Category: pommel horse

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.

Cairo World Cup RESULTS

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

Floor

Pommel

Rings

Vault

P Bars

H Bar

Antalya World Cup results

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

Floor

Pommels

Rings

Vault

P Bars

H Bar

Baku World Cup results

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

Floor

Pommels

Rings

Vault

P Bars

H Bar

Men’s Gymnastics routines defining the apparatus

zhoxxyy:

Floor

  • Kenzo Shirai (JPN) – 2013 World Championships โ€“ Event Final
  • Carlos Yulo (PHI) – 2019 World Championships โ€“ Event Final

Pommels

  • Krisztiรกn Berki (HUN) – 2012 Olympic Games โ€“ Event Final
  • Rhys McClenaghan, MBE (IRL) – 2022 World Championships โ€“ Event Final

Rings

  • Jury Chechi (ITA) – 1996 Olympic Games โ€“ Event Final
  • Liu Yang (CHN) – 2020 Olympic Games Event Final

Vault

  • Marian Drฤƒgulescu (ROU) – 2004 Olympic Games Event Final
  • Jake Jarman (GBR) – 2023 World Championships โ€“ All-Around

P Bars

  • Rustam Sharipov (UKR) – 1996 Olympic Games โ€“ Event Final
  • Zou Jingyuan (CHN) – 2018 World Championships โ€“ Event Final

H Bar

  • Epke Zonderland (NED) – 2012 Olympic Games โ€“ Event Final
  • Koheiย Uchimuraย (JPN) – 2026 Olympic Games – All Around

Watch all those routines:

The Menโ€™s Artistic Gymnastics Routines that Shaped and Perfected the Sport

This article analyzes pivotal routines in menโ€™s artistic gymnastics across the six apparatuses. How historic performances reshaped standards of difficulty and execution, and perfected the interaction between skill and artistry, thus enhancing the understanding of the sportโ€™s evolution.

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VIDEOS – most difficult Men’s Gymnastics skills

zhoxxyy posted animated video clips of the highest rated skills in the Men’s code as of 2025:

Which are the most difficult skills in Menโ€™s Gymnastics?

Get ready to dive into the hardest skills in menโ€™s gymnastics, the ones that can make or break a routine. From the elusive H-rated elements on Parallel Bars and Pommel Horse to the jaw-dropping J-rated feats on Floor, we uncover the history, the evolution, and the gymnasts behind these gravity-defying elements.

Hidetaka Miyachi (JPN) at the 2017 World Championships in Montrรฉal where he submitted his eponymous skill, currently the element with the highest rate on High Bar in the MAG COP

understanding Men’s Gymnastics scores

Men’s Gymnastics competitions are fantastically competitive and exciting

Much more exciting than women’s, in comparison.

BUT very few of the general public understand much about the scores. Since we dropped the “perfect 10”, it’s not worth bothering to look at the number for most fans.

zhoxxyy simplifies it for us:

How to Read Gymnastics Scoring in 60 seconds?

Twists & Turns – Jr Worlds Apparatus Finals – Day 1 VIDEOS

Click PLAY or watch Day 1 Highlights on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Day 2 Highlights on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch MORE Day 1 Highlights on YouTube.

Jr. Gymnastics Worlds Apparatus Finals day 1

Vault

Personally, I had Nishiyama 1st. BUT as a big Lavi fan, I’m super happy for her. Gold on Vault after 4th AA yesterday.

Bars

A deserving podium. HIT routines.

Sadly, Elena fell on release.

Floor

Favourite Dukhno had the most difficulty. But landings and O.B. dropped him to 4th. Judges “boxed” the E-scores, as usual, but I’d say they got the medal ranking correct.

Pommels

Worst Worlds Pommel Final I can recall. All 8 had falls or major errors on Handstand dismount. A disappointment.

Rings

World Champion Dante Reive. His father / coach is JD Reive, a U.S. National team member for many years.