The best coverage I read on Women’s Gymnastics at the Gymnastics World Cup was on GYMmedia. They note that the level was reduced due to lack of participation of many countries including Russia, Rumania, Ukraine, the United States, France and Italy.
There were a lot of falls for the girls. Seems the new code counting only 8 skills has not yet stabilized routines at the international level.
Kim Bui of Germany performs on floor to place second during the World Cup Gymnastics challenge “Turnier der Meister” in Cottbus, Germany, Sunday, March 22, 2009.
(AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel) – ESPN
GYMmedia also has detailed coverage of the Men’s World Cup Finals.
Local star Fabian Hambüchen from Germany started impressively with layout Kovacs, Kolman, Tkatchev and Makelov. But had a scary fall on a pirouetting skill landing off the mat. Sounds like he’s OK.
The new GymNiceTic blog has a summary of Day 2 Finals with links. And Day 1 Finals with links.
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