The Romanian artistic gymnastics women's team, without its stars Izbasa and Nistor, won the triple meet in Schwaebisch Gmuend, near Stuttgart  (Germany) with a score of 231,250 points, in front of host Germany (230,150) and France (25,80).
German gymnasts surprised with a top score on uneven bars (61,650), based on a world class competitions of Marie-Sophie Hindermann (Start value 17.4; final: 16.000) and Anja Brinker (15.950), but lost the leading position after the Rumanian balance beam subdivision (60.150)...

 THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
Lausanne / Montreal: ... The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) and the Cirque du Soleil are pooling their efforts in an exclusive partnership aimed at helping high level gymnasts, having come to the end of their careers in sport, to forge their way in the workplace.

A four year agreement, the FIG / CDS partnership will foster a climate of exchange between the two organisations, which will focus on...