Which team will get the gold? For mens, could be China. For womens.....Romania has a new team, but still they work very hard, Russia is awesome to watch cuz they take chances - like a punch front to mount the beam rather than just getting on it, USA has good depth and some very good gymnasts like Nastia and Jana.....Russia is really awesome to watch - they should win! They do gymnastics as gymnastics, it's WOW, instead of following the easiest way to get the score to win. But no Arkayev this year (here's a link to Arkayev on the whole mafia scoring system! http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/08/25/judgingmafia.shtml ) as he's coaching Korea (http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2006/jan.html).

Yup, Russia is sooooo awesome! They have artistry and their routines aren't boring. It says a lot and it totally shows when a routine is designed for the gymnastics or for the score.

The U.S. women have a chance of winning - very good gymnasts. The Russians are usually more entertaining though!

here's some kind of review for the Worlds competition, who is expected to be in contention of the gold, etc.: "PREVIEW-Gymnastics-U.S. and Japan aim for glory under new system" - http://au.sports.yahoo.com/061011/3/xbgy.html U.S. women very strong to win. Nadia says don't count out the Romanians though! Russian men did well winning in the European Championships, but Nemov says might be too early to close the gap of Japan's or China's expertise.

[color=darkblue]I really want China to win - especially on the women's side. They always have what it takes but then falter in the finals. There time to shine is now w/ Bejing on the way.[/color]