Bieger wins second gold medal at DTB-Pokal World Cup

STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 29, 2006 – 2006 all-around world silver-medalist Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., won her second gold medal at the 2006 DTB-Pokal, a World Cup event held in Stuttgart, Germany.

In addition to her uneven bars gold medal, Bieger, who competes for Bieger International Gymnastics, scored a 15.150 to win the floor exercise title. Australia’s Daria Joura was second at 14.875, followed by Russia’s Anna Pavlova at 14.675. Australia’s Hollie Dykes won the balance beam title, where Bieger placed sixth.

The champions in the men’s finals were: vault, Andrei Isayev, Ukraine; parallel bars, Xiaoping Li, China; and horizontal bar, Aljaz Pegan, Slovakia. This was the second of two days of individual event finals. Yesterday, the USA’s Kevin Tan claimed the bronze medal in the still rings.

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