After Montreal, Cottbus and Doha the World Cup -Gymnastics Circus was stationed in Paris this weekend. For the 17th time the mens and womens competitions "FRANCE INTERNATIONAL" took place in the traditional Omnisports-hall of Paris-Bercy - where the first singles gymnastics world championships took place in 1992. With 148 registered participants in total - 53 women and 95 men - from 35 countries in total, these competitions had quantitatively and qualitatively the best World Cup participation ever - honored by an audience of over 5000!
The French hosts got three finals wins with Cyril Tommasone (pommel horse), Samir Aid Sait (rings) and Youna Dufournet (vault). The Spanish Isaac Botella won the vault in the mens, best on the beam was Wu, Lifang from China, her country woman He, Kexin won the uneven bars and Englands star Beth Tweddle triumphed on the floor.