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In the men's tumbling event, World Champion Wang Jiexu (CHN - pictured on the right) reaffirmed the superiority he displayed at the 2005 World Championships.  Wang won his first World Cup event.  The 2005 World Championships were the first major international competition in which he competed.  In Ghent, he tied the world record of difficulty with 13.60 pts in his first pass, which went as follows: round off, full in full out lay, tempo, flip flap, full in full out lay and with a full in full out tuck at the end.  His first routine scored 38.90 pts, more than 2.00 pts better than any of fhis rivals.  His 2nd routine was a round off, full in back lay, tempo, flip flap, full in back lay, tempo, tempo, full in full out, nicely landed.

World Games winner Jozef Wadecki (POL - pictured on the left) took the silver medal.  He started his first pass with barani, tempo, flip flap, full in full out lay, tempo, tempo, tempo, full in full out lay well landed.  His 2nd routine was round off, double back lay, tempo, flip flap, full in back lay, tempo, tempo, full in full out tuck, superbly executed and well landed.

Frenchman Yves Tarin competed a round off, flip flap, full in back out lay, tempo, tempo, tempo, tempo, flip flap, miller lay, perfectly executed and landed as a first pass.  His 2nd pass was a round off, double back lay, tempo, tempo, flip flap, double back lay, tempo, tempo, flip flap full in full out well landed.  Alexei Batienko (RUS) took the 4th place.  His first pass went with a round off, double back lay, tempo, flip flap, double back lay, tempo, tempo, double back lay with impressive speed.

Denis Vachon (CAN) landed his first pass with an lack of rotation on his final full in half out lay and rolled on his back. 

In the women's tumbling event, Anna Korobeynikova (RUS - pictured on the left) was in a class of her own.  She won with a more than 5.00 pt margin.  Her first pass was round off, tempo, double back lay, tempo, tempo, tempo, tempo, flip flap, full in full out that was stabilized with a little step backwards.  Her speed was very impressive.  Her 2nd pass was round off, flip flap, full in back lay, tempo, tempo, tempo, tempo, flip flap, full in back pike with impressive execution and speed. 

Zoe McLean (GBR) obtained the silver medal thanks to a well executed first pass with a double back lay into a full in back pike.  Her 2nd pass was powerful and fast, concluding with a full in back lay.  She obtained 63.90 pts.  Her teammate and World bronze medalist Samantha Palmer (GBR) also performed a double back lay into a full in back pike in her first pass.  She was then in 2nd place.  Unfortunately, she completely lost her speed in the middle of her 2nd pass due to a full in back.  She concluded her routine with a simple back somersault, which relegated her to the 4th place.

Emily Smith's (CAN) first pass was double back lay in the middle into a full in back pike.  She took the 3rd place thanks to a second pass that was concluded with a full in back lay.  Kyla Phillps (RSA) also went on with a series of tempo concluded by a double back lay with good landing for her first pass.  She finished 6th.  Delphine Francois (FRA) started her first pass with barani, full, tempo, tempo, tempo, tempo, flip flap, full in full out tuck well landed.   Her 2nd pass was round off, tempo, flip flap, double back lay, tempo, tempo, tempo, flip flap, and double back tuck.  She took the 5th place with 62.30 pts.

Ana Conde's (POR) first pass included a double back lay into a double back pike.