Daniele Hypólito ready for Men’s World Cup  😀 

Daniele Hypólito, now age-41, last competed at the Brazilian National Championships in 2021.  

BUT is she making a comeback for soccer?  😀 

Varna World Cup ’26 RESULTS

Vault

🥇 Mara Slippens, Netherlands, 13.233
🥈 Julia Weissenhofer, Liechtenstein, 13.116
🥉 Tijana Korent, Croatia, 13.100

Bars

🥇 Roni Shamay, Israel, 13.200
🥈 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Great Britain, 13.133
🥉 Coralie Demers, Canada, 12.800

Beam

🥇 Maria Drobniak, Poland, 12.866
🥈 Nikolett Szilagyi, Hungary, 12.700
🥉 Amy Jorgensen, Canada, 12.600

Floor

🥇 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Great Britain, 13.233
🥈 Grace Davies, Great Britain, 12.966
🥉 Floor Slooff, Netherlands, 12.800

Full WAG results.

Floor

🥇 Victor Tournicourt, Belgium, 13.466
🥈 Martin Miggitsch, Austria, 13.300
🥉 Ravshan Kamiljanov, Uzbekistan, 13.166

Pommel

🥇 David Ivanov, Bulgaria, 14.633
🥈 Ravshan Kamiljanov, Uzbekistan, 14.166
🥉 Ihor Dyshuk, Ukraine, 13.900

One of the BIG stories of the meet was the return of Max Whitlock, the greatest British gymnast of all time. With nothing more to prove, now age-33, Max qualified for both the Pommel and P Bar Finals, but didn’t medal. This time.

Rings

🥇 Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.233
🥈 Artur Sahakyan, Germany, 13.566
🥉 Akhrorkhon Temirkhonov, Uzbekistan, 13.466

Vault

🥇 Ng Chun Chen, Malaysia, 14.183
🥈 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 14.083
🥉 Botond Molnar, Hungary, 14.050

P Bars

🥇 Altan Dogan, Türkiye, 14.166
🥈 Yoan Ivanov, Bulgaria, 13.866
🥉 Ron Pyatov, Israel, 13.866

H Bar

🥇 Timo Eder, Germany, 13.666
🥈 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 13.566
🥉 Ron Ortal, Israel, 13.566

Full MAG results.

similar Gymnastics Bars releases

World Championships ’26 qualifiers from Oceania

Australian Men & Women both qualified a full team.

That was the main goal for Oceania Championships.

Here are the AA winners.

Expect to see Georgia Godwin at Worlds for Aussie.

Bars dismount – Double Front Pike 1/2-out

Danny MacAskill in the GYM

Danny MacAskill is the world’s most popular trick cyclist.

… so what could he do with a Beam or Pommel Horse?  😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Outtakes at the end.)

And behind the scenes.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Olympic Q-Series – 6 sports

None of the World Gymnastics (FIG) disciplines included. Yet.

But an interesting concept. These sports will get MUCH MORE ATTENTION in advance of the Olympics.

The Olympic Q-Series (formerly the Olympic Qualifier Series) is a multi-sport, festival-style event that serves as the final qualification pathway for athletes to secure direct quota places for the Olympic Games. 

2028 Olympic Q-Series (Road to LA28)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently confirmed that the series will expand to four global stops in 2028: 

  • Tokyo, Japan: May 4–7, 2028
  • Shanghai, China: May 11–14, 2028
  • Montreal, Canada: June 1–4, 2028
  • Orlando, USA: June 8–11, 2028 

Sports Featured for LA28:
The expanded program includes six sports:

  • 3×3 Basketball
  • Beach Volleyball
  • BMX Freestyle
  • Sport Climbing
  • Flag Football (making its debut)
  • Skateboarding 

Shay Latukolan – group dance genius

Dutch choreographer and dancer Shay Latukolan.

I love this section from his THE WESTHOODSTORY YouTube film.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

introducing Bars Tap Swings

Two of my favourite FREE YouTube channels for beginner WAG are:

Subscribe to both.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.