It’s that time again… before the official roster comes out, everyone likes to have a place to go to look at the confirmed selections for the World Championships. We are tying this list in with our “Meet the Team Selection” series which will introduce you to the selections in the weeks running up to the World Championships in Antwerp, so click on the links below. Remember, this is not a team competition.
So far confirmed we have:
WAG
- BEL: Gaelle Mys, Laura Waem, Lisa Verschueren
- BRA: Daniele Hypolito, Jade Barbosa, Letícia Costa
- CAN: Victoria Moors, Ellie Black, Kaitlyn Hofland, Maegan Chant
- CHN: Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Zeng Siqi, Huang Huidan
- FIN: Annika Urvikko, Rosanna Ojala
- FRA: Mira Boumejmajen & Valentine Sabatou
- HUN: Noemi Makra, Dorina Boczogo
- IRL: Nicole Mawhinney, India McPeak, Emma Lunn
- ISR: Ofir Netzer, Shaked Malec
- JAM: Ayana Lee
- JPN: Asuka Teramoto, Natsumi Sasada, Mai Murakami, Yu Minobe
- KOR: SUNG Ji Hye, KIM Ju Ran, PARK Ji Soo (no 4th member)
- NED: Chantysha Netteb, Wyomi Masela, Sanne Wevers, Noel Van Klaveren
- PR: Paula Meijas & Nicole Vasquez
- ROU: Diana Bulimar, Larisa Iordache, Sandra Izbasa
- RUS: Aliya Mustafina, Tatiana Nabieva, Maria Paseka, Viktoria Komova or Anna Rodionova
- SIN: Lim Heem Wei, Nicolette Lim Shu-Min
- SLO: Teja Belak
- SUI: Giulia Steingruber, Ilaria Kaslin, Nadia Mulhauser
- TRI: Marisa Dick
- UKR: Olena Vasylieva, Krystina Sankova, Angelina Kysla, Olessa Sazonova
- RSA: Claudia Cummins, Kirsten Beckett, Nicole Szabo
MAG
- AUS: Luke Wiwatowski, Naoya Tsukahara, Prashanth Sellathurai
- BEL:Jimmy Verbaeys, Daan Kenis, Donna Donny Truyens, Dennis Goossens, Thomas Neuteleers, Kristof Schroe
- BRA: Arthur Zanetti, Diego Hypolito, Sergio Sasaki, Arthur Nory, Pericles Silva, Francisco Barreto
- CAN: Kevin Lytwyn, Ken Ikeda, Anderson Loran,Scott Morgan
- FRA: Samir Aït-Saïd, Axel Augis, Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues, Cyril Tommasone, Hamilton Sabot, Arnaud Willig
- IRL: Luke Carson, Andrew Smith, Chris O’Connor
- ISR: Alexander Shatilov, Felix Aronovich, Snir Shoshana, Andrey Medvedev
- JPN: Kohei Uchimura, Ryohei Kato, Shirai Kenzo, Kazuhito Tanaka, Koji Yamamuro, Kohei Kameyama.
- KOR: YANG Hak Seon, PARK Min Soo, BAE Ga Ram, KIM Ji Hoon, KIM Hee Hoon, WANG Won Yeong
- MEX: Javier Balbao, Javier Cervantes, Mario Valdés, Santos Martinez and Daniel Corral (1 spot still to be named)
- NED: Bart Deurloo, Casimir Schmidt, Jeffrey Wammes, Epke Zonderland, Glenn Smink, Yuri van Gelder
- RUS: Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, Nikolay Kuksenkov, Mattvei Petrov
- SLO: Mitjo Petkovška, Saša Bertonclja, Roka Klavoro, Alena Dimica
- SUI: Claudio Capelli, Pablo Bragger, Oliver Hegi, Christian Baumann, Michael Meier
- USA: Sam Mikulak, Jake Dalton, Steve Legendre, Alex Naddour, Brandon Wynn, John Orozco.
- RSA: Michael Makings, Tiaan Grobler, Siphesihle Biyase
Should you know any confirmed teams (not speculation) please leave a comment below and if possible a link to the source of information. Should you like to write any article for our series, please do get in touch , new writers are always welcome.
Australia MAG (confirmed) – Luke Wiwatowski, Naoya Tsukahara, Prashanth Sellathurai.
Congratulations to the following gymnasts who have been selected to represent Australia at the 2013 World Championships.
Prashanth Sellathurai NSW/NSWIS
Naoya Tsukahara QLD / QHPC
Luke Wiwatowski VIC / VHPC
Worth a note is Naoya Tsukahara who was a World Champs all-around medalist for Japan in 1999 (14 years ago!)
RUS MAG : Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, Nikolay Kuksenkov (2 spot still to be named)
http://www.itar-tass.com/c20/849351.html
South Korea (KOR) official
MAG : YANG Hak Seon, PARK Min Soo, BAE Ga Ram, KIM Ji Hoon, KIM Hee Hoon, WANG Won Yeong
WAG : SUNG Ji Hye, KIM Ju Ran, PARK Ji Soo (no 4th member)
MAG CHN – Zhang Hongtao, Zhou Shixiong, Lin Chaopan, You Hao, Liu Yang, Zhang Zhongbo
ISR – MAG –
Alexander Shatilov
Felix Aronovich
Snir Shoshana
Andrey Medvedev
ISR – WAG –
Ofir Netzer
Shaked Malec
BRAZIL
MAG
Diego Hypólito
Sérgio Sasaki
Arthur Zanetti
Arthur Nory
Péricles Silva
Francisco Barreto
WAG
Daniele Hypólito
Jade Barbosa
Letícia Costa
BRAZIL
MAG
Diego Hypólito
Sérgio Sasaki
Arthur Zanetti
Arthur Nory
Péricles Silva
Francisco Barreto
WAG
Daniele Hypólito
Jade Barbosa
Letícia Costa
Thank you Bruno!
Thanks Yarden – can you show me a link where this is confirmed?
Please Russia! put Grishina on this team. cause her elegant and beauty made tha team!
When does the nominative registration come out online?
Ukraine WAG:
Olena Vasylieva
Krystina Sankova
Angelina Kysla
Olessa Sazonova
I have no idea, I know nothing more than you do Yordan.
Thanks James!
Marisa Dick – Trinidad & Tobago
Bobby Kriangkum – Thailand
I know this for a fact as they both train at Capital City Gymnastics Center, Edmonton , AB Canada , and the center has announced it and are having a send off party for them before they head to Antwerp this fall :i
link for Marisa
http://abgym.ab.ca/news/marisa_dick_wins_at_trinidad_tobago_national_championships_moves_on_to/
Thank you Monica, you’re very kind!
I have no link – I was told this info from two insiders – one from the MAG side and another from the WAG side.
Wasn’t Jade Barbosa injured a month and a half ago, something that required surgery????
Great to see her on the roster
No Australian team will be sent!
ROU
Diana Bulimar
Larisa Iordache
Sandra Izbasa
The last Russian gymnast will either be Anna Rodionova or Victoria Komova.
http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=75270
Afan is out with ankle injury. The team so far: Mustafina, Nabieva and Paseka. Last spot will be decided between Komova and Rodionova.
Rosanna Ojala will also be competing for Finland
It’s confirmed that Komova is the 4th gymnast
It’s confirmed that Komova is in the Russian camp
USA: McKayla Simone Biles, Brenna Dowell, Maroney & Kyla Ross,
OOOPS: Simone Biles, Brenna Dowell, McKayla Maroney & Kyla Ross
AUT- Lisa Ecker, Elisa Haemmerle, Jasmin Mader
CZE- Alice Janova, Krystina Palesova
(http://gymnastika.cstv.cz/article/11000.palesova-v-osijeku-na-bradlech-stribrna-sikulova-na-bradlech-celkovou-vitezkou-svetoveho-poharu-2013/)
DEN- Mette Hulgaard, Michelel Lauritsen, Mathilde Kird, Sarah el Dabagh
(http://www.dgf.dk/nyheder/nyheder-vis.asp?Num=1&Menu=630&Nyhed=1417)
ESP- Roxana Popa, Silvia Colussi, Cintia Rodriguez
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POL- Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Paula Plichta
(http://www.pzg.pl/news.php?id=1251)
UZB- Dilnoza Abdusalimova, Oksana Chusovitina, Asal Saparbaeva
(http://www.fgu.uz/news/125.html)
Sweden is only sending Ida Gustafsson
http://www.svt.se/sport/adlerteg-missar-vm-i-gymnastik
Wow Grace, thanks for all of this information! Ill update this when on back from my trip abroad
The official list of competitors is out: http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/13Antwerp/results/files/general/Part_List_WAG.pdf
Notable:
– Anna Rodionova confirmed as the fourth Russian gymnast
– Stefania Stanila will take Diana Bulimar’s spot on the Romanian team
– Surprisingly, no Guatemalan gymnasts (I was expected Ana Sofia Gomez Porras to go)
Thanks Malorie, have been abroad with limited wifi up until now