British Men Win DTB Team Challenge

British Men Win DTB Team Challenge
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Saturday, 19 March 2016 15:03

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Great Britain held off Ukraine to take the team title Saturday at the DTB Team Challenge in Stuttgart. Pictured: Team medalists Ukraine, Great Britain and Brazil

Great Britain held off Ukraine and Brazil to take the men's team title Saturday at the DTB Team Challenge in Stuttgart.

The DTB Cup team competition is held in conjunction with this weekend's World Cup. The top six teams from Friday's qualification competed in the finals on Saturday after the women's World Cup event. Only two gymnasts competed on each event in the team final, with both scores counting.

World team member Nile Wilson led the British men to first place in both the qualification and the final. Wilson, the 2014 Junior European champion, had the highest score of the competition with his 15.866 on parallel bars, while teammate Courtney Tulloch impressed on with 15.766 on still rings.

Superstar Oleg Verynayev competed all six events for Ukraine, who grabbed the last qualification spot on Friday. Verynayev hit five of his routines, but uncharacteristic mistake on parallel bars allowed the British to pass Ukraine for the title. Olympic bronze medalist Igor Radivilov posted strong scores on still rings 15.233 and vault 15.266.

Brazil claimed third thanks to consistent performances, with only two scores below 14. The Brazilians placed barely bumped Germany off the podium, defeating the hosts by .233.

German coach Andreas Hirsch was pleased nonetheless, noting the team did well without some of its biggest stars. Olympic medalist Marcel Nguyen and world high bar finalist Andreas Bretschneider will compete in Sunday's World Cup event.

"The guys have accepted the situation here and did a good job," Hirsch said. "We are within easy reach countries like Brazil and Ukraine. If you consider that Andreas Bretschneider and Marcel Nguyen were not on the team with us, it's not so bad."

Italy finished fifth, while a team of Japanese newcomers took sixth.

Competition continues Sunday in Stuttgart with the men's all-around World Cup and women's team final. Nguyen headlines the lineup, which also includes U.S. Olympian Danell Leyva and Russia's Nikolai Kuksenkov.

External Link: Official Website

2016 DTB CUp Team Challenge
March 18-19, Stuttgart

Men's Team Final		FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Great Britain							177.228
Frank Baines			14.166			14.566
James Hall			14.500
Kristian Thomas		15.000			14.133		14.800
Courtney Tulloch				15.766
Nile Wilson		14.733		15.066	14.666	15.866	13.966

2.	Ukraine							176.762
Vladyslav Hryko			13.366
Igor Radivilov				15.233	15.266
Maksym Semiankiv		14.500				13.233	14.733
Oleg Vernyaiyev		14.966	15.133	15.433	15.000	14.733	15.166

3.	Brazil							175.428
Francisco Barretto				13.866		14.833
Lucas Bitencourt		14.333		14.633	14.666
Arthur Mariano		15.266	13.500		14.566		15.300
Sergio Sasaki			14.966			14.666	14.833

4.	Germany							175.195
Lukas Dauser		14.366		13.266	14.333	15.400
Philipp Herder		14.366	14.366			15.166
Christopher Jursch							14.933
Helge Liebrich					14.533
Andreas Toba			14.633	14.900			14.933

5.	Italy							171.564
Andrea Cingolani		12.933		14.933	14.700
Ludovico Edalli			14.200		14.300	14.633
Matteo Morandi				15.033		13.733
Enrico Pozzo							14.400
Paolo Principi		14.400	14.333				13.966

6.	Japan							170.630
Hibiki Arayashiki		14.733	14.500		14.500
Daisuke Fudono		13.133		14.100		15.000	13.766
Fumiya Kitamura			13.900			13.566
Kiichi Takenaka				14.833	14.466
Kentaro Tani							14.133

Men's Team Qualification		FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Great Britain							262.250
Frank Baines			14.600	13.600	13.900	14.050	12.400
James Hall		14.300	14.800			14.350	13.300
Kristian Thomas		14.750		13.650	15.000		14.050
Courtney Tulloch		14.050	13.700	15.750	13.950	14.750
Nile Wilson		14.400	14.250	15.100	14.600	15.400	15.250

2.	Brazil							258.050
Petrix Barbosa		14.150	13.100	12.600	14.050	14.250	13.950
Francisco Barretto		14.350	14.300	14.200	14.450	14.850	14.350
Lucas Bitencourt		13.850		14.200	14.250	14.250
Arthur Mariano		14.850	14.200	14.000	14.700		15.150
Sergio Sasaki			13.600			13.800	13.050

3.	Germany 1							257.800
Lukas Dauser		14.450		14.100	13.700	14.850	12.450
Philipp Herder		14.300	13.250	14.100		15.200
Christopher Jursch		14.250	12.700		14.050	13.600	14.700
Helge Liebrich			13.350	13.300	14.700		14.050
Andreas Toba		14.200	14.650	14.950	14.250	13.650	14.950

4.	Italy							256.350
Andrea Cingolani		13.400		15.050	14.650
Ludovico Edalli		14.350	14.250	12.900	14.050	14.550	14.200
Matteo Morandi		13.750	13.000	14.950	13.600	14.300	13.350
Enrico Pozzo			13.600			13.250	14.450
Paolo Principi		14.350	14.300	14.050	14.150	14.000	13.350

5.	Japan							255.850
Hibiki Arayashiki		14.850	14.700		14.150	14.450	14.150
Daisuke Fudono		14.500		13.300	13.700	15.050	14.400
Fumiya Kitamura			14.250	12.900		14.450	13.050
Kiichi Takenaka		14.300	13.600	14.600	14.300	14.350
Kentaro Tani		14.300	12.300	13.600	13.950		13.250

6.	Ukraine							255.700
Vladyslav Hryko			12.450	13.850	13.650	14.200
Igor Radivilov		11.500		15.100	14.600		13.000
Maksym Semiankiv		14.400	0.000	13.750		14.500	12.400
Oleg Vernyayev		15.050	15.600	15.000	14.000	14.650	14.500
Ilya Yehorov		13.250	14.200		12.900	14.400

7.	Germany 2							253.500
Nils Dunkel			12.400	13.850	14.150	13.650
Waldemar Eichorn		14.150	14.300	13.750	13.550	14.550	14.450
Sebastian Krimmer		13.550	13.550		14.450	14.400	12.850
Alexander Maier		12.950		13.600	14.400		13.150
Ivan Rittschik		14.200	14.650	13.200		14.300	14.050

8.	Mixed Team 2							251.950
Marios Georgiou		13.450	14.050	14.150	14.450	14.250	14.950
Tomas Gonzalez			12.350	14.500		14.700	13.100
Nikolaos Iliopoulos		13.300	12.050	13.750	14.350	13.700	13.700
Vlasios Maras		13.450	13.300	13.600	14.600	14.000	14.650

8.	Netherlands 2							251.950
Jeffrey Wammes		13.250		13.600	14.400	13.150	14.100
Frank Rijken		13.850	14.000	14.150	14.150	14.200	13.950
Michel Bletterman		14.150	14.100		14.100	13.200
Boudewijn de Vries			13.150	12.700			14.350

10.	Belgium 2							251.150
Jonas Baert		12.650	12.950	12.800	13.650	13.150	5.900
Gilles Gentges		12.750	12.100	12.900	13.800	13.600	13.500
Thibault Hoffreumon		10.950	10.800	11.200	13.950	12.150	12.150
Luka van den Keybus		12.400	12.900	12.050	13.500	13.300	13.400

11.	Turkey							250.350
Ferhat Arican		14.250	14.550	13.500	14.850	14.950	13.950
Ibrahim Colak		12.950	11.950	15.450	12.850	14.750	12.850
Yunus Emre Gundogdu		12.650		8.500	13.300
Isa Hamaratcilar			10.250			13.850	12.950
Ahmet Onder		13.950	12.350	14.100	14.600	13.350	14.100

12.	Mixed Team 1							249.000
Botond Kardos		14.000	13.800	12.150	14.250	14.200	13.200
Tin Srbic		13.850					14.400
Filip Ude		14.350	15.000	13.400	13.700	14.200	12.800
Levente Vagner		14.000	14.200	13.550	13.750	14.050	12.550

13.	Switzerland							248.000
Benjamin Gischard		15.200	13.000	13.700	14.500
Marco Rizzo			11.900	12.600	13.800	13.550	13.700
Kevin Rossi		13.800	12.800	13.100		13.950	13.850
Marco Walter		13.850		13.200	13.300	12.450
Eddy Yusof		14.750	13.700		14.150	14.700	12.500

14.	Norway							244.350
Marcus Conradi		13.950	13.050	13.450	13.900	13.400	13.250
Pietro Giachino			12.450	11.900		12.950	14.000
Odin Kalvo		13.350	12.500		14.400	13.050	13.200
Nikolai Ronbeck		11.550		12.400	13.450
Stian Skjerahaug		14.200	14.200	13.300	14.350	14.000	13.600

15.	Portugal							240.100
Simao Almeida		13.700	11.750	12.450	14.250	12.700	12.600
Tiago Barbosa		13.500	12.000	12.250	13.300	13.600	12.400
Francisco Fragoso		11.700	13.550	12.100	13.400	12.600	12.500
Gustavo Simoes		13.700	14.050	14.950	13.800	13.800	13.300

16.	Belgium 1							234.000
Maxime Gentges		14.150	14.300	13.300	14.000	13.350	14.150
Daan Kenis		13.550	13.500	13.750	14.500	13.500	13.900
Bram Louwije		12.250	13.250	13.650	14.000	13.550	13.900
Jimmy Verbaeys		14.450	13.400	13.550	14.600	14.750	13.850

17.	Israel							213.200
Artem Dolgopyat		13.200	12.750	10.000	0.000		11.500
Alexander Shatilov		14.450	14.100	13.650	14.000	14.700	14.750
Moran Yanuka		13.600	13.150	13.800	13.200	12.550	13.800

18.	Netherlands 1							193.700
Jorian Ilbrink		13.000	10.650	12.900	12.750	13.450	11.350
Glenn Smink		14.300	14.200	11.150	14.200	13.550	12.850
Anthony van Assche		1.100	13.800	14.850	13.150	13.750	13.500
Bram Verhofstad		12.100			13.700		13.550