Tokyo Cup 2011: Fourth and last A-World Cup 2011

Mykola Kuksenkov (UKR) &
Huang, Qiushuan (CHN)
leading in WC Ranking

The ultimate event of the 2011 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series will take place in Tokyo (JPN) on November 26 – 27, with women competing on Saturday and men on Sunday- the 2011 TOKYO CUP. Hosted in the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena the competition will not only crown the winners of the event, it will determine the All-around winners of this year’s World Cup series.
* On men's side a top roster of athletes will fight for points, specially the recurrence of the medal fight of the last Worlds in Tokyo between champion Kohei UCHIMURA vs Vice Philipp BOY (GER).
* On women's side only two gymnasts from the worlds all-around finals of the last two years will participate at this event...!

** SCHEDULE (local Time)
Saturday, Nov 26: Women's competition
14:00 - 14:20 Opening Ceremony
14:20 - 16:21 Competition
16:24 - 16:39 Award Ceremony

* Sunday, Nov 27: Men's competition
11:00 - 13:58 Competition
14:00 - 14:16 Award Ceremony

** Male PARTICIPANTS (Tokyo)
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* M E N: WCh AA ranking: (Rotterdam '10 / Tokyo '11)
- UCHIMURA, Kohei (JPN)       ( 1. / 1. )
- BOY, Philipp (GER)                 ( 2. / 2. )
- PURVIS, Daniel (GBR)            ( 5. / 4.)
- KUKSENKOV, Mykola (UKR) ( 4. / 7.)
- TOMMASONE, Cyril (FRA)       (13. / 9.)
- MARTINEZ, Rafael (ESP)       ( - . / 10)
- THOMAS, Kristian (GBR)        (17./48)
- NOMOMURA, Shogo (JPN)     ( -. / -.)

** A-WORLD CUP RANKING ( before Tokyo)
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1 UKR KUKSENKOV M. 45 - 35 - 35 =115
2 GBR PURVIS D.            15 - 50 - 40 =105
3 GER BOY P.                      25 - 45 -15 =85
4 USA HORTON J.                50 - 20 - 0 =70
5 ESP MARTINEZ R.             0 - 40 - 25 =65
6 FRA TOMMASONE C.        30 - 25 - 0 =55
6 GBR HUNTER S.             20 - 15 - 20 =55
8 JPN NONOMURA S.            0 - 0 - 50 =50

9 GER NGUYEN M.                 0 - 0 - 45 =45
10 USA DALTON J.                  40 - 0 - 0 =40
11 JPN UEMATSU K.               35 - 0 - 0 =35
12 RUS GARIBOV E.                0 - 0 - 30 =30
12 ISR SHATILOV A.                 0 - 30 - 0 =30

** Female PARTICIPANTS (Tokyo)
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* W O M E N: WCh AA ranking: (Rotterdam '10 / Tokyo '11)

HUANG Qiushuang (CHN) ( 4. / 5. )

Nadine JAROSCH (GER) ( - / 10.)

Kim BUI (GER) ( -. / 41.)

Elizabeth BEDDOE (GBR) ( -. / -.)

Georgia-Rose BROWN) (GBR) ( -. / -.)

Yu MINOBE (JPN) ( -. / 23.)

Mary-Anne MONCKTON (AUS) ( -. / 168.)

** A-WORLD CUP RANKING ( before Tokyo)
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1 CHN HUANG Q.              35 - 0 - 50 =85
2 VEN LOPEZ J.                 20 - 45 - 0 =65
3 AUS MITCHELL L.          25 - 0 - 35 =60
4 SUI STEINGRUBER G. 0 - 25 - 30 =55
5 USA WIEBER J.                 50 - 0 - 0 =50
5 ROU RACEA E. A.            0 - 50 - 0 =50
7 RUS MUSTAFINA A.        45 - 0 - 0 =45
7 GBR WHELAN H.           15 - 30 - 0 =45
7 GER BUI K.                        0 - 0 - 45 =45
10 USA RAISMAN A.           40 - 0 - 0 =40
10 ROU HAIDU R. O.          0 - 40 - 0 =40
10 RUS INSHINA Y.           0 - 0 - 40 =40
13 GER SEITZ E.                 0 - 35 - 0 =35
14 SUI KAESLIN A.             30 - 0 - 0 =30
15 NED RIJKEN M.             0 - 0 - 25 =25
16 GER JAROSCH N.         0 - 0 - 20 =20
16 GRE MILLOUSI V.          0 - 20 - 0 =20
18 AUS LITTLE E.               0 - 0 - 15 =15
18 GBR PINCHES J.           0 - 15 - 0 =15

<< Ryogoku Kokugikan is an old and traditional sumo arena
that was originally built in 1909.

The current building, which serves as a multifunctional facility, was completed in 1985, and three of the six annual sumo tournaments in Japan are held here.
On the first floor of Ryogoku Kokugikan is a sumo museum.