CHINESE Women's Team is on top (148,671) after strong rotations of the team qualifications of the World Championships in Anaheim/USA.
So it was a little surprise, that titleholder ROMANIA (148,120) ranked on second place only, in front of the long time leadung U.S girls on third (147,697).
Russia and Spain together on fifth place, than Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Canada and - another surprise - North Korea - are the twelve nations, qualified for the Olympic...
After their last gold medal 1999 in Tianjin the national men's team of China wins the gold medal in team competition again of these 37th World Championships in Anaheim, Cal./USA.
The U.S. successfully defends its silver medal from the 2001 Worlds in Ghent.
Japan - missed in 2001 -wins the bronze.
Final Results:
GOLD: 1. China 171.996
Silver: 2. USA 171.121
Bronze: 3. Japan 170.708
4. Russia...
After the Belarus (titleholder) and the German disaster yesterday now the men's team finished their qualification of the 37th Worlds today.
Best team in the very last of the ten subdivisionS was host USA with a score of 227,743 points.
The Japanese team led a long time, scored 227,046 points, and came on second place, followed by Olympic Champion China (225,119), Romania (224,770), Korea, Russia, France, Ukraine, Canada, Spain, Italy and Germany...that are all qualified nations for the...
Friday evening at 7 p.m. local time the 37.th and biggest World Championships of artistic gymnastics in history were opened with an opening ceremony in Anaheim, Cal./USA.
Gymnasts with their national flags from 80 countries - so much like never before in 100th years old history of this event - marched into the arena. The first worlds took place 1903 in Antwerp/Belgium.
-- Former rings world champion Dong Zhen (CHN) has returned to the Chinese national team, but not in Anaheim.
Dong would represent China at the World University Games slated for August 21-31 in Taegu, South Korea.
Dong, who cli