Japan Maglia Joao Cancelo Juventus

Posted by bears123 on September 25th, 2018

NANNING Maglia Juan Cuadrado Juventus , China, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hosts China and 2012 Olympic team bronze medalist Romania will join the challenge for top rankings when they compete in the last day of women's qualifications on Monday at the gymnastics worlds.

Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong and Huang Huidan are expected to lead China in their quest to maintain or improve upon their third-place team finish at the 2011 world championships in Tokyo.

The trio distinguished themselves at the 2013 world championships in Antwerp, where Yao placed fifth all-around, Shang placed eighth all-around and Huang won gold on uneven bars.

Romania will rely on veteran Larisa Andreea Iordache to climb back into the medals following their fourth-place finish at the 2011 world championships.

Britain, Japan Maglia Joao Cancelo Juventus , Italy, Germany, Australia and France are among the other prominent teams that will compete on Monday.

The top eight teams from the qualifications will advance to Wednesday's team final; the top 24 all-around gymnasts (maximum two per national federation) will advance to Friday's all-around final; and the top eight gymnasts on each of the four apparatus (maximum two per national federation) will advance to next weekend's respective apparatus finals.

Scores from qualifications are not carried over to the finals, where all gymnasts start from scratch.