19th “Stars above the Boug River” International ACRO Tournament
Vinnitsa (UKR), February 24-27, 2010
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, March 10: The Vinnista Association of Sport Acrobatics invited international junior and senior acrobats to participate in the 19th “Stars above the Boug River” tournament, February 24 – 27 in Vinnitsa (UKR).
Out of 13 participating countries, senior gymnasts from Russia, Belgium, Great Britain and host Ukraine were most successful. Russia topped the Men’s Pair and Women’s Group rankings, with an extra Silver in Men’s Group. Both the Belgium Women’s Pair and Mixed Pair won the Gold in their respective categories, while their Women’s Group settled for Bronze. A Gold for Britain’s Men’s Group, Silver for their Mixed Pair, and Bronze for the Men’s Pair. With Silver, the Women’s Group brought Ukraine its best result in Vinnitsa, followed by Bronze winning third places for the Men’s and Women’s Groups and their Mixed Pairs. Also on the podium were Azerbaijan’s Women’s Pair (Silver) and the Men’s Pair of Belarus (Silver).
Results for the seniors competition:
Men’s Pair
Gold - Ivanov Dmitri / Ivanov Maxim (RUS) - 86.531
Silver - Kalachou Yauheni / Fedchanka Ruslan (BLR) - 84.857
Bronze - Edward Upcott / Douglas Fordyce (GBR) - 84.773
Women’s Pair
Gold - Florence Henrist / Tatjana De Vos (BEL) - 86.715
Silver - Sultanova Dilara / Ahmadova Ayla (AZE) - 85.388
Bronze - Melnichenko Anastasiya / Sitnikova Katerina (UZB) - 84.342
Mixed Pair
Gold - Julie Van Gelder / Menno Vanderghote (BEL) - 88.112
Silver - Katie Axten / Nicolas Illingworth (GBR) - 86.691
Bronze - Pisarenko Katerina / Sorochan Alexey (UKR) - 84.862
Men’s Group
Gold - Jonathan Stranks / Alex Uttley / Adam Buckingham / Adam McAssey (GBR) - 87.719
Silver - Avakian Artur / Gerasimov Yury / Stetsenko Konstantin / Sergienko Grigory (RUS) - 86.953
Bronze - Kozinko Andrey / Nelep Alexandr / Yaremchuk Viktor / Lesik Alexey (UKR) - 85.552

Women’s Group
Gold - Shaykhutdinova Aygul / Loginova Ekaterina / Stroynova Ekaterina (RUS) - 88.287
Silver - Vinnik Natasha / Kalita Katerina / Odintsova Julia (UKR) - 87.162
Bronze - Eloїse Vanstaen / Maaike Croket / CorinneVan Hombeeck (BEL) - 85.959

Detailed results
Check out Age Group and Junior competition results here!
