The Stuttgart World Cup kicks off on Saturday. At this event, Philipp Boy is expected to make an announcement regarding his gymnastics future, he may retire. Following a nasty fall on high bar at last years Stuttgart World Cup he has been struggling to regain his confidence. That, combined with injuries throughout 2012 may indicate retirement.
This years competition is rather exciting with the addition of a team competition. A maximum number of 4 gymnasts per country can compete per team with 16 being the minimum age. It’s 3 up and 2 scores count so there is little room for error. There will only be one vault per gymnast.
Team Competition Schedule:
- November 30th: Team Qualification MAG & WAG
- December 1st: Team Finals MAG
- December 2nd: Team Finals WAG
The prize money on offer for both teams is:
- 1st: €3,000
- 2nd: €2,000
- 3rd: €1,500
- 4th: €1,000
The second and most exciting competition will be the World Cup event which will run as normal, taking place in the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. This is a single All Around competition, meaning that there will be no qualification round. Participation is limited to 8 gymnasts in MAG and WAG and 1 Wild Card. A 2 per country rule applies.
All Around Schedule:
- December 1st: AA WAG
- December 2nd: AA MAG
Both prize money and World Cup points are on offer, although the Wild Card cannot take World Cup points.
Prize money:
- 1st: €15,000
- 2nd: €12,000
- 3rd: €8,000
- 4th: €5,000
- 5th: €4,000
- 6th: €3,000
- 7th: €2,000
- 8th: €1,000
In terms of World Cup Points, the following will be awarded:
- 1st: 50
- 2nd: 45
- 3rd: 40
- 4th: 35
- 5th: 30
- 6th: 25
- 7th: 20
- 8th: 15
Current World Cup Standings:
Particpants
AA Competition:
MAG:
- David Belavskiy (RUS)
- Daniel Purvis (GBR)
- Marcel Nguyen (GER)
- Kristian Thomas (GBR)
- Danell Leyva (USA)
- Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN)
- Fabian Gonzalez (ESP)
** Switzerland’s Claudio Capelli who was replacement for Sergio Sasaki Junior withdrew to injury, yesterday, November 29th.
WAG
- Niamh Rippin (GBR)
- Kim Bui (GER)
- Elizabeth Price (USA)
- Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)
- Elisabeth Seitz (GER)
- Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
- Rebecca Tunney (GBR)
- Kristina Goryunova (RUS)
Participants Team Competition:
Austria (WAG)
- Lisa Ecker
- Katharina Fa
- Elisa Hammerle
- Tina Meixner
Brasil (MAG)
- Arthur Zanetti
- Arthur Mariano
- Felipe Ferreira
- Francisco Barreto
Canada (MAG)
- Damien Cachia
- Matthew Halickman
- Joshua Stewart
- Robert Watson
- Scott Morgan
- Anderson Loran
Canada (WAG) – will compete with a German Mixed Team
- Jessica Dowling
Great Britain (MAG)
- Daniel Keatings
- Sam Oldham
- Theo Seager
- Frank Baines
Germany (WAG)
- Janine Berger
- Lisa Hill
- Oksana Chusovitina
- Isabelle Marquard
Germany (WAG)
- Marie Sophie Hinderman
- Nadine Jarosch
- Anja Rheinbay
- Pia Tolle
Mixed Team
- Jessica Dowling (CAN)
- Annabell Holzer
- Lara Wondrak
- Christina Kuhn
Germany (MAG)
- Philipp Herder
- Christopher Jursch
- Andreas Toba
- Daniel Weinert
Mixed Team (MAG)
- Christian Auer
- Alexander Auer
- Helge Liebrich
- Shakir Shikhaliev (AZE)
Japan (MAG)
- Yusuke Saito
- Kenya Kobayashi
- Kohei Kameyaya
- Koji Uematsu
Japan (WAG)
- Mai Murakami
- Sakura Noda
- Wakana Inoue
- Wakiko Ryu
Netherlands (MAG)
- Glenn Smink
- Anthony Van Assche
- Jorian Ilbrink
- Bart Deurloo
Puerto Rico (MAG)
- Rafael Morales Casado
- Luis Rivera
- Angel Ramos Rivera
- Nestor Rodriguez Colon
Russia (WAG)
- Aliya Mustafina
- Yulia Inshina
- Anna Radionova
- Kristina Goryunova
Russia (MAG)
- Nikita Ignatyev
- Denis Ablyazin
- Andrey Cherkasov
Switzerland (MAG)
- Nils Haller
- Kevin Rossi
- Oliver Hegi
- Simon Nutzi
Switzerland (WAG)
- Sara Metzger
- Nadia Baeriswyl
- Jessica Diacci
- Caterina Barlaggio
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