The German national team of male juniors won in Avignon/France the traditional meet with a score of 206,70 against the host France (203,40), the team of Switzerland (200,10) and the boys from Great Britain (190,70).

The excellent all-around winner came also from Germany: The European Junior Champion on bars (Patras 2002) Fabian Hambuechen scored 53,95 points.
Arnaud Willig (FRA/51,20) came on second place and the second GErman Waldemar Eichorn (49,55) was third.

China's National Sports Department has cancelled all competitions in May, so International Gymnast pronounced.
The National Sports Department held an emergency meeting, discussing the present condition of Guang Zhao, Beijing, and other cities areas dealing with rising numbers of SARS cases. The decision was made to cancel or postpone all national Chinese sporting events.
Cancelled are China's plans to send five female gymnasts next week to the 8-Country Meet in Groningen, Netherlands, as well as a separate exchange...