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MUSTAFINA, RYAZANOV WIN RUSSIAN CUP Too young for this fall’s individual world championships in London, 15-year-old Aliya Mustafina won the women’s all-around at the Russian Cup, held Aug. 26 in Penza. Mustafina and men’s winner Yuri Ryazanov also placed first all-around at this year’s Russian championships, held in March.

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Women’s AA: 1. Aliya Mustafina 59.434; 2. Ksenia Afanasyeva 57.034; 3. Anna Dementyeva 55.133; 4. Svetlana Klyukina 54.166; 5. Ramila Musina 54.067; 6. Kristina Goryunova 53.533; 7. Valeria Sviridova 52.70; 8. Kristina Pravdina 51.30; 9. Alexandra Telitsyna 47.00; 10. Zhanna Toporova 45.334.

VT: 1. Yekaterina Kurbatova 15.325; 2. Tatiana Nabiyeva 14.113; 3. Goryunova 13.738.

UB:1. Nabiyeva 15. 10; 2. Yekaterina Kurbatova 15.775; 3. Tatiana Solovyeva 14.025.

BB: 1. Afanasyeva 14.70; 2. Dementyeva 14. 30; 3. Solovyeva 14. 30.

FX: 1. Afanasyeva 14.775; 2. Dementyeva 14.625; 3. Musina 13.90.

Men’s AA: 1. Yuri Ryazanov 89.45; 2. Sergei Khorokhordin 89.25; 3. Emin Garibov 85.85; 4. Andrei Cherkasov 85.05; 5. Alexander Dyomin 84.60; 6. Mikhail Bodnar 83.70; 7. Dmitry Gogotov 83.00; 8. Gennady Savelyev 82.80; 9. Alexei Bondarenko 82.30; 10. Denis Ablyazin 82.10.

FX:1. Dyomin 15.05; 2. Ablyazin 15.00; 3. Khorokhordin 14.90.

PH:1. Andrei Perevoznikov 15.00; 2. Andrei Likhovitsky 14.80; 3. Ryazanov 14.50.

SR: 1. Alexander Balandin 15.90; 2. Ryazanov 14.95; 3. Bondarenko 14. 25.

VT: 1. Anton Golotsutskov 16.375; 2. Bodnar 15.75; 3. Ablyazin 15.75.

PB: 1. Nikolai Kryukov 15. 40; 2. Garibov 15. 15; 3. Dyomin 14.80.

HB: 1. Anatoly Vasilyev 15.70; 2. Khorokhordin 15. 15; 3. Ryazanov 14.95.

Johnson sets deadline for possible comeback

INTERNATIONAL I.D.

BORN IN OCTOBER

• Tom Cook/USA: American coaching legend Tom Cook passed away suddenly on Sept. 1. He was

66. Cook was born in Waukegan, Ill., and competed for Southern Illinois, where he earned a master’s.

He got his Ph.D. at Georgia.

With wife Bunny, he opened the Atlanta School of Gymnastics in the mid-1970s. Cook trained notable gymnasts such as 1984 Olympic medalist Kathy Johnson, 1987 world team member Kris-tie Phillips and 1988 Olympian Kevin Davis.

Ross Brewer GBR ......................10/1/79

Prashanth Sellathurai AUS ...........10/1/86

Jair Lynch USA .........................10/2/71

Yann Cucherat FRA ....................10/2/79

Alberto Busnari ITA ....................10/4/79

Matteo Morandi ITA....................10/8/81

Sergei Khorokhordin RUS.............10/9/85

Maxi Gnauck GER.....................10/10/64

Sawao Kato JPN ......................10/11/46

Julianne McNamara USA............10/11/65

Yuri Chechi ITA........................10/11/69

Ariella Käslin SUI.....................10/11/87

Nikolai Andrianov RUS ..............10/14/52

Dmitry Kasperovich BLR.............10/15/77

Ksenia Semyonova RUS .............10/20/92

Fan Ye CHN ............................10/23/86

Guillermo Alvarez USA ..............10/24/82

Annamari Maaranen FIN ............10/24/86

Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL ...........10/24/87

Kyla Ross USA ........................10/24/96

Fabian Hambüchen GER.............10/25/87

Marisela Cantu MEX .................10/25/90

Olga Bicherova RUS..................10/26/66

Dagmar Kersten GER.................10/28/70

Miroslav Cerar SLO ..................10/29/37

Nastia Liukin USA ....................10/30/89

Danell Leyva USA ....................10/30/91

Regulo Carmona VEN ................10/31/80

Samuel Piasecky SVK................10/31/84

• Elsa Garcia/MEX: Eight-time World Cup medalist Elsa Garcia told IG she is in good company among several talented Mexican teammates. “I

2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson says she has enjoyed her various post-Olympic opportunities, including TV appearances (DWTS, Secret Life, Millionaire, Extreme Makeover) and a recent deal with WiiNintendo for a gymnastics video game.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever had options, really,” says Johnson, 17, who is doing her senior year of high school online. “My whole life has been about the Olympics, and then the day after the Olympics, it was kind of like, ‘Now what?’”

If she does return to competitive gymnastics, Johnson says she would like to get back in the gym by October to see if a comeback is feasible. “In my mind, if things pan out right, I plan to have the yes-no, final set answer in writing by the end of the year,” she says. Then she added one condition: “I’m not gonna come back if I’m not better than I was.”