Gymnastics: Petkovsek Takes Third European Title in a Row

Slovenian gymnast Mitja Petkovsek won gold on the parallel bars at the the European Gymnastics Championships in Lausanne on Sunday with a 16.025 point performance. He defended his 2007 title from Amsterdam and took third consecutive European gold. Aljaz Pegan meanwhile came third on the high bar with 15.3 points.

Petkovsek (31) won his seventh medal at the European championships, after golds in 2000 (Bremen), 2006 (Volos) and 2007 (Amsterdam), silvers in 1998 (St. Peterburg) and 2002 (Patras), and a bronze in 2005 (Debrecen).
The only European championship he participated in without winning a medal was held in Ljubljana in 2004, when he finished fifth following an error.
Pegan (33) meanwhile took his fifth medal at the European championships after two golds in 1994 (Prague) and 2004 (Ljubljana), last year's silver in Amsterdam, and a bronze in 2000 (Bremen).

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