29 March 2006
Chinese Lead the Way at Fifth Stella Zakharova Cup

Kiev, UKRAINE: The last weekend, in the city of Kiev took place the fifth edition of the Zakharova Cup. Gymnasts from Ukraine, Belarus, China, Japana, Czech Republic, Israel, Croatia, Kazhastan, Greece, Hungary, Canada and Belgium competed under the new code of points in preparation for the World Championships.

Held in the same weekend of Cottbus World Cup event, the Ukranian men's team were not present in this competition, giving room for the youngers to compete. On the other hand, as a test for the upcoming European Champions in late April, the women's tem appeared in full potential despite the absence of Dariya Zgoba who is scheduled to compete at the Friendship Classic this weekend.

China was the clear dominator of the field claiming the victory in the men's team competition and both all around titles. The men's team had an excellent performance on the first day with first and second position in the all around from Diung Liu and Mingshieng Liang but couldn't match up the results in the event finals day. In the women's side, Ukrania 1 won the team competition in a close battle with China, who came second with a brilliant beam rotation. Ukraine 2 took the bronze over a young Czech Republic team that included up and comping juniors Kriztina Palesova and Eva Verbova.

The main attraction of the weekend was the return of Alina Kozich and the debut of her sister, Olgha Kozich, in the senior team. A good meet for the Kozich family with a fourth place for Olga and an eighth for Alina. The all around was won by Chinese Zhang Xing while the new-to-the-scene Ukranian Anastasiya Koval took the second place over the more experienced Marina Kostyuchenko.

In the event finals, a wider range of nations took the medals. Japanese men's gymnasts took gold on pommel horse, vault and parallel bars, while Ukranian Sergei Vialsev won rings, Belarrusian Oleksandr Tsarevich high bar, and Greek Eleftorios Kosmikids did the same with floor. In the women's competition, Ukranian Valeriya Maksyuta won vault averaging a 14.25, wilie young Czech stand out Kriztina Palesvoa took the first place over the Chinese on bars. Chinese gymnast Zhang Xin added a second gold to her weekend with the triumph on beam and experienced gymnasts Olga Sherbatykh won floor.

- A. M.

2006 Stella Zakharova Cup
Kiev, Ukraine
25-26 March 2006


 
Men's Team

R
Name
CTY
FX
PH
R
V
PB
HB
Total
1.
China
CHN
40.700
40.900
44.500
48.100
45.000
42.700
261.900
2.
Japan JPN 42.100 42.350 42.700 47.300 43.300 42.800 260.550
3.
Ukraine 1 UKR 41.450 44.050 40.250 45.400 42.800 41.300 256.250
4.
Greece GRE 41.700 36.900 37.800 46.200 40.300 37.800 240.700
5.
Kazakhstan KAZ 40.800 40.800 37.000 45.700 38.100 35.100 237.500
6.
Hungary HUN 40.750 36.350 37.100 45.800 38.200 39.000 237.200
7.
Greece GRE 25.100 25.950 23.800 0.000 25.400 26.100 126.350
2.
Israel
ISR
11.950
12.600
28.500
14.500
12.100
0.000
79.650


Men's All Around

R
Name
CTY
FX
PH
R
V
PB
HB
Total
1.
Liu Diungh
CHN
14.100
13.750
14.600
15.900
14.400
14.400
87.150
2.
Liang Miangsheng
CHN
13.600
13.650
14.400
16.100
15.500
13.800
87.050
3.
Deguchi, Ryotaka
JPN
15.100
13.900
13.900
15.400
14.900
13.800
87.000
4.
JPN
13.200
14.850
13.800
16.200
14.100
14.800
86.950
5.
Novoselov, Anton
UKR1
13.400
15.150
13.700
15.800
14.300
14.200
86.550
6.
Gofman, Pavel
ISR
13.700
14.000
15.000
15.300
13.900
14.400
86.300
7.
Fu Min
CHN
13.000
13.200
14.700
15.700
15.100
14.500
86.200
8.
JPN
13.800
12.650
15.000
14.900
14.300
14.200
84.850
9.
Tu Jing
CHN
11.900
13.500
15.200
16.100
14.300
13.800
84.800
10.
Panchenko, Kostya
UKR1
14.100
14.700
12.850
15.100
14.200
12.700
83.650
11.
Ovchinnikov, Maksim
UKR1
13.650
13.100
13.700
15.500
14.000
13.500
83.450
12.
Ude, Filip
CRO
14.700
14.800
13.300
15.400
11.500
13.300
83.000
13.
Stepanenko, Viktor
UKR1
13.700
14.200
12.550
14.300
14.300
13.600
82.650
13.
Czineli, Laszjo
HUN
13.950
11.600
13.800
15.800
13.200
14.300
82.650
15.
Kosmikdis, Ksenophon
GRE
13.000
14.400
13.300
15.100
13.700
13.100
82.600
16.
Koltakov, Alexey
UKR
14.150
14.600
11.900
15.100
13.200
12.700
81.650
17.
Kosmikdis, Eleftorios
GRE
14.800
11.200
12.900
15.800
13.800
11.200
79.700
18.
Paliashchuk, Vadim
BLR
13.700
13.500
11.750
14.300
13.700
12.600
79.550
19.
Dziamchykhin, Aliaskandr
BLR
13.100
12.300
12.850
15.000
13.600
12.400
79.250
20.
Petrishko, Maksim
KAZ
13.500
15.000
12.100
14.300
12.900
11.400
79.200
20.
Gans, Merk
BEL
13.400
12.000
13.200
15.200
13.000
12.400
79.200
22.
Kochkin, Vitaliy
KAZ
13.700
13.700
12.300
15.000
12.900
11.000
78.600
23.
Dulkeridis, Mihalis
GRE
13.900
11.300
11.600
15.300
12.900
13.500
78.400
24.
Burgua, Zeremi
BEL
13.200
12.800
11.550
15.450
12.500
12.700
78.200
25.
Szalontai, Istvan
HUN
13.750
11.950
11.950
14.800
12.300
12.800
77.550
26.
Dudek, Nikola
CRO
13.550
13.800
11.400
13.900
13.300
11.500
77.450
27.
Szabo, Nandor
HUN
13.050
12.800
11.350
15.200
12.700
11.900
77.000
28.
Baisiev, Sado
KAZ
13.600
12.100
11.450
14.800
11.200
12.700
75.850
29.
Valiev, Stas
KAZ
13.000
11.350
12.600
15.900
12.300
10.100
75.850
30.
Aronovith, Felix
ISR
11.700
12.800
10.900
14.150
12.400
12.300
74.250
31.
Novak, Matja
CRO
12.750
11.400
11.700
14.400
10.900
10.900
72.050
32.
JPN
13.000
13.600
0.000
15.700
13.500
13.400
69.200
33.
Panagiotis, tougas
GRE
12.600
13.200
12.400
0.000
12.500
13.000
63.700
34.
Kuzman, Artur
BLR
12.450
0.000
13.250
14.600
11.800
11.400
63.500
35.
Stavros, Kekelos
GRE
12.500
12.750
11.400
0.000
12.900
13.100
62.650
36.
Kazlov, Ihor
BLR
14.100
12.400
14.900
15.250
0.000
0.000
56.650
37.
Lubonevich, Artem
UKR
13.900
0.000
0.000
15.000
13.200
12.700
54.800
38.
Shehovtsov, Nikolay
UKR
0.000
12.700
14.200
0.000
13.300
13.700
53.900
39.
Zur, Asaf
ISR
11.950
0.000
14.500
14.500
12.100
0.000
53.050
40.
Tsarevich, Oleksandr
BLR
0.000
14.400
0.000
0.000
15.300
14.600
44.300
41.
Noom, Shaham
ISR
14.700
0.000
0.000
15.600
0.000
11.600
41.900
42.
Kentner, Gabor
HUN
13.100
0.000
11.550
15.400
0.000
0.000
40.050
43.
Taloshka, Artsiom
BLR
0.000
13.000
0.000
0.000
12.900
11.900
37.800
44.
Shahar, Tai
ISR
13.000
0.000
14.100
0.000
9.000
0.000
36.100



Women's Team

R
Name
CTY
V
UB
BB
FX
AA
1.
Ukraine 1
UKR1
42.900
43.450
42.600
44.450
173.400
2.
China
CHN
41.400
42.950
44.200
44.150
172.700
3.
Ukraine 2
UKR2
41.400
43.000
43.150
42.100
169.650
4.
Czech Republic
CZE
39.700
40.100
38.500
40.350
158.650
5.
Hungary
HUN
39.850
36.950
38.200
40.950
155.850
6.
Croatia
CRO
39.400
36.650
37.250
38.050
151.350
7.
Belarus
BLR
38.650
37.200
36.400
37.750
150.00


Women's All Around


R
Name
CTY
V
UB
BB
FX
AA
1.
Zhang Xing
CHN
13.600
13.800
14.700
15.200
57.300
2.
Koval, Anastasiya
UKR2
13.250
14.950
14.500
14.450
57.150
3.
Kostuchenko, Marina
UKR1
14.200
14.550
13.100
15.250
57.100
4.
Kozich, Olha
UKR
14.200
13.750
14.500
14.500
56.950
5.
Sergienko, Marina
UKR1
14.400
13.850
14.700
13.900
56.850
5.
Scherbatykh, Olga
UKR1
14.300
13.250
14.000
15.300
56.850
7.
Hu Yuhong
CHN
12.400
15.450
15.100
13.700
56.650
8.
Kozich, Alina
UKR2
14.400
13.550
14.850
13.700
56.500
9.
Palesova, Kriztina
CZE
13.750
14.900
14.100
13.700
56.450
9.
Jiang Yuyuan
CHN
13.600
13.700
3.950
15.200
56.450
11.
Mis, Gael
BEL
13.300
14.100
13.800
14.500
55.700
12.
Boszogo, Dorina
HUN
13.550
14.500
13.300
13.750
55.100
13.
Holenkova, Valentina
UKR1
13.200
15.050
13.900
12.850
55.000
14.
Maksuta, Valeriya
UKR2
13.700
14.500
13.800
12.400
54.400
15.
Pachito, Stephani
CAN
13.750
13.300
13.050
14.100
54.200
16.
Lezeu, Jennifer
CAN
13.250
13.200
13.100
14.150
53.700
17.
Kisiaya, Angelina
UKR
13.450
13.200
13.500
13.400
53.550
18.
Ozawa, Momoko
JPN
13.400
13.000
14.300
12.700
53.400
19.
Ahaeva, Aynur
UKR
12.400
13.600
13.500
13.700
53.200
20.
Golubitskaya, Tayana
UKR2
13.300
12.750
13.050
13.950
53.050
21.
Kusuda, Mei
JPN
12.900
12.200
13.950
13.850
52.900
22.
Savelieva, Valeria
UKR
13.400
11.650
13.500
14.100
52.650
22.
Savelieva, Valeria
UKR
13.400
11.650
13.500
14.100
52.650
23.
Ivanets, Halina
BLR
13.000
13.100
13.850
12.600
52.550
24.
Van Meerbeck, Stefani
BEL
13.350
10.850
13.450
14.350
52.000
25.
Verbova, Eva
CZE
13.100
12.000
12.700
13.900
51.700
26.
Szarka, Kriszta
HUN
13.550
11.300
12.600
13.650
51.100
26.
Rauwe, Sindi
BEL
12.900
11.700
12.900
13.600
51.100
28.
Ishchenko, Olasia
UKR
13.450
11.050
12.500
13.900
50.900
29.
Striadova
CZE
12.850
13.200
11.700
12.750
50.500
30.
Peranovich, Boyana
CRO
12.500
12.150
13.650
12.100
50.400
31.
Stoyshig, Martina
CRO
13.050
11.850
11.800
13.300
50.000
32.
De Lus, Neve
BEL
12.950
11.750
11.600
13.600
49.900
33.
Deladio, Tanya
CRO
13.200
12.400
10.550
13.250
49.400
34.
Tkaichets, Tina
CRO
13.250
12.250
11.800
12.000
49.300
35.
Fishter, Mariya
CRO
13.100
12.250
11.250
12.650
49.250
36.
Novikova, Oksana
BLR
13.000
11.800
11.550
12.500
48.850
37.
Kekegzi, Szandra
HUN
12.750
10.100
12.300
13.450
48.600
38.
Tapaiova, Karina
KAZ
12.250
11.200
12.300
12.600
48.350
39.
Dmitranitsa, Liudmila
BLR
12.600
12.300
10.350
12.650
47.900
40.
Nagu, Orsolya
HUN
12.350
11.150
10.900
11.650
46.050
41.
Hurchach, Alena
BLR
12.650
10.850
11.000
11.450
45.950
42.
Mokhovtsova, Olga
BLR
10.000
10.400
11.850
12.800
45.050
43.
Deng Ying
CHN
14.200
0.000
14.400
13.750
42.350
44.
Dunaytseva, Olga
UKR
13.650
0.000
14.550
12.750
40.950
45.
Laryna, Tatian
BLR
12.600
0.000
12.100
11.500
36.200
46.
Simon, Natali
BLR
11.950
0.000
10.550
12.750
35.250