Gymmin' Miel!

Day two of Event Finals at the Salamunov Memorial World Cup was contested yesterday. American Paul Ruggeri III took out the Men's Vault title over Poland's Marek Lyszczarz and Finland's Tomi Tuuha, whilst Elsabeth Black of Canada triumphed on the Balance Beam. Hungary's Noemi Makra and Lisa Ecker of Austria rounded out the top three on the Beam. Vietnam's Pham Phuoc Hung took out the Parallel Bars title with Slovakia's Samuel Piasecky and Alen Dimic in second and third respectively. Black and Makra tied for the Floor Exercise honors, with Portugal's Ana Filipa Martins taking out the bronze. Paul Ruggeri tied with Colombian Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno for the Horizontal Bar honors, with Croatian Marijo Moznik finishing in third. 

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

1. Elsabeth Black (CAN) 14.250
2. Noemi Makra (HUN) 13.975
3. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.175
4. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 13.150
5. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 12.850
6. Victoria Kayen Woo (CAN) 12.800
7. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 12.325
8. Teja Belak (SLO) 11.700

1. Pham Phuoc Hung (VIE) 15.700
2. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 15.125
3. Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.800
4. Adam Kierzkowski (POL) 14.500
5. Cuong Hoang (VIE) 14.325
6. Mitja Petkovsek (POL) 14.250
7. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.000
8. Reiss Beckford (GBR) 12.475

Canadian Elsabeth Black won the Women's Vault title over South African Kirsten and Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh on the first day of event finals at the 46th Salamunov Memorial Challenge World Cup event. Czech Republic's Kristyna Palesova won the Uneven Bars honors with Hungary's Noemi Makra taking out the silver and Jana Sikulova, also of the Czech Republic earning the bronze. Greekman Eleftherios Kosmidis triumphed on the Floor Exercise with American Alexander Naddour and Canadian Scott Morgan rounding out the top three. Slovenia's own Saso Bertoncelj won the Pommel Horse title with Hungarian Zoltan Kallai and Naddour finishing second and third respectively. Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece dominated on the Still Rings with Finland's Markku Vahtila and Naddour rounding out the remaining medals. Videos have been uploaded by the amazing Rodolfo Ramos of the routines from the first day on his official Youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/rodolfocrazybrasil?feature=watch

RESULTS - FINALS:

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. Kristyna Palesova (CZE) 13.850
2. Noemi Makra (HUN) 13.825
3. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 13.400
4. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 13.250
5. Elsabeth Black (CAN) 13.200
6. Michelle Timm (GER) 13.150
7. Victoria Kayen Woo (CAN) 12.800
8. Elisa Haemmerle (AUT) 12.300

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 15.125
2. Alexander Naddour (USA) 15.075
3. Scott Morgan (CAN) 15.050
4. Rok Klavora (SLO) 14.950
5. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) 14.900
6. Cuong Hoang (VIE) 14.650
7. Paul Ruggeri III (USA) 14.575
8. Brian Gladow (GER) 12.925

1. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 15.475
2. Zoltan Kallai (HUN) 15.300
3. Alexander Naddour (USA) 15.050
4. Robert Seligman (CRO) 14.575
5. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 14.375
6. Filip Ude (CRO) 14.325
7. Artsiom Bykau (BLR) 14.250
8. Maxim Petrishko (KAZ) 11.850

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.650
2. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 14.725
3. Alexander Naddour (USA) 14.650
4. Artsiom Bykau (BLR) 14.625
5. Scott Morgan (CAN) 14.600
6. Ali Ramadan Abouelkassem Zahran (EGY) 14.500
7. Reiss Beckford (GBR) 14.400
8. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.050

The qualifications at the 46th Salamunov Memorial World Cup event where held yesterday. Canadian Elsabeth Black had a great day qualifying highest to the Vault, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise finals, whilst the Czech Republic's Kristyna Palesova scored the highest mark on the Uneven Bars. Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh and South Africa's Kirsten Beckett rounded out the top three spots on the Vault whilst Jana Sikulova (CZE) and Elisa Haemmerle (AUT) were second and third on the Uneven Bars. Hungary's Noemi Makra scored the second highest mark on the Balance Beam with Ana Filipa Martins in third. On the Floor Exercise, Ana Filipa Martins of Portugal and Austrian Lisa Ecker rounded out the top three.

Slovenia's own Rok Klavora topped the Floor Exercise qualification over Canadian Scott Morgan and American Paul Ruggeri III. Fellow Slovenian Saso Bertoncelj  topped Croatian Robert Seligman and Belarussian Artsiom Bykau on the Pommel Horse. Greek Still Rings superstar Eleftherios Petrounias dominated in Qualification with Egypt's Ali Ramadan Abuoelkassem Zahran and Morgan rounding out the top three. Poland's Marek Lyszczarz top scored on the Vault with Ruggeri and Finland's Tomi Tuuha finishing second and third respectively. Slovenia's Mitja Petkovsek topped the Parallel Bars standings despite earning the same score as Vietnam's Pham Phuoc Hung (Petkovsek had the higher execution score). Adam Kierzkowski of Poland was in third. Ruggeri ended on top of the Horizontal Bar standings with Colombian Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno and Croatian Marijo Moznik in second and third respectively. 

QUALIFICATION RESULTS (Names in Bold qualified to the final):

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. Kristyna Palesova (CZE) 13.550
2. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 13.350
3. Elisa Haemmerle (AUT) 13.200
4. Elsabeth Black (CAN) 13.200
5. Victoria Kayen Woo (CAN) 13.200
6. Noemi Makra (HUN) 13.100
7. Michelle Timm (GER) 12.900
8. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 12.850
9. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 12.550
10. Barbora Mokosova (SVK) 12.500
11. Ekaterina Kislinskaya (POR) 12.300
12. Isabelle Marquard (GER) 12.000
13. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 11.550
14. Anna Geidt (KAZ) 11.400
15. Claudia Cummins (RSA) 11.000
16. Carmen Horvat (SLO) 10.600
17. Zhanerke Duisek (KAZ) 10.150
18. Aya Mahgoub (EGY) 8.700
19. Teja Belak (SLO) 8.450
20. Miriam Fouad Elhajj (EGY) 7.850

1. Elsabeth Black (CAN) 14.400
2. Noemi Makra (HUN) 13.850
3. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 13.200
4. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 13.050
5. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 12.900
6. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 12.800
7. Victoria Kayen Woo (CAN) 12.750
8. Teja Belak (SLO) 12.700
9. Pauline Schaefer (GER) 12.600
10. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) 12.600
11. Christina Meixner (AUT) 12.500
12. Farida Ahmed Shokry (EGY) 12.500
13. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 12.500
14. Miriam Fouad Elhajj (EGY) 12.450
15. Isabelle Marquard (GER) 12.000
16. Kristyna Palesova (CZE) 11.750
17. Ana Sofia Gomez Porras (GUA) 11.750
18. Ekaterina Kislinskaya (POR) 11.500
19. Zhanerke Duisek (KAZ) 11.500
20. Moldir Azimbay (KAZ) 11.250
21. Kirsten Beckett (RSA) 10.650
22. Barbora Mokosova (SVK) 10.000
23. Claudia Cummins (RSA) 9.700
24. Diana Jerofejeva (LAT) 8.200
25. Sasa Golob (SLO) 4.300

1. Elsabeth Black (CAN) 13.250
2. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 13.150
3. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.050
4. Sasa Golob (SLO) 13.000
5. Ana Sofia Gomez Porras (GUA) 12.950
6. Noemi Makra (HUN) 12.900
7. Valerija Grisane (LAT) 12.750
8. Farida Ahmed Shokry (EGY) 12.650
9. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 12.400
10. Christina Meixner (AUT) 12.350
11. Kirsten Beckett (RSA) 12.300
12. Pauline Schaefer (GER) 12.250
13. Isabelle Marquard (GER) 11.750
14. Barbora Mokosova (SVK) 11.750
15. Ekaterina Kislinskaya (POR) 11.750
16. Claudia Cummins (RSA) 11.650
17. Tjasa Kysselef (SLO) 11.450
18. Aya Mahgoub (EGY) 11.100
19. Victoria Kayen Woo (CAN) 10.950
20. Anna Geidt (KAZ) 10.600
21. Diana Jerofejeva (LAT) 9.550

1. Rok Klavora (SLO) 15.150
2. Scott Morgan (CAN) 15.150
3. Paul Ruggeri III (USA) 15.100
4. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 14.900
5. Alexander Naddour (USA) 14.800
6. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) 14.750
7. HOANG Cuong (VIE) 14.550
8. Brian Gladow (GER) 14.450
9. Andrej Korosteljev (CRO) 14.300
10. Ashraf Nashaat Mostafa (EGY) 14.250
11. Kevin Rossi (SUI) 14.250
12. Tuan Dat Nguyen (VIE) 14.250
13. Tomislav Markovic (CRO) 14.100
14. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) 13.950
15. Sakari Vekki (FIN) 13.900
16. Lukas Kranzlmueller (AUT) 13.600
17. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 13.500
18. Levente Vagner (HUN) 13.300
19. Martin Argalas (SVK) 13.300
20. Ricardo Ferreira De Costa (BEL) 13.100
21. Anthony Wise (GBR) 13.100
22. Thibault Hoffreumon (BEL) 12.700
23. Mathieu Csukassy (CAN) 12.650
24. Matias Silva (ARG) 12.550
25. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 12.450
26. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 12.300
27. Malek Alyahri (QAT) 12.200
28. Michael Fussenegger (AUT) 11.800
29. Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) 11.300
30. Petrus Laulumaa (FIN) 11.200
31. Lukas Dauser (GER) 10.850

1. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 14.950
2. Robert Seligman (CRO) 14.850
3. Artsiom Bykau (BLR) 14.700
4. Filip Ude (CRO) 14.700
5. Maxim Petrishko (KAZ) 14.650
6. Alexander Naddour (USA) 14.650
7. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 14.500
8. Zoltan Kallai (HUN) 14.500
9. Ricardo Ferreira De Castro (BEL) 14.150
10. Levente Vagner (HUN) 14.050
11. Vasili Mikhalitsyn (BLR) 14.000
12. Oualid Hacib (ALG) 13.950
13. Ivan Rittschik (GER) 13.850
14. Stepan Gorbachev (KAZ) 13.600
15. Evan Cruz (CAN) 13.550
16. Mohamed Amir Hacib (ALG) 13.550
17. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 13.550
18. Anthony Wise (GBR) 13.500
19. Islam Mohamed Shahin (EGY) 13.200
20. Juho Kanerva (FIN) 13.150
21. Alen Dimic (SLO) 13.050
22. Xheni Dyrmishi (AUT) 12.750
23. Pham Phuoc Hung (VIE) 12.650
24. Koen Van Damme (BEL) 12.550
25. Kevin Rossi (SUI) 12.550
26. Christopher Jursch (GER) 12.550
27. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 12.400
28. Christian Baumann (SUI) 11.900
29. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 11.350
30. Frank Baines (GBR) 11.000
31. Nam Dang (VIE) 10.700
32. Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) 10.450

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.350
2. Ali Ramadan Abuoelkassem Zahran (EGY) 14.800
3. Scott Morgan (CAN) 14.650
4. Reiss Beckford (GBR) 14.550
5. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.400
6. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 14.300
7. Artsiom Bykau (BLR) 14.200
8. Alexander Naddour (USA) 14.200
9. Pham Phuoc Hung (VIE) 14.200
10. Bence Talas (HUN) 14.100
11. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) 13.950
12. Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 13.950
13. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 13.850
14. Gregor Saksida (SLO) 13.700
15. Nam Dang (VIE) 13.200
16. Christian Baumann (SUI) 12.950
17. Lukas Dauser (GER) 12.850
18. Brian Gladow (GER) 12.300
19. Oualid Hacib (ALG) 12.250
20. Ashraf Nashaat Mostafa (EGY) 12.250
21. Michael Fussenegger (AUT) 11.850

1. Marek Lyszczarz (POL) (15.050, 14.500) 14.775
2. Paul Ruggeri III (USA) (14.750, 14.700) 14.725
3. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) (15.000, 14.350) 14.675
4. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) (14.800, 14.400) 14.600
5. Stanislav Valiyev (KAZ) (14.950, 14.050) 14.500
6. Viktor Kocherin (KAZ) (14.750, 14.200) 14.475
7. Michael Fussenegger (AUT) (14.450, 14.200) 14.325
8. Mathieu Csukassy (CAN) (13.750, 14.850) 14.300
9. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) (14.450, 14.050) 14.250
10. Lukas Dauser (GER) (14.250, 14.050) 14.150
11. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) (13.850, 14.400) 14.125
12. Tuan Dat Nguyen (VIE) (13.500, 14.700) 14.100
13. Scott Morgan (CAN) (14.750, 13.250) 14.000
14. Courtney Tulloch (GBR) (13.950, 13.950) 13.950
15. Cuong Hoang (VIE) (14.000, 13.250) 13.625
16. Matias Silva (ARG) (13.450, 13.250) 12.950
17. Petrus Laulumaa (FIN) (11.650, 13.650) 12.650
18. Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) (13.300, 10.700) 12.000
19. Nasser Alhamad (QAT) (0.000, 14.300) 7.150

1. Mitja Petkovsek (SLO) 15.400
2. Pham Phuoc Hung (VIE) 15.400
3. Adam Kierzkowski (POL) 15.100
4. Cuong Hoang (VIE) 14.900
5. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 14.850
6. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.700
7. Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.550
8. Reiss Beckford (GBR) 14.550
9. Frank Baines (GBR) 14.500
10. Christian Baumann (SUI) 14.400
11. Roman Kulesza (POL) 14.400
12. Paul Ruggeri III (USA) 14.400
13. Vasili Mikhalitsyn (BLR) 14.050
14. Severin Kranzlmueller (AUT) 13.850
15. Islam Mohamed Shahin (EGY) 13.450
16. Stepan Gorbachev (KAZ) 13.450
17. Oualid Hacib (ALG) 13.400
18. Lukas Dauser (GER) 13.350
19. Lukas Kranzlmueller (AUT) 13.200
20. Christopher Jursch (GER) 12.750
21. Ricardo Ferreira De Costa (BEL) 12.650
22. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 12.500
23. Mahmood Alsadi (QAT) 12.250
24. Mohamed Amir Hacib (ALG) 12.150
25. Bence Talas (HUN) 11.750
26. Marko Brez (CRO) 11.700
27. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 10.700

1. Paul Ruggeri III (USA) 14.950
2. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.800
3. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 14.650
4. Brian Gladow (GER) 14.550
5. Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.250
6. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 14.150
7. Christian Baumann (SUI) 14.050
8. Frank Baines (GBR) 14.000
9. Christopher Jursch (GER) 13.950
10. Artsiom Bykau (BLR) 13.600
11. Roman Kulesza (POL) 13.550
12. Kevin Rossi (SUI) 13.400
13. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 13.350
14. Lukas Kranzlmueller (AUT) 12.950
15. Severin Kranzlmueller (AUT) 12.950
16. Stepan Gorbachev (KAZ) 12.900
17. Reiss Beckford (GBR) 12.900
18. Levente Vagner (HUN) 12.850
19. Bence Talas (HUN) 12.500
20. Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) 12.250
21. Ashraf Nashaat Mostafa (EGY) 12.100
22. Thibault Hoffreumon (BEL) 11.850
23. Martin Argalas (SVK) 11.150
24. Mahmood Alsadi (QAT) 9.700