2010 World champion Aliya Mustafina will make her comeback on bars and beam at this weekend's Stuttgart World Cup, while 2011 World floor champ Ksenia Afanasyeva was not able to make the trip to Germany after all due to visa problems.
Mustafina was cleared to compete after a visit to Dr. Michael Strobel, the Munich surgeon who operated on her knee last spring following her ACL tear at the European Championships, on Tuesday. She and the Russian delegation arrived in Stuttgart on Wednesday.
"I called the [Russian] head coach today, and he confirmed that the doctor gave her the green light for competition," German men's coach Valeri Belenki told the press Wednesday afternoon in Stuttgart.
Afanasyeva, who was scheduled to compete in the all-around portion of the World Cup, will be replaced either by Yulia Inshina or Yulia Belokobylskaya. The Russians will decide who competes tomorrow morning.
Afanasyeva isn't the only gymnast being replaced in the women's all-around final. Celine van Gerner, who underwent foot surgery this week, will be replaced by teammate Marlies Rijken, while Australia's Emily Little is stepping in for Lauren Mitchell.
Here's an updated schedule and list of competitors. Competition times are Stuttgart time. The World Cup will be streamed online at www.swr.de.
Women's team competitors:
Austria:
- Lisa Ecker
- Katherine Fa
- Elisa Hammerle
- Jasmin Mader
Australia:
- Nikki Cheung
- Emily Little
- Lauren Mitchell
- Larrissa Miller
Germany:
- Anja Rheinbay
- Oksana Chusovitina
- Lisa-Katharina Hill
- Pia Tolle
Netherlands:
- Yvette Moshage
- Marlies Rijken
- Lieke Wevers
Switzerland:
- Nadia Baerisywl
- Nadia Mulhouse
- Linda Staempfli
Russia:
- Aliya Mustafina
- Alyona Polyan
- Maria Paseka
Uzbekistan:
- Dilnoza Abdusalimova
- Daria Elizarova
- Iroda Sobirova
Men's team competitors:
France:
- Axel Augis
- Yann Rayepin
- Arnaud Willig
Germany I:
- Sebastian Krimmer
- Andreas Toba
- Eugen Spiridonov
Germany II:
- Andreas Bretschneider
- Matthias Fahrig
- Helge Liebrich
Netherlands:
- Michel Bletterman
- Arjen Butter
- Bart Deurloo
- Jeffrey Wammes
Russia:
- Dennis Ablyazin
- David Belyavskiy
- Emin Garabov
Switzerland:
- Pascal Bucher
- Claudio Capelli
- Daniel Groves
- Manuel Rickli
Ukraine:
- Vitalii Nakonechni
- Igor Radivilov
- Roman Zozulya
Great Britain:
- Daniel Keatings
- Ruslan Panteleymonov
- Kristian Thomas
- Max Whitlock
Mixed group:
- Sascha Palgen (LUX)
- Christian Auer (GER)
- Manuel Campos (POR)
- Shakir Shikaliev (AZB)
Women's all-around competitors:
- Huang Qiushuang (CHN)
- Emily Little (AUS)
- Yulia Inshina or Yulia Belokobylskaya (RUS)
- Nadine Jarosch (GER)
- Kim Bui (GER)
- Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
- Marlies Rijken (NED)
Men's all-around competitors:
- Philipp Boy (GER)
- Emin Garabov (RUS)
- Marcel Nguyen (GER)
- Rafael Martinez (ESP)
- Nikolai Kuksenkov (UKR)
- Shogo Nonomura (JPN)
- Daniel Purvis (GBR)
- Sam Hunter (GBR)
Schedule:
Friday 11 November 2011
Clock 9.30 | hall opening
10.30 Clock | Qualification team competition Women
12.30 Clock | Pause
15 Clock | Men Qualifying team competition
(18:45 clock end of the competition)Saturday 12 November 2011
12 Clock | hall opening
12.30 Clock | World Cup women (all around)
14.30 Clock | Pause
15 Clock | Men's team finals
(17.45 clock end of the competition)Sunday 13 November 2011
12 Clock | hall opening
12.30 Clock | World Cup men (all around)
15.30 Clock | Pause
clock 16 | Team Finals women
(17.15 clock end of the competition)
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