Beijing 2008: Chinas gymnastic squad for World Cup

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua)-- China released their gymnastic squad for World Cup series for 2007-2008 season in Germany and France on Wednesday.

The France tournament is to be held in Paris on March 15-18 to unveil the season and then the second stop shifts to Cottbus of Germany on 23-25.

The year of 2007 is the final stage to build up 2008 Beijing Olympic Games squad, so the World Cup series are much valued as China's gymnastic team is gearing up for the homeland sports pageant.

Following is the squad for the forthcoming World Cup tournaments:

Teng Haibin (pommel horse, high bar and parallel bar), Zou Kai (high bar, floor exercise), Feng Zhe (parallel bars), Du Wei (vault, floor exercise), Fan Ye (uneven bars, beam and floor exercise), Liu Hou (beam).