Chinese Take Three More Titles in Cottbus
China scored three more gold medals as the Cottbus Cup concluded Sunday in Germany.

Xiao Sha (balance beam), Li Xiaopeng (parallel bars) and Zou Kai (high bar) each won gold medals for China.
Romania's Sandra Izbasa won the gold medal on women's floor exercise and Ukraine's Alexander Yakubovsky won men's vault.
2008 Cottbus Cup
April 13, Cottbus, Germany
Balance Beam
1. Xiao Sha CHN 16.125
2. Li Shanshan CHN 15.325
3. Sandra Izbasa ROU 15.300
3. Oksana Chusovitina GER 15.300
5. Adela Sajn SLO 15.075
6. Katja Abel GER 14.825
7. Steliana Nistor ROU 14.625
8. Sanne Wevers NED 14.300
Women's Floor Exercise
1. Sandra Izbasa ROU 15.300
2. Jade Barbosa BRA 14.625
3. Xiao Sha CHN 14.500
4. Daiane Dos Santos BRA 14.350
5. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 14.150
6. Anastasia Koval UKR 14.125
7. Katja Abel GER 13.950
8. Anna Myzdrikova RUS 13.725
Men's Vault
1. Alexander Yakubovsky UKR 16.300
2. Andrei Isayev UKR 15.937
2. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.937
4. Luis Rivera PUR 15.875
5. Nathan Gaifuk CAN 15.850
6. Tomas Gonzales CHI 15.650
7. Marcel Nguyen GER 15.450
8. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 15.175
Parallel Bars
1. Li Xiaopeng 16.250 CHN
2. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.825
3. Samuel Piasecky SVK 15.550
4. Alexander Tsarevich BLR 15.525
5. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 15.175
6. Vasileios Tsolakidis GRE 15.000
7. Adam Kierzkowsi POL 14.650
8. Kevin Tan USA 13.700
High Bar
1. Zou Kai CHN 16.050
2. Vlasios Maras GRE 16.000
3. Li Xiaopeng CHN 15.975
4. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.550
5. Nikolai Kuksenkov UKR 15.450
6. Timur Kuzmin RUS 15.025
7. Martin Konecny CZE 14.650
8. Yevgeny Bogonosyuk UKR 13.675
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