13. November 2010  
Stuttgart  
Artistic Gymnastics

28. DTB-Pokal: All Finals in one day

Philipp Boy: First gold at a World Cup event

All six medal decisions at MAG, as well as the four women’s finals took place in only one day at the Porsche arena in Stuttgart:
As a concession to the German TV station ARD, the organizers changed the Olympic apparatus order starting with the high bar and the German spectators directly had reasons to cheer:
Philipp BOY, fourth on this apparatus and silver medalist at the last World Championship’s all-around won with 15,900 points his first World Cup title: “It was already time to win something, because I wasn’t always as relaxed as I’m now and I start to have fun…” told BOY afterwards.
At the women’s decisions, World Champion on floor Lauren MITCHELL was impossible to beat. She left Anna DEMENTJEVA from Russia on the second rank followed by the best German gymnast Elisabeth SEITZ.

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Also on the balance beam won Lauren MITCHELL, ahead of Anastasia KOVAL from the Ukraine and Anna DEMENTJEWA from Russia.

   > Final: Balance Beam     > Final Floor

At vault, the leader from qualification, Imogen CAIRNS from Great Britain, was the best with 13,937 points. At her World Cup debut, Jennifer KHWELA from South Africa came on second rank.
Not long ago, she already won the first medal for South Africa at vault at the Commonwealth Games, as she told us already in Rotterdam… Bronze went to Macarena Pinto Adamse from Chile and the German newcomer Pia Tolle was fifth, even in front of Russia’s Dementjewa.
  >> Final Vault, women

Lauren MICHELL from Australia landed the hattrick in Stuttgart. She was the only gymnast that scored over 14 points (14,150). She won ahead of Anja BRINKER with 13,925 points and Anna DEMENTJEWA. Uneven bars specialist Elisabeth SEITZ, best at the qualification had some problems during bar changing and placed seventh...
  > Final Uneven Bars

** ... Men's Finals:
On floor Eleftherios KOSMIDIS only came on third rank. Despite the highest difficulty (6.5) he showed too much securities at the end of his acro lines. His strongest competitor, Alexander SHATILOV (ISR) took advantage of this and came ahead of the Greek. The Israeli gymnast missed the medal in Rotterdam, but in Stuttgart he beat the world champion and won with 15,125 points. On third place came Daniel PURVIS from great Britain. Thomas Taranu placed sixth in this final.
   >> Final Floor, men

The actual world champion on pommel horse, Krisztian BERKI from Hungary, dominated this apparatus final and beat Robert SELIGMAN (CRO) and Donna Donny TRUYENS from belgium who placed seventh in Rotterdam. German Sebastian Krimmer ranked fifth.
  > Final Pommel Horse

At rings there was a Russian double triumph winning Alexander BALANDIN (15,425) head of Konstantin PLUSCHNIKOv (15,275). Danny PINHEIRO-RODRIGUES (15,100) came on third rank.
   > Final Rings 

Marius BERBECAR from Romania won at vault with two clean jumps ahead of the Dutch Jeffrey WAMMES who had the highest difficulty but got more deductions, and Andrei ISSAJEW from the Ukraine placed. Thomas TARANU placed fifth. 
>> Final Vault, men 

At parallel bars, Mitja PETKOVSEK won with a clean routine (difficulty 6.2) ahead of the Asian bar artist, the Chinese WANG, Guanyin, who showed a higher difficulty (6.8) but had problems with the “Tippelt”. Phillip BOY placed third, a warm-up for the high bar final...
   >> Final Parallel Bars

At the high bar, Philipp BOY was the best. He is surely the gymnast who did the biggest change and progress during the last year: in the past he seemed stressed and nervous and now he surprises with coolness.
For this year there is only one national competition left and then some free days to get new strength for the European Championships 2011, where we can expect a lot from the young German team.
Gael DA SILVA (FRA) and Jeffrey WAMMES placed second and third...
  >> Final High Bar