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National champions Elisabeth Seitz and Fabian Hambüchen won Germany's second Olympic Trials, held Saturday in Frankfurt.

Seitz defeated Nadine Jarosch and Kim Bui, repeating the rankings from the national championships earlier this month. Held June 16 in Düsseldorf, the national championships served as the first Olympic trial for Germany.

Five-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina competed vault and beam only. She earned 15.275 — the highest score of the women's competition — for her layout Rudi vault. Chusovitina, who turned 37 earlier on June 19, is considered a lock for her sixth Olympic Games.

Hambüchen won a mistake-filled men's event, triumphing despite a fall on pommel horse and poor landing on his Yurchenko 2 1/2 vault.

"The mood here in the hall was awesome and it's annoying about my errors," Hambüchen said. "After all, this was the last event before the Olympics but now I know where I need to focus in training."

<Philipp Boy took second over strong>Sebastian Krimmer. Boy landed his new Dragulescu on vault for 16.100 but fell off pommel horse and high bar.

Andreas Toba placed fourth ahead of Marcel Nguyen, who had been second to Hambüchen in Düsseldorf. Nguyen had the top scores on still rings (15.45) and parallel bars (15.80) but had a large miss and then a fall on high bar for 12.80.

2008 Olympian Eugen Spiridonov was forced to withdraw from the selection earlier this week because of an injury to his right shoulder. Spiridonov was a key member of the 2010 German squads that first at Europeans and third at the worlds.

External Link: German Gymnastics Federation

2012 German 2nd Olympic Trials
June 30, Frankfurt

Women's All-Around				VT	UB	BB	FX	Total
1.	Elisabeth Seitz	Turngemeinschaft Mannheim		14.525	14.750	14.150	13.775	57.200
2.	Nadine Jarosch	Detmolder TV v. 1860		14.450	13.825	12.875	13.900	55.050
3.	Kim Bui	MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V.		14.225	14.075	12.925	13.600	54.825
4.	Lisa-Katharina Hill	TUS Chemnitz-Altendorf		13.700	14.400	13.225	13.200	54.525
5.	Pia Tolle	MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V.		13.525	13.050	13.525	13.375	53.475
6.	Anja Rheinbay	Turnteam TOYOTA Köln		13.700	12.775	12.200	12.600	51.275
7.	Janine Berger	SSV Ulm 1846 e.V.		14.475	12.175	12.050	12.200	50.900
8.	Annabelle Hölzer	Eintracht Frankfurt		12.875	11.800	12.125	11.975	48.775
9.	Lara-Sophie Wondrak	TSG Nordwest 1898 Frankfurt		13.275	12.375	11.600	11.250	48.500
10.	Giulia Hindermann	MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V.		13.200	9.600	12.725	12.575	48.100
11.	Katharina Müller	TV Überlingen		12.450	10.950	10.650	12.150	46.200
12.	Oksana Chusovitina	TV Herkenrath 09		15.275		13.500		28.775

Men's All-Around				FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
1.	Fabian Hambüchen	TSG Niedergirmes 1903		15.05	12.60	14.90	15.40	15.55	16.40	89.90
2.	Philipp Boy	SC Cottbus Turnen		15.10	13.00	14.65	16.10	15.40	14.15	88.40
3.	Sebastian Krimmer	MTV 1843 Stuttgart e.V.		14.05	14.90	13.50	15.50	14.90	14.65	87.50
4.	Andreas Toba	Turn-Klubb zu Hannover 1		14.60	12.60	15.10	15.60	14.20	14.85	86.95
5.	Marcel Nguyen	TSV Unterhaching 1910		13.05	13.35	15.45	15.80	15.60	12.80	86.05
6.	Thomas Taranu	KTV Straubenhardt e.V.		14.75	12.00	15.30	15.90	13.75	13.60	85.30
7.	Matthias Fahrig	SV Halle e.V.		14.45	11.45	13.85	15.60	14.85	13.90	84.10
8.	Christopher Jursch	SC Cottbus Turnen		12.70	12.70	13.00	14.65	15.00	14.85	82.90
9.	Andreas Bretschneider	KTV Chemnitz e. V.		13.00	12.35	14.45	15.80	14.10	12.60	82.30
10.	Robert Weber	TSV Ehmen 1912 e.V.			12.85	15.10			12.95	40.90

International Gymnast Magazine Related Features:
"Seizing the Moment" - Seitz interview (July/August 2011)
"Leaps and Bounds for Germany" - Jarosch profile (January/February 2012)
Boy interview (May 2011)
"Fast Mender" - Nguyen profile (June 2011)
"Clutch Horse Rider" - Krimmer profile (January 2011)

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