Patty Hoopes ➡️ PH, 15.733 (B: 0.833) pic.twitter.com/PmtelRsxdj
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) May 7, 2026
Category: pommel horse
Varna World Cup ’26 RESULTS
Vault
🥇 Mara Slippens, Netherlands, 13.233
🥈 Julia Weissenhofer, Liechtenstein, 13.116
🥉 Tijana Korent, Croatia, 13.100
Bars
🥇 Roni Shamay, Israel, 13.200
🥈 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Great Britain, 13.133
🥉 Coralie Demers, Canada, 12.800
Beam
🥇 Maria Drobniak, Poland, 12.866
🥈 Nikolett Szilagyi, Hungary, 12.700
🥉 Amy Jorgensen, Canada, 12.600
Floor
🥇 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Great Britain, 13.233
🥈 Grace Davies, Great Britain, 12.966
🥉 Floor Slooff, Netherlands, 12.800
Floor
🥇 Victor Tournicourt, Belgium, 13.466
🥈 Martin Miggitsch, Austria, 13.300
🥉 Ravshan Kamiljanov, Uzbekistan, 13.166
Pommel
🥇 David Ivanov, Bulgaria, 14.633
🥈 Ravshan Kamiljanov, Uzbekistan, 14.166
🥉 Ihor Dyshuk, Ukraine, 13.900
One of the BIG stories of the meet was the return of Max Whitlock, the greatest British gymnast of all time. With nothing more to prove, now age-33, Max qualified for both the Pommel and P Bar Finals, but didn’t medal. This time.
Rings
🥇 Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.233
🥈 Artur Sahakyan, Germany, 13.566
🥉 Akhrorkhon Temirkhonov, Uzbekistan, 13.466
Vault
🥇 Ng Chun Chen, Malaysia, 14.183
🥈 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 14.083
🥉 Botond Molnar, Hungary, 14.050
P Bars
🥇 Altan Dogan, Türkiye, 14.166
🥈 Yoan Ivanov, Bulgaria, 13.866
🥉 Ron Pyatov, Israel, 13.866
H Bar
🥇 Timo Eder, Germany, 13.666
🥈 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 13.566
🥉 Ron Ortal, Israel, 13.566
2026 Men’s Gymnastics World Cup Series Ranking
zhoxxyy has a detailed post on how the World Cup series worked in 2026, despite the cancellation of Doha, Qatar due to Trump’s idiotic war.
It confusing.
It’s unfair in that all the competitions are close to Europe, making it very expensive for those from far away. On the other hand, Jesse Moore from Australia is 2nd on P Bars. Karl Eldrew Yulo 2nd on Floor. And we have winners from Colombia and Taipei. It’s possible if you can afford to travel to the meets.
From these lists some athletes will qualify to World Championships in October 2026. It will be some time before we know which, however.
2026 MAG World Cup Series Ranking
Men’s NCAA Gymnastics Individual winners
FX- Cooper Kim (Stanford)
PH- Brandon Dang (Illinois)
SR- Asher Cohen (Nebraska)
VT (tie)- Jun Iwai (Stanford), Tyler Flores (OU)
PB- Nathan Roman (OU)
HB- Kelton Christiansen (OU)
AA- Fred Richard (Michigan) by a country mile
Japanese Gymnastics (2): Training Protocols
Part 2 of an analysis by zhoxxyy.
Read part 1 here.
The Japanese gymnastics training system emphasizes injury prevention through extensive warm-up routines, active mobility, and specific strength development. Techniques focus on enhancing flexibility and precision, optimizing performance in key events while strategically managing strength.
Table Of Contents
Training Protocols Training Protocols Training protocols
The Warm-Up & Body Care: The “Injury Prevention” Protocol
Conditioning: “Specific Strength” vs. “Big Strength”
Apparatus Deep Dive: The Technical Secrets
Summary of Technical Specialties
Read the article online ➙ Inside Japanese Gymnastics (2): Training Protocols
Osijek World Cup ’26 RESULTS
Vault
Bars
Beam
Floor
Floor
Pommels
Rings
Vault
P Bars
Barajas has the top P Bar score in 2026, so far.
H Bar
Super fantastic Final this year.
Hamlet Manukyan – Pommels
Amazing.
We’re going to need more deductions in the Code to separate the best specialists.
- Stretched position on Circles?
- Hip extension and split on Flairs?
- Amplitude of C of G above the Horse?
Perhaps more credit for VARIETY of elements.
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