19. Juli 2008  
Dessau / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

Germans beat European Selections - Hambuechen with a world record ...

Hambuechen scored a high bar world record...!
The German men's Olympic team won a friendly meet versus two European Olympic Mix Selection - represented by a lot of reputed European stars and champions, all individual qualified for Olympic Games - with a score of 247,650 points in front of MIXED II (239,350), followed by MIXED I (235,350) points.

In the ANHALT Venue in the "City of Sports" DESSAU more than 2.500 visitors saw also the German high bar world champion Fabian Hambuechen in top form, winning the all-around (92,850), but he also got the top score of 16.600 (!!)  (start value 17.3) at his special apparatus.

So Hambuechen set an clearly example toward the Olympic artistic gymnastics events, starting three weeks later...