Vanessa Ferrari of Italy won it - Italy's 1st ever World title! And Yang Wei of China for the mens! Here are the scores: AA scores for World Gymnastics - Womens (Vault Uneven Bars Beam Floor) (from fig http://www.fig-gymnastics.org/LOB/media/MEDIA13840.pdf) 1 363 FERRARI Vanessa ITA 14.800 15.825 14.900 15.500 61.025 2 391 BIEGER Jana USA 14.725 15.350 15.300 15.375 60.750 3 472 IZBASA Sandra Raluca ROM 15.025 14.225 15.475 15.525 60.250 4 474 NISTOR Steliana ROM 14.275 15.275 15.800 14.600 59.950 5 113 JOURA Daria AUS 14.500 15.100 15.000 15.275 59.875 6 194 PANG Panpan CHN 14.025 15.425 14.800 15.425 59.675 7 111 DYKES Hollie AUS 14.350 14.975 15.625 14.550 59.500 8 294 TWEDDLE Elizabeth GBR 14.550 14.700 14.950 15.250 59.450 9 303 CHUSOVITINA Oksana GER 15.000 14.700 14.375 14.875 58.950 10 396 PRIESS Ashley USA 14.450 15.425 15.325 13.600 58.800 11 285 SEVERINO Isabelle FRA 14.600 14.100 14.925 15.000 58.625 12 196 ZHOU Zhuoru CHN 14.300 15.150 14.425 14.700 58.575 13 403 KOZICH Alina UKR 14.500 13.875 15.175 14.650 58.200 14 250 CAMPOS Laura ESP 14.825 14.550 14.575 14.150 58.100 15 371 KURODA Mayu JPN 13.400 15.550 15.100 13.925 57.975 16 174 HOPFNER-HIBBS Elyse CAN 13.950 14.325 15.125 14.300 57.700 16 251 DE SIMONE Lenika ESP 13.725 14.900 14.650 14.425 57.700 18 495 KAESLIN Ariella SUI 13.575 14.675 15.075 14.350 57.675 19 486 PAVLOVA Anna RUS 14.925 13.900 14.225 14.575 57.625 20 281 LINDOR Katheleen FRA 14.450 14.125 14.725 14.300 57.600 21 154 HYPOLITO Daniele BRA 13.750 14.150 14.575 14.700 57.175 22 408 ZGOBA Dariya UKR 13.650 15.600 14.075 13.600 56.925 23 451 HONG Su Jong PRK 15.700 13.350 13.275 13.750 56.075 24 487 PRAVDINA Kristina RUS 13.675 13.275 14.850 13.725 55.525 AA scores for Wolrd Gymnastics - Mens (Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar) (from fig http://www.fig-gymnastics.org/LOB/media/MEDIA13836.pdf) 1 615 YANG Wei CHN 15.125 15.350 16.450 16.625 16.000 14.850 94.400 2 795 TOMITA Hiroyuki JPN 15.275 14.975 15.900 15.850 15.725 15.450 93.175 3 721 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 15.725 14.575 15.250 16.400 15.350 15.675 92.975 4 610 CHEN Yibing CHN 15.225 14.925 16.500 16.200 15.050 14.725 92.625 5 951 DEVIATOVSKI Maxim RUS 15.250 15.250 15.375 16.225 15.550 14.900 92.550 6 793 NAKASE Takuya JPN 15.525 14.475 15.700 15.350 15.175 15.425 91.650 7 815 YANG Tae-Young KOR 15.300 14.650 15.050 14.975 15.900 14.825 90.700 8 935 SELARIU Dorin Razvan ROM 15.250 14.375 15.400 16.175 14.700 14.700 90.600 9 596 WONG Adam CAN 15.225 14.650 15.125 15.625 14.975 14.725 90.325 9 684 MARTINEZ Rafael ESP 15.150 15.300 15.025 15.025 15.050 14.775 90.325 11 564 SAVITSKI Dimitri BLR 14.650 15.050 15.150 15.775 14.975 14.500 90.100 12 520 JEFFERIS Joshua AUS 14.875 14.075 15.175 15.500 14.925 14.700 89.250 13 846 ZOZULYA Roman UKR 15.050 13.625 15.950 15.325 15.225 13.925 89.100 14 934 POTRA Dan Nicolae ROM 15.200 14.225 15.575 15.825 13.600 14.575 89.000 15 703 KARBANENKO Dimitri FRA 15.400 14.475 14.575 15.300 15.050 14.125 88.925 16 955 RYAZANOV Yury RUS 14.525 13.725 14.925 15.725 14.975 15.025 88.900 17 590 GAFUIK Nathan CAN 15.150 13.925 14.325 16.150 14.350 14.350 88.250 18 832 ALVAREZ Guillermo USA 15.375 13.775 14.550 15.725 14.525 14.225 88.175 19 732 LYMPANOVNOS Christos GRE 14.850 14.475 15.025 15.625 14.000 14.025 88.000 20 925 VARGAS Luis PUR 15.125 13.625 14.300 15.650 15.225 13.525 87.450 21 842 KUKSENKOV Mykola UKR 14.225 14.775 14.350 15.700 14.950 13.425 87.425 22 833 ARTEMEV Alexander USA 15.075 14.475 14.250 15.750 15.525 12.150 87.225 23 971 CAPELLI Claudio SUI 14.650 12.525 14.100 15.875 13.875 14.225 85.250

Chellsile Memmel withdrew from the competition b/c of shoulder injury (same shoulder she injured in April at the 2005 Pacific Alliance Championships), so her teammate Ashley Priess was in. Here's the article on that, with interview from her: http://wcsn.com/article/news.jsp?ymd=20061019&content_id=9270&vkey=gymnastics_news&id=34012&dpre= [quote] "This is a difficult decision for me to make, but it is the right one for me physically," said Memmel. "My right shoulder is very sore and swollen. It happened yesterday on the uneven bars, and I don't have a full range of motion at this time. As a result, I would not be able to go out and do what I want to do, and I believe the right thing is to give my teammate, Ashley, the opportunity to go out and show what she can do. I also hope by doing this that I might be able to participate in the individual event finals. It will totally depend on how my shoulder is doing at the time."[/quote]

"Romania coach fumes at Ferrari" - victoryhttp://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6158735,00.html [quote]AARHUS, Denmark, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Romanian coach Nicolae Forminte lashed out at the judges at the world gymnastics championships after Vanessa Ferrari was declared the winner of the women's all-round contest despite falling off the beam. "Apparently you have to fall off an apparatus in order to become world champion. It's laughable," he told reporters on Thursday. "In the whole history of gymnastics, it never happened that a gymnast who falls won the world title." He later went up to silver medallist Jana Bieger of the United States at the news conference and told her "You should sit in the middle" pointing to the winner's chair. The 16-year-old smiled at the suggestion and shrugged it off.[/quote] Jana and also Forminte's gymnasts did not fall off any apparatus. Romanian Sandra Izbasa finished 3rd though, and Italian Ferrari scored higher and won gold. After the 3rd rotation Pang Panpan was also on the top of the standing even though she had a fall also on beam, but she had another major mistake on vault in the 4th rotation, while Ferrari had a floor routine that got the crowd cheering. She got 15.500 for her floor routine, too big according to Forminte. Forminte on Ferrari's floor score: [quote] "I went over to a friend from the floor judging panel and said that it's not possible for a routine with a difficulty of maximum 6.1 to get that kind of a mark," said Forminte. "This new scoring system fuels these kinds of situations."[/quote] The officials response: [quote]Officials were quick to highlight that Ferrari's triumph proved the new cumulative scoring system, awarded for content and execution, was rewarding those who are willing to take risks with their performances.[/quote] --> in another article, Grandi says that changes do need to be made to the code of points still: [quote]Grandi concedes minor changes are needed, and quickly. Revisions must be in place for next year's world championships and must hold through the Beijing Olympics, he said. One tweak could come on specifying exactly how and when to use the sport's new instant replay system. Had reviews and inquiries been better spelled out in Athens, the Hamm imbroglio might have been avoided.[/quote] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_on_sp_ot/gym_worlds_grandi_2 another article, someone says that the code of points isn't more dangerous for the gymnasts once they figure out that you can win better by not doing the dangerous skills and being more consistent, b/c deductions / mistakes count more, so the code of points isn't more dangerous for the gymnasts Izbasa and Bieger: [quote] "The competition is what it is, I can't comment on the judging," Izbasa said as she refused to get drawn into the argument. "It was very important to me to prove that I can do four apparatus, including bars, and compete at a high level." Bieger also did not want to take anything away from Ferrari's victory and instead highlighted her own achievement. "Winning the silver medal individually is fantastic, I never thought I would be in this place, I was just hoping to be on the podium."[/quote]

Great info! I can't watch the worlds, so it's great to hear what happened today. All day at school, I was thinking Man, I can't wait to get home and check out the aa stats.

"A Ferrari takes gold in world gymnastics" - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_on_sp_ot/gym_world_championships_12 Bieger wasn't totally perfect tho, but she didn't have a fall either: [quote]Pushed to the front of the lineup, Bieger put in a wire-to-wire effort that included only one significant mistake

[quote]AARHUS, Denmark, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Romanian coach Nicolae Forminte lashed out at the judges at the world gymnastics championships after Vanessa Ferrari was declared the winner of the women's all-round contest despite falling off the beam. "Apparently you have to fall off an apparatus in order to become world champion. It's laughable," he told reporters on Thursday. "In the whole history of gymnastics, it never happened that a gymnast who falls won the world title." He later went up to silver medallist Jana Bieger of the United States at the news conference and told her "You should sit in the middle" pointing to the winner's chair. The 16-year-old smiled at the suggestion and shrugged it off.[/quote] Actually, there has happened that a gymnast fell on an event and won tha All-Around: Ivan Ivankov fell on pommel horse in '97 and won AA, and Paul Hamm did at the Olympics, when he went into the judges after his vault--his win was controversial though.