Machuga Cup Competition By Tonya Case-Patterson
The U.S. Sports Acrobatics athletes came home from the Machuga Cup Intemational lnvitational, held in Krasnodar, Russia on April 5-8, with three overall med als and five top six finishes! In the Mixed Pairs event, Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth eamed a silver medal. For Women's Pairs, Marie Annonson and Brittany Horrell won the silver medal. The USA Women's Trio of Megan Nickerson, Amanda Harris, and Aimee D'Hondt finished with a bronze medal. Unfortunately an injury forced the trio of Sabina Knight-Yuponce, Tami Annonson, and Heather Downs to withdraw after their Balance routine. The Mixed Pair of Megan Vaughan and Kris Duncan, and the Women's Pair of Jessica Gardner and Nicolette Bohnert both finished in third place by overall scores. However, according to the competition rules of one medal per country, neither pair was awarded the bronze medal they eamed.
Mixed Pairs: 1. Ki~anova,Trubitsin 2. Davis, Booth 3. Duncan, Vau9han 4. Cachet, Fourrnond
Russia USA USA France
51.535 47.690 45.775 44.115
Gold Silver Bronze
Women's Trios: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Khassanova,Vinogradova, Kasjanova Stoinova, Shilina, Logynova Romanenko, Yemeljanova, Sorokina Chojnicki, Dupont, Marion Marchenko, Karpenko, Jankovskaja D'Hondt, Nickerson, Harris
Russia Russia Russia France Russia USA
54.218 50.705 46.720 46.625 46.480 46.330
Gold
Russia USA USA KAZ
51.840 47.040 45.820 42.655
Gold Silver
Silver Bronze
Women's Pairs: 1. Mokhova, Lopatkina 2. Horrell, Annonson 3. Bohnert, Gardner 8. Butakova, Shankhoeva
Bronze
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