Category: horizontal bar

Men’s Podium Training Rotterdam

6 subdivisions.

Kensley posted a LIVE BLOG.

In 2026, men are doing more in Podium training than in the past, I believe.

Still, only a small percentage are going 100% on full routines. Nobody wants to win warm-ups.

Here’s an up-to-date list of all competitors.

My biggest takeaway is the JAPAN WILL WIN TEAM. So much difficulty. So well prepared to hit routines.

The big 5 teams are Japan, GBR, China, USA, Russia.

China will likely finish 2nd, but they didn’t look nearly as good as Japan in podium training. HOWEVER, China often takes it very easy in Podium and even the qualification round, saving their best for when medals are on the line.

  • Jordan Carroll, Canada, looking good & confident on Pommels. CAN is without William Émard this time.
  • Rhys McClenaghan looks very serious. He’s changed up his Pommel routine since Europeans, striving for a 9.3 E-score.
  • Count on Eleftherios Petrounias, now age-35, to qualify to the Rings final.
  • only 3 Russian male gymnasts got visas in time for Podium. Kensley interviewed them.
  • Ukraine and Putin’s dictatorship are both in the 2nd sub-rotation
  • Scott Bregman announced Gymnastipedia, an online tool for evaluating WAG routines
  • could Colombia qualify top 8 for the Team Final? Ángel Barajas looks fantastic on H Bar. They did more full routines than most teams.
  • Subdivision 4 of 6 is fantastic. JPN, GBR, USA, Australia, Kovtun.
  • new Senior Danila Leykin at least twice connected Pegan to Koman on H Bar
  • GBR insane difficulty on Floor. The top team on that apparatus.
  • Kam Nelson (from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) is making tumbling look easy. Triple tuck – no problem. He did an even better Triple Pike.
  • Jake looked good. We haven’t seen him much this year.

Read International Gymnast magazine – Subdivisions 5 and 6: Men’s podium training wraps up in Rotterdam

Read World Gymnastics – Notes, quotes and anecdotes: World Championships Men’s Podium Training edition

Fusuke Maeda & Danila Leykin – H Bar

Many are looking forward to seeing Danila Leykin, age-19, at World Championships ’26 Rotterdam.

Dani is most looking forward to rotating with Japan in prelims — Fusuke Maeda, age-26, in particular. He scored 15.633 on H Bar at 2026 NHK Trophy.

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Neutral Deductions posted an interview with Dani.

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Paris Challenge Cup RESULTS

Vault

🥇 Lisa Vaelen, Belgium, 13.666
🥈 Izzy Stassi, United States, 13.350
🥉 Christine Kubon, Norway, 13.316

Bars

🥇 Elena Colas, France, 14.300
🥈 Emelie Westlund, Sweden, 14.266
🥉 Sofia Shtykhetskaya, Belarus, 14.100

Beam

🥇 Naomi Descamps, Belgium, 13.066
🥈 Diana Lobok, Ukraine, 13.033
🥉 Varvara Belova, Russia, 12.300

Floor

🥇 Maïana Prat, France, 13.766
🥈 Izzy Stassi, United States, 13.466
🥉 Emelie Westlund, Sweden, 13.166

Floor

🥇 Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.500
🥈 Anze Hribar, Slovenia, 14.233
🥉 Tommaso Brugnami, Italy, 13.800

Pommel

🥇 Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia, 15.200
🥈 Gabriele Targhetta, Italy, 15.000
🥉 Brandon Dang, United States, 14.700

Rings

🥇 Ilya Zaika, Russia, 14.566
🥈 Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.533
🥉 Nikita Simonov, Azerbaijan, 14.133

New IMPOSSIBLE skill for the Russian Rings specialist.

Vault

🥇 Nazar Chepurnyi, Ukraine, 14.400
🥈 Yahor Sharamkou, Belarus, 14.199
🥉 Tommaso Brugnami, Italy, 13.966

P Bars

🥇 Ferhat Arican, Türkiye, 14.633
🥈 Nazar Chepurnyi, Ukraine, 14.466
🥉 Crew Bold, United States, 14.333

H Bar

🥇 Cooper Kim, United States, 14.566
🥈 Carlo Macchini, Italy, 14.500
🥉 Lorenzo Aymes, France, 14.033

Asian Games Apparatus Finals

Vault

🥇 Yeo Seojeong, South Korea, 14.483
🥈 An Chang Ok, North Korea, 13.666
🥉 Du Siyu, China, 13.450

Bars

🥇 Qiu Qiyuan, China, 15.100
🥈 Nishiyama Misa, Japan, 14.433
🥉 Zhang Qingying, China, 14.233

Beam

🥇 Hwang Seohyun, South Korea, 14.700
🥈 Qiu Qiyuan, China, 14.566
🥉 Okamura Mana, Japan, 14.300

Floor

🥇 Sugihara Aiko, Japan, 14.033
🥈 Nishiyama Misa, Japan, 13.900
🥉 Zhang Yihan, China, 13.566

Floor

🥇 Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 14.666
🥈 Milad Karimi, Kazakhstan, 14.600
🥉 Tsukiyama Shoma, Japan, 14.566

Pommels

🥇 Utkirbek Juraev, Uzbekistan, 14.733
🥈 Arman Khodaei Valehzaghard, Iran, 14.566
🥉 Hashimoto Daiki, Japan, 14.500

Rings

🥇 Lan Xingyu, China, 14.933
🥈 Kaneta Kiichi, Japan, 14.733
🥉 Zou Jingyuan, China, 14.600

Vault

🥇 Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 14.599
🥈 Mahdi Olfati, Iran, 14.533
🥉 Ng Ka Ki, Hong Kong, 14.116

P Bars

🥇 Zou Jingyuan, China, 15.500
🥈 Oka Shinnosuke, Japan, 14.500
🥉 Rasuljon Abdurakhimov, Uzbekistan, 14.433

H Bar

🥇 Tian Hao, China, 14.700
🥈 Oka Shinnosuke, Japan, 14.033
🥉 Eldrew Yulo, Philippines, 13.666

Szombathely Challenge Cup RESULTS

Vault

🥇 Greta Mayer, Hungary, 13.516
🥈 Emily Roper, Great Britain, 13.483
🥉 Patricie Makovickova, Czechia, 13.033

Bars

🥇 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.366
🥈 Tatum Drusch, United States, 13.300
🥉 Barbora Kundrát, Slovakia, 13.233

Beam

🥇 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.766
🥈 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 13.600
🥉 Emily Roper, Great Britain, 12.866

Floor

🥇 Dulcy Caylor, United States, 13.466
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.433
🥉 Lorrane Oliveira, Brazil, 12.933

Floor

🥇 Aurel Benovic, Croatia, 14.166
🥈 Dimitar Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 13.966
🥉 Martin Miggitsch, Austria, 13.833

Pommels

🥇 Zeinolla Idrissov, Kazakhstan, 14.766
🥈 Mateo Zugec, Croatia, 14.300
🥉 Dagur Olafsson, Iceland, 14.233

Rings

🥇 Stasis Butrimas, Ukraine, 13.633
🥈 Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 13.233
🥉 Elias Koski, Finland, 13.166

Vault

🥇 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 14.016
🥈 Ondrej Kalny, Czechia, 13.899
🥉 Jonas Danek, Czechia, 13.799

P Bars

🥇 Yordan Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, 13.633
🥈 Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 13.433
🥉 Quentin Brandenburger, Luxembourg, 13.366

H Bar

🥇 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.133
🥈 Tomas Kalinic, Czechia, 13.300
🥉 Kacper Garnczarek, Poland, 12.833

Read Lauren’s LIVE blogs:

Pegan to Kolman

Danila Leykin.

Flyaway to Flat Back

BEFORE we let kids flip, it’s essential that they understand well how to move the centre of gravity AWAY from the Bar at the point of release.

Some call it “pitching out” the centre of gravity.

Flyaway not Flyclose.

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Fred Richard tries the Gunther release

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Ian has another unique skill on H Bar — from the same release action.

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Mediterranean Games Apparatus Finals

Vault

🥇 Benedetta Gava, Italy, 13.675
🥈 Athanasia Mesiri, Greece, 13.500
🥉 Teja Belak, Slovenia, 13.400

Bars

🥇 Kaylia Némour, Algeria, 15.500
🥈 Sofia Tonelli, Italy, 14.100
🥉 Artemisia Iorfino, Italy, 13.800

Beam

🥇 Kaylia Némour, Algeria, 13.300
🥈 Alba Petisco, Spain, 13.200
🥉 Eleonora Calaciura, Italy, 12.900

Floor

🥇 Benedetta Gava, Italy, 13.300
🥈 Alba Petisco, Spain, 13.200
🥉 Emma Fioravanti, Italy, 12.800

Floor

🥇 Antonios Tantalidis, Greece, 13.700
🥈 Ivan Brunello, Italy, 13.600
🥉 Niccolò Vannucchi, Italy, 13.600

Pommels

🥇 Ignacio Yockers, Spain, 14.250
🥈 Omar Elshobki, Egypt, 13.950
🥉 Ferhat Arican, Türkiye, 13.750

Rings

🥇 Mehmet Ayberk Kosak, Türkiye, 14.250
🥈 Niccolò Vannucchi, Italy, 13.850
🥉 Omad Mohamed, Egypt, 13.850

Vault

🥇 Hamza Hossaini, Morocco, 14.025
🥈 Tommaso Brugnami, Italy, 13.900
🥉 Alperen Eve Avci, Türkiye, 13.850

P Bars

🥇 Altan Dogan, Türkiye, 14.000
🥈 Marios Georgios, Cyprus, 14.000
🥉 Matteo Levantesi, Italy, 13.900

H Bar

🥇 Marios Georgiou, Cyprus, 14.200
🥈 Swaïmy Bellil, France, 13.750
🥉 Neofytos Kyriakou, Cyprus, 13.100

Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour, Cyprus’s Marios Georgiou dominate all-around at Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games: Nemour, Georgiou, Emir mesmerise with golden performances