20. April 2007  
Stuttgart / Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

Germany names its Europeans Team

Hambuechen, Juckel
Germany's all-around fighters

On the edge of a special press meeting  of  the "European Sports Capital 2007", the Swabian Metropolis Stuttgart, the German Gymnastics Federation DTB named definitely the starters for its team in Amsterdam:
Robert Juckel from Cottbus and Fabian Hambüchen from Wetzlarwill compete on all six apparatuses just like the entire German women's team...
GERMAN STARTS in AMSTERDAM:

Women's all-around:
- Oksana Chusovitina (Cologne), Katja Abel (Berlin), Kim Bui (Tuebingen), Anja Brinker (Herkenrath).

Men's all-around:

- Fabian Hambuechen (Wetzlar), Robert Juckel (Cottbus)
... as well as
- Thomas Andergassen* (Stuttgart): Pommel horse, rings, bars, high bar-
Robert Weber (Ehmen):    Pommel horse, rings, high bar;
- Marcel Nguyen (Unterhaching):    Floor, vault, parallel bars;- Matthias Fahrig (Halle/Sa.):    Floor, vault.

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<< Die Swabian capital Stuttgart
is in 2007 host of the Worlds in Handball (qualification round), Worlds artistic gymnastics , cycling (September 25 - 30) and dancing (standard disciplines; November 24).
Stuttgart was elected as "Europe's Capital of Sports 2007" in November 2005.