Beam – double pike

Li Qi.

Viktoria Listunova – 4 apparatus

Viktoria won the AA at Spartakiad 2022.

Great Bars.

Scores were inflated as they often are in domestic Russian meets.

We have to hope Putin ends his invasion of Ukraine soon so Viktoria will have a chance to qualify for Paris.

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making Beam FUN

Beam Queen Bootcamp is brilliant.

This one at Diamond Academy in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Paris World Cup Finals 2

Beam
🥇 Marine Boyer FRA 13.750
🥈 Jade Carey USA 13.750
🥉 Ellie Black CAN 13.700

Floor
🥇 Jordan Chiles USA 14.050
🥈 Shilese Jones USA 13.500
🥉 Jennifer Gadirova GBR 13.250

Casabuena’s “Material Girl” routine was super entertaining.

Vault
🥇 Adem Asil TUR 14.725
🥈 Caio Souza BRA 14.575
🥉 Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.325

P Bars
🥇 Caio Souza BRA 14.700
🥈 Brody Malone USA 14.600
🥉 Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.200

H Bar
🥇 Brody Malone USA 14.650
🥈 Ilias Georgiou CYP 14.400
🥉 Tin Srbic CRO 14.050

Read Lauren’s commentary:

Boyer, U.S. Women Top Podiums in Paris

Paris World Cup finalists

Apparatus Finals at the most competitive WAG World Cup of all-time go Sunday, September 25th.

Top qualifiers:

Vault
Jade Carey (USA) – 14.350
Jordan Chiles (USA) – 13.950
Coline Devillard (FRA) – 13.825

Bars
Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 14.600
Lisa Vaelen (BEL) – 13.900
Ellie Black (CAN) – 13.900

Beam
Shilese Jones (USA) – 13.450
Jade Carey (USA) – 13.400
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) – 13.250

Floor
Flavia Saraiva (BRA) – 13.800
Jordan Chiles (USA) – 13.500
Jennifer Gadirova (GBR) – 13.100

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Floor
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) – 14.950
Tan Chia-Hung (TWN) – 14.250
Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) – 14.250

Pommels
Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) – 15.000
Tsumura Ryota (JPN) – 14.900
Shia Yu-Jan (TWN) – 14.850

Rings
Adem Asil (TUR) – 14.900
Vinzed Hock (AUT) – 14.700
Donnell Whittenburg (USA) – 14.300

Vault
Caio Souza (BRA) – 14.525
Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) – 14.400
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) – 14.375

P Bars
Brody Malone (USA) – 14.500
Cameron-Lie Bernard (FRA) – 14.500
Mathias Philippe (FRA) – 14.450

H Bar
Marios Georgiou (CYP) – 14.450
Brody Malone (USA) – 14.400
Arthur Mariano (BRA) – 14.300

See lists of ALL apparatus finalists.

Lauren’s recap:

Qualifications at the Paris Challenge Cup wrapped up today with the U.S. women taking the top spots on vault and beam, while the Brazilians led on bars and floor, extending a new rivalry that kicked off when the Brazilian women upset the Americans in the team final at Pan As over the summer.

Brazil and the United States also had a lot of success in the MAG competition, with Brazil leading in the top two spots on vault, while the U.S. took the lead on p-bars, though it was mostly smaller-program specialists who led the rest of the competition, including Israel on floor, Ireland on pommels, Turkey on rings, and Cyprus on high bar. …

Brazilian, U.S. Women Lead Qualifications at Paris World Cup

Sona Artamonova – Jr Beam

From the Czech Republic, Sona moves continuously — the way FIG intends.

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Sona is one of Juniors highlighted in a post by Lauren Hopkins:

The 10 Small-Program Juniors Who Stunned in Europe This Summer