08. April 2012  
Zibo, China  
Artistic Gymnastics

A-World Cup in Zibo: Six Golds for the Chinese Hosts!

In Chinese city Zibo (4.5 million inhabitants) - located between Beijing and Shanghai - was held on Easter weekend this year's only one a FIG A-Cup 2012 of artistic gymnastics
Twelve athletes per apparatus have been charged  (top 8 of the last Worlds, more in accordance with last year's rankings).
After failure of the Paris competition in March, it is the only one of its kind in the course of the year, which will be played without all-around. Performed other individual competitions the FIG after the Challenge Cup system. here in Zibo the final disputed then each of the top four in qualifying.
Surprisingly retained in qualifying four times the Europeans the upper hand. China triumphed initially at the bars, Danell Leyva (USA) on the horizontal bar. However, at the finals the hosts won each 3x, among women and men ...


MEN's FINALS

Floor exercises / Boden
1. Flavius Koczi          (ROU) 15.450
1. Steven Legendre   (USA) 15.450
3. Alexander Shatilov  (ISR) 15.300

   4. Eleftheris Kosmidis (GRE) 14.725

* Pommel Horse / Pferd
1. Krisztian Berki       (HUN)  - 15,750
2. Louis Smith             (GBR)  - 15,600
3. Sasco Bertoncelj   (SLO)  - 14,950
   4. Teng Haibin         (CHN)  - 14,025

* Still Rings / Ringe
1. Chen Yibing                     (CHN) - 15,925
2. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) - 15,725
3. Lambertus Van Gelder  (NED)  - 15,425
   4. Igor Radivilov                (UKR)  - 15,325
WOMEN's FINALS

Vault / Sprung
1. Cheng Fei (CHN) 14.512
2. Alexa Moreno ( ) 14.412
3. Yamilet Peña ( ) 14.125
   4.Thi Ha Thanh Phan (VIE) 13.787

Uneven Bars / Stufenbarren
1. Yao Jinnan (CHN) 15.675
2. Huang Qiushang (CHN) 15.200
3. Larissa Miller (RUS) 14.600
   4. Jessica López 13.100

* Balance Beam / Balken
1. Yao Jinnan 15.175 (6.4)
2. Huang Qiushuang 14.775 (5.9)
3. Lauren Mitchell 14.625 (6.2)

Floor exercises / Boden
1. Lauren Mitchell (AUS) 14.400 (6.0)
2. Victoria Moors ( ) 14.025 (6.0, -0.3)
3. Huang Qiushuang ( ) 13.775 (5.6, -0.3)