Testing, testing.
We could lash them to the rail for safety. 😀
Should FIG raise the H Bar? 😀
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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 …
Jakarta 2025 Qualifications: Hits, Misses, & Surprises
Men’s FINALISTS -World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta
Congratulations to all.
Maximum 2 / nation.
Russians are back. Competing AIN (Athlètes Individuels Neutres / Individual Neutral Athletes)
Floor
Thailand to the Floor Final.
- Jake Jarman GBR 14.700
- Carlos Yulo PHI 14.566
- Kameron Nelson USA 14.300
- Milad Karimi KAZ 14.133
- Minami Kazuki JPN 14.100
- Krisztofer Meszaros HUN 13.966
- Tikumporn Surintornta THA 13.866
- Luke Whitehouse GBR 13.866
Pommels
- Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.700
- Hong Yanming CHN 14.600
- Patrick Hoopes USA 14.566
- Hamlet Manukyan ARM 14.500
- Aidan Li CAN 14.400
- Mamikon Khachatryan ARM 14.400
- Alexander Yolshin-Cash GBR 14.333
- Zeinolla Idrissov KAZ 14.300
Rings
- Lan Xingyu CHN 14.766
- Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.700
- Zhang Boheng CHN 14.600
- Adem Asil TUR 14.466
- Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 14.366
- Harry Hepworth GBR 14.366
- Glen Cuyle BEL 14.333
- Caio Souza BRA 14.333
Vault
- Carlos Yulo PHI 14.750
- Artur DAvtyan ARM 14.566
- Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 14.316
- Daniel Marinov AIN 14.266
- Tommaso Brugnami ITA 14.249
- Huang Mingqi CHN 14.183
- Minami Kazuki JPN 14.050
- Mukhammadzhon Yakubov AIN 14.033
P Bars
- Zou Jingyuan CHN 15.466
- Oka Shinnosuke JPN 14.533
- Tsunogai Tomoharu JPN 14.500
- Shi Cong CHN 14.400
- Angel Barajas COL 14.300
- Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.300
- Vladislav Poliashov AIN 14.233
- Daniel Marinov AIN 14.200
H Bar
- Tsunogai Tomoharu JPN 14.800
- Joe Fraser GBR 14.533
- Hashimoto Daiki JPN 14.400
- Carlo Macchini ITA 14.233
- Milad Karimi KAZ 14.200
- Brody Malone USA 14.166
- Daniel Marinov AIN 14.133
- Shi Cong CHN 14.133
All-around
- Hashimoto Daiki JPN 83.065
- Noe Seifert SUI 82.499
- Zhang Boheng CHN 82.331
- Daniel Marinov RUS 81.932
- Shi Cong CHN 81.398
- Angel Barajas COL 80.664
- Florian Langenegger SUI 80.298
- Caio Souza BRA 79.166
- Ryu Sunghyun KOR 78.866
- Diogo Soares BRA 78.798
- Robert Kirmes FIN 78.798
- Oka Shinnosuke JPN 78.731
- Timo Eder GER 78.265
- Thierno Diallo ESP 78.032
- Krisztofer Meszaros HUN 77.699
- Anthony Mansard FRA 77.432
- Joel Plata ESP 77.365
- Akseli Karsikas FIN 76.865
- Jesse Moore AUS 76.732
- Félix Dolci CAN 76.632
- Vladyslav Hryko UKR 75.932
- Sebastian Sponevik NOR 75.898
- Omar Mohamed EGY 75.531
- Dagur Olafsson ISL 75.365
International Gymnast – Men’s individual finals set at Worlds as qualifications conclude
Men’s Jakarta Worlds qualification day 1
Oct 19, 2025 we had SIX subdivisions of the best male gymnasts in the world. Two more subdivisions go Oct 20 — with a much better idea what they need to do to make the apparatus final? Triple back? Or go safe?
Leaders so far.
Since there is no team competition this time, gymnasts are looking to qualify to Apparatus and/or AA Finals. Some have a goal to improve their previous best ranking at Worlds.
Read the FIG summing-up of Day 1 Men’s competition:
Difficulty — and difficulties — take centre stage as curtain rises on World Championships in Jakarta
TheGymternet is trying a LIVE blog from the international video feed.
Kensley Behel is posting to Twitter. You MIGHT have to log in to X.com in order to see those public tweets.
A few notes I took over 12 hours of competition:
Worst news of the day was hearing Asher Hong injured in training on Floor. He had to withdraw.
There were more falls and mistakes than I expected. And it wasn’t always gambling on Triple Back. In fact, most of the Triples were quite safe. Some will keep that dismount even after FIG devalues Jan. 2026.
- JAPAN in the 1st subdivision.
- One audience concern with this Individual format for Worlds is that some apparatus are empty when none of the gymnasts in the group have decided to compete that event.
- Judging was VERY SLOOOWWW to start.
- Daiki Hashimoto looks good to win the AA at Worlds 2025. He’s easily leading the all-around qualification scores, despite errors.
- I predicted the other Olympic champion, OKA Shinnosuke, to be top 2 AA — but he had many problems in the qualification round. Hopefully he can get it together in the Final.
- Tarrab from Syria stuck Handspring Double Front on Vault. Excellent gymnasts here from all over the world.
- All 3 Japanese gymnasts are using Liukin on H Bar. It’s the cool new skill to add for the top gymnasts.
- Minami on Floor has awesome difficulty. He could win the Floor final with better control.
Good news story for those following Donnell Whittenburg‘s long, long career is that he’s having his best Worlds ever. Many questioned whether he’s still got it at age-31. The answer is … YES.
LEGEND. And lesson in persistence.
- Kameron Nelson competed his best Floor ever since he started including 2 Triples. Respect. His mom, coach and judge, is here cheering with us.
- Caio Souza from Brazil is looking better than ever.
- Fan favourite Milad Karimi looks great, as well.
- Two teams I love to watch: Swiss men and Swedish women. Over the years those programs emphasize form, line, rhythm, artistry.
- We already know Angel Barajas is a superstar at age-19. 4th AA with 80.664 after day 1.
- Talking to some of the male gymnasts … They like the Floor in the competition arena and warm-up Gym. On podium. Dislike the same Floor in the training Gym, on concrete. It’s too hard.
- I’m thrilled there are very few Rybalko skills on H Bar at Worlds. It’s nearly impossible to do those skills well.
- Pommels Final is the most competitive with all the specialists here. Surprisingly, I’d say H Bar is the 2nd most competitive. Vault has been weak compared with previous Worlds.
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