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Gymnasts from five nations won gold medals Sunday as competition concluded at the FIG Challenger Cup in Osijek, Croatia.
Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber won the balance beam title with a precise routine (piked front; switch leap to side somi; ff two-foot layout; front aerial to back tuck; switch side; layout gainer full off the end of the beam). Canada's Christine Lee, the top qualifier, hit her double turn; standing full; punch front and layout but grabbed the beam later on her barani.
Vault champion Ellie Black (Canada) took her second gold medal of the competition with the women's floor exercise title. Black outscored Steingruber and Ontario's Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, who represents her parents' native Spain.
Chilean Tomás González hit his Tsukahara double pike and Yurchenko 2 1/2 (9.6 Execution) to take the vault title over Poland's Marek Lyszczarz. Great Britain's Kristian Thomas and Ruslan Panteleymonov tied for the bronze.
Pan American Games champion Daniel Corral (Mexico) impressed with a victory on parallel bars over former world champion Mitja Petkovsek (Slovenia).
Just seventh in qualification, former world and European high bar champion Vlasios Maras (Greece) was back on top in the final. Maras edged three-time French Olympian Yann Cucherat, 15.600-15.575.
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2012 Osijek Grand Prix/FIG Challenger Cup
April 29, Osijek, Croatia
| Balance Beam Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. | Giulia Steingruber |  | 5.9 | 8.175 | | 14.075 |
| 2. | Vasiliki Millousi |  | 6.1 | 7.800 | | 13.900 |
| 3. | Jessica Diacci | | 5.7 | 8.125 | | 13.825 |
| 4. | Christine Lee |  | 6.3 | 7.100 | | 13.400 |
| 5. | Teja Belak |  | 5.5 | 7.900 | | 13.400 |
| 6. | Silvia Colussi-Pelaez |  | 5.7 | 7.625 | | 13.325 |
| 7. | Maria Homolova |  | 5.0 | 8.000 | | 13.000 |
| 8. | Tina Erceg |  | 5.0 | 6.900 | | 11.900 |
| Women's Floor Exercise Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. | Ellie Black | | 5.7 | 8.025 | | 13.725 |
| 2. | Giulia Steingruber | | 5.5 | 8.225 | | 13.725 |
| 3. | Silvia Colussi-Pelaez | | 5.3 | 8.300 | | 13.600 |
| 4. | Christine Lee | | 5.7 | 7.675 | | 13.375 |
| 5. | Tina Erceg | | 5.4 | 7.975 | 0.1 | 13.275 |
| 6. | Saša Golub | | 5.4 | 7.850 | | 13.250 |
| 7. | Elisa Hämmerle |  | 5.1 | 7.825 | | 12.925 |
| 8. | Nikola Chung |  | 4.8 | 7.025 | | 11.825 |
| Men's Vault Final | D | E | ND | Score | Average |
| 1. | Tomás González |  | 7.0 | 9.150 | 0.1 | 16.050 | 16.125 |
| 6.6 | 9.600 | | 16.050 | |
| 2. | Marek Lyszczarz |  | 6.6 | 9.550 | | 16.150 | 15.913 |
| 6.2 | 9.475 | | 16.150 | |
| 3. | Ruslan Panteleymonov |  | 7.0 | 8.975 | 0.1 | 15.875 | 15.850 |
| 6.6 | 9.225 | | 15.875 | |
| 4. | Kristian Thomas | | 7.0 | 8.875 | 0.1 | 15.775 | 15.850 |
| 6.6 | 9.325 | | 15.775 | |
| 5. | Samir Ait Said |  | 7.0 | 9.300 | | 16.300 | 15.825 |
| 7.0 | 8.650 | 0.3 | 16.300 | |
| 6. | David Sender |  | 6.6 | 9.475 | | 16.075 | 15.825 |
| 6.6 | 8.975 | | 16.075 | |
| 7. | Igor Radivilov |  | 7.0 | 9.425 | | 16.425 | 15.775 |
| 7.0 | 8.225 | 0.1 | 16.425 | |
| 8. | Marius Berbecar |  | 6.6 | 9.300 | | 15.900 | 15.375 |
| 6.6 | 8.250 | | 15.900 | |
| Parallel Bars Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. | Daniel Corral |  | 6.6 | 9.025 | | 15.625 |
| 2. | Mitja Petkovsek | | 6.5 | 9.125 | | 15.625 |
| 3. | Marius Berbecar | | 6.4 | 9.200 | | 15.600 |
| 4. | Yann Cucherat | | 6.4 | 8.700 | | 15.100 |
| 5. | Adam Kierzkowski | | 6.5 | 8.475 | | 14.975 |
| 6. | Hamilton Sabot | | 6.1 | 8.800 | | 14.900 |
| 7. | Samuel Piasecky | | 5.7 | 9.025 | | 14.725 |
| 8. | Andrei Muntean | | 6.4 | 7.925 | | 14.325 |
| High Bar Final | D | E | ND | Score |
| 1. | Vlasios Maras | | 7.0 | 8.600 | | 15.600 |
| 2. | Yann Cucherat | | 6.7 | 8.875 | | 15.575 |
| 3. | Andreas Bretschneider |  | 6.9 | 8.550 | | 15.450 |
| 4. | Kristian Thomas | | 6.3 | 8.625 | | 14.925 |
| 5. | Marijo Možnik | | 6.1 | 8.250 | | 14.350 |
| 6. | Hamilton Sabot | | 6.4 | 7.825 | | 14.225 |
| 7. | Marco Balduf | | 6.1 | 7.400 | | 13.500 |
| 8. | Alexander Shatilov |  | 6.3 | 7.075 | | 13.375 |
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