meanwhile, back in Paris …

Gymnastic Examiner’s Blythe Lawrence is at the French International:

… Qualifiers to Sunday’s finals (full results can be seen here):

WOMEN’S VAULT:
1. Youna Dufournet, FRA
2. Jiang Tong, CHN
3. Melodi Pulgarin, ESP
4. Emily Little, AUS
5. Brittany Rogers, CAN
6. Niamh Rippin, GBR
7. Nastassia Zaitsava, BLR
8. Gabriela Janik, POL

UNEVEN BARS:
1. Beth Tweddle, GBR
2. He Kexin, CHN
3. Wu Liufang, CHN
4. Youna Dufournet, FRA
5. Aliya Mustafina, RUS
6. Pauline Morel, FRA
7. Jessica Lopez, VEN
8. Vasiliki Millousi, GRE

BALANCE BEAM:
1. Wu Liufang, CHN
2. Luisa Galiulina, UZE
3. Aliya Mustafina, RUS
4. Vasiliki Millousi, GRE
5. Ana Maria Izurieta, ESP
6. Jessica Lopez, VEN
7. Pauline Morel, FRA
8. Jiang Tong, CHN

FLOOR EXERCISE:
1. Beth Tweddle, GBR
2. Jiang Tong, CHN
3. Luisa Galiulina, UZE
4. Wu Liufang, CHN
5. Marine Brevet, FRA
6. Jessica Lopez, VEN
7. Ramilya Musina, RUS
8. Niamh Rippin, GBR

MEN’S FLOOR EXERCISE:
1. Diego Hypolito, BRA
2. Alexander Shatilov, ISR
3. Eleftherios Kosmidis, GRE
4. Tomislav Markovic, CRO
5. Du Wei, CHN
6. Gael da Silva, FRA
7. Isaac Botella, ESP
8. Jeffrey Wammes, NED

POMMEL HORSE:
1. Cyril Tommasone, FRA
2. Robert Seligman, CRO
3. Saso Bertoncelj, SLO
4. Donna Donny Truyens, BEL
5. Andrey Perevoznikov, RUS
6. Zoltan Kallai, HUN
7. Pavel Russinyak, RUS
8. Yann Rayepin, FRA

STILL RINGS:
1. Samir Ait Said, FRA
2. Timur Kurbanbayev, KAZ
3. Anton Fokin, UZB
4. Kohei Uchimura, JPN
5. Jonathan Horton, USA
6. Gustavo Palma Simoes, POR
7. Arthur Zanetti, BRA
8. Ihar Kazlou, BLR

VAULT:
1. Stanislav Valeiev, KAZ
2. Isaac Botella, ESP
3. Diego Hypolito, BRA
4. Jeffrey Wammes, NED
5. Sergio Sasaki Junior, BRA
6. Wai Hung Shek, HKG
7. Luis Araujo, POR
8. Yann Rayepin, FRA

PARALLEL BARS:
1. Anton Fokin, UZB
2. Takuya Nakase, JPN
3. Vasileios Tsolakidis, GRE
4. Yann Cucherat, FRA
5. Roman Kulesza, POL
6. Guo Weiyang, CHN
7. Alexander Tsarevich, BLR
8. Hamilton Sabot, FRA

HIGH BAR:
1. Kohei Uchimura, JPN
2. Jonathan Horton, USA
3. Rafael Martinez, ESP
4. Epke Zonderland, NED
5. Aljaz Pegan, SLO
6. Yann Cucherat, FRA
7. Samuel Piasecky, SVK
8. Roman Kulesza, POL

commentary – Beth Tweddle, three French gymnasts lead after day one at French International

The Men’s competition is stronger. As usual.

“Kazakhstan’s Stanislav Valeiev threw a pretty effortless looking Dragulescu (handspring double front half out) and followed up with a nearly stuck Tsukahara double back …”

While He Kexin “struggled” and fell on dismount, still qualifying in second place on Bars.

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