Category: Gymnastics

Men’s Worlds AA finalists

Q = qualified

1. Nagornyy RUS 87.333 – Q
2. Dalaloyan RUS 86.531 – Q
3. Xiao CHN 85.831 – Q

4. Kaya JPN 85.731 -Q
5. Sun CHN 84.899 – Q
6. Pakhniuk UKR 84.598 – Q
7. Lee TPE 84.481 – Q
8. Verniaiev UKR 84.299 – Q
9. Braegger SUI 83.505 – Q
10. Stretovich RUS 83.438
11. Moldauer USA 82.898 – Q
12. Hegi SUI 82.831 – Q
13. Toba GER 82.781 – Q
14. Tang TPE 82.763 – Q
15. Deng CHN 82.698
16. Fraser GBR 82.565 – Q
17. Kim KOR 82.431 – Q
18. Yulo PHI 82.164 – Q
19. Abad ESP 81.932 – Q
20. Hall GBR 81.930 – Q
21. Larduet CUB 81.898 – Q
22. Souza BRA 81.897 – Q
23. Yudenkov UKR 81.831
24. Lee KOR 81.830 – Q
25. Edalli ITA 81.698 – Q
26. Karimi KAZ 81.599 – Q
27. Mikulak USA 81.598 – Q

Sam Mikulak could potentially win this thing, if he’d hit 6/6. He had a terrible day in qualification. Getting in the last spot and coming back BIG would be a story nobody could believe. 😊

Manrique Larduet

Men’s Teams qualified to Tokyo

Team Final at Worlds contested between the top 8 teams.

1. Russia
2. China
3. Japan

4. Ukraine
5. GBR
6. Switzerland
7. USA
8. Chinese Taipei TPE Taiwan
9. Korea
10. Brazil
11. Spain
12. Germany

Particular congratulations to TPE and Spain. Few pundits were predicting they’d get through, particularly after Zapata withdrew from the Spanish team.

They replace France and Netherlands who competed in Rio 2016.

Oleg was back to near 100%. Ukraine would not be denied.

It’s great to see Germany get the last spot — in Germany. And they deserved it.

Nestor Abad – Spain

Tin Srbic – Qualifications H Bar

Dif 6.200 Exe 8.633

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

interview – French coach Eric Hagard

He learned a lot in the USA.

Mélanie is talented. And committed.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Mélanie’s interview

Olympic WAG team qualifiers video

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1. United States
2. China
3. Russia
4. France
5. Canada
6. Netherlands
7. Great Britain
8. Italy
9. Germany
10. Belgium
11. Japan
12. Spain

Men’s Olympic Qualification – what happened?

There were thrills.

Jessen – Czech Republic

And spills.

Souza – Brazil

More MAG day 1 photos.

As always, the Men’s competition was more exciting and unpredictable than WAG.

FIG – Russian men romp to early lead at Stuttgart Worlds

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related – Lauren’s summary on theGymter.net.

Chinese Taipei: Olympics bound

The biggest story of World Championships 2019 will be the astonishing performance of Chinese Taipei.

That’s the name recognized by the China (PRC) for events like Olympic Games.

Sadao Hamada:

“I think a 250 [team score] will get us into the Tokyo Olympics,” he said. …

Chinese Taipei last qualified to the Olympic Games in 1964, also held in Tokyo, where they placed 17th. The team has two World medals in history; the silver on Pommel Horse won by Lee Chih-Kai‘s silver medal on Pommel Horse last year in Doha came 25 years after a silver on Vault from Feng Chih Chang.

FIG – ‘Harvest day’: Chinese Taipei turns in Tokyo-worthy performance