World Championship Roundup - Boxing, Triathlon, Canoe, Rhythmic Gymnastics

Italian super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle, right, beat Ukraine's Roman Kapitonenko 10-5 for gold at the AIBA World Championships in Milan. The championships ended on Saturday without any official protests. (AIBA)AIBA Wraps Up Boxing Worlds

Despite a reported bribe attempt, the International Amateur Boxing Association Championships in Milan concluded on Saturday without any protests.

Last week, the AIBA expelled four members of the Mongolian delegation for alleging bribing a referee with small gifts including a watch. AIBA did not punish the entire Mongolian team. Mongolian boxers, coaches and doctors were allowed to stay.

In the end, three Mongolians medaled, with 2008 Olympic silver medalist Serdamba Purevdorj captured Mongolia's first-ever World Championship gold medal by beating David Ayrapetyan of Russia 10-5 in the 48 kg finals . Tugstsogt Nymbayar (49-51 kg) won silver and Munkh-erdene Uranchimeg (61-64) earned bronze.

"The whole point of the Mongolian sanction was there attempt to make sure that the athletes themselves were not penalized, " AIBA spokesman Adam Szreter tells Around the Rings.

The Mongolian ruling was not the only disciplinary action carried out by AIBA . On Sept. 3,Azerbaijan coach Salam Baghirov was expelled for using a cell phone during a bout. Prior to the championships, the AIBA lifted an 18-month suspension on the South Korean boxers. Jon Hun Shin (48 kg) took home the country's only medal with a bronze.

Szreter gave credit the new open scoring system for keeping out controversy. This was the first time the scoring system was in use and it allowed spectators to see the match scored live on a screen. AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu called it "a completely open system."

"There were no official protests, which I think is very unusual for a tournament of this size. I think that speaks volumes for the level of judging and referring," said Szreter. "We had this open-scoring system for the first time. You could see the individual judge's score as well the individual total boxer's score. There was a lot of positive feedback from the media that was there, from the boxers and from the referees and judges. It was pretty much universally positive for the new system."

The 13-day internationally televised tournament, concluded with Italian super-heavy-weight Roberto Cammarelle defeating Ukrainian Roman Kapitonenko 10-5 . Cammarelle was named the Best Boxer of the tournament. Earlier in the day, fellow countryman Valentino Domenico won gold at the 58-60 kg weight class.

Brownlee, Moffat Claim World Triathlon Titles

Australia's Emma Moffatt won the women's division of the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship at Gold Coast, Australia. (Getty Images)Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain and Emma Moffatt of Australia finished atop the men’s and women’s standings in the 2009 ITU world championship series with their wins at the season-ending Dextro Energy Triathlon—ITU world championship series Grand Final on Australia’s Gold Coast on Sunday.

The 21-year old Brownlee won the men’s race, while Spain’s Javier Gomez finished second and Jan Frodeno of Germany was third.

In the women’s race, Moffatt edged out Sweden’s Lisa Norden, with Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins finishing third.

With his win in the men’s race, Brownlee claimed the title in the ITU world championship series with 4,400 points. Gomez was second with 3,959 points and Germany’s Mark Petzold was third (3,442).

Moffatt clinched the women’s world championship with 4,340 points, with Norden finishing second (4,130) and Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand was third (3,462).

Slovakia Leads Medal Count at Canoe Worlds

Slovakia won six medals total to lead the medal standings at the world canoe slalom championships, which concluded its five-day run in La Seu D’Urgell, Spain on Sunday.

With three gold medals and three bronze, Slovakia sits atop the team standings at the end of the competition. Host Spain, Germany and Great Britain won four medals each, followed by Australia and France (3 each), Slovenia (2) and Czech Republic (1).

Slovakia won two of the four team events, winning the men’s C1 and C2 championships. The Czech Republic won the men’s K1 and Great Britain clinched the women’s K1.

Winners in the individual events were brothers Pavel and Peter Hochschorner of Slovakia in the canoe double men, Tony Estanguet of France in the canoe single men, Leanne Guinea of Australia in the canoe single women, Peter Kauzer of Slovenia in the kayak men and Jasmin Schornborg of Germany in the kayak women.

A total of 621 athletes from 55 nations competed in six categories on the course used for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Russia Dominates Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds

Evgenia Kanaeva won all six of Russia’s gold medals at the world rhythmic gymnastics championships in Mie, Japan. (Getty Images)Russia won six of the eight gold medals awarded and 11 medals total at the world rhythmic gymnastics championships, which ended six days of competition in Mie, Japan on Sunday.

Winning three silver medals and two bronze in addition to its six golds, Russia was the clear winner of the medal count. Ukraine won six medals, while Italy, which won the other two gold medals, took three medals total.

Claiming all six gold medals for Russia was 19-year old Evgenia Kanaeva, who won gold in the team competition and All-Around as well as all four apparatus events – ball, rope, hoop and ribbon.

Kanaeva’s six gold medals broke the record of five golds won in a rhythmic gymnastics world championships set by five other athletes –Russians Olga Kapranova (2005), Oxana Kostina (1992) and Alexandra Timochenko (1991) and Bulgarians Maria Petrova (1993) and Bianca Panova (1987).

The competition concluded with the closing ceremony on Sunday. The Japan Gymnastic Association returned the International Gymnastics Federation flag to FIG president Bruno Grandi, who handed it to the Russian Gymnastics Association, which is organizing next year’s worlds in Moscow.

The world rhythmic gymnastics championships featured 278 athletes from 51 nations.

Written by Greg Oshust and Sam Steinberg

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