Juniors, Apparatus Finals   


Juniors Apparatus Finals:

On floor Fabian Hambüchen (Germany) took the gold ahead of Croat Filip Ude. As the top scorer from the team competition, Hambüchen was last up in the final (the finalists are seeded according to their rank in qualification, i.e. the eighth qualifier goes first and the top qualifier last). He watched as Ude threw down the gauntlet with a fantastic routine. The fact that Fabian was able to compete his best floor routine of the three days of competition after seeing his rival so strong, speaks for his mental and physical strength.

Pommel horse saw a British victory with Louis Smith in first place. Smith had already made his mark at the annual Cottbus GWG Cup in the past years. Hungary's Vid Hidvegi took the silver and Cosmin Popescu (ROM) the bronze.

The Russians took their third gold after team and all-around on rings. This time Timofei Lazarev was the man to beat while team mate Yevgeni Vasiliev was second. Third place went to Samir Ait Said (France)

Vault - second gold for Fabian Hambüchen, who nailed his first vault of double twisting Yurchenko. Even the problems on his full-twisting Kasamatsu couldn't stop him and kept him in the lead. Alexander Suprun of Ukraine and Dmitri Barkalov (Russia) placed second and third.


.. Hambüchen bei Dreierkombi...

Parallel bars were clearly and deservedly dominated by the Russian pair of Yevgeni Vasiliev (gold) and Dmitri Barkalov (silver). Ukrainian Alexander Isayev won the bronze medal. Both Russians were ahead of the field in terms of content and even with a perfect routine, Hambüchen could only have contended for the bronze here if he hadn't lost his grip after the healy.

On high bar Hambüchen was top of the field again with a 10 SV and a combination of layout Tkachev- straddled Tkachev- Gienger (D+E) which earned him five tenths in bonus. He also stuck his double double dismount cold and the title was his! The Germans celebrated another medal with Waldemar Eichorn taking the bronze, he realised his full potential on high bar (10 SV) but couldn't land his dismount well.

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