26. May 2007  
Moscow / Russia  
Artistic Gymnastics

Artistic World Cup in Moscow - strong Chineses

Cucherat beats Petkovsek
on parallel bars

Chinese gymnasts on Saturday took two titles at the finals of the artistic gymnastics World Cup in Moscow.
Zhang Hongtao won the men's pommel horse with a score of 16.100 and Yan Mingyong took gold medal in the men's Rings with a score of 16.400.  Chinese girls also performed well and gained medals in the event.
Liao Huifan took the silver medal in women's vault and Zhou Zhuoru, second in uneven bars. But Chinese team failed to gain high scores in other games such as women's floor and beam.
On parallel bars the French Yann Cucherat beats the p.bars' specialist Mitja Petkovsek from Slovenia.
The 31-years old German Oksana Chusovitina won the women's vault decision....

The World Cup event started on Friday at the Olympiiskiy stadium in Moscow. It's the second time for Moscow to host such event, participating gymnasts from 38 countries.
World Cup Artistic Gymnastics 2007
- Moscow, May 25 - 26 -

MEN's RESULTS

* Men's FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Anton Golotsutskov (RUS)– 15,650.
2. Waidi Bualek (ТUN) – 15,400.
3. Alexander Shatalov (ISR) – 15,350
4. Yevgeny Spiridonov GER 15.300
5. Filip Ude CRO 15.250
6. Isaac Botella ESP 15.100
7. Gael da Silva FRA 14.950
8. Enrico Pozzo ITA 14.600

* POMMEL HORSE
1. Zhang, Hongtao (CHN) – 16,100.
2. Daniel Popescu (ROU) – 15,600.
3. Dmitri Vasilyev (RUS)  – 15,350
4. Louis Smith GBR 15.150
5. Nikolai Kryukov RUS 14.800
6. Maxim Petrishko KAZ 13.950
7. Jose Luis Fuentes VEN 13.850
8. Sid Ali Ferdsani ALG 12.650

* STILL RINGS
1. Yan, Mingyong (CHN) – 16,400.
2. Yuri van Gelder (NED) – 16,300
3. Regulo Carmona (VEN) – 16,300
4. Timur Kurbanbayev KAZ
5. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS
6. Alexander Safoshkin RUS
7. Alexander Vorobyov UKR
8. Matteo Angioletti ITA

* VAULT
1. Leszek Blanik (POL) – 16,450
2. Jeffrey Wammes (NED)  – 16,175
3. Anton Golotsutskov (RUS) – 16,100
4. POPESCU Ilie Daniel ROU - 16.100
5. BOTELLA PEREZ Isaac ESP - 16.000
6. SHEK Wai Hung HKG - 15.650
7. UDE Filip CRO - 15.225
8. ALI Al Asi JOR - 7.175 

* PARALLEL BARS
1. Yann Cucherat (FRA) – 16,200
2. Mitja Petkovsek (SLO)  – 16,100
3. Roman Zozulia (UKR) – 15,450
4. VALEYEV Ildar KAZ 15.450
5. KULESZA Roman POL 15.350
6. DA SILVA Gaël FRA 15.200
7. KHOROKHORDIN Sergei RUS 14.700
8. ZONDERLAND Epke NED 14.600

* HIGH BAR
1. Umit Samioglu (TUR) – 15,350
2. Justin Springs (USA)  – 15,300
2. Jeffrey Wammes (NED) – 15,300
4. Roman Kulesza POL 15.250
5. Epke Zonderand NED 15.200
6. Sergei Khorokhodin RUS 15.050
7. Enrico Pozzo ITA 14.650
8. Yann Cucherat FRA 12.950
WOMEN's RESULTS

* VAULT
1. Oksana Chusovitina (GER) – 15,000.
2. Liao Huifan (CHN) – 14,275.
3. Natasha Marashkovskaya (BLR) – 14,050.
4. Anna Grudko (RUS) – 14,000.
4. Anna Grudko RUS 14.00
5. Valeria Maksyuta UKR 13.875
6. Aino Aura FIN 13.400
7. Katja Abel GER 13.250
8. Francesca Benolli ITA 12.975

* UNEVEN BARS
1. Irina Issaeva (RUS) – 15,050.
2. Zhou Zhuoru (CHN) – 14,900.
3. Svetlana Klyukina (RUS) – 14,250
4. Francesca Benolli ITA 14.050
5. Katja Abel GER 13.450
6. Despoina Grigoriadou GRE 13.250
7. Anamaria Tamarjan ROM 13.000
8. Vasiliki Kopoulou GRE 11.650

* BALANCE BEAM
1. Yulia Lozhechko (RUS) – 15,550.
2. Svetlana Klyukina (RUS) – 15,200.
3. Zhang, Nan(CHN) – 15,150
4. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.850
5. Vasiliki Millousi GRE 14.40
6. Zhou Zhuoru CHN 14.30
7. Federica Macri ITA 14.20
8. Anamaria Tamarjan ROM 14.150

* FLOOR EXERCISES
1. Svetlana Klyukina (RUS)  – 14,600
2. Oksana Chusovitina (GER) – 14,250
3. Andreea Grigore (ROU) – 14,100

 

4. LIAO Huifan CHN 14.050
5. TAMARJAN Anamaria ROU 13.550
6. GRUDKO Anna RUS 13.450
7. ABEL Katja GER 12.500
8. MAKSYUTA Valeriya UKR 11.750