Tweddle Takes Third European Bars Title

Tweddle Takes Third European Bars Title
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 09 April 2011 08:47

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British superstar Beth Tweddle won her third consecutive uneven bars title at the European championships, held Saturday in Berlin.

Tweddle held off Russia's Tatiana Nabiyeva, 15.100-15.075. Germany's Kim Bui took the bronze medal with 14.675.

New European all-around champion Anna Dementyeva (Russia) took fourth. Dementyeva was a replacement for teammate and top qualifier Aliya Mustafina, who suffered a torn ACL on vault Friday. Mustafina is expected to miss the rest of 2011 following surgery.

Olympic gold medalist Sandra Izbasa (Romania) won the gold medal on vault, putting an exclamation point on her comeback from a torn Achilles in 2009. Izbasa topped five-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina and Switzerland's Ariella Käslin.

In the men's competition, all-around silver medalist Flavius Koczi (Romania) won the gold medal on floor exercise, edging Israel's Alexander Shatilov, 15.500-15.400. Russian veteran Anton Golotsutskov won the bronze.

Hungary's Krisztian Berki reclaimed his title on pommel horse, topping France's Cyril Tommasone. Harutyum Merdinyan won the bronze medal, the first European medal for independent Armenia.

Russia's Konstantin Pluzhnikov and Alexander Balandin went 1-2 on still rings. Both gymnasts were left off Russia's world squad in 2010 to give experience to younger gymnasts. Eleftherios Petrounias (Greece) took third over world and European medalist Matteo Morandi (Italy).

Competition concludes Sunday in Berlin with the second day of apparatus finals.

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2011 European Gymnastics Championships
April 9, Berlin

Women's Vault Final		D	E	Score	Average
1.	Sandra Izbasa	5.8	8.900	14.700	14.675
		5.6	9.050	14.650
2.	Oksana Chusovitina	6.3	8.500	14.800	14.537
		5.5	8.775	14.275
3.	Ariella Käslin	6.3	8.650	14.950	14.475
		5.8	8.200	14.000
4.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	5.8	8.700	14.500	14.287
		5.2	8.875	14.075
5.	Elisabeth Seitz	5.8	8.875	14.675	14.187
		5.0	8.700	13.700
6.	Giulia Steingruber	6.3	7.600	13.900	14.000
		5.2	8.900	14.100
7.	Amelia Racea	5.8	8.200	14.000	13.725
		4.8	8.650	13.450
8.	Anastasia Marachkovskaya	5.0	8.825	13.825	13.062
		4.6	7.700	12.300

Uneven Bars Final		D	E	Score
1.	Beth Tweddle	6.7	8.400	15.100
2.	Tatiana Nabiyeva	6.3	8.775	15.075
3.	Kim Bui	6.2	8.475	14.675
4.	Anna Dementyeva	5.8	8.675	14.475
5.	Elisabeth Seitz	6.4	7.775	14.175
6.	Aagje Vanwalleghem	6.0	8.075	14.075
7.	Celine Van Gerner	5.8	8.175	13.975
8.	Vanessa Ferrari	5.8	7.050	12.850

Men's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Flavius Koczi	6.6	8.900		15.500
2.	Alexander Shatilov	6.5	8.900		15.400
3.	Anton Golotsutskov	6.4	8.925		15.325
4.	Kristian Thomas	6.2	9.100		15.300
4.	Thomas Bouhail	6.1	9.200		15.300
6.	Denis Ablyazin	6.7	8.650	0.1	15.250
7.	Daniel Purvis	6.4	8.000		14.400
8.	Philipp Boy	6.2	8.075		14.275

Pommel Horse Final		D	E	Score
1.	Krisztian Berki	6.7	8.925	15.625
2.	Cyril Tommasone	6.4	8.650	15.050
3.	Harutyum Merdinyan	6.4	8.550	14.950
4.	Vid Hidvegi	6.3	8.425	14.725
5.	Sebastian Krimmer	5.9	8.425	14.325
6.	Louis Smith	6.6	7.550	14.150
7.	Alberto Busnari	6.7	7.175	13.875
8.	Pierre-Yves Beny	5.9	6.550	12.450

Still Rings Final		D	E	Score
1.	Konstantin Pluzhnikov	6.7	9.150	15.850
2.	Alexander Balandin	6.7	9.075	15.775
3.	Eleftherios Petrounias	6.8	8.875	15.675
4.	Matteo Morandi	6.7	8.950	15.650
5.	Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues	6.8	8.725	15.525
6.	Yuri van Gelder	6.8	8.675	15.475
7.	Thomas Taranu	6.6	8.325	14.925
8.	Pierre-Yves Beny	6.4	8.475	14.875