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Romanians, Dutch Shine at Ghent Challenger Cup

Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine | Saturday, 09 June 2012 17:00

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Romania and the Netherlands were the most successful nations during qualification Saturday as the Ghent Challenger Cup began in Belgium. Pictured: Belgian gymnast Donna-Donny Truyens qualified fifth to the pommel horse final

Romania and the Netherlands were the most successful nations during qualification Saturday as the Ghent Challenger Cup began in Belgium.

Romanians Catalina Ponor (balance beam) and Diana Bulimar (floor exercise) each led qualification on one event to Sunday's finals. Ponor skipped floor exercise, but Bulimar qualified second behind her teammate to balance ebam

Dutch gymnast Céline van Gerner, who won uneven bars and balance beam at last week's Challenger Cup in Maribor, qualified first on uneven bars. Compatriot Epke Zonderland took the top spot on men's high bar.

Other top qualifiers were Mexico's Alexa Moreno (women's vault), Greece's Eleftherios Kosmidis (men's floor exercise), Australia's Prashanth Sellathurai (pommel horse), Brazil's Arthur Zanetti (still rings) and Slovenia's Mitja Petkovsek.

External Link: Official Website

2012 FIG Challenger Cup
June 9, Ghent, Belgium

Women's Vault QualificationDENDScoreAverage
1. Alexa Moreno 6.3 8.525 14.825 14.312
5.5 8.300 13.800
2. Alina Sotnikova 5.0 8.800 13.800 13.787
4.9 8.875 13.775
3. Giulia Steingruber 5.0 8.900 13.900 13.750
5.2 8.400 13.600
4. Tijana Tkalcec 5.0 8.825 13.825 13.737
5.0 8.650 13.650
5. Valeria Maksyuta 5.8 8.275 14.075 13.575
5.0 8.075 13.075
6. Nadia Mülhauser 5.0 8.700 13.700 13.550
4.6 8.800 13.400
7. Barbara Achondo 5.0 8.600 0.1 13.500 13.537
5.2 8.375 13.575
8. Teja Belak 5.3 8.325 0.1 13.525 13.487
5.0 8.450 13.450
9. Olga Mokhovtsova 5.0 8.625 13.625 13.400
4.6 8.575 13.175
10. Lisa Top 5.2 8.025 13.225 13.350
5.0 8.475 13.475
11. Phan Thi Ha Thanh 5.3 7.775 13.075 13.325
5.0 8.575 13.575
12. Ofir Nezer 4.6 8.500 13.100 13.325
4.8 8.750 13.550
13. Zoi Lima 5.0 8.500 13.500 13.287
4.6 8.475 13.075
14. Daria Yelizarova 5.0 8.175 0.1 13.075 13.087
4.6 8.500 13.100
15. Mari Anttila 4.6 8.675 13.275 13.062
4.6 8.250 12.850
16. Olga Antipenko 5.0 8.175 13.175 12.925
4.4 8.275 12.675
17. Ailen Valente 5.0 8.225 13.225 12.887
4.4 8.150 12.550
18. Martina Castro 5.0 7.925 12.925 12.850
5.0 7.775 12.775
19. Krystyna Sankova 5.0 8.175 13.175 12.425
4.4 7.275 11.675
20. Sabrina Tomassini 5.3 7.675 12.975 12.325
4.4 7.275 11.675
21. Do Thi Thu Huyen 4.0 8.150 12.150 11.837
4.6 6.925 11.525
22. Maria Livchikova 5.0 8.150 13.150 6.575
0.0 0.000 0.000
23. Yamilet Peña 0.0 0.000 0.000 6.337
5.3 7.475 0.1 12.675
24. Mohamed Salma Mahmoud El Said 5.0 7.225 12.225 6.112
0.0 0.000 0.000

Uneven Bars QualificationDENDScore
1. Céline van Gerner 6.2 8.425 14.625
2. Jana Šikulová 5.9 8.475 14.375
3. Jonna Adlerteg 6.0 8.275 14.275
4. Kristýna Pálešová 5.9 8.300 14.200
5. Ida Gustafsson 5.9 8.250 14.150
6. Marta Pihan-Kulesza 5.6 8.500 14.100
7. Daria Yelizarova 5.4 8.600 14.000
8. Olga Mokhovtsova 5.4 8.550 13.950
9. Luiza Galiulina 5.7 8.125 13.825
10. Lisa Verschueren 5.5 8.200 13.700
11. Bruna Leal 5.4 8.225 13.625
12. Krystyna Sankova 5.3 8.100 13.400
13. Valeria Pereyra 5.1 8.275 13.375
14. Gaëlle Mys 5.3 8.050 13.350
15. Giulia Steingruber 5.7 7.600 13.300
16. Jessica López 6.0 7.075 13.075
17. Ana Filipa Martins 4.7 8.250 12.950
18. Natalia Kononenko 6.0 6.475 12.475
19. Sabrina Tomassini 4.6 7.750 12.350
20. Lisa Top 5.0 7.125 12.125
21. Nadia Mülhauser 4.9 7.175 12.075
22. Mari Anttila 4.5 7.275 11.775
23. Fiona Novak 4.1 7.550 11.650
24. Zoi Lima 3.8 7.775 11.575
25. Daniele Hypolito 4.3 7.250 11.550
26. Martina Castro 4.5 6.975 11.475
27. Barbara Achondo 5.1 6.300 11.400
28. Camila Ambrosio 3.8 7.100 10.900
29. Lorena Quiñones 4.7 6.025 10.725
30. Mohamed Salma Mahmoud El Said 3.9 5.600 9.500

Balance Beam QualificationDENDScore
1. Catalina Ponor 6.2 9.000 15.200
2. Diana Bulimar 6.0 8.800 14.800
3. Céline van Gerner 5.7 8.700 14.400
4. Vasiliki Millousi 5.9 8.375 14.275
5. Daniele Hypolito 6.1 8.275 0.1 14.275
6. Daria Yelizarova 5.6 8.400 14.000
7. Gaëlle Mys 5.7 8.275 13.975
8. Giulia Steingruber 5.8 8.175 13.975
9. Stefanie Merkle 5.7 8.175 13.875
10. Adela Šajn 5.4 8.375 0.1 13.675
11. Jessica López 6.0 7.625 13.625
12. Bruna Leal 5.0 8.525 13.525
13. Paraskevi Babalis 5.5 8.075 0.1 13.475
14. Lisa Verschueren 5.2 8.175 13.375
15. Lisa Top 5.3 8.025 13.325
16. Olga Mokhovtsova 5.1 8.200 13.300
17. Luiza Galiulina 5.9 7.350 13.250
18. Marta Pihan-Kulesza 6.0 7.175 13.175
19. Alexandra Choon 5.0 8.050 13.050
20. Melany Cabrera 5.0 8.025 13.025
21. Thi Ha Thanh Phan 4.7 8.275 12.975
22. Ana Filipa Martins 5.1 7.775 12.875
23. Sherine El Zeiny 4.9 7.825 12.725
24. Alina Sotnikova 4.9 7.750 0.1 12.550
25. Valeria Pereyra 4.3 8.200 12.500
26. Kristýna Pálešová 5.3 7.200 12.500
27. Natalia Kononenko 5.4 7.100 12.500
28. Terri Grand'ry 5.2 7.250 12.450
29. Jonna Adlerteg 5.1 7.200 12.300
30. Lorena Quiñones 5.0 7.150 12.150
31. Valeria Maksyuta 5.7 6.375 12.075
32. Maria Livchikova 4.7 7.125 11.825
33. Do Thi Thu Huyen 4.6 7.150 11.750
34. Merlina Galera 5.1 6.600 11.700
35. Marcela Álvarez 4.6 6.875 0.1 11.375
36. Saša Golob 5.0 6.200 11.200
37. Olga Antipenko 5.0 6.175 11.175
38. Mohamed Salma Mahmoud El Said 4.6 6.500 11.100

Women's Floor Exercise QualificationDENDScore
1. Diana Bulimar 5.8 8.500 14.300
2. Daniele Hypolito 5.3 8.450 13.750
3. Stefanie Merkle 5.5 8.225 13.725
4. Luiza Galiulina 5.3 8.325 13.625
5. Daria Yelizarova 5.4 8.225 13.625
6. Lisa Top 5.5 7.975 0.2 13.275
7. Alina Sotnikava 5.1 8.050 13.150
8. Saša Golob 5.2 7.925 0.1 13.025
9. Merlina Galera 4.8 8.000 12.800
10. Phan Thi Ha Thanh 4.9 7.925 0.1 12.725
11. Alexandra Choon 4.6 8.100 12.700
12. Adela Šajn 5.3 7.400 12.700
13. Sabrina Tomassini 5.3 7.350 0.1 12.550
14. Ofir Nezer 4.6 7.725 12.325
15. Ailen Valente 4.7 7.600 12.300
16. Alexa Moreno 5.3 6.900 12.200
17. Lorena Quiñones 5.2 7.350 0.4 12.150
18. Martina Castro 4.8 7.000 11.800
19. Maria Livchikova 5.2 6.700 0.1 11.800
20. Zoi Lima 5.2 6.525 11.725
21. Mari Anttila 4.5 7.200 0.1 11.600
22. Mohamed Salma Mahmoud El Said 4.5 7.100 11.600
23. Terri Grand'ry 5.2 6.675 0.3 11.575
24. Do Thi Thu Huyen 3.1 8.000 11.100
25. Bruna Leal 4.8 6.400 0.2 11.000
26. Olga Antipenko 4.4 6.500 0.1 10.800
27. Barbara Achondo 4.6 6.275 0.3 10.575

Men's Floor Exercise QualificationDENDScore
1. Eleftherios Kosmidis 6.5 8.825 15.325
2. Tomás González 6.5 8.825 0.3 15.025
3. Sam Oldham 6.1 8.825 14.925
4. Angel Ramos 6.1 8.825 14.925
5. Wajdi Bouallegue 6.2 8.750 0.1 14.850
6. Dmitry Barkalov 6.1 8.725 14.825
7. Isaac Botella 6.5 8.075 14.575
8. Tomas Thys 5.7 8.900 0.1 14.500
9. Jimmy Verbaeys 5.9 8.575 14.475
10. Alexander Suprun 5.7 8.675 14.375
11. Luis Rivera 5.9 8.725 0.3 14.325
12. Du Wei 6.3 8.325 0.3 14.325
13. Andrew Smith 6.4 8.125 0.2 14.325
14. Mohammad Ramezanpour 5.4 8.725 14.125
15. Adrian Bucur 5.4 8.725 14.125
16. Juan Sebastian Melchiori 5.5 8.625 14.125
17. Christian Bazan 6.1 7.950 0.1 13.950
18. Mathieu Csukassy 6.0 8.200 0.3 13.900
19. David Bishop 5.1 8.750 13.850
20. Heikki Saarenketo 5.0 8.700 13.700
21. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty 5.3 8.525 0.2 13.625
22. Eetu Lahti 5.4 8.025 13.425
23. Andres Arean 5.4 8.075 0.1 13.375
24. Andrei Ursache 5.7 7.675 13.375
25. Ziga Silc 5.6 8.250 0.5 13.350
26. Severin Rohrer 5.2 8.325 0.4 13.125
27. Mohammed Srour 5.7 7.525 0.3 12.925
28. Cuong Hoang 5.9 7.425 0.5 12.825
29. Viktor Kocherin 4.9 7.475 0.4 11.975
30. Anthony O'Donnell 4.5 7.650 0.3 11.850
31. Kevin Rossi 5.4 6.075 11.475
32. Nguyen Tuan Dat 5.2 6.825 0.7 11.325

Pommel Horse QualificationDENDScore
1. Zhang Hongtao 6.4 9.175 15.575
2. Daniel Corral 6.5 8.825 15.325
3. Daniel Keatings 6.7 8.575 15.275
4. Prashanth Sellathurai 6.6 8.575 15.175
5. Robert Seligman 6.4 8.725 15.125
6. Donna-Donny Truyens 6.2 8.725 14.925
7. Andrei Likhovitsky 6.1 8.600 14.700
8. Vid Hidvegi 6.2 8.325 14.525
9. Filip Ude 6.5 7.875 14.375
10. Anton Fokin 5.8 8.525 14.325
11. Oliver Hegi 5.9 8.400 14.300
12. Rafael Morales-Casado 5.7 8.550 14.250
13. Rafael Martínez 5.6 8.350 13.950
14. Sergio Sasaki 5.9 8.000 13.900
15. Saeed Reza Keikha 6.0 7.875 13.875
16. Andrei Ursache 6.5 7.250 13.750
17. Francisco Barretto 5.8 7.925 13.725
18. Adrian Bucur 5.8 7.875 13.675
19. Dmitrijs Trefilovs 5.9 7.750 13.650
20. Pascal Bucher 6.3 7.175 13.475
21. Liu Rongbing 6.2 7.250 13.450
22. Andrii Sienichkin 6.3 7.100 13.400
23. Nam Dang 5.4 7.875 13.275
24. Isaac Botella 5.3 7.925 13.225
25. Maciej Labutin 4.8 8.275 13.075
26. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty 5.6 7.450 13.050
27. Alexander Tsarevich 5.1 7.825 12.925
28. Jimmy Verbaeys 6.1 6.775 12.875
29. Bart Deurloo 5.5 7.200 12.700
30. Adam Rzepa 6.1 6.375 12.475
31. Nicolas Cordoba 4.5 7.950 12.450
32. Martin Konecný 5.0 7.450 12.450
33. Luis Sosa 5.6 6.850 12.450
34. Christopher Martin 6.1 6.325 12.425
35. David Bishop 4.9 7.475 12.375
36. Slavomir Michnak 5.5 6.850 12.350
37. Viktor Kocherin 5.6 6.750 12.350
38. Alejandro Arean 5.3 7.025 12.325
39. Alexander Rodríguez 5.6 6.725 12.325
40. Luke Carson 4.9 7.275 12.175
41. Andrew Smith 4.6 7.475 12.075
42. Jarkko Pekkanen 4.5 7.425 11.925
43. Maxim Semyankiv 5.3 6.500 11.800
44. Jackson Payne 5.7 5.925 11.625
45. Nurtas Kozhakov 5.6 5.975 11.575
46. Sam Oldham 5.9 5.600 11.500
47. Reid McGowan 3.9 6.400 10.300
48. Nguyen Tuan Dat 4.2 5.100 9.300

Still Rings QualificationDENDScore
1. Arthur Zanetti 6.8 8.750 15.550
2. Liao Junlin 6.8 8.450 15.250
3. Eleftherios Petrounias 6.8 8.400 15.200
4. Federico Molinari 6.4 8.650 15.050
5. Tommy Ramos 6.8 8.250 15.050
6. Christian Bazan 6.1 8.600 14.700
7. Hadi Khenarinezhad 6.1 8.575 14.675
8. Ramadan Abuoelkassem Zahran Ali 6.5 8.050 14.550
9. Luo Xuan 6.7 7.775 14.475
10. Alexander Vorobyov 6.7 7.675 14.375
11. Jonas Toeback 6.3 7.975 14.275
12. Ignacio Losantos 6.0 8.250 14.250
13. Dang Nam 6.4 7.725 14.125
14. Phuoc Hung Pham 6.3 7.600 13.900
15. Sam Oldham 5.5 8.225 13.725
16. Sergio Sasaki 5.8 7.925 13.725
17. Luis Rivera 5.9 7.825 13.725
18. Osvaldo Martínez 6.1 7.625 13.725
19. Oliver Hegi 5.2 8.475 13.675
20. Anthony van Assche 5.6 7.950 13.550
21. Asiel López 5.4 8.000 13.400
22. Adrian Bucur 5.3 8.050 13.350
23. Daniel Keatings 5.7 7.625 13.325
24. Andrei Muntean 5.5 7.750 13.250
25. Gregor Saksida 6.2 7.025 13.225
26. Severin Rohrer 4.4 8.550 12.950
27. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty 4.9 7.925 12.825
28. Carlos Carbonell 6.1 6.700 12.800
29. Luke Carson 4.6 7.950 12.550
30. Mathieu Csukassy 5.3 7.200 12.500
31. Maciej Labutin 5.6 6.700 12.300
32. Azizbek Kudratullayev 5.0 7.250 12.250
33. Anthony O'Donnell 5.0 7.075 12.075
34. Ilya Kornev 4.6 7.125 11.725

* Complete results not yet available for men's vault
Men's Vault Qualifiers
Q. Thanh Nguyen Ha
Q. Ran Cheng
Q. Alexander Suprun
Q. Angel Ramos
Q. Stanislav Valiyev
Q. Tomás González
Q. Isaac Botella
Q. Luis Rivera
R. Jonas Toeback
R. Mathieu Csukassy
R. Christian Bazan

Parallel Bars QualificationDENDScore
1. Mitja Petkovšek 6.2 9.225 15.425
2. Epke Zonderland 6.2 9.075 15.275
3. Samuel Piasecky 6.2 9.075 15.275
4. Liu Rongbing 6.5 8.725 15.225
5. Roman Kulesza 6.2 8.975 15.175
6. Adam Kierzkowski 6.2 8.900 15.100
7. Phuoc Hung Pham 6.5 8.525 15.025
8. Alexander Tsarevich 6.1 8.850 14.950
9. Sergio Sasaki 6.2 8.725 14.925
10. Daniel Corral 6.7 8.225 14.925
11. Pascal Bucher 6.1 8.775 14.875
12. Cheng Ran 6.4 8.350 14.750
13. Sam Oldham 6.1 8.500 14.600
14. Thomas Neuteleers 6.0 8.525 14.525
15. Jayd Lukenchuk 6.1 8.400 14.500
16. Anton Fokin 6.2 8.225 14.425
17. Osvaldo Martínez 5.7 8.700 14.400
18. Thanh Nguyen Ha 6.4 7.975 14.375
19. Daniel Keatings 6.1 8.150 14.250
20. Jimmy Verbaeys 6.3 7.950 14.250
21. Rafael Martínez 6.0 8.200 14.200
22. Marko Brez 5.7 8.450 14.150
23. Andrei Ursache 5.8 8.325 14.125
24. Luis Sosa 5.9 8.225 14.125
25. Fabian Leimlehner 5.9 8.100 14.000
26. Ignacio Losantos 6.1 7.900 14.000
27. Andrei Likhovitsky 5.7 8.250 13.950
28. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty 5.6 8.275 13.875
29. Alexander Suprun 5.8 8.075 13.875
30. Luke Carson 4.8 8.925 13.725
31. Maxim Semyankiv 5.8 7.900 13.700
32. Francisco Barretto 5.9 7.550 13.450
33. Andrei Muntean 5.9 7.400 13.300
34. Andrew Smith 5.1 8.100 13.200
35. Jackson Payne 5.3 7.825 13.125
36. Nurtas Kozhakov 5.1 7.975 13.075
37. Martin Konecný 4.9 7.500 12.400
38. Kevin Rossi 5.7 6.375 12.075
39. Slavomir Michnak 5.1 6.925 12.025
40. Younes Zeyghami 4.9 7.000 11.900
41. Reid McGowan 4.5 6.000 10.500

High Bar QualificationDENDScore
1. Epke Zonderland 7.0 8.575 15.575
2. Sam Oldham 6.7 8.400 15.100
3. Liu Rongbing 7.1 7.875 14.975
4. Kristof Schroe 6.2 8.750 14.950
5. Fabian Leimlehner 6.4 8.450 14.850
6. Alexander Tsarevich 6.4 8.450 14.850
7. Rafael Martínez 6.5 8.175 14.675
8. Dmitry Barkalov 6.3 8.250 14.550
9. Daniel Keatings 6.1 8.425 14.525
10. Samuel Piasecky 6.2 8.275 14.475
11. Marijo Moznik 6.7 7.725 14.425
12. Bart Deurloo 6.4 7.950 14.350
13. Maxim Semyankiv 6.4 7.925 14.325
14. Oliver Hegi 5.6 8.675 14.275
15. Dmitrijs Trefilovs 5.8 8.475 14.275
16. Jayd Lukenchuk 6.8 7.400 14.200
17. Francisco Barretto 6.1 8.025 14.125
18. Alexander Suprun 6.1 7.850 13.950
19. Jackson Payne 6.8 6.975 13.775
20. Luis Sosa 5.4 8.325 13.725
21. Roman Kulesza 5.8 7.925 13.725
22. Sergio Sasaki 6.3 7.225 13.525
23. Adam Rzepa 5.7 7.600 13.300
24. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty 5.6 7.675 13.275
25. Luke Carson 5.0 8.150 13.150
26. Ignacio Losantos 6.0 7.125 13.125
27. Severin Rohrer 5.4 7.625 13.025
28. Adrian Bucur 5.0 7.925 12.925
29. Younes Zeyghami 4.9 8.000 12.900
30. Jimmy Verbaeys 5.4 7.400 12.800
31. Nicolas Cordoba 5.8 6.950 12.750
32. Martin Konecný 5.4 7.325 12.725
33. Reid McGowan 3.7 9.000 12.700
34. David Bishop 5.2 7.425 12.625
35. Alexander Rodríguez 5.4 7.225 12.625
36. Ilya Kornev 5.6 6.875 12.475
37. Nurtas Kozhakov 5.9 6.525 12.425
38. Andrei Muntean 6.3 5.975 12.275
39. Asiel López 5.7 6.400 12.100
40. Slavomir Michnak 3.9 7.725 11.625
41. Juan Sebastian Melchiori 3.6 7.750 11.350
42. Angel Ramos 5.4 5.850 11.250

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