Artistic World Cup Final Sao Paulo 2006
 What
a year! (V. Minkus)
Day One - Women
BETH TWEDDLE ADDS WORLD CUP TO HER EUROPEAN AND WORLD TROPHIES.
World Bars Champion BETH TWEDDLE scored 16.3 to win the WORLD
CUP. Beth now stands alone in 2006 as Queen of the Bars.
FIG Points and World Ranking
This is a continuous ranking, determined by the addition of
points obtained in selected events from the Olympic Games
to national tournaments. At the end of a two-year period,
the FIG Cup is either lost or won at a Final reserved for
the top 8 gymnasts of each category.
FIG Points can be won at the Olympic Games, World Championships,
large-scale international multisport events (the Asian Games,
for example), the Continental Championships and in top Classics
of the International Gymnastics Circuit (the Glasgow Grand
Prix for example) in each discipline. The FIG plans and promotes
specific events through the two-year cycle.
In 1975 the FIG decided to organise an original competition,
reserved for the current best gymnasts. It was composed of
a single and unique event, bringing together very few gymnasts
in all around competition and in apparatus finals, giving
just the slightest hint of a gala. This competition was titled
the World Cup. This initiative was taken in a particular context,
since the world championships took place at that time only
every 4 years. This schedule was kept until 1990, the year
in which the world championships cycle was modified. In 1997,
the FIG Executive Committee made its international calendar
consistent and took the decision to hold a World Cup Final
(in even years) alternating with the World Championships (in
uneven years).
This 13th Final was organised by the Brazilian Gymnastics
Federation and its President, Vicelia Florenzano, who took
up the torch from Monaco just a few months ago. Sao Paulo,
Brazil, and the Ibirapuera Gymnasium, is known by gymnasts
for its own Grand prix event.
This competition final also closes a very busy year with
an exceedingly high number of competitions. Too high for some
but despite a few withdrawals, the line-up was impressive.
Great Britain was represented at this World Final by Beth
Tweddle on Bars, Imogen Cairns on Vault and Louis Smith on
Pommels.
MEN
Floor was an impressive win by Xiao Qin, China, 16.05, ahead
of the favourite Kyle Shewfelt.
Pommels gave Xiao 16.1 and a second Gold with Kristian Berki
of Hungary splitting the Chinese as Teng Haibin held the Bronze.
Louis Smith finished 5th with 15.775, a great end to a fabulous
year for GBRs Commonwealth and Junior European Champion.
A surprising result in the Rings final gave Venezuelan Regulo
Carmona 16.3. A terrific score but with fairly light opposition.
WOMEN
For GBR, Imogen Cairns finished 7th, 14.037 in a final won
with 15.6 from China’s Cheng Fei.
World Bars Champion BETH TWEDDLE scored 16.3 to win Gold.
Beth now stands alone in 2006 as Queen of the Bars. Li Ya
of China tried hard but 16.225 was as good as a mile behind
for Silver.
Day Two - Women
A SILVER BONUS FOR BETH
At the World Cup Finals in Brasil, BETH TWEDDLE added the
Floor Silver
to her Bars Gold from yesterday. Local lass Daiane Dos Santos
stormed
to the Gold enhancing the rising reputation of Latin America.
The Beam Gold was taken by Li Ya of China with 15.625.
Day Two - Men's
Men’s Vault was won by Romania’s Marian Dragalescu.
The Parallel Bars Gold was taken by Li Xiaopeng of China.
The coveted High Bar Gold went to Greece and Vlasios Maras.
Results
Women's A. Bars
1 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 16.300 - GOLD
2 LI Ya CHN 16.225
3 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 15.150
4 SIKULOVA Jana CZE 15.025
5 KRASNIANSKA Iryna UKR 14.600
6 HYPOLITO Daniele BRA 14.525
7 DOS SANTOS Daiane BRA 13.900
8 EZHOVA Liudmila RUS 9.950
 Imogen
Cairns (V. Minkus)
Vault
1 CHENG Fei CHN 15.600 15.300 15.900
2 SOUZA Lais BRA 15.112 15.150 15.075
3 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena RUS 14.875 15.200 14.550
4 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 14.725 14.725 14.725
5 SHERBATYKH Olga UKR 14.487 14.500 14.475
6 KOMRSKOVA Jana CZE 14.475 14.400 14.550
7 CAIRNS Imogen GBR 14.037
Beam
1 LI Ya CHN 15.625
2 HYPOLITO Daniele BRA 15.350
3 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 15.300
4 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 15.150
5 ZHANG Nan CHN 15.050
5 HOPFNER-HIBBS Elyse CAN 15.050
7 KRASNIANSKA Iryna UKR 14.500
8 EZHOVA Liudmila RUS 14.200
 Beth
- Silver on Floor (V. Minkus)
Floor
1 DOS SANTOS Daiane BRA 15.600
2 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 15.200 - SILVER
3 SOUZA Lais BRA 14.925
4 HYPOLITO Daniele BRA 14.750
5 CHENG Fei CHN 14.625
6 ZAMOLODCHIKOVA Elena RUS 14.525
7 MORENO Patricia ESP 13.750
Men's Floor
1 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 16.050
2 SHEWFELT Kyle CAN 15.650
3 O’NEILL Brandon CAN 15.625
4 UDE Filip CRO 15.500
5 BOGONOSYUK Evgeni UKR 14.750
6 BOUALLEGUE Wajdi TUN 14.425
7 WAMMES Jeffrey NED 13.675
 Louis
Smith (V. Minkus)
Pom
1 XIAO Qin CHN 16.100
2 BERKI Krisztian HUN 16.025
3 TENG Haibin CHN 15.975
4 SELLATHURAI P. AUS 15.800
5 SMITH Louis GBR 15.775
6 KASHIMA Takehiro JPN 15.700
7 SELIGMAN Robert CRO 15.525
8 KRYUKOV Nikolai RUS 15.225
Rings
1 CARMONA Regulo VEN 16.300
2 VOROBYOV Olexander UKR 16.250
3 ANGIOLETTI Matteo ITA 16.000
4 MORANDI Matteo ITA 15.975
5 COPPOLINO Andrea ITA 15.900
6 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.825
7 TORKKEL Olli FIN 14.825
Vault
1 DRAGULESCU Marian ROM 16.562 16.825 16.300
2 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton RUS 16.362 16.525 16.200
3 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 16.250 16.200 16.300
4 FAHRIG Matthias GER 16.187 16.225 16.150
5 SAPRONENKO Evgeni LAT 16.012 16.300 15.725
6 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 15.987 16.125 15.850
7 O’NEILL Brandon CAN 15.975 16.325 15.625
8 YERIMBETOV Yernar KAZ 15.900
P Bars
1 LI Xiaopeng CHN 16.450
2 HUANG Xu CHN 16.350
3 GONCHAROV Valeriy UKR 16.125
4 CUCHERAT Yann FRA 16.100
5 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.000
6 YERIMBETOV Yernar KAZ 14.625
7 ARBALLO Manuel ESP 14.600
High Bar
1 118 MARAS Vlasios GRE 16.050
2 101 RIZZO Philippe AUS 15.875
3 132 PEGAN Aljaz SLO 15.775
4 133 SCHAERER Christoph SUI 15.575
5 116 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 15.225
5 126 YERIMBETOV Yernar KAZ 15.225
7 121 CASSINA Igor ITA 14.775
8 114 CUCHERAT Yann FRA 14.500
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