31. Oktober 2012  
Chiasso, Switzerland  
Artistic Gymnastics

Swiss victory at the 29th Gander Memorial 2012

Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
Igor Pachomenko (RUS)

Many cheers from the audience in Chiasso were heard at the 29th Artur Gander-Memorials 2012 in Chiasso for the victory of  Giulia STEINGRUBER in the women's final. In this event with a new mode this year - including a preliminary round and a final - the Swiss gymnast and Olympic participant won in front of Italy's Carlotta FERLITO and Lisa Katharina HILL from Germany.

In the men's field Russia's Igor PACHOMENKO was the winner. He took the lead in front of Andrei LICHOVITZKI (BLR) and Germany's Olympic silver medalist Marcel Nguyen.
29. Arturo Gander-Memorial 2012
 - Chiasso (SUI) - Oct. 31st  -
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It was quite a high-level entry field including participants of Olympic Games and World Championships: 18 gymnasts from nine countries showed their performances and thrilled the audience in the venue "Palapenz" in Chiasso.
Switzerland participated with two female and one male gymnast:
Giulia Steingruber, Ilaria Käslin and Pablo Brägger.

* Review:
The 27th Gander-Memorial 2010 in Chiasso was won by Ariella Käslin (SUI) and Flavius Koczi (ROU).
Last year at the  28th Gander-Memorial in Morges Anna Porgras (ROU) and the current Russian national champion Nikita Ignatiev took the lead.

Every year this event, which takes place in Morges and in Chiasso in exchange, is the virtual opening to the main event "SWISS CUP" which takes place on the following weekend.
* Results 2012
* MEN:
1. Igor Pakhomenko (RUS) 59.65
2. Andrey Lichovizki (BLR) 59.10
3. Marcel Nguyen       (GER) 58.85

4. Oleg Stepko   (UKR) 58.25
5. Arthur Zanetti  (BRA) 58.00
6. Sam Oldham  (GBR) 56.05
... not in the final:
7. Pablo Brägger      (SUI) 43.25
8. Paolo Ottavi           (ITA) 43.25
9. Hak-Seon Yang (KOR) 43.10.

* WOMEN:
1. Giulia Steingruber   (SUI) 41.80
2. Carlotta Ferlito          (ITA) 41.20
3. Lisa Katharina Hill (GER) 40.55

4. Nastassia Maratchkouskaia (BLR) 39.55
5. Jihye Sung                              (KOR) 39.40
6. Maria Livtchikova                   (UKR) 38.95
... not in the final:
7. Ilaria Käslin                           (SUI, h.c.) 26.77
8. Niamh Rippin                           (GBR) 25.90
9. Julia Belokobylskaia                (RUS) 23.35