Swiss Guests Win in Luxembourg

Switzerland's Claudio Capelli and Yasmin Zimmerman won the all-around titles on Saturday at the Luxembourg Gymnastics Open.

Sascha Palgen, Luxembourg's sole qualifier to the 2008 Olympics, finished second.

The competition served as the national championships in Luxembourg, the small European nation with a population of fewer than half a million people. Guest gymnasts traveled from Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa and Switzerland.

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2008 Luxembourg National Open
June 28, Luxembourg

Women's All-Around
1. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 52.900
2. Ursula Botha RSA 52.000
3. Laura Alzina SUI 50.950
4. Renata Toth HUN 50.900
5. Flavia Di Cagno ITA 49.450
6. Ildikó Máté HUN 48.900
7. Ildikó Farkas HUN 47.650
8. Laurence Rissé LUX 47.000
9. Iza Golinska LUX 45.850
10. Fabienne Scholtes LUX 44.800
11. Joana Quiaios LUX 44.750
12. Aline Bernar LUX 44.350
13. Laurence Lorang LUX 42.600
14. Chris Welter LUX 41.200
15. Rebecca Muner ITA 40.000
16. Wendy Ackermann LUX 36.450
17. Jessica Diacci SUI 23.600

Men's All-Around
1. Claudio Capelli SUI 87.750
2. Sascha Palgen LUX 85.200
3. Bart Deurloo NED 82.700
4. Sami Aalto FIN 79.250
5. Melvin Ornek NED 78.650
6. Matthew Firth GBR 76.600
7. Anton Hudson GBR 76.250
8. Olivier Waldbillig LUX 72.000
9. Koen Van Damme BEL 70.450
10. Leonardo Ratti ITA 67.750
11. Corrado Corti ITA 48.650
12. Niki Böschenstein SUI 40.950
13. Filip Ude CRO 27.550
14. Thierry Wilmes LUX 13.550