27. März 2003  
Thessaloniki/Greece  
Artistic Gymnastics

Comeback: Ioannis Melissanidis starts again after a break of 18 Month

The Greece superstar and Olympic floor champion of Atlanta 1996, Ioannis Melissanidis will start at the 4th World Cup of the 2003 circuit in his hometown Thessaloniki/Greece coming weekend to the first time after a break of 1 1/2 year. He plans to compete on vaulting table and on high bar. The competition hall named 'Ioannis Melissanidis Hall', but never before he took part in this stadium himself.
Coming weekend (finals on Saturday/Sunday/) the Greece host tests again the Olympic podium like one year before at the European Champs in Patras...
PARTICIPANTS, WOMEN:
Belarus
Oksana Novikova, Tatiana Zharganova
Belgium
Aagje Van Walleghem
Brazil
Camila Comin, Caroline Molinari
Bulgaria
Gergana Ivanova, Viktoria Karpenko, Nikolina Tankusheva
China
Kang Xin, Zhang Nan
Cyprus
Elpida Michael
Greece
Dimitra Kastritsi, Vasiliki Millousi, Sophia Tsegkeli
Exhibition competitors: Maria Apostolidi, Stefani Bisbikou, Maria Mastroggiannopoulou, Marina Papadopoulou, Viktoria Tsakalidou, Kostas Barbakis,
Finland
Annukka Almenoksa, Jaana Palmu
France
Nelly Ramassamy
Germany
Katja Abel, Daria Bijak, Lisa Brüggemann
Italy
Monica Bergamelli, Ilaria Colombo, Maria Teresa Gargano
Netherlands
Suzanne Harmes, Verona van de Leur
Poland
Joanna Skibko, Joanna Skowronska, Malgorzata Skowronska
Romania
Oana Ban, Floarea Leonida, Monica Rosu
Russia
Svetlana Khorkina, Yelena Zamolodchikova, Natalia Ziganshina
Ukraine
Alina Kozich, Irina Krasnyanskaya, Alyona Kvasha
Uzbekistan
Oksana Chusovitina

(38 gymnasts / 17 countries)