Straddle Tkachev

Gymnasts should split as much as possible.

G.S. George in his book Championship Gymnastics explains why.

Stylistically, I like a late, fast split.

Mersin World Cup highlights

effortless Aerial Walkover

Over the years I recall gymnasts who can do this skill very easily.

For others, it’s super difficult.

Lily Smith is fantastic.

Mersin World Cup results

Wow.

What a competition for Ana Barbosu.

Vault
🥇 Teja Belak SLO 13.875
🥈 Bilge Tarhan TUR 13.000
🥉 Tijana Korent CRO 12.875

Bars
🥇 Ana Barbosu ROU 13.600
🥈 Jessica Dowling CAN 13.350
🥉 Barbora Mokosova SVK 13.100

Shout out for Jessica Dowling. Well done.

Beam
🥇 Ana Barbosu ROU 13.950
🥈 Pin-ju Lai TAI 12.900
🥉 Andrea Preda ROU 12.600

Floor
🥇 Ana Barbosu ROU 12.900
🥈 Andrea Preda ROU 12.650
🥉 Sevgi Seda Kayışoğlu TUR 12.400

Floor
🥇 Dmitriy Patanin KAZ 14.550
🥈 Adem Asil TUR 14.300
🥉 Tang Chia-Hung TWN 14.250

Pommels
🥇 Shiao Yu-Jan TWN 15.050
🥈 Ferhat Arican TUR 14.450
🥉 Radomir Sliz CZE 14.050

Rings
🥇 Adem Asil TUR 15.000
🥈 Lin Guan-Yi TAI 14.500
🥉 Ibrahim Colak TUR 14.400

Vault
🥇 Gabriel Burtanete ROU 14.725
🥈 Leandre Sauve CAN 14.325
🥉 Wei-Sheng Tseng TAI 14.100

P Bars
🥇 Ferhat Arican TUR 14.800
🥈 Robert Tvorogal LTU 14.550
🥉 Andrei Muntean ROU 14.400

H Bar
🥇 Robert Tvorogal LTU 14.350
🥈 Adem Asil TUR 14.050
🥉 Yordan Aleksandrov BUL 13.700