2017 FIG Individual World Cups, All

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42^nd Tournament of Masters, Cottbus (GER)
9^th and last Indiv.  FIG World Cup in the 2017 circuit
 (2017-NOV 23-26) 

 ♦ PREVIEW
Altogether 113 participants representing 28 different nations participate at the 42^nd Tournament of Masters in Cottbus, it means 76 athletes on men's side (25 Nations) and but 37 female gymnasts only from 15 countries. China takes part with 5 young men and 4 girls, also Russia  with a strong delegation of hopefull young gymnasts.
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♦ PARTICIPANTS:
  >> Participants, all;    > Startlists day 1;   > Start lists Day 2

♦ F I N A L S :
* Women's Vault:
- the oldest gymnast, Oksana Chusovitina (42) won the 18th title, participating to the 18th time at these traditional event in Cottbus!
Second was Lilia Akhaimova from Russia, follwed by Tjasa Kysselef from Slovenia.
* Uneven bars:- Local hero Elisabeth Seitz beat the two Chinese Lyu, Jiaqi and Wang,  Senyu
* Balance beam --: The reigning world champion Pauline Schaefer was the fourth competitor on her favorite apparatus, floor. She earned a score of 14.000 points for a near perfect routine including her own element “Schäfersalto”. She was only beaten by Wang Cenyu of China, who earned a score of 14.166 points, narrowly beating the 20yr old from Chemnitz. The bronze medal went to Maria Kharenkova of Russia. The Olympic champion Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands showed off a new dismount, gainer salto with a full twist, for the first time. An unfortunate fall during the landing, however, prevented her from earning a better score, ultimately leaving her in fifth place.
* Floor exercises--: The floor final started with a dynamic routine by Elisabeth Seitz. Small mistakes prevented her from making it into the medal positions, ultimately leaving her in sixth place. The Saxonian based Schäfer showed a solid routine, earning her a score of 13.500 points and her second podium for the weekend. The top two spots in the floor final went to Lilia Akhaimova and Maria Kharenkova of Russia. The slightly older Akhaimova ultimately beat out Kharenkova to gold and the crystal ball trophy.

* Men's Floor exercies:
- Rok Klavora (SLO) wins, followed by Bram Verhofstad (NED) and Kirill Prokopev (RUS)
- Pommel horse: A Chinese victory by Wang Junwen, second Ryuhei Nashimoto (JPN) Tan, Di won the bronze.
- Still rings: Winner is Igor Radivilov (UKR), followed by the two Chinese Lei, Peng and  Lan, Xingyu.
- Vault: Igor Radivilov of Ukraine won silver in Sunday’s vault final, his second medal at the 42nd Turnier der Meister. The only one to beat the Cottbus based Bundesliga competitor was Keisuke Asato of Japan. Third place went to Christopher Remkes of Australia. The 19yr old Felix Remuta ended in fifth place without a chance of earning a medal.
- Parallel bars: The parallel bars Olympic champion Oleg Verniaiev once again showed an excellent and solid routine earning him a score of 15.166 points. The 30yr old Marcel Nguyen however also wanted a shot at winning the final and earning a gold medal. Three double flips between the bars from different positions and a Tsukahara dismount earned him a score of 15.133 points and the bronze medal behind Verniaiev. In the end, it was Tan Di of China, who beat the two arch-rivals to gold with a score of 15.566. This was the second gold medal of the day for China. The second German competitor in the parallel bars final was Ivan Rittschik, who came fifth.
- High bar --: In the last final of the day, the Chemnitz-based Andreas Bretschneider performed confidently and visibly relaxed, earning him his fourth high bar gold medal. Without his signature “Bretschneider” but with a cleanly executed routine and a solid dismount, he won the high bar final at the 42nd Turnier der Meister for the fourth time after 2013, 2014 and 2016. In second place was Marvin Kimble from the United States and in third place Pietro Giachino of Norway. Tan Di of China, the vice-champion at this years Chinese National Championships was the first one to compete in the high bar final with an unconventional routine. A murmur went through the 1550 spectator strong crowd at the Lausitzarena as he performed giants with tucked shoulders. In the end, however, the winner of Friday's qualification was left in fourth place.

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♦  The previous competitions of this circuit 2017:
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2017-SEP 16 / 17
♦♦ 8^th Individual World Cup, Paris-Bercy (France)
With an initial roster of 195 gymnasts from 38 nations, the French International was the final World Cup event prior to the upcoming world championships in Montreal, October 2-8. The competition was held at the refurbished AccorHotels Arena, previously known as the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, which has been proposed to as the basketball venue at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Gymnasts from 10 nations divided the gold medals at the French International, an FIG World Challenge Cup event in Paris. European gymnasts dominated with seven of the titles, while one went to Japan and a surprising two gold medals to gymnasts from Central America ...:

RESULTS:	Qualification rounds (Sep 16)				APPAR. FINALS (Sep 18)
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WOMEN:	>VTw-q	>UB-q	>BB-q	>FXw-q

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2017-MAY 18-21
♦♦ 5^th Individual World Cup, Osijek (Croatia)

RESULTS:	Qualification rounds (May 18-19)				APPAR. FINALS (May 20/21)
MEN:	>FXm-q	>PH-q	>SR-q
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WOMEN:	>VTw-q	>UB-q	>BB-q	>FXw-q
	→				* final update   Tuesday, May 23 !!

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2017-MAR 22-25
♦♦ 3^rd Individual World Cup, DOHA (QATAR)

To the 10^th time the Qatar Gymnastics Federation organized the WORLD CUP of Artistic Gymnastics in the Aspire Dome of the capital Doha.
The Qualification rounds took place from Wednesday to Thursday (March 22 - 23).
The apparatus finals took place from Friday till Saturday (March 24 - 25) ...:

RESULTS:	Qualification rounds (March 22/23)				APPAR. FINALS (March 24/25)
MEN:	>FXm-q	>PH-q	>SR-q
	>VTm-q	>PB-q	>HB-q
WOMEN:	>VTw-q	>UB-q	>BB-q	>FXw-q

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* 2017-FEB 22 - 25:
♦♦  1^st FIG FIG Indiv. World Cup in Melbourne

In 2017 the Australian leg of the FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup Series took place at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena from February 22 to 25. Athletes from nine countries confirmed their attendance, and competed across two days of qualifications (Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 February), with the top eight athletes on each apparatus advancing to the finals on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February.

* Final Results
♦ MEN
► Floor exercises ► Pommel horse      ► Still rings
► V a u l t            ► Parallel bars         ► High Bar
♦ WOMEN
   ► Vault               ► Uneven bars
   ► Balance beam  ► Floor exercises
     ** FULL RESULTS:     >> gymnasticsworldcup.com.au/results