tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Those are all from an excellent wrap-up post:
zhoxxyy – 2025 Jakarta MAG All-Around: Qualifiers’ Fate
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.
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!
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.
LEGEND. G.O.A.T.
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.
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:
One of the great analysis sites of Men’s Gymnastics is “Zhoxxyy”
Here’s a sample:
For each of the events, the Hits, the Misses and the Surprises will be reviewed.
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 …
Congratulations to all.
Maximum 2 / nation.
Russians are back. Competing AIN (Athlètes Individuels Neutres / Individual Neutral Athletes)
Thailand to the Floor Final.
International Gymnast – Men’s individual finals set at Worlds as qualifications conclude
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:
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.
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.
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.
Everyone assumes they are fighting for silver behind G.O.A.T. Zou Jingyuan. But he didn’t look amazing in the training Gym.
Ferhat looks to be psyched and in great shape. Don’t count him out for podium.
Magnastics – 2025 World Championships Apparatus Preview 2- Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar
How to Gymnastics has a terrific series of videos on this post:
For example. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
These are useful for P Bars Press, as well.
🥇 Charleigh Bullock, United States, 12.533
🥈 Addalye VanGrinsven, United States, 12.400
🥉 Isabel Ramos, Brazil, 12.266
🥇 Charleigh Bullock, United States, 12.500
🥈 Stella Letendre, Canada, 12.400
🥉 Dominica Escartin, Mexico, 12.266
🥉 Addalye VanGrinsven, United States, 12.266
🥇 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.983
🥈 William McCrea, United States, 13.800
🥉 Jensuel Soto, Puerto Rico, 13.549
🥇 Jorman Alvarez, Colombia, 13.300
🥇 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.300
🥉 Aaron Ibarra, Mexico, 12.533
🥇 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.800
🥈 Thomas Tittley, Canada, 12.833
🥉 Pedro Silvestre, Brazil, 12.800
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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