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Daria Bijak Makes German Olympic Team
6/11/2008 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
June 11, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY -
University of Utah gymnast Daria Bijak has made Germany's Olympic team after placing fourth in the all-around at the German National Championships on June 7 in Chemnitz. Bijak was notified of her selection to the team on June 11. The first three finishers qualified automatically.
Bijak's 56.30 all-around score was .30 out of third place. She also placed fourth on beam, bars and vault and was sixth on the floor.
Her next competition will be at the Beijing Olympic Games, which start on August 8. Bijak, who won the German national all-around championship in 2005 and 2006, qualified for Germany's Olympic team in 2000, but missed the Olympics due to an Achilles injury. Germany did not qualify for the 2004 Olympics.
Bijak becomes the fourth Ute gymnast to make her country's Olympic gymnastics team, joining Cheryl Weatherstone (Great Britain 1984), Missy Marlowe (USA 1988) and current teammate Gael Mackie (Canada 2004).
Bijak is a three-time All-American in her first two seasons at Utah. She won first-team All-America status on the uneven bars as a freshman in 2007, placing eighth. At the 2008 NCAA Championships, she earned second-team All-America honors in the all-around (finishing 15th) and on the floor exercise.
She plans to return to Utah for her junior season after competing in the Olympics.
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