* WOMEN's ALL-AROUND FINAL

Glorious expected start-finish Victory for Simone BILES (USA), who won her 5^th World Championships all-around title and thus her 16th Worlds gold confidently at the AA-Final final in Stuttgart today. With a dream score of 58,999 never reached at world championships, she defeated China's TANG, Xijing (56,899) in the silver Rank with a 2-point advantage. For Russia's European Champion Angelina MELNIKOVA (56,399) remained the bronze medal. Behind the vice-world champion of 2017, the Canadian Elsabeth Black and last year's fourth Nina DERWAEL (BEL), Germany's record champion Elisabeth SEITZ finished sixth in the best competition of her career (55,999) - the best since 1987 (Dörthe Thümmler in Rotterdam) WCh all-around placement by a German gymnast; and with Germany's Champion Sarah VOSS in 10^th position, the German gymnasts again brought two female athletes to the top ten in the world after 2017 !!

From Friday, October 04 on the women will determine at their 40^th World Championships
→ the 8 best teams for the team final on Tuesday (Oct.10) ,
→ In the Olympic qualification, the nine remaining places of the total of 12 eligible teams for Tokyo 2020, as well as
→ in the individual competitions the 24 best all-around fighters for the AA- final and
→ the top eight finalists for the decisions on the individual apparatus.

* The qualifying rounds were only completed on Saturday (05.10) after the 12th subdivisions with the clear leadership of defending champion USA. With the US Girls also China, Russia, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Italy are qualified for the team final. Germany fails because of rank 9 scarce, but realized as a minimum target the successful Olympic qualification. With a sensational score of 59.432 Simone BILES leads the all-around score, followed by her compatriot Sunisa LEE (57.166) and Melanie de Jesus dos Santos from France. Germany's Elisabeth SEITZ is again among the top ten all-around fighters and has medal chances in the uneven bars final ...