Category: Gymnastics

GymCastic has 4 people in Japan. Spencer is home watching the apparatus streams via the virtual media center that was set up for credentialed media who aren’t there in person.

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After day 1, here are the top qualifiers so far. Russia yet to come in one of the 3 remaining flights on day 2.

AA

1. Leanne Wong USA 55.749
2. Kayla DiCello USA 55.700
3. Hatakeda Hitomi JPN 53.798
4. Filipa Martins POR 53.032
5. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 52.865
6. Carolann Heduit FRA 52.765
7. Anastasiia Bachynska UKR 52.665
8. Naomi Visser NED 52.266

Vault

1. Elze Geurts NED 14.350
2. Asia D’Amato ITA 13.816
3. Csenge Bacskay HUN 13.666
4. Nancy Taman EGY 13.533
5. Ofir Netzer ISR 13.516
6. Audrey Rousseau CAN 13.499
7. Coline Devillard FRA 13.450
8. Aruna Budda Reddy IND 13.353

Bars

1. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 14.733
2. Luo Rui CHN 14.500
3. Zsofia Kovacs HUN 14.433
4. Elisa Iorio ITA 14.183
5. Filipa Martins POR 14.133
6. Becky Downie GBR 14.000
7. Alice D’Amato ITA 13.966
8. Hatakeda Hitomi JPN 13.933

Beam

1. Luo Rui CHN 14.566
2. Pauline Schäfer GER 13.733
3. Leanne Wong USA 13.700
4. Ashikawa Urara JPN 13.533
5. Kayla DiCello USA 13.500
6. Murakami Mai JPN 13.400
7. Becky Downie GBR 13.333
8. Elisa Iorio ITA 13.100

Floor

1. Murakami Mai JPN 14.166
2. Leanne Wong USA 14.000
3. Kayla DiCello USA 13.800
4. Hiraiwa Yuna JPN 13.400
5. Maria Ceplinschi ROU 13.300
6. Anastasiia Bachynska UKR 13.100
7. Elze Geurts NED 12.966
8. Filipa Martins POR 12.933

Leaders after Women's Subdivision 7️⃣ of 🔟 in qualifying at #Kitakyushu2021:

AA: Leanne Wong, 🇺🇸, 55.749
VT: Elze Geurts, 🇳🇱, 14.350
UB: Wei Xiaoyuan, 🇨🇳, 14.733
BB: Luo Rui, 🇨🇳, 14.566
FX: Murakami Mai, 🇯🇵, 14.166

Full results 👉 https://t.co/RShcvu4GJF pic.twitter.com/6dnpF2iMd1

— FIG (@gymnastics) October 18, 2021

We won’t have a first time Brazilian World Champion.

Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷 will not do the All-Around at these World Championships, Andrade confirmed following her podium training session Saturday. She and her team made the choice to forgo Floor in Kitakyushu to focus on her physical health and long term plans. #Kitakyushu2021 #GWC2021 pic.twitter.com/UTeJOEa4U6

— FIG (@gymnastics) October 16, 2021

Gymnasts have arrived.

There have been more than the usual number of complaints about transportation and housing.

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The start of the 50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships is now just days away! 🙌

Gymnasts have arrived in Kitakyushu 🇯🇵 training is under way and we're excited to get started! 🤩

Check back regularly for more from #Kitakyushu2021@gwc2021eng pic.twitter.com/VbPR50PqEU

— FIG (@gymnastics) October 14, 2021