Saturday, April 28, 2007

Italy's Vanessa Ferrari Soars to All-round Title at European Gymnastics Championships

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The 16-year-old Vanessa Ferrari had to overcome errors in earlier routines, and did so with a Stunning performance on the asymmetric bars, and added the Continental Crown to her 2006 World Gold.

Vanessa Ferrari (born November 10, 1990 in Orzinuovi, Brescia), first rose to prominence as a thirteen year old at the

Italy's Ferrari Soars to European Gold Medal

The Guardian, UK

From Reuters

April 28, 2007

AMSTERDAM, April 28 (Reuters) - Italy's Vanessa Ferrari grabbed the all-round title at the European gymnastics championships following a stunning display on the asymmetric bars on Saturday.

Ferrari added the continental crown to her 2006 world gold with a combined total of 61.075, edging out Romania's Sandra Izbasa by 1.175 points. Alina Kozich, who won the European title at the same venue three years ago, was third.

The 16-year-old Italian did not match her performance from the qualifiers earlier in the week and was especially error-prone on the balance beam.

However, Ferrari eclipsed her rivals with a soaring routine on the bars which earned her 15.700, 1.475 more then Izbasa.

Izbasa's compatriot Steliana Nistor was also in the running for a medal until a fall in the final rotation put paid to her medal hopes.

Ukrainian Kozich capitalised on Nistor's misfortune to clinch the bronze medal with a total of 59.300.

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