Italians First in France

Carlotta Giovanni won Italy's first gold with a gold on women's vault, and world champion Vanessa Ferrari grabbed the golds on the other three women's events. Ferrari earned a 15.800 on uneven bars (6.8 A Panel), 15.600 on balance beam (6.8 A Panel) and 15.325 on floor exercise (6.3 A Panel).

Mexico's Elsa Garcia, third on vault and second on floor, was the only other woman to win multiple medals.

Teng Haibin

Cassy Vericel, who finished fourth on floor, was the lone French female to reach a final in Paris.

Romania and China won two golds each in the men's competition. On floor exercise, Romanian veteran Marian Dragulescu (6.5 A Panel) defeated qualifying leader Zou Kai (6.6) and France's Gael da Silva (6.7). World Cup Final floor exercise champion Diego Hypolito (Brazil) erred in the final to place sixth, but had the highest A-Panel score with a 6.9.

Dragulescu also took the gold on vault, edging France's Thomas Bouhail by a mere .012.

2004 Olympic champion Teng Haibin (right) won pommel horse, and teammate Feng Zhe won parallel bars.

American Kevin Tan defeated World Cup Final champion Regulo Carmona to win the still rings title. The American men earned a second medal in France with a silver on high bar from Sean Townsend, who finished .25 behind Italy's Igor Cassina, the 2004 Olympic champion on the event.

Italy was the most successful nation in France with five gold medals. China also won five medals (two golds, one silver and two bronze medals for the men). The French men earned four medals, two silvers and two bronzes.

2007 French International
March 18, Paris

Men's Floor Exercise
1. Marian Dragulescu ROM 15.875
2. Zou Kai CHN 15.575
3. Gaël da Silva FRA 15.300
4. Anton Golotsutskov RUS 15.175
5. Claudio Capelli SUI 15.000
6. Diego Hypolito BRA 14.925
7. Stepan Gorbachev KAZ 14.025
8. Tomas Gonzalez CHI 12.175

Pommel Horse
1. Teng Haibin CHN 15.775
2. Prashanth Sellathurai AUS 15.700
3. Krisztian Berki HUN 15.675
4. Louis Smith GBR 14.625
5. Jose Luis Fuentes VEN 14.600
6. Eric Casimir FRA 14.525
7. Nikolai Kryukov RUS 14.500
8. Daniel Popescu ROM 14.200

Still Rings
1. Kevin Tan USA 16.475
2. Regulo Carmona VEN 16.225
3. Danny Rodrigues FRA 16.200
4. Alexander Vorobyov UKR 16.050
5. Jordan Jovtchev BUL 16.025
6. Matteo Angioletti ITA 15.950
7. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS 15.775
8. Yasuhiro Okamura JPN 15.000

Men's Vault
1. Marian Dragulescu ROM 16.375
2. Thomas Bouhail FRA 16.362
3. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.862
4. Daniel Popescu ROM 15.800
5. Tomas Gonzalez CHI 15.775
6. Jeffrey Wammes NED 15.687
7. Raphaël Wignanitz FRA 15.625
8. Du Wei CHN 14.862

Parallel Bars
1. Feng Zhe CHN 15.875
2. Yann Cucherat FRA 15.675
3. Teng Haibin CHN 15.525
4. Nikolai Kryukov RUS 15.425
4. Valery Goncharov UKR 15.425
6. Dmitry Kasperovich BLR 15.300
7. Gaël da Silva FRA 15.075
7. Anton Fokin UZB 15.075

High Bar
1. Igor Cassina ITA 15.400
2. Sean Townsend USA 15.150
3. Teng Haibin CHN 15.050
4. Christoph Schaerer SUI 14.750
5. Valery Goncharov UKR 14.350
6. Yosuke Hoshi JPN 14.325
7. Zou Kai CHN 13.300
8. Stepan Gorbachyov KAZ 12.650

Women's Vault
1. Carlotta Giovannini ITA 14.875
2. Jana Komrskova CZE 14.337
3. Elsa Garcia MEX 14.325
4. Jade Barbosa BRA 14.237
5. Daria Joura AUS 14.125
6. Sandra Izbasa ROM 13.937
7. Anna Grudko RUS 13.500
8. Annamari Maaranen FIN 13.487

Uneven Bars
1. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 15.800
2. Daria Zgoba UKR 14.825
3. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 14.700
4. Lichelle Wong NED 14.625
5. Lenika de Simone ESP 14.525
6. Elsa Garcia MEX 14.425
7. Jade Barbosa BRA 13.525
8. Chloe Sims AUS 11.625

Balance Beam
1. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 15.600
2. Ksenia Afanasyeva RUS 15.175
3. Irina Krasnyanskaya UKR 15.150
4. Steliana Nistor ROM 15.025
5. Sandra Izbasa ROM 14.951
6. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 14.801
7. Daria Zgoba UKR 14.601
8. Fan Ye CHN 14.226

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Vanessa Ferrari ITA 15.325
2. Elsa Garcia MEX 15.100
3. Sandra Izbasa ROM 14.950
4. Cassy Vericel FRA 14.825
5. Patricia Moreno ESP 14.726
6. Steliana Nistor ROM 14.601
7. Alina Kozich UKR 14.026
8. Fan Ye CHN 13.851

International Gymnast Magazine's recent coverage of French International competitors includes:

"Familiar Territory" - Lenika de Simone profile (February 2007)
Fan Ye on cover, IG Close-up: Fan Ye (May 2005)
"Driving Force" - Vanessa Ferrari profile (December 2005)
Ferrari on cover (September 2006)
IG Profile: Elsa Garcia (May 2006)
"All In A Day's Work" - Hopfner-Hibbs profile (March 2007)
"Tumbling For The Team" - Diego Hypolito profile (March 2007)
Hypolito on cover (February 2005)
Alina Kozich center poster (June/July 2004)
Quick Chat: Irina Krasnyanskaya (February 2007)
Krasnyanskaya center poster (March 2005)
Krasnyanskaya on cover (November 2003)
IG Close-up: Prashanth Sellathurai (February 2007)
"Captain's Duties" - Kevin Tan profile (February 2007)
Daria Zgoba center poster (November 2005)