The former Uzbek and now German citizen Oksana CHUSOVITINA was the only non-Chinese winner of the first world cup event of the Olympic year, which was held for the first time in Doha, Qatar. HE, Kexin (uneven bars), DENG, Linlin (beam) and JIANG, YuYuan (floor ex.) emphasized the Chinese top position in Doha.
With the paralell bars' (FENG, Zhe) and high bar's (GUO, Weiyang) winners on men's side, China was the most successful nation there, five months before the Olympic Games in Beijing...
2008 Doha World Cup - March 5/6, 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
* Balance Beam 1. Deng Linlin CHN 15.825
2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 15.425
3. Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova RUS 15.025