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Absent from the European championships, Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambüchen returned to competition to win the German championships on Saturday in Düsseldorf.
 Elisabeth Seitz captured her third consecutive German title in Düsseldorf.The competition also serves as the first of two Olympic trials. Germany qualified full men's and women's teams to this summer's Olympic Games.
Seitz won her third consecutive all-around title with a score of 58.75, a personal best. She had her top mark on uneven bars with 15.30 (6.7 Difficulty score).
"I'm very happy with the way it went today," said Seitz, who had skipped the European championships in May to rest an aching back. "I earned my highest difficulty scores on almost all the events and improved my personal best by 2 points."
Nadine Jarosch won the silver (56.15) with the top score on balance beam. 2008 Olympic alternate Kim Bui took third (54.80).
Oksana Chusovitina, headed to her sixth Olympics, had the top score on vault with 15.15. The five-time Olympian turns 37 on Tuesday.
Hambüchen also earned a comfortable victory. He defeated 2010 national champion Marcel Nguyen, 91.10-89.05.
Hambüchen's top score of the day came on high bar (16.35/7.5 D), where he was the 2007 world champion. After several injuries over the past few years, he had skipped Europeans to prepare for the Olympics.
"I'm very happy with my competition," he said. "I lost a few tenths on floor exercise because I didn't want to risk injury to my left foot, but other than that it went very well."
Two-time world all-around silver medalist Philipp Boy won the bronze after falling on high bar (88.20).
"I'm obviously very disappointed," said Boy, the defending champion.
Competition concludes Sunday with apparatus finals.
External Link: German Gymnastics Federation
2012 German Championships/1st Olympic Trials
June 16, Düsseldorf
| Women's All-Around | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1. | Elisabeth Seitz | Turngemeinschaft Mannheim |  | 14.95 | 15.30 | 14.40 | 14.10 | 58.75 |
| 2. | Nadine Jarosch | Detmolder TV v. 1860 |  | 14.35 | 13.90 | 13.75 | 14.15 | 56.15 |
| 3. | Kim Bui | MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V. | | 13.95 | 14.10 | 13.60 | 13.15 | 54.80 |
| 4. | Pia Tolle | MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V. | | 13.75 | 12.60 | 13.55 | 13.20 | 53.10 |
| 5. | Lisa-Katharina Hill | TUS Chemnitz-Altendorf |  | 13.00 | 13.90 | 12.95 | 13.15 | 53.00 |
| 6. | Giulia Hindermann | MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V. | | 13.55 | 13.15 | 13.35 | 12.10 | 52.15 |
| 7. | Anja Rheinbay | Turnteam TOYOTA Köln | | 13.80 | 11.65 | 12.85 | 11.95 | 50.25 |
| 8. | Janine Berger | SSV Ulm 1846 e.V. | | 13.60 | 12.10 | 11.70 | 12.35 | 49.75 |
| 9. | Katharina Müller | TV Überlingen | | 12.70 | 12.20 | 12.35 | 12.05 | 49.30 |
| 10. | Annabelle Hölzer | Eintracht Frankfurt |  | 12.85 | 11.80 | 11.70 | 12.00 | 48.35 |
| 11. | Lara-Sophie Wondrak | TSG Nordwest 1898 Frankfurt | | 13.40 | 11.65 | 12.20 | 11.00 | 48.25 |
| 12. | Marie-Sophie Boggasch | TG Söllingen | | 13.20 | 10.25 | 10.80 | 11.85 | 46.10 |
| 13. | Janine Woeste | KTV Dortmund 1986 | | 12.95 | 8.80 | 12.20 | 12.00 | 45.95 |
| 14. | Christina Kuhn | TSG Ffm.-Oberrad 1872 e.V | | 12.35 | 11.95 | 10.20 | 11.05 | 45.55 |
| 15. | Silvia Wentzell | VTB Siegen | | 12.55 | 10.45 | 10.70 | 10.65 | 44.35 |
| 16. | Oksana Chusovitina | TV Herkenrath 09 | | 15.15 | 10.70 | 13.80 | 0.00 | 39.65 |
| 17. | Joeline Möbius | TUS Chemnitz-Altendorf | | 0.00 | 14.65 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 27.75 |
| 18. | Katja Roll | TG Söllingen | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.30 | 12.90 | 25.20 |
| 19. | Isabelle Marquard | TUS Chemnitz-Altendorf | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.05 | 0.00 | 13.05 |
| --. | Jonna Adlerteg | Sweden |  | 0.00 | 12.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.70 |
| Men's All-Around | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB | Total |
| 1. | Fabian Hambüchen | TSG Niedergirmes 1903 | | 14.75 | 13.75 | 14.75 | 15.85 | 15.65 | 16.35 | 91.10 |
| 2. | Marcel Nguyen | TSV Unterhaching 1910 |  | 14.70 | 13.75 | 15.20 | 15.85 | 16.10 | 13.45 | 89.05 |
| 3. | Philipp Boy | SC Cottbus Turnen |  | 14.55 | 14.35 | 14.40 | 15.50 | 15.10 | 14.30 | 88.20 |
| 4. | Andreas Toba | Turn-Klubb zu Hannover 1 |  | 14.25 | 13.80 | 14.80 | 15.85 | 14.40 | 14.55 | 87.65 |
| 5. | Thomas Taranu | KTV Straubenhardt e.V. | | 14.85 | 13.85 | 13.65 | 15.00 | 14.85 | 14.60 | 86.80 |
| 6. | Eugen Spiridonov | TV 1883 Bous e.V. |  | 14.70 | 13.15 | 14.80 | 15.80 | 13.60 | 13.80 | 85.85 |
| 7. | Sebastian Krimmer | MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V. | | 14.15 | 13.95 | 13.85 | 15.05 | 14.50 | 13.95 | 85.45 |
| 8. | Matthias Fahrig | SV Halle e.V. |  | 12.65 | 14.80 | 13.60 | 14.45 | 15.00 | 14.40 | 84.90 |
| 9. | Waldemar Eichorn | TV Germania Dillingen | | 15.30 | 11.80 | 13.75 | 15.20 | 14.65 | 13.65 | 84.35 |
| 10. | Helge Liebrich | TV Wetzgau e.V. | | 14.25 | 13.10 | 13.15 | 14.65 | 14.10 | 14.25 | 83.50 |
| 11. | Christopher Jursch | SC Cottbus Turnen | | 13.95 | 13.20 | 14.20 | 16.00 | 13.15 | 12.45 | 82.95 |
| 12. | Jonas Rohleder | Siegerländer KTV | | 14.20 | 11.95 | 12.85 | 15.25 | 13.90 | 12.30 | 80.45 |
| 13. | Ivan Bykov | TV 1883 Bous e.V. | | 12.25 | 11.35 | 11.90 | 15.30 | 14.20 | 14.65 | 79.65 |
| 14. | Jacob Glück | SB DJK Würzburg | | 13.20 | 11.85 | 13.50 | 14.25 | 13.65 | 12.70 | 79.15 |
| 15. | Max Finzel | TSG Grünstadt |  | 14.15 | 11.70 | 12.10 | 15.45 | 13.10 | 12.60 | 79.10 |
| 16. | Alexander Grötsch | SC Cottbus Turnen | | 12.80 | 12.40 | 12.95 | 14.40 | 13.10 | 12.90 | 78.55 |
| 17. | Andreas Bretschneider | KTV Chemnitz e. V. | | 12.90 | 11.85 | 13.05 | 14.55 | 13.65 | 12.45 | 78.45 |
| 18. | Christian Auer | MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V. | | 13.40 | 12.10 | 12.80 | 14.15 | 12.80 | 13.15 | 78.40 |
| 19. | Florian Lindner | KTV Chemnitz e. V. | | 13.60 | 10.30 | 13.10 | 15.15 | 14.90 | 11.20 | 78.25 |
| 20. | Philipp Herder | Sportclub Berlin e.V. |  | 13.70 | 11.10 | 13.35 | 15.15 | 12.25 | 12.45 | 78.00 |
| 21. | Alexander Vogt | TSV Buchholz 1908 e.V. | | 12.55 | 11.30 | 13.30 | 14.15 | 13.20 | 13.10 | 77.60 |
| 22. | Johannes Schaal | TSV Laichingen e.V. | | 13.20 | 12.20 | 12.35 | 15.10 | 13.35 | 10.95 | 77.15 |
| 23. | Christian Keil | TV Wetzgau e.V. | | 12.70 | 12.10 | 12.55 | 14.00 | 13.45 | 11.75 | 76.55 |
| 24. | Viet Thao Hoang | Sportclub Berlin e.V. | | 12.90 | 12.05 | 12.15 | 14.55 | 12.95 | 11.75 | 76.35 |
| 25. | Fabian Lotz | TSG Niedergirmes 1903 | | 12.85 | 11.60 | 11.35 | 13.40 | 13.70 | 12.95 | 75.85 |
| 26. | Lukas Gallay | SC Cottbus Turnen | | 12.30 | 11.60 | 12.35 | 14.20 | 11.60 | 13.30 | 75.35 |
| 27. | Lukas Dauser | TSV Unterhaching 1910 | | 12.15 | 9.70 | 12.85 | 14.80 | 13.75 | 12.00 | 75.25 |
| 28. | Tobias Matzke | TUS Bliesransbach | | 12.80 | 10.50 | 11.10 | 13.65 | 13.10 | 13.35 | 74.50 |
| 29. | Matthias Bramkamp | TC Sterkrade Oberhausen | | 13.10 | 10.95 | 12.80 | 13.20 | 12.90 | 10.70 | 73.65 |
| 30. | Jakob Paulicks | TSV Unterhaching 1910 | | 12.25 | 11.45 | 12.20 | 15.20 | 10.30 | 11.45 | 72.85 |
| 31. | Dominik Klenner | TSV Monheim 1895 e. V. | | 12.70 | 12.50 | 11.45 | 13.05 | 11.65 | 10.55 | 71.90 |
| 32. | Philipp Sorrer | Sportclub Berlin e.V. | | 12.15 | 9.60 | 12.05 | 13.65 | 12.05 | 11.95 | 71.45 |
| 33. | Robert Weber | TSV Ehmen 1912 e.V. | | 11.15 | 9.10 | 12.15 | 14.60 | 11.30 | 12.30 | 70.60 |
| --. | Claudio Capelli | Switzerland |  | 12.10 | 9.70 | 12.25 | 13.90 | 12.10 | 10.10 | 70.15 |
| --. | Shakir Shikhaliev | Azerbaijan |  | 13.10 | 11.15 | 0.00 | 14.05 | 11.80 | 0.00 | 50.10 |
| --. | Sascha Palgen | Luxembourg |  | 0.00 | 11.30 | 11.15 | 0.00 | 12.85 | 11.15 | 46.45 |
| --. | Pascal Bucher | Switzerland | | 0.00 | 13.95 | 14.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.85 | 41.70 |
International Gymnast Magazine Related Features:
"Seizing the Moment" - Seitz interview (July/August 2011)
"Leaps and Bounds for Germany" - Jarosch profile (January/February 2012)
"Mobius in Motion" - Mobius profile (April 2008)
Boy interview (May 2011)
"Fast Mender" - Nguyen profile (June 2011)
"Clutch Horse Rider" - Krimmer profile (January 2011)
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