranks 13 - 24)