Cintia Rodriguez – Floor

The highlight of the first subdivision for me was watching Cintia have a good all-around competition. She was underscored on Floor.

8.1 E score on this routine?

What most gymnasts do poorly Cintia does superbly. Yet there’s little credit for excellence in form and flexibility.

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GREAT season for U Washington

I couldn’t be happier for first year Head Coach Elise Ray and her team.

Argyro Afrati – Floor

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good morning from Cluj

Women’s prelims are underway.

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Men’s European Championships Apparatus Finalists

Gymnasts from 7 different countries lead qualifications

Floor
1. ZAPATA Rayderley Miguel (ESP) 14.800
2. DRAGULESCU Marian (ROU) 14.666
3. SHATILOV Alexander (ISR) 14.466
4. LANKIN Dmitrii (RUS) 14.433
(triple back)
5. VERNIAIEV Oleg (UKR) 14.400
6. DOLGOPYAT Artem (ISR) 14.391
7. BULAUSKI Pavel (BLR) 14.333
8. CUNNINGHAM Dominick (GBR) 14.333

Pommel
1. BERKI Krisztian (HUN) 15.200
2. BELYAVSKIY David (RUS) 15.000
3. BERTONCELJ Saso (SLO) 14.733
4. MERDINYAN Harutyun (ARM) 14.700
5. HEGI Oliver (SUI) 14.633
6. SELIGMAN Robert (CRO) 14.433
7. VERNIAIEV Oleg (UKR) 14.433
8. ARICAN Ferhat (TUR) 14.366

Rings
1. PETROUNIAS Eleftherios (GRE) 15.366
2. TOVMASYAN Artur (ARM) 15.033
3. TULLOCH Courtney (GBR) 14.933
4. DAVTYAN Vahagn (ARM) 14.866
5. RADIVILOV Igor (UKR) 14.833
6. LANKIN Dmitrii (RUS) 14.766
7. COLAK Ibrahim (TUR) 14.733
8. KONSTANTINIDIS Konstantinos (GRE) 14.700

Vault
1. DRAGULESCU Marian (ROU) 14.666
2. RADIVILOV Igor (UKR) 14.666
3. DALALOYAN Artur (RUS) 14.533
4. VERNIAIEV Oleg (UKR) 14.516
5. HRIMECHE Zachari (FRA) 14.466
6. DAVTYAN Artur (ARM) 14.383
7. CUNNINGHAM Dominick Adam (GBR) 14.374
8. MEDVEDEV Andrey (ISR) 14.366

Dragulescu

P Bars
1. NGUYEN Marcel (GER) 15.166
2. ARICAN Ferhat (TUR) 15.133
3. DAUSER Lukas (GER) 15.100
4. VERNIAIEV Oleg (UKR) 14.900
5. BELYAVSKIY David (RUS) 14.900
6. YUSOF Eddy (SUI) 14.500
7. NAGORNYY Nikito (RUS) 14.475
8. HEGI Oliver (SUI) 14.466

Marcel looks great. Now age 29.

H Bar
1. HEGI Oliver (SUI) 14.466
2. BELYAVSKIY David (RUS) 14.266
3. HALL James (GBR) 14.200
4. KOVACEVIC Anton (CRO) 14.166
5. BRAEGGER Pablo (SUI) 14.166
6. BOULET Edgar (FRA) 14.133
7. DEURLOO Bart (NED) 13.866
8. VERNIAIEV Oleg (UKR) 13.733

The Swiss are as good as any nation on H Bar these days. Smart clean routines.

I was pleased to see very few fugly Rybalko elements. Judges are actually deducting for angles this cycle.

BELYAVSKIY – for example – has a relatively easy routine with only one turning skill to handstand.

Pommels & Rings will be very strong Finals. Horizontal Bar likely the weakest. Many of the best guys competing the big overbar releases missed. Or fell.