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U.S. WOMEN DOMINATE GYMNIX The U.S. women won three of four events, and European men took all six events, at the Gymnix World Cup, the year’s first World Cup meet, held March 8 in Montreal. Seventh all-around at the 2008 U.S. women’s championships, Mattie Larson was the meet’s only double winner.

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Women’s VT: 1. Charlotte Mackie CAN 14.25; 2. Marie-Carmen Rivera PUR 12. 30 (2 gymnasts only). UB: 1. Samantha Shapiro USA 14.725; 2. Marine Petit FRA 13.65; 3. Sydney Sawa CAN 13. 45; 4. Lau-rie-Eve Pepin Gagne CAN 11.275. BB: 1. Mattie Larson USA 14.65; 2. Petit 14. 15; 3. Mackie 14.05; 4. Rivera 12. 45; 5. Sawa 11.75. FX:1. Larson14.95;2. Mackie14.50; 3. Sawa14.30; 4. Petit 14. 10. Men’s FX: 1. Razvan Selariu ROM 14.80; 2. Nathan Gafuik CAN 14.55; 3(t). Marius Berbecar ROM, Rok Klavora SLO 14.525; 5. Koji Yamamuro JPN 14.475; 6(t). Rafael Morales PUR, Alexander Rodriguez PUR 14. 45; 8. Barend Verbeke BEL 14. 35. PH: 1. Krisztian Berki HUN 15.775; 2. Cyril Tommasone FRA 15.625; 3. Donna-Donny Truyens BEL 15.55; 4. Sajo Bertoncelj SLO 14.75; 5. Tim McNeill USA 14.225; 6. Ziga Britovjek SLO 13.625; 7. Hamilton Sabot FRA 12.675; 8. Ryosuke Baba JPN 12. 45. SR: 1. Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues FRA 15.65; 2. Robert Stanescu ROM 15.425; 3. Kenya Kobayashi JPN 15.125; 4. Tommy Ramos PUR 14.925; 5. Samir Ait Said FRA 14.325; 6. Selariu 13.225; 7. Morales 13.075; 8. Yamamuro 12.575. VT: 1. Daniel Popescu ROM 15.90; 2. Yamamuro 15.70; 3. Gafuik 15.687; 4. Berbecar 15.525; 5. Said 15.412; 6. Alen Dimic SLO 14.925; 7. Marek Lyszczarz POL 14.887; 8. Klavora 14.587. PB: 1. Adam Kierzkowski POL 15.225; 2. Kobayashi 15. 20; 3. Yosuke Hoshi JPN 15. 10; 4. McNeill 14.95; 5. Berbecar 14.825; 6. Tommasone 14.275; 7. Stanescu 14.00; 8. Sabot 13.55. HB:1. Marijo Moznik CRO 15.475; 2. Hoshi 15. 40; 3. Sabot 15.225; 4. Danell Leyva USA 15. 15; 5. Baba

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14.55; 6. Jackson Payne CAN 14.275; 7. Roman Kulesza POL 12.85.

DUTCH DOUBLE IN COTTBUS Gymnasts from nine countries won gold medals but the Netherlands was the only nation to earn two titles at the 33rd Tournament of Masters, a World Cup meet held March 20-22 in Cottbus, Germany.

Women’s VT: 1. Ariella Käslin SUI 14.55; 2. Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 14.062; 3. Yasmin Zimmermann SUI 13.80; 4. Kim Bui GER 13.737; 5. Sidney Sanabria PUR 13.65; 6. Wyomi Masela NED 13.587; 7. Laura Gombas HUN 13.50; 8. Ildiko Forkas HUN 12.975.

UB: 1. Anja Brinker GER 14.825; 2. Vanwalleghem 13.325; 3. Ethiene Franco BRA 13.075; 4. Masela 12.925; 5. Hu Yuhong CHN 12.75; 6. Lucia Tacchelli SUI 11.825; 7. Bui 11.75; 8. Lieke Wevers NED 10.05. BB: 1. Marta Pihan-Kulesza POL 14.075; 2. Wevers 13.875; 3. Hu 13.825; 4. Masela 13. 30; 5. Luiza Gali-ulina 13.175; 6. Käslin 12.825; 7. Franco 12.325; 8. Brinker 12.025.

FX: Lu Sui CHN 14. 20; 2. Bui 14.075; 3. Adela Sajn SLO 13.675; 4. Franco 13.575; 5. Vanwalleghem 13. 45; 6. Masela 13.425; 7. Pihan-Kulesza 13. 35; 8. Bruna Leal BRA 13. 30.

Men’s FX: 1. Kohei Uchimura JPN 15.70; 2. Diego Hypolito BRA 15.125; 3. Dimitrios Markousis GRE 14.975; 4. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 14.80; 4. Shun Nishimura JPN 14.80; 6. Roland Haeuptli SUI

14.625; 7. Matthias Fahrig GER 13.95; 8. Tomislav Markovic CRO 13.725.

PH: 1. Donna-Donny Truyens BEL 15.575; 2. Robert Weber GER 14.775; 3. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 14.625; 4. Zoltan Kallai HUN 14. 45; 5. Nishimura 13.625; 6. Hamilton Sabot FRA 13. 45; 7. Haeuptli 12.675; 8. Angel Ramos PUR 11.75.

SR: 1. Yuri van Gelder NED 15.85; 2. Dimosthenis Tambakos GRE 15.70; 3. Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues FRA 15.60; 4. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 15.25; 5. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 15. 15; 6. Samir Ait Said FRA 15.075; 7. Koen van Damme BEL 13.85; 8. Eduard Gholub ISR 12.70.

VT: 1. Jeffrey Wammes NED 16. 10; 2. Hypolito 16.062; 3. Benoit Caranobe FRA 15.937; 4. Fahrig 15.862; 5. Tomi Tuuha FIN 15.825; 6. Istvan Szalontai HUN 15.662; 6. Niki Böschenstein SUI 15.537; 8. Marek Lyszczarz POL 15.362.

PB: 1. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 6. 20 15.775; 2. Yann Cucherat FRA 15.55; 3(t). Kazuhito Tanaka JPN, Böschenstein 15.275; 5. Claudio Capelli SUI 15.225; 6. Fabian Hambüchen GER 15. 20; 7. Adam Kierzkowski POL 14. 30; 8. Marcel Nguyen GER 13.55.

HB: 1. Cucherat 15.775; 2. Epke Zonderland 15.05; 3. Marco Baldauf AUT 14.875; 4. Wammes 14.65; 5. Sabot 14.625; 6. Hisashi Mizutori JPN 14.375; 7. Tanaka 13.55; 8. Hambüchen 13.525.