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COTTBUS, Germany, April 15, 2008 – Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif., won a silver medal on still rings at the World Cup held in Cottbus, Germany, April 11-13.
Tan, who trains with the Penn State team and is a member of Team Chevron, scored a 16.075 to finish second behind 2005 still rings world champion Yuri Van Gelder of the Netherlands, who scored a 16.625. The Ukraine’s Oleksandr Vorobyov placed third with a score of 15.925.
Tan also finished eighth on parallel bars. China’s Li Xiaopeng placed first with a 16.250, followed by Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen in second and Slovakia’s Samuel Piasecky in third with scores of 15.825 and 15.550, respectively.
Also competing for the USA but not advancing to the finals were Team Chevron’s Guillermo Alvarez of Denver and Sean Golden of Camden, N.J.
The other men’s champions were: Fabian Hambuechen of Germany, floor exercise; Krisztian Berki of Hungary, pommel horse; Oleksandr Yakubovskyi of the Ukraine, vault; and Zou Kai of China, horizontal bar.
The USA did not enter a women’s team, but the women’s champions were: Oksana Chusovitina of Germany, vault; He Kexin of China, uneven bars; Xiao Sha of China, balance beam; and Sandra Izbasa, floor exercise.
Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics. For more information, log on to www.usa-gymnastics.org.
World Cup
Cottbus, Germany
April 11-13, 2008
Final results
Men
Floor exercise
1. Fabian Hambüchen Germany, 15.300
2. Jevgeni Bogosiuk, Ukraine, 15.200
3. Nathan Gafuik, Canada, 15.075
4. Sascha Palgen, Luxembourg, 15.000
5. Zou Kai China, 14.750
6. Oleksandr Yakubovski, Ukraine, 14.375
7. Tomas Gonzales, Chile, 14.300
8. Filip Ude, Croatia, 14.250
Pommel horse
1. Krisztian Berki, Hungary, 16.225
2. Louis Smith, Great Britain, 15.875
3. Robert Seligman, Croatia, 15.650
4. Aliaksandr Tsarevich, Belarus, 15.200
5. Donna-Donny Truyens, Belgium, 15.175
6. Daniel Keatings, Great Britain, 15.150
7. Mykola Kyksenkov, Ukraine, 14.950
8. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov, Russia, 14.175
Still Rings
1. Yuri Van Gelder, Netherlands, 16.625
2. Kevin Tan, USA, 16.075
3. Oleksandr Vorobyov, Ukraine, 15.925
4. Mateo Angioletti, Italy, 15.525
T5. Timur Kurbanbayev, Kazakhstan, 15.325
T5. Ruslan Nigmadzyanov, Russia, 15.325
7. Irodotos Giorgallas, Cyprus, 15.275
8. Isaac Botella, Spain, 15.025
Vault
1. Oleksandr Yakubovskyi, Ukraine, 16.300
T2. Andriy Isayev, Ukraine, 15.937
T2. Fabian Hambüchen, Germany, 15.937
4. Luis Rivera, Puerto Rico, 15.875
5. Nathan Gafuik, Canada, 15.850
6. Tomas Gonzales, Chile, 15.650
7. Marcel Nguyen, Germany, 15.450
8. Yernar Yerimbetov, Kazakhstan, 15.175
Parallel bars
1. Li Xiaopeng, China, 16.250
2. Fabian Hambüchen, Germany, 15.825
3. Samuel Piasecky, Slovakia, 15.550
4. Aliaksandr Tsarevich, Belarus, 15.525
5. Mitja Petkovsek, Slovakia, 15.175
6. Vasileios Tsolakidis, Greece, 15.000
7. Adam Kierzkowsi, Poland, 14.650
8. Kevin Tan, USA, 13.700
Horizontal bar
1. Zou Kai, China, 16.050
2. Vlasios Maras, Greece, 16.000
3. Li Xiaopeng, China, 15.975
4. Fabian Hambüchen, Germany, 15.550
5. Mykola Kyksenkov, Ukraine, 15.450
6. Timur Kuzmin, Russia, 15.025
7. Martin Konecny, Czech Republic, 14.650
8. Nikolay Bogonosiuk, Ukraine, 13.675
Women
Vault
1. Oksana Chusovitina, Germany, 15.150
2. Jade Barbosa, Brazil, 14.512
3. Areilla Kaeslin, Switzerland, 14.265
4. Nastassia Marachkouskaya, Belarus, 14.100
5. Enikö Korcsmaros, Hungary, 13.975
6. Aisha Gerber, Canada, 13.900
7. Alyssa Brown, Canada, 13.475
8. Anna Myzdrikova, Russia, 13.475
Uneven bars
1. He Kexin, China, 16.850
2. Rebecca Downie, Great Britain, 14.975
3. Katja Abel, Germany, 14.425
4. Jenny Brunner, Germany, 14.400
5. Anastasiya Koval, Ukraine, 13.700
6. Jade Barbosa Brazil, 13.650
T7. Kristina Goryunova, Russia, 12.975
T7. Lenika De Simone, Spain, 12.975
Balance beam
1. Xiao Sha, China, 16.125
2. Li Shanshan, China, 15.325
3. Oksana Chusovitina, Germany, 15.300
3. Sandra Izbasa, Romania, 15.300
5. Adela Sajn, Slovakia, 15.075
6. Katja Abel, Germany, 14.825
7. Steliana Nistor, Romania, 14.625
8. Sanne Weyers, Netherlands, 14.300
Floor exercise
1. Sandra Izbasa, Romania, 15.300
2. Jade Barbosa, Brazil, 14.625
3. Xiao Sha, China, 14.500
4. Daiane Dos Santos, Brazil, 14.350
5. Yasmin Zimmermann, Switzerland, 14.150
6. Anastasiya Koval, Ukraine, 14.125
7. Katja Abel, Germany, 13.950
8. Anna Myzdrikova, Russia, 13.725