Doha World Cup in Qatar is starting Tuesday. 109 males and 29 females from 38 countries are competing. The new leotard rule (check "New leotards rule!": http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=503) allowing shorts is pretty new, so maybe the number of women competing in this area will increase later. You can tell lots of people like the option of wearing shorts in competition, not just in the 'non-traditional gymnastics countries': "Wearing shorts in competition too!" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=104&highlight=leotard+rule And the guys: Hamm twins are going for the no leo at all, but tight shirts instead: "Guys - Leotards - Who wears them?" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=1607&highlight=leotard+rule "New no leos rule for guys??!!!" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=1176 The Doha World Cup: [quote]The Doha World Cup, the first of eight World Cup events in 2008, is the first World Cup to be held in an Arab nation. "It's the FIG's goal to take this sport beyond traditional countries like Japan, Italy, France, USA and Germany," said Dr. Michel Leglise, FIG vice president. "The Qatar Gymnastics Federation President Abdul Rahman al Shathri has always been in the forefront of taking the cause of gymnastics forward. The event will help the growth of the sport in the country and the region." [/quote] http://intlgymnast.com/news/2008/mar/030308_worldcup.html Some of the top gymnastis going are World medalists Hiroyuki Tomita (Japan), Oksana Chusovitina (Germany), Jordan Jovtchev (Bulgaria), Yann Cucherat (France) and Anna Pavlova (Russia).

Here's the official website of the Doha World Cup: http://doha-2008.com

2008 Doha World Cup March 5, Doha, Qatar Women's Vault 1. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.962 2. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.712 3. Deng Linlin CHN 14.487 4. Kim Bui GER 14.062 4. Dorina Boczogo HUN 14.062 6. Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 13.875 7. Alyssa Brown CAN 13.787 Uneven Bars 1. He Kexin CHN 16.550 2. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 15.825 3. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 14.400 4. Aagje Vanwalleghem BEL 13.650 5. Anna Pavlova RUS 13.525 6. Lyudmila Yezhova RUS 13.425 7. Kim Bui GER 12.675 8. Vasiliki Millousi GRE 12.200 Men's Floor Exercise 1. Eleftherios Kosmidis GRE 15.850 2. Makoto Okiguchi JPN 15.775 3. Markovic Tomislav CRO 15.500 4. Razvan Selariu ROM 15.400 5. Alexander Rodriguez PUR 15.100 6. Takuya Nakase JPN 15.025 7. Fadi Bahlawan SYR 14.675 8. Dmitry Gogotov RUS 14.625 Pommel Horse 1. Prashanth Sellathurai AUS 16.075 2. Zhang Hongtao CHN 15.950 3. Daniel Keatings GBR 15.650 4. Krisztian Berki HUN 15.600 4. Deniel Popescu ROM 15.600 6. Louis Smith GBR 15.575 7. Robert Seligman CRO 15.475 8. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.075 Still Rings 1. Yuri van Gelder NED 16.650 2. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 16.250 3. Alexander Balandin RUS 16.125 4. Pierre-Yves Beny FRA 16.050 5. Matteo Morandi ITA 16.000 6. Walid Eldariny EGY 15.675 7. Takuya Nakase JPN 15.475 8. Danny Rodrigues FRA 14.850

2008 Doha World Cup gymnastics videos: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=28074 Oksana's vault is there, He Kexin's bars, and lots more.

2008 Doha World Cup March 6, Doha, Qatar Balance Beam 1. Deng Linlin CHN 15.825 2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 15.425 3. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova RUS 15.025 4. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 14.825 5. Adela Sajn SLO 14.625 6. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.450 7. Gaelle Mys BEL 13.925 8. Hannah Whelan GBR 13.000 Women's Floor Exercise 1. Jiang Yuyuan CHN 14.925 2. Deng Linlin CHN 14.875 3. Anna Pavlova RUS 14.800 4. Kristina Goryunova RUS 14.700 5. Sidney Sanabria PUR 14.225 6. Oksana Chusovitina GER 14.200 7. Gaelle Mys BEL 14.075 8. Hannah Whelan GBR 13.050 Men's Vault 1. Daniel Popescu ROM 16.187 2. Makoto Okiguchi JPN 16.037 3. Luis Rivera PUR 16.000 4. David Sender USA 15.950 5. Takuya Nakase JPN 15.750 6. Anatoly Vasilyev RUS 15.587 7. Razvan Selariu ROM 15.550 8. Ha Thanh Nguyen VIE 15.287 Parallel Bars 1. Feng Zhe CHN 16.400 2. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 16.150 3. Yann Cucherat FRA 16.050 4. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 15.925 5. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.800 6. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 15.450 7. Ildar Valeyev KAZ 15.125 8. Dmitry Karbanenko FRA 11.425 High Bar 1. Guo Weiyang CHN 15.950 2. Hiroyuki Tomita JPN 15.700 3. Philippe Rizzo AUS 15.650 4. Kazuhito Tanaka JPN 15.250 5. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 15.175 6. Aljaz Pegan SLO 14.475 7. Jeffrey Wammes NED 14.250 8. Marko Brez CRO 14.175