On Saturday, May 3rd in Rouen, France (5 p.m., local time) will held a traditional friendly meet of men's artistic gymnastics teams:
Host FRANCE welcomes the top trio with the European Champion of 2012,
GREAT BRITAIN, the 6th of 2012 Olympic Games,
GERMANY and the ambitious young SWISS Team.
Team Germany is led by the Olympic silver medallist Marcel Nguyen, but without Fabian Hambuechen, who is suffering a shoulder injury yet ....
* GREAT BRITAIN
(3rd Olymp. Games London 2012; 10th WCh 2011 Tokyo; 1st. ECh 2012 Montpellier)
Frank Baines; Daniel Keatings;
Sam Oldham; Daniel Purvis;
Ashley Watson; Max Whitlock
* GERMANY
(- 6th. Olymp. Games; 6th. WCh 2011; 6th. ECh 2012)
Marcel Nguyen (MTV Stuttgart); Matthias Fahrig (SV Halle);
Andreas Bretschneider (KTV Chemnitz); Waldemar Eichorn (TV Germania Dillingen),
Sebastian Krimmer (MTV Stuttgart) und Andreas Toba (TK Hannover);
(Fabian Hambüchen kuriert momentan eine "Schulterproblematik" aus ...)
* FRANCE
(8th. Olymp. Games 2012; 9th WCh Tokio 2011; 8th ECh Montpellier 2012)
Arnaud Willig (Sotteville): Hamilton Sabot (Antibes);
Samir Ait Said (Antibes); Cyril Tommasone (Lyon); Kévin Antoniotti (Antibes);
Jim Zona (Clamart); Danny Rodrigues (Sotteville - Hors Concours)
* SWITZERLAND
( ... 7th ECh 2012 in Montpellier ...)
Claudio Capelli (28), Biel BE, BTV Bern;
Oliver Hegi (21), Schafisheim AG, STV Lenzburg;
Pablo Brägger (22), Oberbüren SG, STV Oberbüren;
Michael Meier (22), Obfelden ZH, STV Merenschwand und mit
Eddy Yusof (20), Bülach ZH, TV Bülach sowie mit
Simon Nuetzi