Favourite Dukhno had the most difficulty. But landings and O.B. dropped him to 4th. Judges “boxed” the E-scores, as usual, but I’d say they got the medal ranking correct.
Men's Floor Exercise final at the Junior World Championships:
🥇 Yang Lanbin 🇨🇳 13.833 🥈 Simone Speranza 🇮🇹 13.766 🥉 Karl Eldrew Yulo 🇵🇭 13.733 pic.twitter.com/oHVgdzgv5i
Arsenii Dukhno is an amazing talent who’s only challenge for the future in Senior is a lack of Ring strength holds. BUT he had a fall on the last apparatus — H Bar — and we wondered if he could stay ahead of the terrific competition. It was an excellent meet with relatively few errors from the top group.
Danila Leykin looks to have potential to qualify for Senior U.S. teams. He could be a counting score on P Bars and H Bar already. Pommels could get there, as well.
is Philippines the fastest improving Gymnastics nation? With KarlEldrew joining his brother in Senior … look out.
volume way too high in that small hotel ballroom. My noise cancelling headphones helped.
I’m wondering if we need announce every inquiry to the arena audience. Better would be to announce ONLY those scores that change. It was definitely a distraction. Also, why are the judges changing so many D-scores? Get it right in the first place.
remember the name ➙ Volodymyr Golovin (Ukraine)
Canadian Thomas Tittley withdrew from the World Jr Gymnastics Championships due to a neck injury suffered training H Bar just before Podium Training. Happily, it turned out to be minor.
Simone Speranza amazing Triple Tuck knees together STICK 🇮🇹 on Rings. Once FIG rules change in 2026, I expect many to stop using Triple Back dismount. But not Simone.
GREAT for the fans to have gymnasts on all 6 apparatus. The meet might be rushed for the gymnasts, however.
In Győr, Hungary 2019, the Jr. winner was Shinnosuke Oka who went on to be Olympic champion.
Arsenii Dukhno (AIN) leads in the All-Around with 82.065 despite a major error on P Bars and minor problems on H Bar. First on Floor and Vault.
Karl Eldrew Yulo (PHI), the younger brother of Olympic champion Carlos Yulo, was the gymnast most cheered. Very similar at the same age. Eldrew qualified for Floor, Vault, H Bar and All-Around Finals.
Danila Leykin (USA) leads on P Bars and H Bar with terrific and interesting routines. USA very excited about finishing Bronze in team.
Watching Podium training, I expected a lot of falls. BUT performances in competition were good, overall.
Falls mostly on:
Double Front on Floor
Under-rotated H Bar dismounts
Pommels, especially dismounts
Many fell on Vault landings, but not many felt unsafe. Most of the nations made good decisions on difficulty.
Remember the name ➙ Nikita Netreba, Poland.
Remember the name ➙ Aaron Esner, Netherlands. Tons of potential.
Looks to me like we will have more 1/1 twisting Double Tuck dismounts off P Bars in the future. Evan McPhillips (GBR) and Dukhno, for example. All 3 Colombia gymnasts used Flyaway 1/1 twisting Double Tuck dismounts off the end.
Hey. Could Colombia qualify a full team to the L.A. Olympics? They have 2 very strong all-around gymnasts in Ángel Barajas and Camilo Vera.
Without watching scores, I’d ASSuMEd Japan had beaten China due to higher difficulty. I was way wrong.
AA Final Qualifiers
Arsenii Dukhno from that Putin nation was easily the top AA gymnast. And he did not have a perfect competition. He’ll definitely contend in the AA at the Los Angeles Olympics. Amazing Vault and Tumbling for a gymnast with a build more suited to swinging.
What MEN made history at the World Gymnastics Championships 2025?
Mamikon Khachatryan and Hamlet Manukyan (both amazing), Zou Jingyuan (4th gold on P Bars), Angel Barajas, Omar Mohamed, Dagur Olafsson, Sebastian Sponevik, Jameel Ali, and many more.
Gymnasts warm-up in the arena for Event Finals. This competition is LONG, of course, with only 1 routine at a time, so many go back to the training Gym to stay warmed-up.
I expected Deng to medal. Warm-ups were strong. But she ran over the horse and got a zero on her first vault. Judges wouldn’t let her do a second.
Schönmaier tried upgrading to Cheng — but lost 2.0 for using only 1 hand.
16-year-old Lia-Monica Fontaine is the breakout star on Vault. Tons of potential here. And very good in the AA, as well. She’s destined to be on the Canadian team for years to come.
Zoja Szekely did a good routine, but couldn’t land her dismount. I understand she was too injured from Vault the previous day. I admire her courage. But with 20 / 20 hindsight, she should have withdrawn and let the Reserve gymnast go.
This sets up Donnell for the coming quadrennial. USA can always use a top Ring man who can compete other apparatus, if needed. Along with Asher Hong, it would not be a weak event.
Zhang Boheng and Adem Asil are incredibly good at Rings for AA gymnasts.
One of the great analysis sites of Men’s Gymnastics is “Zhoxxyy”
Here’s a sample:
Jakarta 2025 Qualifications Review
For each of the events, the Hits, the Misses and the Surprises will be reviewed.
Floor
Jake Jarman (GBR): the bronze medalist at the 2024 Games totally delivered with a tough routine (and didn’t fall…) Carlos Yulo (PHI): the Olympic champion nailed it again with his awesome execution. He may increase his D score in the final Kameron Nelson (USA): 1st World Championships, 1st gymnast to include 2 triple backs in the same routine. It paid off Minami Kazuki (JPN): 2X silver medalist on FX at WC, one of the best Japanese FX specialists Milad Karimi (KAZ): regularly qualifies for FX finals and won bronze in Antwerp. Solid routine. Luke Whitehouse (GBR): the 3X European Champion is the 2nd Brit in the final
Several gymnasts have reported difficulties with the Taishan floor podiums, noting that numerous athletes experienced falls, particularly during double fronts. Harry Hepworth (GBR): he got luckier on rings; out of the three British FX guys, one was bound to trip up and miss the final (he fell after his double front) Ray Zapata (ESP): the Tokyo silver medalist and Paris finalist had a bummer of a fall during his tuck double front, but his routine was pretty solid overall Eddie & Kevin Penev (BUL): the Penev Brothers provide an enjoyable viewing experience; Kevin is the third reserve and Eddie attained a slightly lower score.
Tikumporn Suritornta (THA): I don’t think many people predicted the qualification of the 27 year old gymnast from Samut Sakhon in Thailand. Great surprise and great upset! Krisztofer Mészáros (HUN): It’s kinda a surprise, but not really, since Titi is all about those floor podiums. Super cool to see him make it to the finals in Jakarta
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