FIG World Challenge Cup: Uzbek gymnast grabs gold medal in vault

Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina grabbed the gold medal in vault in the FIG World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastics in Baku.

She scored 14.825 points of two attempts.

The silver medal went to Slovenian gymnast Tjasa Kysselef with 14.075 points, while the Austrian gymnast Lisa Ecker captured the bronze medal by scoring 13.775 points.

Azerbaijani gymnast Marina Smirnova ranked eighth with 12.425 points.

The FIG World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastics kicked off in Baku Feb. 19 and is to end Feb. 21. As many as 45 male and 22 female gymnasts compete for medals in apparatus finals of the World Challenge Cup.

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