PREVIEW: French INTERNATIONAL starts the World Cup Circuit 2003

Qualification round

130 gymnasts from 37 nations set to compete at the annual French International - the opening of the world cup circuit 2003, one week later followed by the 'TOURNAMENT of MASTERS' in Cottbus, and after than THESSALONIKI (Greece).
Gymnasts in Paris represent 12 medallists from 2002 World Champions (Debrecen), among of them the world champions Yelena Zamolodchikova (RUS/vault), Elena Gomez (ESP/floor) and Marian Dragulescu (ROM/floor), and Marius Urzica (ROM/pommel).
(Qualification on Saturday afternoon; Finals on Sunday).

Opening Impression of the 2003 French International

The qualifying round of competition at the 2003 French International was held Saturday, with the top eight gymnasts on each event advancing to Sunday's finals:
QUALIFICATION RESULTS:
Qualifiers to Sunday's finals:
Women's Vault
1. Coralie Chacon FRA 9.400
2. Anna Pavlova RUS 9.375
3. Alyona Kvasha UKR 9.325
4. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 9.288
5. Oksana Chusovitina UZB 9.250
6. Alina Kozich UKR 9.175
7. Berber van den Berg NED 9.113
8. Aagje van Walleghem BEL 9.088

Uneven Bars
1. Svetlana Khorkina RUS 9.575
2. Beth Tweddle GBR 9.400
3. Irina Krasnyanskaya UKR 9.200
4. Daniele Hypolito BRA 9.150
5. Floarea Leonida ROM 9.000
6. Ilaria Colombo ITA 8.775
7. Aagje van Walleghem BEL 8.775
8. Tatiana Zharganova BLR 8.725

Balance Beam
1. Ilaria Colombo ITA 9.275
2. Floarea Leonida ROM 9.225
3. Suzanne Harmes NED 9.200
4. Anna Pavlova RUS 9.150
5. Oana Ban ROM 9.125
6. Elena Gomez ESP 9.075
7. Daniele Hypolito BRA 9.050
8. Fang Ye CHN 8.800

Women's Floor Exercise
1. Daiane dos Santos BRA 9.550
2. Elena Gomez ESP 9.525
3. Svetlana Khorkina RUS 9.500
4. Daniele Hypolito BRA 9.300
5. Floarea Leonida ROM 9.200
6. Oana Ban ROM 9.100
7. Emilie Le Pennec FRA 9.050
8. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 9.025

Men's qualifying (Sunday's FInals):
Men's Floor Exercise
1. Xing Aowei CHN 9.625
2. Yevgeny Sapronenko LAT 9.600
3. Jordan Jovtchev BUL 9.450
3. Igors Vihrovs LAT 9.450
5. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 9.350
6. Guard Young USA 9.350
7. Alexander Beresch UKR 9.325
8. Kasper Farden DEN 9.300

Pommel Horse
1. Marius Urzica ROM 9.750
2. Eric Casimir FRA 9.725
3. Nikolai Kryukov RUS 9.700
4. Fuliang Liang CHN 9.550
4. Brett McClure USA 9.550
4. Ioan Suciu ROM 9.550
7. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 9.500
8. Rafael Martinez ESP 9.400

Still Rings
1. Jordan Jovtchev BUL 9.700
2. Andrea Coppolino ITA 9.675
3. Yuri Van Gelder NED 9.600
4. Roman Zozulya UKR 9.550
5. Walid El-Dariny EGY 9.525
6. Stephan Zapf GER 9.500
6. Ali Abdelkarim EGY 9.500
6. Olli Torrkel FIN 9.500

Men's Vault
1. Ioan Suciu ROM 9.525
2. Alexander Beresch UKR 9.488
3. Kostas Barbakis GRE 9.438
4. Kanukai Jackson GBR 9.388
4. Dmitry Kasperovich BLR 9.388
6. Marian Dragulescu ROM 9.375
6. Robert Gal HUN 9.375
8. Yevgeny Sapronenko LAT 9.338

Parallel Bars
1. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 9.550
2. Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 9.525
3. Liang Fuliang CHN 9.500
3. Marius Urzica ROM 9.500
3. Alexei Bondarenko RUS 9.500
6. Andreu Vivo ESP 9.475
7. Valery Goncharov UKR 9.450
8. Brett McClure USA 9.425

High Bar
1. Cedric Guille FRA 9.675
2. Alexander Beresch UKR 9.600
3. Philippe Rizzo AUS 9.575
3. Jari Monkkonen FIN 9.575
3. Nikolai Kryukov RUS 9.575
6. Alexei Bondarenko RUS 9.550
7. Andreu Vivo ESP 9.550
8. Sean Townsend USA 9.500

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