2012 Stuttgart World Cup

2012 Stuttgart World Cup
Official logo
City	Stuttgart, Germany
Venue	Porsche-Arena Stuttgart
Team Gold Medalist	Russia Aliya Mustafina Yulia Inshina Anna Rodionova Kristina Goryunova
All-Around Gold Medalist	Elizabeth Price (USA)
Preceded by	2012 Ostrava World Cup
Succeeded by	2012 Glasgow World Cup

The 2012 Stuttgart World Cup, also known as the EnBW Turn-WeltCup, took place at the Porsche-Arena Stuttgart from November 30 to December 2 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Format of Competition

The Stuttgart World Cup differed from the others, as it involved a team competition separate from the all-around. All three competitions (team qualifications, individual all-around, and team final) were each held on one day.

Competition Schedule

November 30	Team Qualifications
December 1	All-Around
December 2	Team Final

List of Competitors

• Individual
  • Kim Bui - Germany
  • Vanessa Ferrari - Italy
  • Kristina Goryunova - Russia
  • Elizabeth Price - USA
  • Niamh Rippin - Great Britain
  • Elisabeth Seitz - Germany
  • Giulia Steingruber - Switzerland
  • Rebecca Tunney - Great Britain
• Teams
  • Austria
    • Lisa Ecker
    • Katharina Fa
    • Elisa Haemmerle
    • Tina Meixner
  • Germany
    • Team 1
      • Oksana Chusovitina
      • Janine Berger
      • Lisa Hill
      • Isabelle Marquard
    • Team 2
      • Anja Rheinbay
      • Marie-Sophie Hindermann
      • Nadine Jarosch
      • Pia Tolle
    • Mixed Team
      • Annabell Hölzer
      • Christina Kuhn
      • Lara Wondrak
      • Jessica Dowling (Canada)
  • Japan
    • Murakami Mai
    • Noda Sakura
    • Inoue Wakana
    • Ryu Wakiko
  • Russia
    • Aliya Mustafina
    • Yulia Inshina
    • Anna Rodionova
    • Kristina Goryunova
  • Switzerland
    • Sara Metzger
    • Nadia Baeriswyl
    • Jessica Diacci
    • Caterina Barlaggio

*Romania's Larisa Iordache and Canada's Victoria Moors were scheduled to compete but pulled out before the competition began. Moors was replaced by Goryunova.

Results

Team

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia Aliya Mustafina Yulia Inshina Anna Rodionova Kristina Goryunova	Japan Murakami Mai Noda Sakura Inoue Wakana Ryu Wakiko	Germany (Team 1) Oksana Chusovitina Janine Berger Lisa Hill Isabelle Marquard

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country
1st	Elizabeth Price	USA
2nd	Elisabeth Seitz	GER
3rd	Giulia Steingruber	SUI
4	Kim Bui	GER
5	Vanessa Ferrari	ITA
6	Rebecca Tunney	GBR
7	Kristina Goryunova	RUS
8	Niamh Rippin	GBR

Notable Moments

• Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber missed second place in the all-around by 0.001.
• Russia's Yulia Inshina was ill and could not compete on the first day of team competition. During the team final, Anna Rodionova injured herself on uneven bars and did not compete on floor exercise.

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Germany	1	2	4	7
2	USA	3	1	0	4
3	Switzerland	0	1	2	3
4	Italy	1	0	1	2
5	Russia	1	0	0	1
6	Japan	0	1	0	1