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Category: rings
Liu Yang – Rings
Best Honma to Cross ever?
He’s the favourite to qualify to the Olympics via the World Cup apparatus route.
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Happy Gymnastics Halloween
HANG is critical to good swing
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World Apparatus Finals – day 1
FANTASTIC Final. Medals from superpower Gymnastics nations including Belgium, Taiwan, Philippines, Israel, and Ireland.
Vault
1. Biles Simone USA 15.399
2. Carey Jade USA 14.883
3. Downie Ellie GBR 14.816
I thought Jade slightly better than Ellie, but it was close.
Shallon 4th. Qi Qi 5th.
Bars
1. Derwael Nina BEL BEL 15.233 = 8.733 + 6.500
2. Downie Becky GBR 15.000 8.500 + 6.500
3. Lee Sunisa USA 14.800 = 8.400 + 6.400
Most people will be content with this podium. I’m thrilled.
Floor
1. Yulo (Caloy) Carlos PHI 15.300 = 8.800 + 6.500
2. Dolgopyat Artem ISR 15.200 = 8.800 + 6.400
3. Xiao Ruoteng CHN 14.933 = 8.733 + 6.200
No controversy. Xiao had one poor landing and the lower D-score. Yulo and Artem were close. Amplitude of Yolo’s tumbling superior. I felt judges got the ranking right.
Artem wins Olympic qualification with this medal.
Yulo should be a national hero, of course.
Pommels
1. Whitlock Max GBR 15.500 = 8.500 + 7.000
2. Lee Chih Kai TPE 15.433 = 8.933 + 6.500
3. McClenaghan Rhys IRL 15.400 = 9.000 + 6.400
Zou Jingyuan only 6.300. And had some leg brushes. Doesn’t swing as well as Rhys in my opinion. Some feel Max’s E-score is high since he took a 0.3 deduction on the first handstand.
Rings
1. Colak Ibrahim TUR 14.933 = 8.733 + 6.200
2. Lodadio Marco ITA 14.900 = 8.600 + 6.300
3. Ait Said Samir FRA 14.800 = 8.600 + 6.200
Sadly, the Olympic Champ and one of the greatest all-time, Petrounias Eleftherios from Greece, has not yet qualified to Tokyo. He was 4th with 14.733 = 8.433 + 6.300. But he still has a chance to qualify through the World Cup route, as can Epke Zonderland who’s in the same situation.
Recall Samir is the guy who broke his legs during Vault qualification at Rio. Vowed to come back. And did it. Legend.
PETROUNIAS Qualification Rings
Like last year, we weren’t sure the Olympic Champ was going to compete. Injuries.
Happily, he did. Not his strongest routine, but he will get through to the Final.
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Denis Ablyazin – Podium Rings
Denis is now age-27.
A legend of the sport with many medals on Floor, Vault and Rings to his credit, some were surprised with his inclusion on this Russian team.
Makes sense to me. If he hits his scoring potential on those three apparatus would be higher than an AA gymnast like David Belyavskiy.
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Russian Cup Men’s apparatus finals
Floor
1 Nikita Nagornyy 14.833
2 Kirill Prokopyev 14.600
3 Andrey Makolov 14.400
Pommels
1 Nikita Nagornyy 14.993
2 David Belyavskiy 14.700
3 Kirill Prokopyev 14.533
Rings
1 Nikita Nagornyy 14.733
2 Artur Dalaloyan 14.566
3 Denis Ablyazin 14.500
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https://twitter.com/russiangymstan/status/1166052048858767361
Vault
1 Artur Dalaloyan 14.533 14.733 14.633
2 Andrey Makolov 14.400 14.566 14.483
3 Dmitry Lankin 14.733 14.100 14.416
P Bars
1 Sergei Eltsov 14.933
2 Artur Dalaloyan 14.833
3 David Belyavskiy 14.833
H Bar
1 David Belyavskiy 14.433
2 Sergei Eltsov 14.400
3 Nikita Nagornyy 14.266
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https://twitter.com/russiangymstan/status/1166403270937579522
Related – MAG AA Results
about Donnell Whittenburg’s headband …
I guess it’s OK with the judges.
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Rings – walking lever series
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