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Roschupkina hits Zenith * Liddick to stay in Australia through 2004 * Serrano retires in style at home COMPILED BY JOHN CRUMLISH

OLYMPIC STARS HIT ZENITH

Five different gymnasts claimed the men's events, and Ukraine's Olga Roschupkina was the only multiple champion among the women, at the Zenith Tournament, held Dec. 17, 2000, in Paris. (Vault was not contested for either men or women.)

2000 Olympic floor champion Igors Vihrovs of Latvia won his specialty, having dropped to fourth at the World Cup final in early December in Glasgow. On pommel horse, France's Eric Poujade defeated Olympic winner Marius Urzica of Romania. (Poujade was second to Urzica at the '00 Olympics, and then Urzica took the World Cup title.)

Hungary's Szilveszter Csollany and Greece's Dimosthenis Tambakos finished first and second, respectively, on rings, as they had done at the '00 Olympics. France's Yann Cucherat won parallel bars (on which he was sixth at the '00 Olympics), and countryman Florent Maree, the '98 Junior European champion, won high bar.

Roschupkina won gold on uneven bars and balance beam. On the former event, she had placed sixth at the '00 Olympics and fifth at the World Cup final; on the latter, she was eighth at the World Cup final.

Faltering to third place on bars was two-time Olympic event champion Svetlana Khorkina of Russia, who had just finished a two-month tour of the U.S.

Russia's Yelena Zamolodchikova placed first on floor, one of two events she won at the '00 Olympics. Zamolodchikova placed second on floor at the World Cup final.

Men

FX: 1. Igors Vihrovs LAT9.725; 2. Jordan Jovtchev BUL 9.70; 3. Dmitry Karbanenko FRA 9.60; 4. Florent Maree FRA 9.50; 5. Alexei Nemov RUS 9.00.

PH: 1. Eric Poujade FRA 9.875; 2. Marius Urzica ROM 9.40; 3. Maree 9.30; 4. Jovtchev 9.30; 5. Yevgeny Podgorny RUS 8.45.

R: 1. Szilveszter Csollany HUN 9.825; 2. Dimosthenis Tambakos GRE 9.75; 3. Jovtchev 9.75; 4. Yann Cucherat FRA 9.55; 5. Podgorny 8.00.

PB: 1. Cucherat 9.70; 2. Karbanenko 9.55; 3. Urzica 8.75; 4. Podgorny 8. 00.

HB: 1. Maree 9.35; 2. Jovtchev 9.225; 3. Benjamin Varonian FRA 9.05; 4. Cucherat 9.00; 5. Nemov 8.80.

Women

UB: 1. Olga Roshchupkina UKR 9.70; 2. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 9.675; 3....

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