USA named Worlds Team Stuttgart 2007

Altogether 16 gymnasts named to the French squad in a recent announcement by the French Gymnastics Federation:
- Katheleen Lindor, French all-around champion 2007, 20th at the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus;
-  Emilie Le Pennec, - Olympic Champion 2004, uneven bars
- Marine Petit, French champion 2007, balance beam & floor exercise;
- Cassy Vericel, 13th all-around, Europeans  2007;
- Laetitia Dugain, 4th all-around, French Champs 2007;
- Pauline Morel, 7th all-around, French Champs 2007.

* - alternates are:
-  Erika Morel, member of France's 10th-place team at the 2006 Worlds, and
-  Isabelle Severino, two-time Olympian; finished 11th all-around at the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus.

>> Review: French Nationals (April 2007)

The 34-years old Dmitry Karbanenko, a native of Russia, placed 15th all-around at both the 2006 Worlds in Aarhus and also at the 2007 Europeans leads the French national men's team at the Stuttgart Worlds, together with:
- Pierre-Yves Beny, 2004 Olympian and 2007 French all-around silver medalist;
- Hamilton Sabot, 2007 French all-around bronze medalist.
- Yann Cucherat, 2005 Worlds bronze medalist on parallel bars;
-  Benoit Caranobe, 17th all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympics;
- Gael Da Silva, member of France's 10th-place team at the 2006 Worlds.
* alternates are
-  Arnaud Willig, member of France's sixth-place team at the 2006 Europeans;
-  Yann Rayepin, member of France's 10th-place team at the 2006 Worlds.
>> Review: French Nationals (April 2007)

The top 12 women's and men's teams in Stuttgart will qualify for next summer's Beijing Olympic Games.
At the 2006 Worlds, in Aarhus, Denmark, the French women and the French men both placed 10th.