After the first day (qualification) of the world cup in Thessalonoki (Greece the favourites are leading on the apparatusses: Jordan Jovtchev (floor, Rings), Marius Urzica (Pommel horse), Dmitri Kasperovich (vault), Mitja Petkovsek (parallel bar) und Aljaz Pegan (high bar).
In women's category are on top: Natalia Ziganshina (vault), Svetlana Khorkina (uneven bars) and on balance beam the Chinese Zhang, Nan and on floor the Romanian Floarea Leonida .

The Greece superstar and Olympic floor champion of Atlanta 1996, Ioannis Melissanidis will start at the 4th World Cup of the 2003 circuit in his hometown Thessaloniki/Greece coming weekend to the first time after a break of 1 1/2 year. He plans to compete on vaulting table and on high bar. The competition hall named 'Ioannis Melissanidis Hall', but never before he took part in this stadium himself.
Coming weekend (finals on Saturday/Sunday/) the Greece host tests again the...