Preview: WORLD CUP FINAL 2006

WORLD CUP FINAL 2005/06

The final act of the 2005 - 2006 World Cup Circuit will held December 16 - 17 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at the 'Ibirapuera Gymnasium', known by gymnasts for having hosted the qualifying events.
The competition also wraps up a very busy year with an exceedingly high number of competitions. Too high for some, who renounced in light of their inability to meet the demands of an event of this level.
Despite a few withdrawals, the F.I.G. wrote in its preview, the line-up is impressive, making this event the finale for the FIG's star discipline....

The Venue of the 2006 World Cup Final: The 'Ibirapuera Gymnasium' in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Title holder on floor and local hero:
Diego HYPOLITO (BRA)

STARTING ORDER, MEN
(... ) - the F.I.G. Ranking position
(TH) - Titleholder, Birmingham 2004
(OC, WC, EC) - Olympic, World, European Champion)

FLOOR EXERCISES
Diego Hypolito (BRA) - (2; TH; WC 05)
Jeffrey Wammes (NED) - (7)
Brandon O'Neill (CAN) - (3)
Wajdi Bouallegue (TUN) - (8)
Anton Golotsutskov (RUS) - (11; EC)
Ievgeni Bogonosyuk (UKR) - (12)
Kyle Shewfelt (CAN) - (6; OC)
Filip Ude (CRO) - (10)

POMMELHORSE
Louis Smith (GBR) - (12)
Krisztian Berki (HUN) - (1)
Teng, Haibin (CHN) - (6; WC 03; OC)
Nikolai Kryukov (RUS) - (3)
Xiao, Qin (CHN) - (2; TH; WM 03, 06)
Robert Seligman (CRO - (4)
Takehiro Kashima (JPN) - (5)
Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) - (8)

STILL RINGS
Matteo Morandi (ITA) - (8)
Regulo Carmona (VEN) - (5)
Alexander Vorobyov (UKR) - (15)
Alexander Safoshkin (RUS) - (2; EC)
Olli Torkkel (FIN) - (11)
Andrea Coppolino (ITA) - (7)
Matteo Angioletti (ITA) - (14)
Hiroyuki Tomita (JPN) - (9)

VAULT
Brandon O'Neill (CAN) - (15)
Marian Dragulescu (ROM) - (1; WC 03, 06; EC)
Anton Golotsutskov (RUS) - (9)
Fabian Hambuechen (GER) - (12)
Evgeni Sapronenko (LAT) - (3)
Diego Hypolito (BRA) - (6)
Matthias Fahrig (GER) - (14)

Current World Champion
on high bar and
third placed on FIG ranking list:
Philippe RIZZO (AUS)

High bar is the only one apparatus
with all the eight leading gymnasts!

PARALLEL BARS
Yernar Yerimbetov (KAZ) - (10)
Yann Cucherat (FRA) - (3)
Manuel Carballo (ESP) - (9)
Li, Xiaopeng (CHN) - (2; WC 03)
Valeri Goncharov (UKR) - (6)
Huang, Xu (CHN) - (5)
Hiroyuki Tomita (JPN) - (4)
Vassileos Tsolakidis (GRE) - (7)

HIGH BAR
Hambüchen Fabian (GER) - (7)
Aljaz Pegan (SLO) - (1; WC 05)
Vlasos Maras (GRE) (2; WC 01; EC 06)
Philippe Rizzo (AUS) - (3; WC 06)
Yernar Yerimbetov (KAZ) - (8)
Christoph Schaerer (SUI) - (5)
Igor Cassina (ITA) - (4; OC 04)
Yann Cucherat (FRA) - (6)
(E1: V. Goncharov /UKR (9; TH); E2: Epke Zonderland /NED (11)

Cheng, Fei (CHN), current
world champion on vault and floor

STARTING ORDER, WOMEN

VAULT
Anna Pavlova (RUS) - (3)
Lais Souza (BRA) - (7)
Jana Komrskova (CZE) - (6)
Olga Sherbatykh (UKR) - (9)
Cheng, Fei (CHN) - (5; WC 05, 06)
Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) - (2; OG 00)
Imogen Cairns (GBR)

UNEVEN BARS
Li, Ya (CHN)
Jana Sikulova (CZE) - (2)
Elizabeth Tweedle (GBR) - (1; WC 06; EC 06)
Dariya Zgoba (UKR) - (8)
Daniele Hypolito (BRA) - (9)
Iryna Krasnyanska (UKR) - (19)
Liudmila Ezhova (RUS) - (17)

Daiane dos Santos (BRA)
Titleholder on floor and
world champion 2003 (Anaheim; photo)

BALANCE BEAM
Anna Pavlova (RUS) - (2)
Li, Ya (CHN) - (9)
Liudmila Ezhova (RUS) - (10)
Daniele Hypolito (BRA) - (12)
Lenika De Simone (ESP) - (11)
Zhang, Nan (CHN) - (3)
Iryna Krasnyanska (UKR) - (6; WC 06)
Hopfner-Hibbs Elyse (CAN) - (16)

FLOOR EXERCISES
Lais Souza (BRA) - (12)
Elizabeth Tweedle (GBR) - (11)
Patricia Moreno (ESP) - (10)
Zhang, Nan (CHN) - (15)
Daniele Hypolito (BRA)- (9)
Daiane Dos Santos (BRA) - (1; WC 03, TH 04)
Cheng, Fei (CHN) - (3; WC 06)
Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)

GYMmedia Special Statistics
GYMmedia publishes a special list with the most important international competitions in the period from ANAHEIM 2003 to AARHUS 2006 specially all events of the WORLD CUP CIRCUIT 2005 / 2006...

>> All events: From Anaheim to Aarhus, MEN I - // - >> ... MEN II

>> From Anaheim to Aarhus, WOMEN

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