Topical WORLD RANKING LIST published
After the complete results of the 37th World Championships 2003 Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) and Jordan Jovchev are after that the undisputed 'NUMBERS ONE' of the GYMmedia World Ranking list.
To the first time the double world champion Paul HAMM and also the new champion on bars Chellsie MEMMEL are among the TOP TEN, and there are also a lot of interest other changes in the rankings....
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Host USA and China - winning 5 gold medals at the Pre-olympic World Championschips of artistic gymnastics - were the most successful nations after the last day in Anaheim, Cal./USA.
China won three gold medals at last: LI, Xiao-Peng (vault and bars) and FAN, Ye on beam.
Also the high bar title went to Asia, to the pommel horse winner yesterday, to Takehiro Kashima.
First time in history a world champion comes from South America: Brazilian...
To the first time in history the women's finals of the 28th World Championships in Anaheim (USA) finished today without any title on the apparatuses for European women's gymnastics .
The Chinese FAN, Ye won the gold medal on beam and Daniele dos Santos on floor got the very first gold ever for Brasilia.
Double winner in men's competition was the Chinese LI, Xiao-Peng on vault and parallel bars, and HUANG, Xu won silver on bars.
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Eight golden medals went to the athletes at the first final day: On every of the three men's apparatuses were two winners :
- Floor: Paul Hamm (USA & Jordan Jovtchev (BUL),
- Pommel: Teng (CHN) & Kashima (JPN) and
-Jovchev again and Tambakos (GRE).
Also in women's finals two medals on bars went to the US-gymnasts Chellsie Memmel and Hollie Vise.
The oldest gymnast of these Worlds, Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) got her first...
Anaheim, USA/Saint-Imier, SUI:--- Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10 at the 1976 American Cup at Madison Square Garden has been voted the most memorable moment in time by an on-line poll that pulled in more than 316,000 votes...
The Chinese Wei Yang and Carly Patterson (USA) are winners of the 'Longines Prize for Elegance'...
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