Ana Maria Bican from Romania and Marcello Barbieri from Italy won the International Mixed Pairs competition in Seattle, Wash., March 5 at the Seattle Center Arena.
This unique event combines one male and one female gymnast representing each country to compete as a team. There are three rounds of competition and the winners were determined after round three.
International Mixed Pairs Final Results
1. Ana Maria Bican Romania
Marcello Barbieri Italy/56.900
2. Irina Bulakhova Ukraine
Rustam Sharipov Ukraine/56.461
3. Mohini Bhardwaj United States
Rob Kieffer United States /55.625
4. Mari Kosuge Japan
Hikaru Tanaka Japan/37.812
5.Ceile Canqueteau France
Jay Thornton United States/37.587
6. Ji Liya China
Fan Bin China/37.487
7.Mina Kim United States
Brian Yee United States/37.325
8.Adrienne Nyeste Hungary
Zoltan Supola Hungary/36.250
9.Jaycie Phelps United States
Josh Stein United States/18.500
10.Svetlana Tarasevitch Belarus
Alexander Shostak Belarus/18.425
11.Elena Dolgopolova Russia
Dmitri Vasilenko Russia/18.150
12.Brenda Magana Mexico
Antonio Fernandez Spain/18.100
13. Natalia Mendy Argentina
Darren Bersuk Canada/12.550