Canada's Kristina Vaculik was the top gymnast at the second annual Nadia Comaneci International, held Saturday night in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Vaculik overcame a fall on her Tkatchev on uneven bars in the first rotation (13.7) and also scored 13.5 on vault, 14.0 on beam and 13.8 on floor top top Ukraine's Angelina Kysla and Venezuelan veteran Jessica Lopez.
Kysla was sixth all-around at last weekend's WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas.
Angelina Kysla, 2010 WOGA Classic, Floor:
Vaculik made her competitive comeback after a year off to let an elbow injury heal at December's Elite Canada meet, where she placed second all-around to Dominique Pegg.
In an interview with International Gymnast Magazine last month, Vaculik, who has signed to compete for Stanford next season, said she plans to go to college for a year and then return to Canada to prepare for the 2011 World Championships and possibly the 2012 Olympics. Canada had a dismal meet at the 2007 World Championships and did not qualify a full team to the 2008 Olympics.
Vaculik's Gemini Gymnastics teammate Riley Cholod won the junior title over Ukraine's Krystyna Sankova and Romanian Georgiana Gheorghe.
Riley Cholod, 2009 Canadian Championships Finals, Beam:
The Nadia Comaneci International honors the 1976 Olympic champion, who resides in Oklahoma with husband Bart Conner and son Dylan.
Related: International Gymnast Magazine's live coverage of the 2010 Nadia Comaneci Invitational
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