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's results
Team competition
Individual all-around
Floor
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Women's results
Team competition
Individual all-around
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Angelina Melnikova
Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the j ...
,
Daria Skrypnik
Daria Sergeyevna Skrypnik (, born 4 October 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She resides in Krasnodar
Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city s ...
and
Natalia Kapitonova
Natalia Andreevna Kapitonova () (born 31 May 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast.
Junior career
2013-2014
In 2013, Kapitonova won team silver at the Russian Junior Championships and silver on bars at the Voronin Cup. The following year, she c ...
competed as guests due to their junior status.
Vault
Uneven bars
Viktoria Komova
Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (; born 30 January 1995) is a retired Russians, Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. S ...
failed to qualify for the final, but competed an exhibition routine.
Balance beam
Seda Tutkhalyan
Seda Gurgenovna Tutkhalyan (, ; born 15 July 1999) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Individual All-around champion and a 2016 Summer Olympics Team silver medalist.
Personal life
Tutkhalyan was born July 15, ...
failed to qualify for the final, but competed an exhibition routine.
Floor
Evgeniya Shelgunova
Evgeniya Andreyevna Shelgunova (; born 3 August 1997) is a Russian artistic gymnast, Master of Sports of Russia.
Career
She has been a member of the main Russian artistic gymnastics team since towards the end of 2012. Earlier, in 2011 Shelgun ...
failed to qualify for the final, but competed an exhibition routine.
World championship teams
After the competition, provisional teams were announced for the
2015 World Championships.
* Women:
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva (; born 13 September 1991) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on Floor (gymnastics), floor exercise, the 2013 ...
,
Daria Spiridonova
Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya (née Spiridonova ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 European Champion, the 2014 World bronze medalist, and a fou ...
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Seda Tutkhalyan
Seda Gurgenovna Tutkhalyan (, ; born 15 July 1999) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Individual All-around champion and a 2016 Summer Olympics Team silver medalist.
Personal life
Tutkhalyan was born July 15, ...
,
Maria Kharenkova
Maria Aleksandrovna Kharenkova (; born 29 October 1998) is a retired Russian-Georgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 European champion on the balance beam.
Gymnastics career 2011
In April, Kharenkova competed at the Russian Championships i ...
,
Viktoria Komova
Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (; born 30 January 1995) is a retired Russians, Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. S ...
,
Maria Paseka
Maria Valeryevna Paseka (; born 19 July 1995) is a Russian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast and member of the Russia women's national gymnastics team. During her decade-long career, she has primarily been successful as a vault specialist. O ...
* Men:
Nikita Ignatyev
Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev (, born 21 June 1992 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2015 European Games All-around bronze medalist.
Competitive history
Career
Ignatyev has started gymna ...
,
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
,
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
,
Denis Ablyazin
Denis Mikhailovich Ablyazin ( rus, Денис Михайлович Аблязин, , dʲɪˈnʲis ɐˈblʲæzʲɪn, born 3 August 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Ablyazin is Olympic Champion 2020 in Tokyo and a seven-time Olympic Games med ...
,
Nikita Nagornyy
Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy ( rus, Никита Владимирович Нагорный, , nʲɪˈkʲitə nɐˈɡornɨɪ̯, born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, r ...
,
Alexei Rostov or
Mikhail Kudashov will be the final gymnast
Most notably missing is 2010, 2013, and 2014 World Championship team member,
Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (; born 30 September 1994) is a Russian former artistic gymnast.
She was the 2010 all-around world champion, the 2013 European all around champion, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic uneven bars champion and a seven-time ...
, who will not be competing due to back pain.
References
{{Cup of Russia in artistic gymnastics
Cup of Russia in artistic gymnastics
2015 in gymnastics
Russian Cup