XVI Mediterranean Games
Pescara (ITA), June 26 – July 5, 2009

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, July 2, 2009: France was the dominating nation in yesterday’s Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-around Finals of the 16th Mediterranean Games in Pescara (ITA). French gymnasts garnered both Gold and Bronze medals, while Italy took off with two Silvers.

Youna Dufournet, who led the French Team to victory in the Team Final, won the Women’s All-around title with a total of 56.950 points. Italian Elisabetta Preziosa placed second with 56.450 and Dufournet’s compatriot Pauline Morel settled for Bronze with a total score of 55.950.

Three medallists having scored upward of 88 points mounted the podium in the Men’s Individual All-around competition. In first place French champion Benoit Caranobe with 88.500 pts, followed by Italy’s Enrico Pozzo (88.100 pts) and Hamilton Sabot with 88.050 pts.

Caranobe dealt a stinging blow in Vault where he scored a fantastic 16.300 pts and a place in the Final. His performance put him at the top, which is good news for the Worlds. High Bar specialist Enrico Pozzo, who botched his exercise at the European Championships in Milan, took the highest score at this apparatus (15.250 pts). And Hamilton Sabot, 10th European gymnast, gave a superb performance, excelling at the Parallel Bars with 15.100 pts and the highest score for this competition. His High Bar performance placed at 15.000 pts, sliding him into tonight’s Final.

Women’s All-around Final:

Rank	Name	Vault	Uneven bars	Beam	Floor	Total
1	FRA  - DUFOURNET Youna	14.300	14.300	14.400	13.950	56.950
2	ITA  - PREZIOSA Elisabetta	13.900	13.500	14.950	14.100	56.450
3	FRA  - MOREL Pauline	13.900	14.250	13.850	13.950	55.950
4	ITA  - LA SPADA Andrea	13.850	13.700	14.250	14.000	55.800
5	EGY  - EL ZEINY Sherine	13.700	13.050	13.450	13.300	53.500
6	GRE  - MILLOUSI Vasiliki	13.200	12.000	14.850	13.400	53.450
7	TUR  - UCTAS Goksu	14.100	12.000	13.200	12.450	51.750
8	SLO  - KAMNIKAR Ivana	12.800	12.600	12.700	12.900	51.000
9	SLO  - GOLOB Sasa	13.350	11.400	12.850	13.350	50.950
10	GRE  - ZAFEIRAKI Evgenia	13.900	12.200	12.000	11.750	49.850
11	EGY  - MOHAMED Salma	12.600	9.250	11.650	12.700	46.200
12	ALB  - CUKA Ornela	12.700	7.550	10.400	10.900	41.550
13	ALB  - SELAJ Riselda	12.600	6.850	10.950	8.650	39.050

Men’s All-around Final:

Rank	Name	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bars	Total
1	FRA  - CARANOBE Benoit	14.850	13.950	14.450	16.300	14.450	14.500	88.500
2	ITA  - POZZO Enrico	15.000	14.050	13.950	15.700	14.150	15.250	88.100
3	FRA  - SABOT Hamilton	14.300	13.850	14.250	15.550	15.100	15.000	88.050
4	ITA  - MORANDI Matteo	14.250	13.250	15.700	15.400	14.700	14.350	87.650
5	ESP  - MUNOZ Sergio	14.550	13.450	14.700	15.900	13.850	14.750	87.200
6	GRE  - MARKOUSIS Dimitrios	15.000	12.950	14.550	15.600	14.200	12.450	84.750
7	ESP  - MARTINEZ Rafael	14.850	13.200	13.650	15.250	13.900	13.000	83.850
8	CYP  - KRASIAS Dimitris	13.600	13.450	13.150	14.600	13.550	14.150	82.500
9	CRO  - BREZ Marko	13.550	13.400	13.300	14.500	13.500	13.900	82.150
10	CRO  - DUDEK Nikola	13.400	12.350	13.000	14.750	13.900	13.350	80.750
11	SLO  - DIMIC Alen	13.150	12.200	12.750	15.350	12.750	14.250	80.450
12	CYP  - ARISTOTELOUS Panagiotis	13.200	13.100	12.300	14.800	12.250	14.050	79.700
13	ALG  - METTIDJI Hillel	13.150	12.850	12.350	14.450	13.050	13.200	79.050
14	TUR  - SANLI Ozgur	13.500	12.700	12.250	14.600	13.050	12.350	78.450
15	SLO  - BRITOVSEK Ziga	12.850	13.650	12.700	14.700	12.250	10.750	76.900
16	ALB  - HASA Alon	12.300	11.600	13.100	13.750	13.300	12.800	76.850
17	TUR  - UYAR Yunus Emre	13.650	10.600	10.900	14.800	12.150	11.650	73.750
18	EGY  - SOBHY Abdelrahman	12.800	10.700	12.150	14.600	10.750	12.700	73.700
19	MAR  - BOUARI Imad	10.600	10.900	11.700	14.750	12.200	6.050	66.200

The competition continues with the Apparatus Finals today and tomorrow.
For more information consult the official event website.

(FIG / Fédération Française de gymnastique)