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CHINA SEVEN FOR 10 AT DTB
Two-time Chinese Olympian Cheng Fei won all
three events she entered to help China earn
seven gold medals at the 25th annual DTB Cup,
a World Cup meet held Nov. 14-15, 2008, in
Stuttgart.
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Women’s VT: 1. Cheng Fei CHN 14.90; 2. Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 14.275; 3. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.05;
4. Ariella Käslin SUI 14.012; 5. Kim Bui GER 13.962;
6. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 13.825; 7. Anna
Kalashnyk UKR 13.512; 8. Dorina Boczogo HUN
13.325.
UB: 1. He Ning CHN 15. 35; 2. Anastasia Koval UKR
15.05; 3. Jenny Brunner GER 14. 15; 4. Käslin 13.825;
5. Bui 13.60; 6. Sanne Wevers NED 13.575; 7. Ivana
Kovacova SVK 13.225; 8. Marta Pihan POL 12.575.
BB:1. Cheng 15.425; 2. Lauren Mitchell AUS 15. 15;
3. Yang Yilin CHN 15.075; 4. Wevers 14.875; 5.
Pavlova 14.75; 6. Yulia Lozhechko RUS 14.575; 7.
Adela Sajn SLO 14. 30; 8. Sydney Sawa CAN 12.575.
FX: 1. Cheng 15. 25; 2. Mitchell 14.675; 3(t). Yang
and Bui 14.075; 5(t). Boczogo, Joeline Moebius GER
13.925; 7. Linda Stämpfli SUI; 8. Daniele Hypolito
BRA.
Men’s FX: 1. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15.525; 2. Kristian Thomas GBR 15. 45; 3. Alexander Shatilov ISR
15. 40; 4. Tomislav Markovic CRO 15. 30; 5. Niki
Böschenstein SUI 15.075; 6. Matthias Fahrig GER
14.70; 7. Diego Hypolito BRA 14. 45; 8. Alexander
BORN IN JANUARY
Xiao Qin CHN ........................... 1/1/85
Nashwan Al-Harazi YEM...............1/1/87
Oksana Omelianchik UKR .............1/2/70
Andreas Wecker GER ..................1/2/70
Olga Mostepanova RUS ...............1/3/68
Marcia Frederick USA..................1/4/68
Daniel Keatings GBR...................1/4/90
Lyudmila Turischeva UKR .............1/7/52
Patricia Moreno ESP ...................1/7/88
Cassy Vericel FRA ....................1/10/91
Vitaly Scherbo BLR ...................1/13/72
Feng Jing CHN.........................1/15/85
Yevgeny Bogonosyuk UKR ...........1/18/82
Ashleigh Brennan AUS ...............1/18/91
Anja Brinker GER......................1/18/91
Svetlana Khorkina RUS ..............1/19/79
Shawn Johnson USA..................1/19/92
Sean Townsend USA..................1/20/79
Kim Bui GER ...........................1/20/89
Boris Shaklin UKR ....................1/21/32
Ecaterina Szabo ROM ................1/22/68
Jessica Lopez VEN ....................1/22/86
Mary Lou Retton USA.................1/24/68
Rebecca Downie GBR ................1/24/92
Lichelle Wong NED ...................1/25/90
Natalia Yurchenko RUS ..............1/26/65
Ri Jong Song PRK.....................1/27/82
Daria Yelizarova RUS.................1/28/91
BY JOHN CRUMLISH
Suprun UKR 14. 30.
PH:1. Zhang Hongtao CHN 16. 30; 2. Prashanth Sellathurai AUS 15.975; 3. Harutyum Merdinyan ARM
15.325; 4. Zoltan Kallai HUN 14.65; 5. Vid Hidvegi
HUN 14.475; 6. Suprun 14.275; 7. Robert Weber GER
14.225; 8. Cosmin Popescu ROM 13.925.
SR: 1(t). Yan Mingyong CHN, Yuri van Gelder NED
16.65; 3. Alexander Vorobyov UKR 16.375; 4. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS 16. 20; 5. Danny Rodrigues
FRA 16.075; 6. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 15. 20; 7.
Eduard Gholub ISR 14.975; 8. Mathias Lee Hansen
DEN 14.725.
VT: 1. Thomas Bouhail FRA 16.325; 2. Jeffrey
Wammes NED 16.125; 3. Fahrig 15.70; 4. Diego
Hypolito 16.05; 5. Marius Berbecar ROM 15.975; 6.
Theo Seager GBR 15.925; 7. Luke Folwell GBR
15.512; 8. Andrei Isayev UKR 15. 20.
PB: 1. Feng Zhe CHN 16. 20; 2. Yann Cucherat FRA
15.825; 3. Hambüchen 15.70; 4. Vasileios Tsolakidis
GRE 15. 45; 5. Philippe Rizzo AUS 15. 30; 6. Valery
Goncharov UKR 15.125; 7. Samuel Piasecky SVK
BORN IN FEBRUARY
Huang Xu CHN ..........................2/6/79
Carly Patterson USA....................2/4/88
Nikolina Tankusheva BUL .............2/5/86
Kim Zmeskal USA ......................2/6/76
Mitja Petkovsek SLO ...................2/6/77
Yang Wei CHN...........................2/8/80
Elsa Garcia MEX ........................2/8/90
Svetlana Boginskaya BLR .............2/9/73
Philippe Rizzo AUS .....................2/9/81
Anna Grudko RUS.......................2/9/90
Daiane dos Santos BRA ..............2/10/83
Svetlana Klyukina RUS...............2/10/89
Pierre-Yves Beny FRA ................2/12/83
Niki Böschenstein SUI................2/12/85
Eizo Kenmotsu JPN ...................2/13/48
Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ...............2/15/80
Dorina Boczogo HUN .................2/15/92
Brett McClure USA ....................2/19/81
Thomas Andergassen GER...........2/20/80
Mayu Kuroda JPN .....................2/20/89
Dmitry Savitsky BLR ..................2/22/84
Kristina Palesova CZE ................2/22/89
Li Shanshan CHN......................2/22/92
Sherine El Zeiny EGY .................2/23/91
Ken Ikeda CAN.........................2/24/82
Jordan Jovtchev BUL .................2/24/73
Hannah Clowes GBR..................2/24/91
Zou Kai CHN ...........................2/25/88
14.85; 8. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 14.70.
HB:1. Hambüchen 16.275; 2. Aljaz Pegan SLO 15.80;
3. Rizzo 15.50; 4. Philipp Boy GER 15.425; 5(t). Tanaka, Cucherat 15. 40; 7. Epke Zonderland NED 14.65; 8.
Piasecky 14.375.
CHINA WINS FOUR IN OSTRAVA
Chinese gymnasts won four of the 12 event titles
at the World Cup of Ostrava, Czech Republic,
held Nov. 7-8, 2008. China’s Jiang Yuyuan
and Slovakia’s Samuel Piasecky were the only
double winners.
Women’s VT: 1. Dorina Boczogo HUN 14.025; 2.
Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 13.95; 3. Veronika Ozanova
CZE 13.70; 4. Laura Gombas HUN 13.575; 5. Annika
Urvikko FIN 13.275; 6. Tatiana Valova UKR 13.275; 7.
Alenka Dolnicar SLO 12.775; 8. Joanna Litewka POL
12.70.
UB: 1. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 15.80; 2. Vanwalleghem
14.05; 3. Laurie-Eve Pepin CAN 13.60; 4. Cynthia
Lemieux CAN 13. 30; 5. Alexandra Ohlsson SWE
13. 15; 6. Valova 12.85; 7. Xiao Sha CHN 12. 20; 8.
Ivana Kovacova SVK 12. 15.
BB:1. Xiao Sha CHN 15.65; 2. Jiang 15. 30; 3. Kristy-na Palesova CZE 14. 40; 4. Adela Sajn SLO 14.00; 5.
Lemieux 13.50; 5. Boczogo 13.50; 7. Eva Verbova
CZE 13. 40; 8. Vanwalleghem 13. 35.
FX:1. Jiang 14. 25; 2. Boczogo 14. 20; 3. Xiao 13.85;
4. Vanwalleghem 13.50; 5. Sasa Golob SLO 13. 45; 6.
Sajn 13. 25; 7. Ozanova 13. 20; 8. Monika Frandofert
POL 13. 15.
Men’s FX: 1. Tomislav Markovic CRO 15.425; 2. Koji
Uematsu JPN 15. 30; 3. Alexander Suprun UKR
15.125; 4. Rok Klavora SLO 14.875; 5. Jeffrey
Wammes NED 14.575; 6. Mans Sternberg SWE
14.425; 7. Ibrahim Bulut TUR 14. 30; 8. Ziga Silc SLO
14.05.
PH:1. Zhang Hontao CHN 16.325; 2. Saso Bertoncelj
SLO 15.525; 3. Zoltan Kallai HUN 15.275; 4. Suprun
15. 20; 5. Robert Seligman CRO 14.65; 6. Jose
Fuentes VEN 14.50; 7. Claudio Capelli SUI 14. 35; 8.
Mathew Curtis AUS 13. 35.
SR: 1. Yuri van Gelder NED 16.575; 2. Alexander
Vorobyov UKR 16. 30; 3. Yan Mingyong CHN 16. 10; 4.
Regulo Carmona VEN 15.925; 5. Irodotos Giorgallas
CYP 14.675; 6. Roman Gisi SUI 14.50; 7. Capelli
14. 45; 8. Anthony van Assche NED 14. 45.
VT: 1. Wammes 15.975; 2. Suprun 15.912; 3. Tommi
Tuuha FIN 15.55; 4. Capelli 15.488; 5. Alen Dimic SLO
15.412; 6. Ali Al-Asi JOR 15. 30; 7. Jindrich Pansky
CZE 15.275; 8. Istvan Szalontai HUN 15.262; 9.
Marek Lyszcarz POL 7.675.
