Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Aarhus 2006
Danny Lawrence, Great Britain
It went very well. I think the team spirit was great despite injuries in the podium session. Ryan Bradley has done absolutely brilliantly today. We had a great spirit throughout and it carried us right through the competition from each place to each place. We all went through, we all did our job and thinking back to what happened in 2003, I think we are on our way back up again. We showed that there is male gymnastics in Great Britain still.
Philippe Rizzo , Australia
It was the best team result ever. Our goal was to be in the top 24, we have done that, so we reached our goal. We hoped to be in the top 12, but we didn’t have as a goal to be in the top 8, so we are very satisfied with our achievement.”
Andreas Schweizer, Switzerland
Andreas had a bad shoulder injury and hasn’t been in any international competion for the last year. It is the first time for more than a year that I did the all round and it went well, so I’m very happy about that. The team was very strong. It’s the first time we did the job so well, now we dare to hope that we will reach the finals.
David Kikuchi, Canada
It was just amazing, our goal was to reach the top 20 and now maybe we lie in the top 8 – amazing. We didn’t dare to hope for a place in top 8, but everybody did great, and if anybody made a mistake, the whole team help to catch up
Source: FIG – Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
Canada’s men’s gymnastics team is in fifth place and in good position to advance to the team finals at the International Gymnastics Federation world championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
China led the field after the first day of qualifying with 370.45 points, 2.7 points better than Japan. Russia and Romania are third and fourth ahead of Canada.
The top eight teams after two days of qualifying Saturday and Sunday advance to the team finals Tuesday, though the field is stacked with the best national teams executing their routines on Saturday, making Canada’s advancement likely.
The teams from South Korea and the United States, which both performed well at the 2004 Athens Olympics, finished ninth and 10th and were already eliminated.
Men’s Team Results after 9 of 9 subdivisions.
Men’s Individual Results after 9 of 9 subdivisions.
Update:
The Canadian men’s gymnastics team completed their best-ever finish at the world championships by placing sixth in the men’s team final Tuesday in Aarhus, Denmark.
The team, consisting of Calgarians Kyle Shewfelt, Adam Wong and Nathan Gafuik, Ken Ikeda of Abbotsford, B.C., David Kikuchi of Halifax and Brandon O’Neill of Edmonton, finished a surprising fifth after Sunday’s qualifying rounds.
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