February 28, 2022 - Tin Srbić won the silver medal at the Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus!

In his first tournament 6.5 months after winning a medal in Tokyo, the current silver Olympian is back on the podium. Although he started practically from the beginning and had to change his exercise almost completely due to the new regulations, nothing got in his way. 

In Sunday's final in Germany, Tin scored 14,333, and only the American Brody Malone was better (14,700). The bronze medalist was Israeli Alexander Myakinin (14,100).

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"The first World Cup after the Olympic Games according to the new rules, and I did really well. I am satisfied after this final. I managed this new exercise that we planned, with an initial grade of 5.7, and I got a solid final grade, 14,333, and deserved silver. The American was really much better today and deservedly won," said Tin from Cottbus.

This was his 23rd World Cup final in his career and his 17th medal. So far, he has won 9 gold medals, 4 silver, and the same number of bronze.

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“We continue to build on that exercise. This is an interesting preparatory year in which I am trying to prepare a new exercise for next year and finally the Olympics. I am really very pleased with this start to the season. It went very well. Honestly, I have a problem with one injury, so it distracted me a bit from the finals and everything, but I concentrated on the new elements that I managed to do great. I hope that this injury will not affect me much in further preparation." 

Slobodan Kadic

Tin and the rest of the Croatia team in Cottbus - gold Filip Ude, silver Aurel Benović and Jakov Vlahek, as well as coaches Vladimir Mađarević, Lucijan Krce, and Igor Križimski and judge Boris Čulin will fly to Doha on Monday where a new tournament from the World Cup series, which qualifies for this year's World Cup, awaits them.

Slobodan Kadic

"It simply came to our notice then. I hope for the same competition as this, to do this new exercise twice again and to be more prepared for the future. I hope that the injury will not get worse and that we will be able to continue training normally and build the exercise."

Tin also commented on the current political situation.

"We are talking about the situation in Ukraine all the time. I have nothing to philosophize about but to say what any normal person can say, and that is that I think it makes no sense, it never made sense in the war, let alone now in 2022. I see no reason for that. Maybe it affected us all a little bit here, it felt like something was going on. Yesterday, before the finals, the Belarusian flag was removed from the wall, the Belarusian anthem was not played ... I just hope that all this will end as soon as possible," said the silver Olympian.

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February 27, 2022 - Filip Ude won gold on the pommel horse, and Aurel Benović won silver on the floor at the Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus! Current silver Olympian Tin Srbić will also compete in the final on Sunday. 

The silver medalist from Beijing in 2008 shows that he still belongs to the world top, even at 35 years old. In Cottbus, he won the 17th medal of his career in his 63rd World Cup final, and this is his 4th gold overall. Eight years have passed since the last gold medal at the World Cup. So far, he was on top of the podium in Moscow and Maribor in 2006, but on the floor, and in 2014 in Osijek on the pommel horse. 

Slobodan Kadic

"I'm happy. The second victory of my career on the pommel horse. After almost 30 years in my career! I did the best exercise in the final. I didn't go through my whole exercise, although I strengthened it compared to the qualifications, and it was enough for gold," said Filip.

He celebrated with a score of 14,366, while the silver went to Ukrainian Ilya Kovtun (14,166) and bronze to American Brody Malone (14,133).

"I haven't talked to anyone here about the current political situation. Coach Igor Križimski talked to everyone, saying that the situation was difficult. This is very unusual to me that in 2022 war can happen like that. I'm sorry about that. I feel sorry for those people. I hope it stops as soon as possible. To finish as soon as possible, with as few victims as possible and all the evil that goes with it," Ude said.

Former European runner-up on the floor, Aurel Benović, won his fifth medal in his sixth career World Cup final.

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So far, the Osijek native has won gold at the World Cup in Varna in 2021 and Mersin in 2019, silver in Osijek in 2021, and bronze in Koper in 2019.

Only Jahor Sharamkov from Belarus (13,933) was better than Aurel (13,766) in Cottbus. The bronze went to Italian Thomas Grasso with 13,700 points.

"I am happy and satisfied with the silver medal. I have to be honest and say I’m not overly happy with the performance itself, but the medal is there, and I can’t complain. Some mistakes didn’t have to happen but thank God I have a chance to correct that at the World Cup in Doha that awaits me next week. We travel there on Monday, there is training on Tuesday, and we have qualifiers on Wednesday. I also hope to enter the finals and repeat such a good result. It's great that I immediately started collecting points to qualify for the World Cup in the fall in Liverpool," said Aurel Benović after winning the medal.

Slobodan Kadic

At 2 om on Sunday, on the last day of the competition in Cottbus, Croatia will have the finalist in the hurdles, the current silver Olympian Tin Srbić.

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