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The Canadian team is scheduled to arrive in the Netherlands
on October 9and will prepare for Ghent at Nijmegen based
club De Hazenkamp, home to team members Monique Nuijten,
Renske Endel and Fieke Willems. Canada is the strongest
team on paper, having placed 10th at the 1999 Tianjin World
Championships and 9th in Sydney. However, Kate Richardson
and Crystal Gilmore are the only 2000 Olympians on the world
squad.
15th in Tianjin, the German team failed to qualify a full
team to the Olympics and the National Olympic Committee
refused to send Birgit Schweigert and Dagmar Fehrenschild
to Sydney to fill the individual berths earned despite an
unusual international protest. Schweigert has put her disappointment
behind her to compete strongly this year and her team seems
to be on the way up.
The Czech team is lead by its two Olympians Jana Komrskova
and Katerina Maresova, both of them familiar faces on the
Grand Prix circuit. Komrskova placed 29th in the all-around
in Sydney whereas Maresova failed to advance. Komrskova
was also 9th all-around at last year's
European Championships in Paris.
The hosts might have to do without Fieke Willems, who injured
herself during the competition against Romania. Dutch national
team coach Frank Louter is optimistic about his team's chances
for the competition and says their current training is geared
to eliminating mistakes: "These past weeks we stressed
stable execution of routines in our training. We paid particular
attention to floor, because that was a weak point in the
meet against Romania. The level of the team is improving.
Venue: Jan Massinkhal, Nieuwe Dukenbrugsweg 5, Nijmegen
Tel: (+31) (0)243564260
Date: October 13, 2001; competition starts at 18:30; warm
up at 17:00
Teams
Canada: Crystal Gilmore, Joelle Ouelette, Amelie Plante,
Ashley Peckett, Kate Richardson, Jennifer Simbhudas
Czech Republic: Pavla Feresova, Jana Kormskova, Nela Kuncova,
Katerina Maresova, Zuzana Obonova, Michaela Radkova
Germany: Katja Abel, Lisa Brüggemann, Gritt Hofmann,
Yvonne Musik, Connz Schütz, Birgit Schweigert, Gabi
Weller
Netherlands: Renske Endel, Verona v.d. Leur, Monque Nuijten,
Rikst Valentijn, Kimberley Viola, Gabriella Wammes, Fieke
Willems
Judges
Vault:
A1: Blanka Pospisilova (CZE)
A2: Sjanie Donker (NED)
B1: Olga Blom
B2: Marian Veldman
B3: Anneke Ausma
B4: Yvon Kupras
Uneven Bars:
A1: Inge Funk (GER)
A2: Jitske Vasbinder (NED)
B1: Renata Rehorova (CZE)
B2: Wilmie Achten
B3: Ingrid Spoelman
B4: Caroline Kraaijeveld
Balance Beam:
A1: Marie-Paule Hoffmann (LUX)
A2: Marja Beltman (NED)
B1: Uta Zimmler (GER)
B2: Marjolein de Reus
B3: Linda Verschuren
B4: Toos Middelbos
Floor:
A1: Joelle Geril (BEL)
A2: Carolle Massicotte (CAN)
B1: Aukje Molema
B2: Bernadette Werkhoven
B3: Esther de Weerd
B4: Wilma Derks
Line judges: Ingrid Geven, Petra ten Paas
Ötzi
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