International GYMNAST Magazine Online: Olympic Candidates Set for Beijing Test Event

Olympic Candidates Set for Beijing Test Event
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IG Online on Sunday, November 18, 2007
 
Many of the leading contenders for next summer's Olympics are scheduled to
compete at the "Good Luck Beijing" test competition, Nov. 28-Dec. 3 in Beijing.
The artistic gymnastics competition will feature men's team, women's
all-around, and men's and women's individual event finals.
The Chinese roster includes four of the host country's best females  Cheng Fei
(pictured), Jiang Yuyuan, Pang Panpan and Zhou Zhuoru  but its big stars in
men's gymnastics are absent. None of the six male gymnasts entered were members
of China's gold medal-winning team at the 2007 World Championships in September.
Qualification rounds will take place on Nov. 28, followed by the men's team
final and women's all-around final on Nov.29.
The event finals will be divided among three days, as they will be in the 2008
Olympics: men's floor exercise and pommel horse and women's floor exercise and
vault on Dec. 1; men's rings and vault and women's uneven bars on Dec. 2; and
men's parallel bars and high bar and women's balance beam on Dec. 3.
The "Good Luck Beijing" competition is among a series of sports competitions
being conducted by BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee), to test the logistics,
facilities and state of preparedness for next summer's Olympic Games.
The current roster of "Good Luck Beijing" competitors includes:
Women
Australia
Dasha Joura
Lauren Mitchell
Belarus
Anastasia Marachkovskaya
Canada
Kristina Vaculik
China
Cheng Fei
Jiang Yuyuan
Pang Panpan
Zhou Zhuoru
Czech Republic
Jana Sikulova
France
Laetitia Dugain
Cassy Vericel
Great Britain
Hannah Clowes
Marissa King
Germany
Anja Brinker
Marie-Sophie Hindermann
Greece
Stefani Bisbikou
Italy
Francesca Benolli
Federica Macri
Japan
Keiki Mukumoto
Miki Uemura
The Netherlands
Verona van de Leur
North Korea
Hong Su Jong
Romania
Gabriela Dragoi
Alina Stanculescu
Russia
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Daria Yelizarova
Switzerland
Ariella K&aauml;slin
Ukraine
Olga Scherbatykh
Daria Zgoba
United States
Chellsie Memmel
Bridget Sloan
Men
Belarus
Dmitry Kasperovich
Igor Kozlov
Denis Savenkov
Dmitry Savitsky
Alexander Tsarevich
Vladimir Yermakov
Canada
Grant Golding
Nathan Gafuik
Jayd Lukenchuk
Brandon O'Neill
Alexander Rayment
Hugh Smith
China
Feng Zhe
Guo Mingsheng
Lu Bin
Lu Bo
Liang Mingsheng
Yan Mingyong
France
Pierre-Yves Beny
Gael Da Silva
Danny Rodrigues
Hamilton Sabot
Raphael Wignanitz
Arnaud Willig
Germany
Philipp Boy
Fabian Hambüchen
Robert Juckel
Marcel Nguyen
Eugen Spiridonov
Robert Weber
Great Britain
Ross Brewer
Greece
Vlasios Maras
Italy
Enzo Bernardoni
Paolo Ottavi
Japan
Yosuke Hoshi
Kenya Kobayashi
Makoto Okiguchi
Kazuhito Tanaka
Kohei Uchimura
Kazuya Ueda
Korea
Kim Dae Eun
Kim Ji Hoon
Kim Soo Myun
Yang Tae Seok
Yang Tae Young
Yoo Won Chul
Puerto Rico
Luis Vargas
Romania
Alin Jivan
Flavius Koczi
Cosmin Malita
Ilie Popescu
Dorin Selariu
Robert Stanescu
Russia
Dmitry Barkalov
Dmitry Gogotov
Sergei Khorokhordin
Kostantin Pluzhnikov
Anatoly Vasilyev
Yevgeny Vasilyev
Spain
Christian Bazan
Isaac Botella
Jose Fernandez
Arkaitz Garcia
Christian Guillem
Sergio Munoz
Switzerland
Claudio Capelli
Ukraine
Vadim Kuvakin
United States
David Durante
Sean Golden
Sho Nakamori
David Sender
Clay Strother
Todd Thornton
IG will be on hand in Beijing for the "Good Luck Beijing" competition, so look
for updates on IG Online and in IG Magazine.
External Link: Good Luck Beijing Gymnastics Tournament