2015 Russian Cup Explained

The 2015 Russian Cup was held in Penza, Russia from September 16 - 20, 2015. The competition served as a test event for the gymnasts that want to compete at the 2015 World Championships.

Medal winners

Men
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Siberian Federal District Daniil Kazachkov Nikita Ignatyev Andrei Cherkasov Grigory Zyryanov	Moscow Dmitry Lankin Nikita Nagornyy Alexei Kosyanov Artur Dalaloyan	Central Federal District Ilya Kibartas Nikolai Kuksenkov Kirill Prokopyev Alexei Rostov
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Nikita Ignatyev	Nikolai Kuksenkov	David Belyavskiy
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Denis Ablyazin	David Belyavskiy	Nikita Ignatyev
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Nikolai Kuksenkov	Ivan Stretovich	Nikita Ignatyev
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Denis Ablyazin	Nikita Ignatyev	Daniil Kazachkov
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Women
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Moscow Daria Spiridonova Alla Sosnitskaya Seda Tutkhalyan Maria Paseka	Central Federal District Maria Kharenkova Evgeniya Shelgunova Ksenia Afanasyeva Viktoria Komova	Saint Petersburg Lilia Akhaimova Alla Sidorenko Anastasia Cheong Tatiana Nabieva
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Daria Spiridonova	Seda Tutkhalyan	Maria Kharenkova
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Maria Paseka	Seda Tutkhalyan	Ksenia Afanasyeva
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Alla Sosnitskaya	Seda Tutkhalyan	Daria Spiridonova
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Maria Kharenkova	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Daria Spiridonova
scope=row style="text-align:left"	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Maria Paseka	Maria Kharenkova

Men's results

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Women's results

Individual all-around

Angelina Melnikova, Daria Skrypnik and Natalia Kapitonova competed as guests due to their junior status.

Rank	Gymnast	Gym				Total
scope=row style="text-align:center"		align=left	Moscow	14.000	15.400	14.000	13.700	57.100
scope=row style="text-align:center"		align=left	Moscow	14.533	14.233	14.867	13.100	56.733
scope=row style="text-align:center"		align=left	Lyubertsy	13.933	14.233	14.500	13.800	56.466
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4	align=left	Zvenigorod	14.100	13.800	14.200	14.000	56.100
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	align=left	Tula	14.100	13.800	13.900	14.133	55.933
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	align=left	Tolyatti	14.033	12.667	13.700	14.467	54.867
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7	align=left	St Petersburg	13.867	12.500	13.533	14.100	54.000
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	align=left	Cheboksary	13.467	12.967	13.567	12.967	52.968
scope=row style="text-align:center"	9	align=left	Moscow	14.367	14.900	13.200	10.100	52.567
scope=row style="text-align:center"	10	align=left	St Petersburg	13.567	13.567	12.933	11.900	51.967
scope=row style="text-align:center"	11	align=left	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	13.800	14.100	10.267	11.567	49.734
scope=row style="text-align:center"	12	align=left	Moscow	13.400	9.900	13.733	11.933	48.966
scope=row style="text-align:center"	13	align=left	St Petersburg	13.633	10.700	11.833	12.200	48.366
scope=row style="text-align:center"	14	align=left	Vladivostok	12.467	11.000	12.433	12.367	48.267
scope=row style="text-align:center"	15	align=left	Novgorod	13.233	9.433	11.400	12.633	46.699
scope=row style="text-align:center"	16	align=left	Anapa	13.767	10.167	10.767	11.867	46.568
scope=row style="text-align:center"	17	align=left	Volgograd	11.800	12.167	10.233	10.767	44.967
scope=row style="text-align:center"	18	align=left	Rostov-on-Don	12.567	8.567	11.400	12.333	44.867
scope=row style="text-align:center"	19	align=left	Voronezh / Moscow	-	15.467	13.667	-	29.134
scope=row style="text-align:center"	20	align=left	Moscow	-	14.800	-	14.133	28.933
scope=row style="text-align:center"	--	align=left	Voronezh	14.167	15.067	14.400	13.600	57.234
scope=row style="text-align:center"	--	align=left	Krasnodar	13.233	15.400	14.200	-	42.833
scope=row style="text-align:center"	--	align=left	Penza	-	14.833	13.433	-	28.266

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Vault

Rank	Gymnast	VT1	VT2	Total
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	15.467	15.800	15.634
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	14.667	14.133	14.400
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Tula	14.800	13.867	14.334
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4	Moscow	13.200	14.067	13.634
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	Tolyatti	14.300	12.700	13.500
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	Anapa	13.767	13.100	13.434
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7	Rostov-on-Don	13.833	11.800	12.817
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	St Petersburg	13.533	12.033	12.783

Uneven bars

Viktoria Komova failed to qualify for the final, but competed an exhibition routine.^[2]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	14.733
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	14.500
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	14.433
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4	Zvenigorod	13.800
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	Moscow	13.767
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	Lyubertsy	12.700
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7	Moscow	11.667
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	Leninsk-Kuznetsky	11.500
scope=row style="text-align:center"	-	Voronezh / Moscow	15.300

Balance beam

Seda Tutkhalyan failed to qualify for the final, but competed an exhibition routine.^[3]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Lyubertsy	14.800
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Tula	14.333
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	14.133
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4	Zvenigorod	13.933
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	Moscow	13.833
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	Tolyatti	13.733
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7	Voronezh / Moscow	11.533
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	Moscow	10.300
scope=row style="text-align:center"	-	Moscow	14.233

Floor

Evgeniya Shelgunova failed to qualify for the final, but competed an exhibition routine.^[4]

Rank	Gymnast	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Tula	14.700
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Moscow	14.033
scope=row style="text-align:center"		Lyubertsy	13.867
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4	Moscow	13.800
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	St Petersburg	13.633
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6	Moscow	13.533
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7	Tula	13.033
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	Rostov-on-Don	12.867
scope=row style="text-align:center"	-	Zvenigorod	13.933

World championship teams

After the competition, provisional teams were announced for the 2015 World Championships.

Women: Ksenia Afanasyeva, Daria Spiridonova, Seda Tutkhalyan, Maria Kharenkova, Viktoria Komova, Maria Paseka^[5]
Men: Nikita Ignatyev, David Belyavskiy, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Denis Ablyazin, Nikita Nagornyy, Alexei Rostov or Mikhail Kudashov will be the final gymnast^[6]

Most notably missing is 2010, 2013, and 2014 World Championship team member, Aliya Mustafina, who will not be competing due to back pain.^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Hopkins. Lauren. 2015 Russian Cup Results. The Gymternet. 11 October 2015. 16 September 2015.
Web site: Paseka, Sosnitskaya claim vault and bars titles in Penza. 19 September 2015 . The Gymternet . 11 October 2015.
Web site: Kharenkova and Afanasyeva Top Beam and Floor. 20 September 2015 . The Gymternet . 11 October 2015.
Web site: Kharenkova and Afanasyeva Top Beam and Floor. 20 September 2015 . The Gymternet . 11 October 2015.
Web site: Smishliav. Sergei. Гимнастка Афанасьева поедет на ЧМ-2015 в качестве лидера сборной России - Родионенко. R-Sport. 20 September 2015. Russian. 18 September 2015.
Web site: Russian gymnastics teams for World Champs 2015, Glasgow - provisional lists. Rewriting Russian Gymnastics. 20 September 2015. 19 September 2015.
Web site: Zaccardi. Nick. Aliya Mustafina to miss World Gymnastics Championships. NBC Sports. 20 September 2015. 18 September 2015.