Sport in Short: Gymnastics

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (NEC, Birmingham): Men's apparatus finals: Floor: 1 G Misutin (Ukr) 9.400pts; 2= N Thomas (GB); V Shcherbo (Bela) 9.350; 4 I Korobchinski (Ukr) 9.275; 5= I Ivankov (Bela); M Gherman (Rom); A Nemov (Rus) 9.150; 8 I Ivanov (Bul) 8.750. Rings: 1 Y Chechi (It) 9.625; 2 Wecker 9.575 3 Ivankov 9.500; 4 Liukin 9.475; 5 D Burinca (Rom) 9.412; 6 R Charipov (Ukr) 9.400; 7 S Keswick (US) 9.300; 8 Yoo Ok-ryul (S Kor) 9.125.

Women's apparatus finals: Vault: 1 E Piskoun (Bela) 9.762; 2 L Milosovici (Rom) 9.737; 3 O Chusovitina (Uzb) 9.718; 4 G Gogean (Rom) 9.687; 5 K Strug (US) 9.662; 6 K Kudilkova (Cz Rep) 9.512; 7 A Jova (Cuba) 9.343; 8 L Podkopayeva (Ukr) 8.893. Withdrew: S Miller (US). Asymmetric bars: 1 Miller 9.887; 2 D Dawes (US) 9.800; 3 A Cacovean (Rom) 9.787; 4 He Xuemei (Ch) 9.712; 5= Milosovici, A Portumdo (Cuba), T Lisenko (Ukr) 9.500; 8 Chusovitina 8.325.