Japanese Victory at Friendship Classic 2006 GYM family Event 2006

The Japanese Mayu KURODA was the winner of the all-around decision of the traditional '8th FRIENDSHIP CLASSIC 2006', which was held at the late Saturday evening in Pottsville, Pennsylvania/USA.

Kuroda, fourth on uneven bars at the 2005 Worlds (Melbourne) got 56,300 points in front of Americans Kayla HOFFMAN (56,200) and Christine NGUYEN (55,350).
Participating at bars and beam only Ukraine's Darya ZGOBA won both apparatuses.

The all-around juniors decision was won by Catherine HOFFMAN (55,500), the younger sister of Christine....

UNEVEN BARS
1. Darya Zgoba UKR 15.550
2. Mayu Kuroda JPN 15.450
3. Olivia Vivian AUS 14.950

BALANCE BEAM
1. Darya Zgoba UKR 14.750
2. Nicole Heikkila CAN 14.500
3. Christine Nguyen USA 14.300

FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Kayla Hoffman USA 14.700
2. Mayu Kuroda JPN 14.550
3. Kailey Tissue USA 13.400
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Vault
1. Alia Mustafina RUS 13.700
2. Catherine Nguyen USA 13.200
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 13.100

Uneven Bars
1. Catherine Nguyen USA 13.950
2. Alia Mustafina RUS 13.250
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 13.050

Balance Beam
1. Alia Mustafina RUS 14.800
2. Catherine Nguyen USA 14.600
3. Valeria Savelyeva UKR 14.100

Floor Exercise
1. Catherine Nguyen USA 13.750
2. Alia Mustafina RUS 13.600
3. Carol Byrnes USA 13.450