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The Romanian women and German men delivered dominating performances Saturday at a tri-meet with Switzerland, held Saturday in Erzingen, Germany. Pictured: Romania's Raluca Haidu

The Romanian women and German men delivered dominating performances Saturday at a tri-meet with Switzerland, held Saturday in Erzingen, Germany.

The competition served as a worlds warm-up for the three nations, which are soon to finalize their squads to the world championships, Oct. 7-16 in Tokyo.

World balance beam champion Ana Porgras led Romania to first place over Germany, 229.25-224.10. The Swiss women were third with 206.45.

Porgras, who captured her third straight Romanian all-around title two weeks ago, had the top score of the women's competition with her 15.30 on balance beam. She also led the rankings on floor exercise (14.50).

The Romanian women swept the top four spots in the all-around. Porgras scored 58.10 for first place over teammates Amelia Racea (56.95), Diana Bulimar (56.35) and Raluca Haidu (56.30).

Olympic champions Catalina Ponor and Sandra Izbasa competed three events each. Ponor, nine months into her comeback, contributed strong scores on vault (14.55), balance beam (14.65) and floor exercise (14.30). Izbasa, nursing a sore Achilles, watered down on vault and skipped floor exercise.

Nadine Jarosch led the German women, who outscored Romania on both vault and uneven bars. National champion Elisabeth Seitz had the best score of the meet on uneven bars (14.85; 6.7 Difficulty) but sat out floor exercise.

Five-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina topped the field on vault with her layout Rudi (15.15).

2008 Olympian Marie-Sophie Hindermann, who missed the recent German championships, competed uneven bars in a last-ditch effort to qualify to the world team.

"Her foot needs to be protected, so we can expect Marie-Sophie won't be at the world championships in Tokyo," German head coach Ulla Koch said. "Lisa-Katharina Hill will round out the team and push Anja Rheinbay to alternate. Our goal in Tokyo to qualify for the Olympics is not ideal, but difficult."

In the men's competition, Germany crushed Romania by nearly 20 points, 360.00-340.85. Switzerland finished tenths behind Romania with 340.40.

Despite a fall on floor exercise, European champion Philipp Boy led a German sweep of the top five places. In the all-around, Boy edged Eugen (Yevgeny) Spiridonov, 88.95-88.75.

Marcel Nguyen was third with falls on floor and pommel horse (87.30), but had the best score on parallel bars (15.85).

Fabian Hambüchen once again fell on pommel horse (12.50) and blew away the field on high bar (16.50; 7.5 Difficulty). Hambüchen, who made his return to competition last month after tearing his Achilles in January, also notched the second-best score on parallel bars (15.70).

Matthias Fahrig, recovering from a foot injury, also erred on floor but made his case for the world team with the best score on vault (16.20).

Despite some errors in Erzingen, German head coach Andreas Hirsch said he was pleased with his team's improvement since the national championships.

"The team performance has stabilized and there's a noticeable improvement, for example on rings," he said.

Competing without three-time national champion Flavius Koczi, Romania barely held off Switzerland. The Romanians had the best score on floor exercise, but lagged well behind Germany on the other events.

External Link: German Gymnastics Federation

2011 Germany vs. Romania vs. Switzerland
Sept. 10, Erzingen, Germany

Women's Team			VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Romania		57.10	56.05	59.05	57.05	229.25
2.	Germany		57.90	56.45	54.85	54.90	224.10
3.	Switzerland		54.45	48.70	51.20	52.10	206.45

Men's Team			FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Germany		55.45	59.00	59.35	63.10	61.50	61.60	360.00
2.	Romania		57.10	51.75	56.25	62.20	57.55	56.00	340.85
3.	Switzerland		54.90	52.40	56.15	61.15	58.70	57.10	340.40

Women's All-Around			VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Ana Porgras		5.0	13.90	6.0	14.40	6.3	15.30	5.6	14.50	58.10
2.	Amelia Racea		5.8	14.60	6.2	13.65	5.9	14.55	5.7	14.15	56.95
3.	Diana Bulimar		4.8	13.20	5.7	13.80	6.1	15.05	5.8	14.30	56.35
4.	Raluca Haidu		5.8	14.45	6.0	14.15	6.2	13.80	5.5	13.90	56.30
5.	Nadine Jarosch		5.3	14.10	5.3	13.75	5.5	13.75	5.6	14.35	55.95
6.	Daniele Andrei		5.0	13.80	5.4	13.70	5.1	13.90	5.5	14.10	55.50
7.	Kim Bui		5.4	13.95	6.2	13.70	5.6	12.55	5.4	14.00	54.20
8.	Giulia Steingruber		5.2	13.80	5.5	12.65	5.4	13.75	5.2	13.85	54.05
9.	Lisa-Katharina Hill		5.0	13.70	6.1	14.15	5.2	12.90	4.9	13.10	53.85
10.	Anja Rheinbay		5.0	13.55	4.9	12.85	5.3	13.65	4.8	12.95	53.00
11.	Pia Tolle		5.0	13.65	5.5	10.85	5.4	13.85	5.2	13.45	51.80
12.	Linda Stämpfli		4.6	13.40	4.8	11.65	4.8	12.70	5.0	12.50	50.25
12.	Jessica Diacci		5.0	13.50	5.3	11.90	5.4	12.00	5.1	12.85	50.25
14.	Nadia Baeriswyl		4.6	13.10	5.2	10.65	4.9	12.20	4.6	12.05	48.00
15.	Catalina Ponor		5.3	14.55			5.7	14.65	5.6	14.30	43.50
16.	Elisabeth Seitz		5.8	14.70	6.7	14.85	5.8	13.40			42.95
17.	Sandra Izbasa		5.0	14.15	5.4	13.20	5.2	14.15			41.50
18.	Oksana Chusovitina		6.3	15.15			5.5	14.50	5.6	13.85	29.00
19.	Yasmin Zimmermann		5.2	13.75			5.2	12.55			26.30
20.	Sarina Gerber				5.1	12.50			4.7	12.90	25.40
21.	Emily Berti				4.8	11.45	4.8	11.70			23.15
22.	Marie-Sophie Hindermann				5.9	14.35					14.35

Men's All-Around			FX		PH		SR		VT		PB		HB		Total
1.	Philipp Boy		6.1	13.25	6.4	15.10	5.8	14.45	6.6	15.25	6.3	15.30	7.3	15.60	88.95
2.	Eugen Spiridonov		6.0	14.55	5.7	14.40	5.9	14.65	6.6	15.70	5.8	14.65	6.2	14.80	88.75
3.	Marcel Nguyen		5.8	13.55	5.0	12.70	6.4	15.35	6.6	15.85	6.9	15.85	6.5	14.00	87.30
4.	Thomas Taranu		6.1	14.60	5.3	13.45	6.6	15.00	6.6	15.75	5.6	14.40	5.6	13.85	87.05
5.	Andreas Toba		5.6	13.80	5.9	14.45	6.4	14.35	6.2	15.35	5.6	14.20	6.1	14.70	86.85
6.	Vlad Cotuna		6.3	14.85	5.1	13.05	5.6	14.20	6.2	15.30	6.2	14.75	6.1	14.05	86.20
7.	Matthias Fahrig		6.0	13.55	5.6	13.40	5.4	13.60	6.6	16.20	6.0	14.35	5.8	14.50	85.60
8.	Claudio Capelli		6.2	14.40	4.6	12.55	5.1	13.95	6.6	15.55	6.1	15.20	6.0	13.10	84.75
9.	Sebastian Krimmer		5.1	12.70	6.2	15.05	5.2	13.00	6.2	15.20	6.0	13.65	6.1	14.65	84.25
10.	Cristian Bataga		5.9	14.05	5.2	13.25	6.1	13.95	6.6	15.75	5.8	13.55	5.6	13.50	84.05
11.	Roman Gisi		5.4	12.80	5.4	13.80	5.4	13.55	6.2	15.25	5.5	14.10	5.9	14.30	83.80
12.	Pascal Bucher				6.0	13.65	5.0	13.50	6.2	14.95	6.1	15.25	5.2	12.05	69.40
13.	Adrian Bucur		5.7	14.00	5.3	11.65	6.0	13.45	6.2	14.35			5.7	13.90	67.35
14.	Pablo Brägger		5.9	13.60	4.7	12.00	4.4	12.90	6.2	15.05	5.2	12.55			66.10
15.	Fabian Hambüchen				4.9	12.55	6.1	14.90			6.5	15.70	7.5	16.50	59.65
16.	Marius Berbecar						5.4	13.95	6.6	15.95	6.4	15.50	5.7	14.00	59.40
17.	Manuel Rickli		5.7	14.10			5.0	13.40	6.2	15.30			6.4	15.30	58.10
18.	Marian Dragulescu				5.8	14.25	5.3	13.95			5.7	14.50	6.4	14.45	57.15
19.	Andrei Ursache		5.9	14.20	5.6	13.80			6.2	15.20	5.8	13.75			56.95
20.	Nils Haller				5.3	12.40	6.3	15.15			6.2	14.15	5.6	14.40	56.10
21.	Andrei Muntean		1.7	3.30			5.6	14.15	5.5	13.10			6.5	14.05	44.60
22.	Lucas Fischer		5.5	12.40											12.40

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