Three Countries Dominate in Szombathely

Japan, Switzerland and Ukraine each won five medals at the first World Cup of Szombathely, Hungary, which concluded Sunday.

2008 Olympic finalists Ariella Käslin (Switzerland), Mitja Petkovsek (Slovenia) and Alexander Vorobyov (Ukraine) earned gold medals. Käslin, who finished fifth on vault in Beijing, placed first on vault and second on uneven bars. Petkovsek, who finished fifth on parallel bars in Beijing, placed first on parallel bars. Vorobyov, the bronze medalist on rings in Beijing, won his specialty.

Japan's Mitsuyasu Ohta was the only male gymnast to win more than one medal; Käslin, Cynthia Lemieux (Canada), Sasa Golob (Slovenia) and Marina Kostuchenko (Ukraine) each won two medals in the women's competition.

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External Link: World Cup of Szombathely

1st World Cup of Szombathely, Hungary
Oct. 3-5, 2008

Women's Vault
1. Ariella Käslin SUI 14.474
2. Marina Kostyuchenko UKR 13.925
3. Dorina Boczogo HUN 13.487
3. Annika Urvikko FIN 13.487
5. Anna Kalashnyk UKR 13.462
6. Veronika Ozanova CZE 13.237
7. Sandra Ostad NOE 13.168
8. Mette Hulgaard DEN 13.087

Uneven Bars
1. Marina Kostyuchenko UKR 13.725
2. Ariella Käslin SUI 13.200
3. Cynthia Lemieux CAN 12.950
4. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 12.550
5. Dorina Boczogo HUN 11.625
6. Michelle Lauritsen DEN 11.450
7. Laura Gombas HUN 10.275
8. Annika Urvikko FIN 9.975

Balance Beam
1. Cynthia Lemieux CAN 14.375
2. Anna Kalashnyk UKR 13.050
3. Sasa Golob SLO 12.875
4. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 12.800
5. Lisa Ecker AUT 12.725
6. Natalia Paulickova SVK 11.475
7. Karoline Sondov NOR 12.000
8. Annika Urvikko FIN 11.225

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Yasmine Zimmermann SUI 13.725
2. Sasa Golob SLO 13.500
3. Andrea Ruehrlinger AUT 13.050
4. Lisa Ecker AUT 13.025
5. Sasa Golob SLO 12.925
6. Karoline Sondov NOR 12.600
7. Tunde Csillig HUN 12.550
8. Cynthia Lemieux CAN 12.075

Men's Floor Exercise
1. Claude Alain Porchet SUI 15.075
2. Mitsuyasu Ohta JPN 14.825
3. Eleftheidos Kosmidis GRE 14.650
4. Ziga Silc SLO 14.325
5. Samuel Piasecky SVK 14.300
6. Mathias Fahrig GER 14.300
7. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.200
8. Alexander Soprun UKR 13.125

Pommel Horse
1. Donna-Donny Truyens BEL 15.625
2. Robert Seligman CRO 15.275
3. Alexander Soprun UKR 14.600
4. Zoltan Kallai HUN 14.475
5. Mark Ramseier SUI 14.400
6. Vid Hedvegi HUN 14.375
7. Samuel Piasecky HUN 14.100
8. Koji Yamamuro JPN 13.925

Still Rings
1. Alexendar Vorobyov UKR 16.100
2. Irodotos Giorgallos CYP 15.900
3. Georgios Spanos CYP 15.175
4. Koji Yamamuro JPN 15.150
5. Mark Ramseier SUI 14.925
6. Mathias Lee Hansen NOR 14.900
7. Anthony Van Assche NED 14.625
8. Markku Leinonen FIN 13.975

Men's Vault
1. Mathias Fahrig GER 16.200
2. Koji Yamamuro JPN 16.012
3. Jeffrey Wammes NED 15.887
4. Claude Alain Porchet SUI 15.687
5. Alexander Soprun UKR 15.625
6. Tomi Tuuha FIN 15.575
7. Andrei Isayev UKR 15.562
8. Peter Marjan HUN 15.350

Parallel Bars
1. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 16.050
2. Shun Kuwahara JPN 15.625
3. Samuel Piasecky SVK 15.200
3. Roman Kulesza POL 15.200
5. Mathias Fahrig GER 14.950
6. Adam Kierkowski POL 14.375
7. Koji Yamamuro JPN 13.450
8. Mark Ramseier SUI 13.425

High Bar
1. Eiichi Sekiguchi JPN 16.05
2. Christoph Schaerer SUI 15.400
3. Mitsuyasu Ohta JPN 15.350
4. Marijo Moznik CRO 14.950
5. Roman Kulesza POL 14.350
6. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.300
7. Alexander Soprun UKR 13.500
8. Csaba Nyers HUN 13.400

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