I am still waiting for the publication of full results (for some reason the RGF files are missing names, at least when viewed on my IPad) but some of us were awake very early this morning to see Aliya Mustafina confound predictions of her future specialist status, overcome her recent recovery, and win the all around at Russia Cup. Highlights were her uneven bars routine and a beam where she presented her best combinations with vigour, recording a good mark despite a fall, but she also leads the vault, floor and bars scoring amongst the all arounders eligible for inclusion on the team for Nanning. (Elizarova scored higher on floor, but is unlikely to be selected as she does not train with the team at Lake Krugloye and has only one strong piece.)
Second placed Kharenkova was absolutely outstanding on beam.
1 Aliya Mustafina 14.833/15.4/14.6/14.3 = 59.133
2. Maria Kharenkova 14.1/13.867/16.2/13.667 = 57.834
3 Daria Spiridonova 13.833/15.033/14.233/13.7 = 56.799
4. Alla Sosnitskaya. 14.533/13.833/14.033/14.033 = 56.432
5. Ekaterina Kramarenko 13.9/14.667/13.6/13.367 = 55.534
6. Daria Elizarova. 13.7/13.633/13.637/14.467 = 55.433
Olympian Maria Paseka scored 14.633 on vault and 14.2 on floor but was unable to make much of an impression on bars. Komova scored 14.7 on uneven bars.
Maria Kharenkova with her coaching team - her mother (left) and Olga Sagina, who coached Olympic medallist Elena Produnova.
Pictures courtesy of the RGF.
Videos of the important routines are available at Anne-Sophie Henri's channel in YouTube : https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=UUBriVcGCZV7NnSkerk5eFnw&v=RWjr4BQaTZU&feature=youtu.be