30. April 2005  
Ghent / Belgium  
Artistic Gymnastics

Qualification Day at the World Cup in Gent

Site of the
2001 World Championships

TODAY: Qualifications in Ghent....
The Flemish city of Ghent hosts its 2nd World Cup tournament, starting with the qualification round on Saturday, following by the complete men's and women's finals on Sunday.
The 1st Ghent World Cup was held last year, and editions for 2006 and 2007 have already been confirmed.
Ghent was also host of the 2001 World Championships, the champs with the 'Pegases premiere'....
and today are held the qualification rounds...:

Opening Cermony for guests from 34 nations

2nd WORLD CUP GHENT 2005
- Topsporthal Vlaanderen, April 30 -

Qualification Results

>> Men's category:
Floor exercises // Pommel horse // Still Rings // Vault // P. Bars // High Bar //
>> MEN's Starting Order for the Sunday's finals.

>> Women's category:
Vaulting table // Uneven Bars // Balance Beam // Floor Exc.
>> WOMEN's Starting Order for the Sunday's finals.

Venue: Topsporthah Vlaanderen

P R E V I E W
Strong Rosters...
39 women and 78 men from all together 34 nations are scheduled to compete in this weekend's competition, among of them some well known top stars of the last Olympic cycle, like Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev, Romania's Marian Dragulescu, Slovenians Aljaz Pegan and Mitja Petkovsek, and the young specialist on rings, Netherlands' Yuri van Gelder.

>> MEN's Participant List
The women's roster includes for instance, from Romania Alexandra Eremia, Catalina Ponor, Monica Rosu, and Daniela Sofronie - members of the Olympic gold medal-winning team (Athens). China's Zhang Nan and Cheng Fei, Great Britain's Beth Tweddle, the USA's Alicia Sacramone and Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina will also fight for world cup points. Russians will be missing in Ghent, because they rebuilt there structures this year...

>> WOMEN's Participant List
Remembering...:
... the last world cups of the season:
>> World Cup: 2nd Siegfried Fischer Trophy 2005

>> World Cup 29th Tournament of Masters, Cottbus 2005

>> World Cup: American Cup 2005

Remembering last year...:
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