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Another detailed breakdown on what went right — and what went wrong.

Everyone is excited about Fujitsu computer analysis finally being used. But like all new technologies, it’s prone to mistakes and even hallucinations.

Nate Salsman is here for Inside Gymnastics magazine.

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Men’s Qualifications Conclude at Rotterdam Worlds; Field Set for Team, All-Around and Apparatus Finals

2026 Gymnastics Worlds Qualifications: Hits, Misses & Surprises

Japan Leads Team Qualifications in Men’s Competition at Worlds

Team

Top 8 from the qualification competition move on to the 3-up, 3-count Team Final.

Japan are strong favourites to win. BUT anything can happen in Men’s Gymnastics.

1. Japan 254.529
2. Great Britain 251.460
3. Russia 249.162
4. China 247.493
5. United States 245.961
6. Switzerland 244.430
7. Netherlands 242.995
8. Colombia 242.727

All-around

Zhang Boheng is out with injury.

1. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 85.098
2. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 84.632
3. Arseniy Dukhno RUS 83.866
4. Jake Jarman GBR 83.698
5. Yang Haonan CHN 83.464
6. Illia Kovtun CRO 83.099
7. Joe Fraser GBR 83.065
8. Angel Barajas COL 82.831
9. Camilo Vera COL 82.764
10. Fred Richard USA 82.098
11. Daniel Marinov RUS 81.564
12. Yumin Abbadini ITA 81.065
13. Florian Langenegger SUI 80.599
14. Noe Seifert SUI 80.598
15. Krisztofer Meszaros HUN 80.264
16. Nurtan Idrissov KAZ 79.665
17. Elijah Faverus NED 79.466
18. Anthony Mansard FRA 79.199
19. Victor Martinez BEL 79.063
20. Naël Sakouhi FRA 78.999
21. Danila Leykin USA 78.998
22. Sam Zakutney CAN 78.764
23. Timo Eder GER 78.465
24. Jermain Grünberg NED 78.432

Floor

1. Arseniy Dukhno RUS 14.700
2. Carlos Yulo PHI 14.500
3. Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.300
4. Fred Richard USA 14.233
5. Jake Jarman GBR 14.133
6. Yahor Sharamkou BLR 14.100
7. Noam Berkovich ISR 14.033
   – Doi Ryosuke JPN 14.033

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Pommels

1. Hamlet Manukyan ARM 14.933
2. Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.866
3. Gabriele Targetta ITA 14.833
4. Mamikon Khachatryan ARM 14.733
5. Patrick Hoopes USA 14.666
6. Hur Woong KOR 14.633
7. Kilan van der Aa BEL 14.600
8. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 14.533

This will likely be the best and closest apparatus final. Consider the superstars who DIDN’T qualify:

• Ward Reuben
• McClenaghan Rhys
• Lee Chih-Kai
• Carroll Jordan

Rings

1. Lan Xingyu CHN 14.733
2. Ilya Zaika RUS 14.53
3. Courtney Tulloch GBR 14.500
4. Artur Avetisyan ARM 14.233
5. Mehmet Ayberk Kosak TUR 14.233
6. Glen Cuyle BEL 14.100
7. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 14.066
8. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 14.033

Vault

1. Jake Jarman GBR 14.633
2. Artur Davtyan ARM 14.633
3. Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 14.450
4. Arseniy Dukhno RUS 14.350
5. Kawakami Shohei JPN 14.283
6. Carlos Yulo PHI 14.266
7. Sebastian Sponevik NOR 14.233
8. Harry Hepworth GBR 14.216

P Bars

1. Zou Jingyuan CHN 15.466
2. Illia Kovtun UKR 14.900
3. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 14.866
4. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 14.800
5. Daniel Marinov RUS 14.700
6. Arseniy Dukhno RUS 14.600
7. Noe Seifert SUI 14.600
8. David Rumbutis SWE 14.500

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H Bar

1. Kawakami Shohei JPN 14.600
2. Tang Chia-Hung TWN 14.566
3. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 14.500
4. Jesse Moore AUS 14.366
5. Angel Barajas COL 14.333
6. Sergei Naidin RUS 14.233
7. Camilo Vera COL 14.166
8. Yumin Abbadini ITA 14.166

Japan takes command as Oka leads all-around qualification after the fourth subdivision at Rotterdam Worlds

Oka Shinnosuke leads the way for Japan on opening day of Artistic Gymnastics Worlds

Results after 2/3rds of the competition complete:

TEAM

1. Japan
2. Great Britain
3. WG2

USA sitting 4th after quite a rough day of qualification.

I was impressed with host Netherlands (5th) and breakout nation Colombia (6th).

France (7th) was good, too. Canada (8th) had a disappointing day.

I don’t think China can challenge Japan in the Team Final with Zhang Boheng injured. Japan has no weaknesses. Rings is the weakest apparatus, and they are 2nd as a team so far behind GBR.

All-around

1. Oka Shinnosuke
2. Hashimoto Daiki
3. Dukhno Arsenii

Many of the top guys had one or two errors in qualifying. They’ll all be trying to hit 6 / 6 perfectly in the AA Final.

Floor

1. Dukhno Arsenii
2. Richard Frederick (amazing landings)
3. Jarman Jake (monster difficulty)

Kam Nelson did a huge routine, as well, with Triple Pike and Triple Tuck. But had many landing deductions. He won’t be in the Final.

Pommels

1. Manukyan Hamlet
2. Khachatryan Mamikon
3. Hoopes Patrick

Some of the other top contenders had minor deductions probably keeping them out of the Final: Carroll Jordan, Lee Chih-Kai, McClenaghan Rhys.

Rhys might still sneak in.

Rings

1. Zaika Ilia
2. Tulloch Courtney (stuck Triple Tuck)
3. Avetisyan Artur

Perhaps the weakest final as many of the top guys in the world didn’t make it to Rotterdam.

Legend Petrounias Eleftherios sitting 6th, so far.

Vault

1. Jarman Jake
2. Davtyan Artur
3. Chepurnyi Nazar

Dukhno Arsenii 4th.

P Bars

1. Kovtun Illia
2. Oka Shinnosuke
3. Hashimoto Daiki

H Bar

1. Kawakami Shohei
2. Tang Chia-Hung (with a slightly easier routine)
3. Oka Shinnosuke

Moore Jesse sitting 4th. I’m still waiting for Jesse to put together a perfect AA meet. He’s one of the most underrated gymnasts in the world.

Full results.

Click PLAY or watch analysis of Day 1 on YouTube.

The most detailed analysis of the Men’s competition I’ve seen is from zhoxxyy.

Click through to see ➙ 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam Predictions

Crunching the numbers, he considers the favourites to be …

AA – Hashimoto Daiki (JPN)

Floor – Arsenii Dukhno (RUS)

Pommels – Gabriele Targhetta (ITA)

Rings – Lan Xingyu (CHN)

Vault – Artur Davtyan (ARM)

P Bars – Zou Jingyuan (CHN)

H Bar – Tang Chia-Hung (TPE)

6 subdivisions.

Kensley posted a LIVE BLOG.

In 2026, men are doing more in Podium training than in the past, I believe.

Still, only a small percentage are going 100% on full routines. Nobody wants to win warm-ups.

Here’s an up-to-date list of all competitors.

My biggest takeaway is the JAPAN WILL WIN TEAM. So much difficulty. So well prepared to hit routines.

The big 5 teams are Japan, GBR, China, USA, Russia.

China will likely finish 2nd, but they didn’t look nearly as good as Japan in podium training. HOWEVER, China often takes it very easy in Podium and even the qualification round, saving their best for when medals are on the line.

• Jordan Carroll, Canada, looking good & confident on Pommels. CAN is without William Émard this time.
• Rhys McClenaghan looks very serious. He’s changed up his Pommel routine since Europeans, striving for a 9.3 E-score.
• Count on Eleftherios Petrounias, now age-35, to qualify to the Rings final.
• only 3 Russian male gymnasts got visas in time for Podium. Kensley interviewed them.
• Ukraine and Putin’s dictatorship are both in the 2nd sub-rotation
• Scott Bregman announced Gymnastipedia, an online tool for evaluating WAG routines
• could Colombia qualify top 8 for the Team Final? Ángel Barajas looks fantastic on H Bar. They did more full routines than most teams.
• Subdivision 4 of 6 is fantastic. JPN, GBR, USA, Australia, Kovtun.
• new Senior Danila Leykin at least twice connected Pegan to Koman on H Bar
• GBR insane difficulty on Floor. The top team on that apparatus.
• Kam Nelson (from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) is making tumbling look easy. Triple tuck – no problem. He did an even better Triple Pike.
• Jake looked good. We haven’t seen him much this year.

Read International Gymnast magazine – Subdivisions 5 and 6: Men’s podium training wraps up in Rotterdam

Read World Gymnastics – Notes, quotes and anecdotes: World Championships Men’s Podium Training edition