Komova, Yoshioka Best Juniors in Yokohama
September 22, 2009
International Gymnast

Russia's Viktoria Komova and Japan's Chihiro Yoshioka won the all-around titles Tuesday at the Japanese Junior International in Yokohama.

Viktoria Komova (Russia) with her trophy in Yokohama Komova dominated the women's all-around competition, earning the highest score on all four events. She outscored runner-up Natsumi Sasada by close to four points, 59.800-56.100. Komova is the daughter of 1986 Goodwill Games champion Vera Kolesnikova, and will be age eligible for senior competition in 2011.

"It was good to be competing in a very nice atmospher," said Komova, who won the European Youth Festival in June. "Today went very well, especially my routine on balance beam. I'll try to show my best performance tomorrow."

Sasada missed her balance beam mount of round-off full-twisting layout, but earned the second-highest scores on beam, as well as on vault and uneven bars.

American Briley Casanova won the all-around bronze (55.300), ahead of teammate Sophina Dejesus (54.950). Both gymnasts qualified for all four apparatus finals.

Romania's Raluca Haidu, sixth, earned the second-highest score on women's floor exercise.

Yoshioka defeated teammate Shou Yokoyama by nearly two points, 89.350-87.450. U.S. junior champion John Orozco won the bronze (86.700), with Russia's David Belyavsky placing fourth (85.850).

"The strength of the Russian and American gymnasts is clear and I felt the momentum," said Yoshioka, the 2009 Japanese junior national champion. "I will work hard to win in the future."

The competition concludes Wednesday with the individual apparatus finals.

External Link: Japanese Gymnastics Association

2009 Japanese Junior International
Sept. 22, Yokohama

Women's All-Around			VT	UB	BB	FX	AA
1.	Viktoria Komova		15.100	15.450	14.950	14.300	59.800
2.	Natsumi Sasada		14.500	13.850	13.850	13.900	56.100
3.	Briley Casanova		14.350	13.800	13.450	13.700	55.300
4.	Sophina Dejesus		13.850	13.650	13.650	13.800	54.950
5.	Yoshino Taniguchi		12.950	13.400	14.100	14.100	54.550
6.	Raluca Haidu		14.000	13.000	13.100	14.250	54.350
Exh.	Seira Suzuki		14.150	12.800	13.500	13.400	53.850
Exh.	Mai Murakami		13.950	12.800	13.050	13.950	53.750
7.	Harumi Mariko Freitas		13.150	13.200	13.650	13.450	53.450
8.	Desiree Baumert		13.200	12.950	13.400	12.950	52.500
9.	Emily Little		13.850	13.150	12.450	13.000	52.450
10.	Dominique Pegg		13.250	11.700	13.150	13.550	51.650
11.	Emma Collister		13.900	12.200	10.900	13.300	50.300
12.	Sun Dongwei		9.950	9.800	9.850	12.750	42.350
13.	Janaina Silva		14.400	9.850		10.800	35.050

 

Men's All-Around			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
1.	Chihiro Yoshioka		14.800	13.900	14.750	15.700	15.200	15.000	89.350
2.	Shou Yokoyama		13.950	14.000	14.550	15.300	14.950	14.700	87.450
3.	John Orozco		14.500	13.850	14.700	15.600	14.800	13.250	86.700
Exh.	Ryuzo Sejima		14.900	13.250	14.600	15.350	14.900	13.350	86.350
4.	David Belyavsky		14.700	13.850	13.800	15.150	14.100	14.250	85.850
5.	Reiss Beckford		14.650	13.000	13.850	14.950	13.650	13.750	83.850
Exh.	Takuto Kakitani		14.100	12.750	13.800	15.250	14.800	13.750	84.450
6.	Jake Dalton		14.400	11.400	14.400	16.100	13.650	13.300	83.250
7.	Bae Ga Ram		14.300	13.300	13.950	14.850	14.200	12.500	83.100
8.	Jim Zona		13.800	12.650	13.250	14.950	13.700	14.150	82.500
9.	Jackson Payne		14.450	12.050	13.250	14.500	12.050	13.850	80.150
10.	Michael Mercieca		12.850	12.800	12.650	13.850	12.850	12.450	77.450
11.	Lucas Bittencourt		13.550	11.750	12.600	13.200	12.550	12.450	76.100
12.	Mitchell Morgans		12.700	10.900	10.850	14.100	13.300	12.850	74.700
13.	Misha Koudinov		15.150	12.950	13.250	14.350			55.700
14.	Kevin Lytwyn		13.800		0.000	15.100		13.900	42.800
15.	Ashley Watson		0.000	13.150	12.400				25.550