Stefani Bisbikou won her third title, but injured knee on vault landing: [quote]Bisbikou suffered a partially torn meniscus on her left knee, and she is facing the danger of missing the European Championships, April 3-6 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. According to the initial diagnosis, Bisbikou will have to rest for at least 20 days, so she will have little time to prepare for the European Championships. Subsequently, Bisbikou had to cancel her participation at the Doha World Cup, taking place this week in Qatar. Bisbikou's injury happened on vault, which was her last apparatus of the all-around competition. She executed her new vault for the first time in competition, but got injured on landing. (Apparently, she put too much pressure on her knee.) Nevertheless, Bisbikou managed to win the national all-around title for the third year in a row, because the misfortune struck after her last apparatus.[/quote] Results: 2008 Greek Championships March 1-2, Thessaloniki Senior Women's All-Around 1. Stefani Bisbikou (Proteas Egaleo) 59.000 2. Vasiliki Milloussi (G.S. Kallitheas) 57.400 3. Viktoria Tsakalidou (Panthessalonikios) 56.750 4. Vasiliki Georgakopoulou (Irini Peristeriou) 54.850 5. Paschalina Mitrakou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 53.600 6. Ioanna Xoulogi (Orfeas Kalamarias) 52.200 7. Pavlina Pantelidou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 51.600 8. Eleftheria Sofra (G.S. Kallitheas) 23.800 Senior Women's Vault 1. Vasiliki Georgakopoulou (Irini Peristeriou) 13.125 2. Pavlina Pantelidou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 13.000 (Only two gymnasts competed in the vault final) Senior Uneven Bars 1. Vasiliki Georgakopoulou (Irini Peristeriou) 14.350 2. Paschalina Mitrakou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 12.850 3. Viktoria Tsakalidou (Panthessalonikios) 12.800 Balance Beam 1. Viktoria Tsakalidou (Panthessalonikios) 14.800 2. Despina Grigoriadou (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.500 3. Paschalina Mitrakou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 14.250 Senior Women's Floor Exercise 1. Pavlina Pantelidou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 13.400 2. Paschalina Mitrakou (Spartakos Thessalonikis) 13.050 3. Eleftheria Sofra (G.S. Kallitheas) 11.850 Junior Women's All-Around 1. Sofia-Anna Makantasi (Panionios) 53.550 2. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Hanion) 53.200 3. Marilena Barmaxizoglou (Proteas Egaleo) 52.350 4. Athanasia Hapsa (Irini Peristeriou) 51.750 5. Antigoni Theodorou (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 50.550 6. Konstantina Kazamia (Orfeas Kalamarias) 49.450 7. Mera Daladyse (Panionios) 48.850 8. Alexandra Tilaveridou (Orfeas Kalamarias) 48.500 Junior Vault 1t Marilena Barmaxizoglou (Proteas Egaleo) 13.225 1t. Mera Daladyse (Panionios) 13.225 3. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Hanion) 13.125 Junior Uneven Bars 1. Sofia-Anna Makantasi (Panionios) 13.400 2. Athanasia Hapsa (Irini Peristeriou) 12.350 3. Mera Daladyse (Panionios) 12.050 Balance Beam 1. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Hanion) 14.000 2. Konstantina Kazamia (Orfeas Kalamarias) 13.650 3t. Alexandra Tilaveridou (Orfeas Kalamarias) 12.900 3t. Mera Daladyse (Panionios) 12.900 Junior Women's Floor Exercise 1. Marilena Barmaxizoglou (Proteas Egaleo) 13.500 2. Maria Pitsikali (Kydon Hanion) 13.400 3. Konstantina Kazamia (Orfeas Kalamarias) 12,200 Senior Men's All-Around 1. Dimitris Markousis (Olympiaki Floga) 88.250 2. Hristos Lympanovnos (G.E. Peristeriou) 87.650 3. Xenophon Kosmidis (G.E. Peristeriou) 84.800 4. Stavros Kekelos (Irini Peristeriou) 83.850 5. Lefteris Kosmidis (G.E. Peristeriou) 83.700 6. Panagiotis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 81.850 7. Haralambos Kailidis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 81.300 8. Lefteris Petrounias (G.E. Peristeriou) 79.500 Senior Men's Floor Exercise 1. Mihalis Doulkeridis (Orfeas Kalamarias) 14.700 2. Nikos Galtsidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.550 3. Lefteris Petrounias (G.E. Peristeriou) 14.500 Pommel Horse 1. Vasilis Tsolakidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.350 2. Haralambos Kailidis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 14.000 3. Panagiotis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 13.950 Senior Still Rings 1. Hristos Lympanovnos (G.E. Peristeriou) 14.750 2. Vasilis Tsolakidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.400 3t. Haralambos Kailidis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 13.950 3t. Giannis Zahariadis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 13.950 Senior Men's Vault 1. Mihalis Doulkeridis (Orfeas Kalamarias) 15.200 2. Giorgos Georgiadis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.550 (tie) 3. Giannis Tserkezis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 14.325 (tie) 3. Panagiotis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 14.325 Parallel Bars 1. Vasilis Tsolakidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 16.050 2. Panagiotis Tougas (Irini Peristeriou) 14.600 3. Giannis Zahariadis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.400 High Bar 1. Vlasios Maras (Irini Peristeriou) 15.750 2. Haralambos Kailidis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 14.300 3. Kostas Karantonas (G.E. Peristeriou) 13.800 Junior Men's All-Around 1. Dimitris-Marios Koulis (A.G.O. Patras) 75.650 2. Georgios-Hristos Hatziefstathiou (Olympiaki Floga) 75.200 3. Theodoros Boutakis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 74.900 4. Hristoforos-Angelos Konstantinidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 74.500 5. Vasilis Giavris (Irini Peristeriou) 73.800 6. Spyros Korogiannakis (Irini Peristeriou) 73.150 7. Nikos Vasilopoulos (Panionios) 73.000 8. Giorgos Triantis (Panionios) 72.050 Junior Men's Floor Exercise 1. Hristoforos-Angelos Konstantinidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 14.300 2. Nikos Vasilopoulos (Panionios) 13.400 3. Kostas Konstantinidis (Irini Peristeriou) 13.250 Junior Pommel Horse 1. Spyros Korogiannakis (Irini Peristeriou) 13.400 2. Georgios-Hristos Hatziefstathiou (Olympiaki Floga) 12.950 3t. Hristoforos - Angelos Konstantinidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 12.750 3t. Dimitris - Marios Koulis (A.G.O. Patras) 12.750 Junior Still Rings (tie) 1. Dimitris-Marios Koulis (A.G.O. Patras) 12.800 (tie) 1. Theodoros Boutakis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 12.800 3. Kostas Konstantinidis (Irini Peristeriou) 12.500 Junior Men's Vault 1. Theodoros Boutakis (Olympiada Stavroupolis) 14.075 2. Hristoforos-Angelos Konstantinidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 13.975 3. Nikos Antoniadis (A.G.O. Patras) 13.950 Parallel Bars 1. Nikos Antoniadis (A.G.O. Patras) 13.700 2. Hristoforos-Angelos Konstantinidis (Diagoras Ampelokipon) 13.500 3. Dimitris-Marios Koulis (A.G.O. Patras) 13.400 High Bar 1. Vasilis Giavris (Irini Peristeriou) 12.400 2. Dimitris-Marios Koulis (A.G.O. Patras) 12.350 3t. Georgios-Hristos Hatziefstathiou (Olympiaki Floga) 11.800 3t. Giorgos Triantis (Panionios) 11.800 IG: http://intlgymnast.com/news/2008/mar/030508_greece.html

Stefani Bisbikou is doing some rehab now for her knee injury from the landing of her new 1-1/2 twisting Yurchenko vault at the Greek Championships March 1, getting ready for the 2008 Beijing Olympics: [quote]"The injury has caused the least damage one would expect," Bisbikou said Sunday. "There is a light problem in the inner meniscus, and the inner side-conjunction. It will take approximately 15-20 days of therapy. No operation is needed." [/quote] [quote]Bisbikou is currently undergoing physical therapy "to strengthen the muscles and take away the inflammation," she said. As a result of her injury, Bisbikou will not participate in next month's European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Last year she tied for the bronze medal on balance beam at the European Championships in Amsterdam, becoming the first Greek senior female gymnast to win a medal in European Championships history. Bisbikou said she is confident her knee will be healed in time for Beijing. "I hope (the injury) won't affect my outlook a lot, since there is plenty of time, and I had stabilized my new exercises quite well," she told IG. "But, one way or another, I will have to try hard after going back to training." [/quote] http://intlgymnast.com/news/2008/mar/031008_bisbikou.html