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Céline van Gerner and Epke Zonderland brought gold medals to the Netherlands on Sunday at the 45th Šalamunov Memorial, an FIG Challenger Cup held in Maribor, Slovenia.

Van Gerner, who won uneven bars title on Saturday, added the balance beam gold to her haul in Maribor. Zonderland took the gold medal on high bar and finished fourth on parallel bars.

Both Dutch gymnasts further their quest to represent the Netherlands at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and appear to be frontrunners for the nominations. The other contenders, female Wyomi Masela and male Jeffrey Wammes, both reportedly suffered hyperextended knees on vault Friday during qualification in Maribor.

Croatian Olympian Tina Erceg won the women's floor exercise gold medal and China's Lin Chaopan won men's vault. Slovenian veteran Mitja Petkovšek won parallel bars for the host nation.

Polish gymnasts picked up four silvers: Katarzyna Jurkowska (balance beam), Marta Pihan-Kulesza (women's floor exercise), Marek Lyszczarz (men's vault) and Adam Kierzkowski (parallel bars).

The FIG Challenger Cup series continues next weekend in Ghent, Belgium.

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45th Šalamunov Memorial/FIG Challenger Cup
June 3, Maribor, Slovenia

Balance Beam Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Céline van Gerner		5.9	7.950		13.850
2.	Katarzyna Jurkowska		5.4	8.325		13.725
3.	Teja Belak		5.5	8.100		13.600
4.	Adrian Gomes		5.3	7.900		13.200
4.	Anastasia Marachkovskaya		5.3	7.900		13.200
6.	Dorina Boczogo		5.7	7.475		13.175
7.	Ana Filipa Martins		5.1	6.750		11.850
8.	Yevgenia Cherniy		5.2	6.125		11.325

Women's FLoor Exercise Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Tina Erceg		5.4	8.225		13.625
2.	Marta Pihan-Kulesza		5.5	8.000		13.500
3.	Lisa Top		5.4	8.000		13.400
4.	Saša Golob		5.1	8.050		13.150
4.	Daiane dos Santos		5.8	7.450	0.1	13.150
6.	Adela Šajn		5.0	8.075		13.075
7.	Merlina Galera		4.8	8.075		12.875
8.	Angelina Kysla		5.4	5.575		10.975

Men's Vault Final			D	E	ND	Score	Average
1.	Lin Chaopan		6.2	9.100		15.300	15.787
			7.0	9.275		16.275
2.	Marek Lyszczarz		6.2	9.150		15.350	15.675
			6.6	9.400		16.000
3.	Tomi Tuuha		6.6	8.900	0.1	15.400	15.625
			6.6	9.250		15.850
4.	Vitalijs Kardasovs		6.2	9.200		15.400	15.387
			6.6	8.775		15.375
5.	Angel Ramos		6.2	9.125		15.325	15.300
			6.2	9.075		15.275
6.	Luis Rivera		6.2	8.850	0.1	14.950	15.225
			6.6	9.000	0.1	15.500
7.	Renato Oliveira		5.8	9.050		14.850	15.012
			6.2	8.975		15.175
8.	Petrus Laulumaa		5.8	9.000		14.800	14.850
			5.8	9.100		14.900

Parallel Bars Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Mitja Petkovšek		6.2	9.075		15.275
2.	Wang Peng		6.6	8.550		15.150
2.	Adam Kierzkowski		6.2	8.950		15.150
4.	Epke Zonderland		6.4	8.625		15.025
5.	Samuel Piasecky		6.2	8.675		14.875
6.	Alen Dimic		5.8	8.825		14.625
7.	Alexander Suprun		5.8	8.800		14.600
8.	Kenneth Ikeda		6.1	8.300		14.400

High Bar Final			D	E	ND	Score
1.	Epke Zonderland		7.9	8.375		16.275
2.	Marijo Možnik		6.9	8.500		15.400
3.	Maxim Semyankiv		6.4	8.575		14.975
4.	Kevin Lytwyn		6.2	8.300		14.500
5.	Daniel Keatings		6.1	8.325		14.425
6.	Nicolas Cordoba		5.7	8.075		13.775
7.	Roman Kulesza		6.0	7.275		13.275
8.	Samuel Piasecky		5.8	7.200		13.000

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Alison Clements said:

	Zonderland start value Heavens - a 7.9 start value from Zonderland?!?! If he hadn't had a break of form in the middle that score would have been even higher. Go Epke, repeat that in London, even an uneducated Olympic crowd will realise that routine is phenomenal.
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