CHIMGYM posted the competitors list for the Moscow Stars World Cup May 29-30th.
Brazil and Vietnam are the only countries outside Europe bringing gymnasts to Moscow … in the Women’s competition.
The Couch Gymnast commentary:
… The line up is not too bad,but not exactly as enthralling as a Russian competition line up might have been twenty years ago. …
The Men’s line up is much more competitive, as usual. The Americans are not afeared of competing in Russia:
Guillermo Alvarez (FX, PH)
Raj Bhavsar (SR, PB)
Christopher Brooks (FX, VT, HB)
David Sender (SR, VT)
Alvarez – Minnesota Gymnastics Training Center
====
On the bright side, provisional registrations are good for the 2009 London’s Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.
… the FIG now counts a total of 520 gymnasts (315 men, 205 women) from 72 national federations.
For a post-Olympic year these are high numbers statistically and rival events such as Tianjin 1999, Anaheim 2003 with 73 countries and Aarhus 2006 with 70. Stuttgart 2007 still holds the record with 84 participating federations. …
Perhaps the new code is not killing Women’s Artistic Gymnastics worldwide. Over 200 women is a healthy number.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 