German team members Fabian Hambuchen, Philipp Boy,Marcel Nguyen, Matthias Fahrig and Evgeni Spirdonov celebrate Germany's first ever European team title, which they are already hoping to defend next year in Berlin. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- German team members Fabian Hambuchen, Philipp Boy,Marcel Nguyen, Matthias Fahrig and Evgeni Spirdonov celebrate Germany's first ever European team title, which they are already hoping to defend next year in Berlin. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Hambuchen's strength and endurance were tested at the 2010 European Championships, where he performed 12 routines over three days of competition. He described himself as "exhausted" after event finals. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Great Britain's Daniel Keatings reacts after falling on pommel horse during men's team finals at the European Championships. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Great Britain's Louis Smith, the Olympic bronze medalist on pommel horse, followed Keatings on pommel horse with a clutch routine to keep Britain's hopes alive. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Finland's Tomi Tuuha, who traveled 45 hours on the ground to reach Birmingham after an ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano shut down airports across Europe, was the surprise winner on vault. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Tuuha celebrates his victory on the medal stand. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- France's Yann "Papa" Cucherat, age 30, successfully defended his European title on parallel bars. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- The French junior team gleefully sang "La Marseillaise" at the top of their lungs as the national anthem played during Cucherat's medal ceremony. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Italy's Matteo Morandi, one of a line of strongmen on rings, won the European title on that event. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Keatings recovered well from his pommel miss during team finals, performing a clean routine to capture the pommel horse title during event finals. AP Photo/Alastair Grant
- Penn State's Sharaya Musser was one of the pleasant surprises of the NCAA women's gymnastics championships, which happened last weekend in Gainesville, Fla. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
- Florida freshman Marissa King had an up and down weekend at the NCAA Championships. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
- Oklahoma freshman Brie Olson celebrates a clutch landing on uneven bars. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
- UCLA sophomore Vanessa Zamarripa reacts to a performance during the Super Six team finals. UCLA won their sixth NCAA team title in Gainesville. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
- UCLA gymnasts hoist the NCAA team title after the competition. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
- Oklahoma senior Hollie Vise closed out a long and distinguished elite and NCAA career during floor finals, where she tied for second with Sarah Shire and Brandi Personett. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
- Arizona State's Mary Atkinson had a scary-looking miss on vault during event finals, but was unhurt. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
- LSU senior Susan Jackson, who won the NCAA all-around title Thursday afternoon, was all smiles after nailing her beam routine in event finals. Jackson won her second NCAA title of the meet on beam. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
- UCLA junior Brittani McCullough wipes away tears as she stands with the NCAA title she won on floor exercise. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
- The 2010 individual NCAA champions, from left: Brittani McCullough, Vanessa Zamarripa, Susan Jackson and Carly Janiga. AP Photo/Phil Sandlin
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