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Romanians Raluca Haidu and Cristian Bataga paired up to win the 15th Brno Grand Prix, a mixed-pairs event held in the Czech Republic.

Romanians Raluca Haidu and Cristian Bataga teamed up to win the 15th Brno Grand Prix, a mixed-pairs event held in the Czech Republic.

Sixteen pairs entered the competition, with eight advancing to the semi-finals and four advancing to the finals. Gymnasts could pick any two events to compete in the quarter-final, but could not repeat the event in the semi-final. Gymnasts choosing to compete on vault — typically the highest-scoring event under the current Code of Points — had to show two different vaults with the scores averaged.

Haidu and Bataga led the two-event quarter-final, scoring comfortably above Ukrainians Angelina Kysla and Maxim Semyankiv. This round saw gymnasts from Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel and Slovenia eliminated.

In the semi-final, the Romanians erred to fall behind the home team of Kristyna Palesova and Martin Konecny.

But the Romanian pair prevailed on their best events in the final, with Haidu hitting beam (14.50) and Bataga vaulting to a 15.15 average. Haidu and Bataga are the second Romanian pair to win in Brno — Andreea Raducan and Marian Dragulescu teamed up to take the title in 2002.

The mixed-mixed pair of Jana Sikulova (Czech Republic) and Mark Ramseier (Switzerland) placed second, ahead of Palesova and Konecny. Another multinational pair of Giulia Steingruber (Switzerland) and Slavomir Michnak (Slovakia) rounded out the finalists.

External Link: Sokol Brno

15th Brno Grand Prix
May 28, 2011, Brno, Czech Republic

(Difficulty score listed first)

Final			VT	UB	BB	FX	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
			Women's Events				Men's Events
1.	Raluca Haidu				5.9					6.2/5.4			29.650
	Cristian Bataga				14.50					15.15
2.	Jana Šikulová			5.9						6.6/4.6			28.975
	Mark Ramseier			14.55						14.425
3.	Kristýna Pálešová			5.5								6.0	28.550
	Martin Konecný			14.20								14.35
4.	Giulia Steingruber		5.0/5.2								4.6		26.575
	Slavomír Michnak		14.275								12.30

Semi-Final			VT	UB	BB	FX	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
			Women's Events				Men's Events
1.	Kristýna Pálešová			5.5						5.8/5.4			28.475
	Martin Konecný			13.80						14.675
2.	Raluca Haidu				5.8			5.8					27.450
	Cristian Bataga				13.65			13.80
3.	Jana Šikulová			5.9					5.7				27.400
	Mark Ramseier			13.80					13.60
4.	Giulia Steingruber				4.8							4.8	26.750
	Slavomír Michnak				13.05							13.70
5.	Angelina Kysla			5.3			5.3						26.500
	Maxim Semyankiv			12.40			14.10
6.	Tjasa Kysselef					4.6		5.3					25.400
	Alen Dimic					11.35		14.05
7.	Adina Hausch				4.9							4.9	24.000
	Petr Smejkal				10.90							13.10
8.	Laura Svilpaite				4.2			5.6					23.400
	Rokas Guscinas				10.20			13.20

Quarter-Final			VT	UB	BB	FX	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
			Women's Events				Men's Events
1.	Raluca Haidu			5.7		5.3	5.7		5.7				55.450
	Cristian Bataga			13.40		14.05	14.40		13.60
2.	Angelina Kysla		5.0/4.6			5.2					5.5	5.5	54.300
	Maxim Semyankiv		13.85			13.05					13.10	14.30
3.	Jana Šikulová		5.0/4.6			4.8					5.6	4.9	53.875
	Mark Ramseier		13.825			13.35					13.50	13.20
4.	Tjasa Kysselef		4.4/5.0		5.0						5.8	6.0	53.675
	Alen Dimic		13.025		12.30						14.20	14.15
5.	Kristýna Pálešová				5.4	4.7	5.6				5.2		53.550
	Martin Konecný				13.60	12.95	14.35				12.65
6.	Giulia Steingruber		5.0/5.2	5.3			4.8	5.9					53.550
	Slavomír Michnak		14.05	12.30			13.40	13.80
7.	Laura Svilpaite		4.4/4.0	4.8					5.6			5.1	52.925
	Rokas Guscinas		12.775	12.10					14.35			13.70
8.	Adina Hausch			5.4		4.4				6.2/4.6	4.9		52.250
	Petr Smejkal			13.55		11.75				13.70	13.25
9.	Tünde Csillag		4.6/5.2	4.5					4.5			4.8	52.175
	Mathias Decker		14.025	11.70					13.10			13.35
10.	Hajnalka Lónai		4.8/4.2		5.0		5.4	5.3					52.150
	Adam Babos		12.70		12.05		13.60	13.80
11.	Simone Penker		4.4/4.2	4.6					5.1	6.2/4.6			50.950
	Matthias Schwab		13.025	10.50					13.15	14.275
12.	Tina Ribic		4.4/4.6			4.4				5.4/4.2	4.6		50.900
	Andraz Lamut		13.225			11.05				14.125	12.50
13.	Valeria Maksyuta		5.3/5.5		5.7		3.4		3.6				50.725
	Nir Katz		14.275		14.20		11.25		11.00
14.	Jasmin Mader		4.4/4.4			5.2	5.6		4.8				50.200
	Alexander Leidlmair		12.95			11.75	13.55		11.95
15.	Nika Jánová				3.9	4.2		3.9		4.6/3.8			47.775
	Richard Bráblík				11.60	11.60		11.15		13.425
16.	Valentina Rashkova			3.8		4.3	5.2					5.5	42.750
	Velislav Valchev			5.95		9.55	13.55					13.70

15 Years of the Brno Grand Prix

2011	Raluca Haidu		Cristian Bataga
2010	Jana Šikulová		Fabian Leimlehner
2009	Marie-Sophie Hindermann		Helge Liebrich
2008	Kristýna Pálešová		Samuel Piasecký
2007	Kristýna Pálešová		Filip Ude
2006	Jana Šikulová		David Vyoral
2005	Katerina Marešová		David Vyoral
2004	Imogen Cairns		David Vyoral
2003	Jana Komrsková		Martin Konecný
2002	Andreea Raducan		Marian Dragulescu
2001	Suzanne Harmes		Marian Fuchs
2000	Anna Kovalyova		Yuri Tikhonovsky
1999	Jana Komrsková		Jirí Firt
1998	Gabriela Onodí		Zsolt Péter
1997	Vasiliki Tsavdaridou		Dimitrios Tambakos

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