The best gymnasts in the world put a LOT of force into the apparatus.
Breaking springboards, for example.
Guys told me that the connection between cable and top of the post failed, in this case. I saw TaiShan guys going around and checking them.
Category: horizontal bar
Backward Roll to Handstand
How to Gymnastics has a terrific article & videos on how gymnasts can perfect Backward Extension to Handstand skills:
How To Back Extension Roll to Handstand
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Should FIG raise the H Bar? 😀
Testing, testing.
We could lash them to the rail for safety. 😀
MAG Record Breakers in Jakarta
Lauren is keeping track of historic factoids.
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.
Click through for the details.
MAG Record Breakers in Jakarta
Apparatus Finals – day 2 VIDEOs
World Champions:
- MAG VT: Carlos Yulo
- WAG BB: Zhang Qingying
- MAG PB: Zou Jingyuan
- WAG FX: Sugihara Aiko
- MAG HB: Brody Malone
FIG – Familiar faces adorn the podiums as World Gymnastics Championships end
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Vault, Parallel Bars, and High Bar PODCAST.
Click PLAY or watch the GymCastic PODCAST on YouTube. WAG & MAG.
Gymnastics World’s 25 Jakarta Men’s AA STATISTICS
- Hashimoto Daike had 4 of the top scores on 6 apparatus!
- Angel Barajas had the highest difficulty 33.2
- Daniel Marinov best execution score 52.132
- Ryu Sung-hyun the most stuck landings bonus
Those are all from an excellent wrap-up post:
zhoxxyy – 2025 Jakarta MAG All-Around: Qualifiers’ Fate
Worlds ’25 Apparatus Finals – day 2
World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta.
Gymnasts warm-up in the arena for Event Finals. Some did a lot. Some very little. Each has their own strategy.
Links to full results.
Vault
Without question, the greatest Men’s VAULT Final in history.
After our Olympic Champ Yulo delivered near perfection on his 1st vault, we thought the legend Davtyan couldn’t catch him due to lower difficulty. BUT it nearly happened. What a rivalry!
Beam
That might be the greatest BEAM Final in history. It’s so often been a disaster.
Following the Beam Final, FIG posted Ellie Black’s Fair Play Award from the Paris Olympics. Everyone loves Ellie, in good position to qualify for her 5th Olympics.
Her Beam was fantastic, by the way.
P Bars
LEGEND. G.O.A.T.
Floor
Thrilled Sigihara Aiko at age-26 is World Champion. Gold on Floor, Bronze on Beam.
I was disappointed for Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, finishing 4th. Fantastic tumbling.
Ruby and Abigail are great on Floor, as are their GBR male teammates.
H Bar
A super strong field of competitors. But there were 2 falls and a number of bent elbow errors.
Brody is World Champion for the second time. Recall he only barely qualified for the Final.
We can argue Brody v Daiki for Gold. But Brody does have 0.2 higher difficulty.
I was happy to see Joe finish Bronze rather than 4th. That was a good set with BIG Triple Pike dismount
Related:
Demonstration – Fujitsu Gymnastics Judging Support System
Very cool.
IF this works in real time, we are not far off having video analysis checking D-score of judges. They should be flagged instantly if Fujitsu disagrees.
I’m sure E-score is much further off. But is possible with A.I.
Steve Butcher uses Layout Tkachev as an example.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
mistakes happen – Tang Chia-Hung – H Bar
One of the very best to NOT make the apparatus Final in Jakarta.
In fact, none of the 4 medalists from the Paris Olympics qualified to the H Bar Final at Worlds 2025, a year later.
Anyone can miss. Kohei Uchimura fell. Simone Biles fell.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. I do love his Wally Whirl.
Hits, Misses, Surprises – Mens World Gymnastics Championships 2025
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
Read the rest …
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