03. August 2004  
Ancona / Italy  
Artistic Gymnastics

Last Olympic Test: Italy beats Spain

At the last weekend of July the Italien men's Olympic team won its friendly meet against Spain with 223,500 : 219,75 points.
All-around European vice champion Rafael Martinez was the predominant in all-around with a score of 55,850 Punkten, in front of Igor Cassina (ITA; 54,500) and Allejandro Barrenechea (ESP; 54,35).
The Olympic Champion on rings of Atlanta 1996, the 34 years old Juri Chechi started on three apparatuses (9,725 on rings!) and the also in the Spainish team after his doping suspension was the Olympic vault champion (Sydney 2000) Gervasio Deferr, who scored top on floor (9,600)...
>> Meet results: ITALY - SPAIN