Many great performances were presented on this first final's day of the 21st DTB-Cup in Stuttgart.
On pommel horse China's Li, Di won the Winners Final against Olympic Champion Marius Urzica. The best on women's floor was Daiane Dos Santos (BRA), the winner on vault became Marian Dragulescu (ROM).
Emilie Lepennec (FRA) won on uneven bars, Alexander Safoshkin (RUS) was the best gymnast on rings today.
Today the 21st International DTB-Cup - World Cup - will start with qualification competitions of women and men in Stuttgart. Until to November 30th the world best gymnasts will fight for the world cup points.
8 World Champions from the WCh's 2003 and 5 Olympic Champions have confirmed their participation, lead by three-time all-around World Champion Svetlana Chorkina from Russia.
The Romanian Pair Oana Ban/Marian Dragulescu teamed to win the 25th Swiss Cup 2003, held Sunday in Zurich/Switzerland.
Qualifying second for the final, Ban and Dragulescu totaled 19.000 to outscore the team Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) and Belarus' Ivan Ivankov (18.925).
Ten pairs competed in the first two of four rounds of the competition, after which the top eight pairs advanced to the third round.
After three rounds, the top four pairs qualified for the final round....
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