18. May 2003  
Flensburg/Germany  
Wheel Gymnastics

CHALLENGE 2003 - Last Test before the World Champs

Strong Japaneses in Flensburg

„Challenge 2003“
International Meeting on 25th May before World Championship in Lillehammer.

On the way to the 5th World Championsships in Lillehammer a lot of the participants will make a stop in Flensburg /Germany for an international meeting on May, 25th, in the venue Foerderhalle, among of them a strong tem from Japan....

Motoya Satoshi, JPN

International Premiere for the USA
The teams from Israel, Japan and some gymnasts from Austria, France, USA, Norway and a lot of German participants will take the chance and challenge for a last competition before the Word-Championships.
The gymnasts from USA will perform in a international competition for their first time.
Japan will take part with 11, Israel with 10 gymnasts.
The participants will perform in four possible disciplins:
- straight-line, straight-line with music, spiral and vault.
There will be no classes for youth or seniors, male or female. So the gymnasts are in comparison with the others directly.
Seperated from the official evaluation of the exercises a jury –composed of public persons from Flensburg– will find out the favorite gymnasts of the spectators in Flensburg.
(S.Leisner/IRV)
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