Price, Japan Earn Victories in Stuttgart

Price, Japan Earn Victories in Stuttgart
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 01 December 2012 13:27

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Elizabeth Price (U.S.) and the Japanese men claimed victories Saturday at the 30th DTB Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.

This year's edition of the DTB Cup features an FIG World Cup all-around held in conjunction with an international team contest. Friday saw the team qualification at Porsche Arena, with four nations advancing to this weekend's team finals.

Elizabeth Price (U.S.)

The women's World Cup featured a fairly weak field, lacking the all-around standouts from the Olympics. Romanian Olympian Larisa Iordache withdrew and was replaced by Russia's Kristina Goryunova, who took part in the team event.

Price, an alternate to the U.S. Olympic team this past summer, cruised to first over Germany's Elisabeth Seitz, 58.098-55.566. Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber finished third, just .001 behind Seitz.

Price grabbed the lead in the first rotation, where she was the class of the field on vault with the only Amanar on display (15.733). She also had the top mark on uneven bars despite some struggles on the low bar (14.933). She stayed on beam but was heavily penalized for execution (7.666). She impressed on floor exercise with her huge tumbling (double-double and double layout) but lunged forward after her double pike for 14.266.

Seitz earned her top mark on vault, where she took a step on her double-twisting Yurchenko. On uneven bars, she performed a simpler set without her Def or eponymous skill (full-twisting Maloney) for 14.033. She fought through her beam routine and stumbled out of the area on floor exercise, but just managed to finish ahead of Steingruber.

Steingruber had the second-best score on vault for her layout Rudi (15.400), but tumbled off beam. Germany's Kim Bui finished fourth, tying Seitz for second on uneven bars. Former world champion Vanessa Ferrari (Italy) had the best mark on floor exercise but fell on her uneven bars dismount for fifth overall.

Rebecca Tunney (Great Britain), Goryunova and Niahm Rippin (Great Britain) rounded out the field.

The men's team final followed the women's all-around event. After barely edging Brazil in Friday's qualification, Japan improved by 5 full points in the final. The Japanese men had the top team totals on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar.

Russia, which grabbed the final spot in qualification, improved by nearly 3 points to take second. Olympic medalist Denis Ablyazin paced to the team to the top totals on floor exercise, still rings and vault. Olympic finalist Alexander Balandin was on the roster as the team's fourth gymnast but did not compete, leaving the team with only two gymnasts on five of the six events.

The British men finished third with a performance on par with qualification, where they also finished third. Brazil struggled on parallel bars, though Olympic still rings champion Arthur Zanetti shone with 15.700 on his best event.

Competition concludes Sunday with the men's World Cup all-around event followed by the women's team final. The men's World Cup boasts a more impressive turnout, with eight of the top 10 gymnasts from this summer's Olympic all-around final. All-around medalists Marcel Nguyen (Germany) and Danell Leyva (U.S.) will be back in competition along with David Belyavsky (Russia), Daniel Purvis and Kristian Thomas (Great Britain), Fabian Gonzalez (Spain) and Kazuhito Tanaka (Japan).

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30th DTB Cup
Dec. 1, Stuttgart, Germany

Women's All-Around		VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Elizabeth Price	6.5	15.733	6.4	14.933	5.5	13.166	5.9	14.266	58.098
2.	Elisabeth Seitz	5.8	14.533	5.9	14.033	5.6	13.700	5.3	13.300	55.566
3.	Giulia Steingruber	6.3	15.400	5.7	13.433	5.7	12.866	5.6	13.866	55.565
4.	Kim Bui	5.4	13.966	6.1	14.033	5.2	13.600	5.3	13.566	55.165
5.	Vanessa Ferrari	5.3	13.633	5.6	12.633	5.6	13.433	5.8	14.366	54.065
6.	Rebecca Tunney	5.8	14.466	5.9	13.966	5.1	12.000	5.6	13.400	53.832
7.	Kristina Goryunova	5.0	13.433	5.7	13.433	5.3	12.633	4.9	12.733	52.232
8.	Niahm Rippin	5.3	13.800	5.0	11.766	5.2	12.133	5.4	12.366	50.065

Men's Team Final		FX		PH		SR		VT		PB		HB		Total
1.	Japan		29.366		30.099		29.833		30.999		30.399		30.933	181.629
	Yusuke Saito	5.5	13.333	5.6	13.966	6.4	15.033	6.2	15.666	6.1	14.966	6.9	15.533
	Kenya Kobayashi			6.2	14.733	6.1	14.800	6.2	15.333	6.3	15.233
	Kohei Kameyama	5.7	14.466	6.6	15.366	5.4	13.933					6.3	14.833
	Koji Uematsu	5.8	14.900							6.5	15.166	6.9	15.400

2.	Russia		29.932		27.366		30.333		32.333		29.232		27.099	176.295
	Nikita Ignatyev	6.1	14.566	5.9	14.033	6.3	14.900	6.6	16.000	6.2	14.866	5.5	12.466
	Andrei Cherkasov			4.9	13.333			6.6	15.233	5.6	14.366	6.1	14.633
	Denis Ablyazin	6.8	15.366			6.7	15.433	7.0	16.333
	Alexander Balandin

3.	Great Britain		28.932		28.133		28.866		30.400		30.099		29.500	175.930
	Sam Oldham	6.0	14.866	5.5	14.033	5.9	14.533	6.6	15.200	5.8	14.333	6.4	14.800
	Frank Baines	5.9	12.566	5.3	13.433			6.2	15.100	6.0	14.966	5.5	14.333
	Daniel Keatings			6.6	14.100					6.5	15.133	6.1	14.700
	Theo Seager	6.0	14.066			6.1	14.333	6.6	15.200

4.	Brazil		29.399		28.299		29.966		31.499		26.233		29.032	174.428
	Arthur Mariano	6.1	14.866	4.7	12.766			6.6	16.033	5.8	13.700	5.6	13.566
	Felipe Ferreira	4.5	10.566	5.5	14.033			6.2	15.133	5.1	12.533	5.7	14.066
	Francisco Barreto			5.8	14.266	6.2	14.266			5.4	12.433	6.4	14.966
	Arthur Zanetti	5.8	14.533			6.8	15.700	6.6	15.466

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Rachel T. said:

	Way To Go Price! I will ALWAYS believed she deserved to compete at the past Olympics and was unfairly denied that opportunity. I hope she continues to soar and surprise everyone!
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