July 21, 2009

Photo Gallery of Men's & Women's Individual All-Around

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July 19, 2009

Uchimura and Huang win all-around title at Japan Cup

>>RESULT for WOMEN
>>RESULT for MEN

>>REPORT for WOMEN
>>REPORT for MEN

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July 18, 2009

Japan and China win first Japan Cup

>>RESULT for WOMEN
>>RESULT for MEN

>>REPORT for WOMEN
>>REPORT for MEN

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July 18, 2009

Start Order for team all-around

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>>MEN

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Competition Outline

The Japan Gymnastic Association will host the first Japan Cup in July 2009. The Japan Cup, which is the first international meet in the Tokyo area since 1993 and an FIG-approved event, will feature gymnasts from the top countries in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The gymnasts will compete for both team and individual all-around championships. The team all-around will be decided for the first time in the world by the "5-3-3" format (Competition IV). This system will also be applied at the 2012 London Olympics. We will be able to see and enjoy how each country uses that new system and what their strategy will be. The individual all-around will provide a high level of entertainment from the top gymnasts of each country.

Kohei Uchimura, the silver medalist in the all-around at the 2008 Olympics, will lead the Japanese men's team. Koki Sakamoto will assist Uchimura as another 2008 Olympian. Eichi Sekiguchi, who competed in the 2005 and 2006 world championships, is the most experienced mens' gymnast. Kazuhito Tanaka qualified second after Uchimura for this meet. Koji Yamamuro is a teammate of Uchimura in Nippon Sports Science University and is the same age.

The Japanese women's team will be almost the very same as the 2008 Olympic team. Koko Tsurumi will be the leader after winning both the 2009 national championships and the NHK Cup. Yuko Shintake, Miki Uemura, Kyoko Oshima and Yu Minobe will challenge Russia, China and Australia for the Japan Cup medal.