AARHUS, Denmark, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- World all-around champion Chellsie Memmel aims to win two titles out of team and all-around at the Aarhus gymnastics worlds, said the energetic and versatile gymnast here on Monday.

    Memmel, the 2005 Melbourne all-around world champion, competed in all four apparatuses to drive the U.S. to the top in the team rankings after the first-day's qualifiers. She also booked the first place with 63.450 points in all-around to gear up for the defending spurt.

    "I hope I can win two titles here. The first of course is the team's and then I will try to win the all-around as what I did last year," said Memmel after the qualifiers.

    "My main focus was the team tonight. After Wednesday I can think about myself. We came in prepared and wanted to be one of the top teams,"

    "In my routine, I did not connect everything the way I would have liked to, but I will try to catch that up in tomorrow's training," added she.

    "What I need to do next is to improve my landing and connections between the bars."

    Memmel is very prolific in the age of 18. She won three gold medals (all-around, uneven bars and balance beam) at the Pan American Championships, as well as led the U.S. women's team to the team gold medal and a berth to the 2007 Pan American Games in October, 2005. Then Memmel was named to the U.S. world championship team and went on to win the gold medal at the world championships in Melbourne one month later in the all-around, becoming the first U.S. woman since 1994 to win the world all-around title. Memmel also won silver in the uneven bars and in the balance beam.

    In February 2006, Memmel was a finalist for the Sullivan Award, and in March she was one of the three nominees for the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Gymnast of the Year.

    In April, Memmel tied for first in the all-around at the Pacific Alliance Championships, won the title for the balance team, finished second in the floor exercise and helped the U.S. win the team competition. Enditem