The best review of MAG day 1 Apparatus Finals is on the Neutral Deductions podcast.
Kensley Behel & Sam Oldham.
Sam’s working with BBC on their broadcast.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Category: rings
Worlds ’25 Apparatus Finals – day 1
World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta.
Gymnasts warm-up in the arena for Event Finals. This competition is LONG, of course, with only 1 routine at a time, so many go back to the training Gym to stay warmed-up.
Links to full results.
Floor
Superb Final. Huge difficulty. Really well done.
Vault
Terrible Final.
I expected Deng to medal. Warm-ups were strong. But she ran over the horse and got a zero on her first vault. Judges wouldn’t let her do a second.
Schönmaier tried upgrading to Cheng — but lost 2.0 for using only 1 hand.
16-year-old Lia-Monica Fontaine is the breakout star on Vault. Tons of potential here. And very good in the AA, as well. She’s destined to be on the Canadian team for years to come.
Pommels
Toughest final, in my opinion. Of the top routines, any could have been World Champion. Scores are that close.
Bars
After the awful Vault Final, Bars was one of the best ever. Fantastic performances.
In fact, the routine everyone will remember from Jakarta will be G.O.A.T. Kalyia Nemour hitting this set.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Skye hit her best Bars in some time. Ever?
Zoja Szekely did a good routine, but couldn’t land her dismount. I understand she was too injured from Vault the previous day. I admire her courage. But with 20 / 20 hindsight, she should have withdrawn and let the Reserve gymnast go.
Rings
Amazing Final. Superhuman strength.
Dismount landing critical.
This sets up Donnell for the coming quadrennial. USA can always use a top Ring man who can compete other apparatus, if needed. Along with Asher Hong, it would not be a weak event.
Zhang Boheng and Adem Asil are incredibly good at Rings for AA gymnasts.
Related:
- Balance Beam Situation LIVE blog
- Gymnastics Now LIVE blog
- International Gymnast – Five new champions crowned on the first day of individual event finals at Worlds
- FIG – After Olympic title, Nemour makes history again as Africa’s first World champion in gymnastics
Hits, Misses, Surprises – Mens World Gymnastics Championships 2025
One of the great analysis sites of Men’s Gymnastics is “Zhoxxyy”
Here’s a sample:
Jakarta 2025 Qualifications Review
For each of the events, the Hits, the Misses and the Surprises will be reviewed.
Floor
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 …
Jakarta 2025 Qualifications: Hits, Misses, & Surprises
Donnell Whittenburg – qualification Rings
Men’s FINALISTS -World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta
Congratulations to all.
Maximum 2 / nation.
Russians are back. Competing AIN (Athlètes Individuels Neutres / Individual Neutral Athletes)
Floor
Thailand to the Floor Final.
- Jake Jarman GBR 14.700
- Carlos Yulo PHI 14.566
- Kameron Nelson USA 14.300
- Milad Karimi KAZ 14.133
- Minami Kazuki JPN 14.100
- Krisztofer Meszaros HUN 13.966
- Tikumporn Surintornta THA 13.866
- Luke Whitehouse GBR 13.866
Pommels
- Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.700
- Hong Yanming CHN 14.600
- Patrick Hoopes USA 14.566
- Hamlet Manukyan ARM 14.500
- Aidan Li CAN 14.400
- Mamikon Khachatryan ARM 14.400
- Alexander Yolshin-Cash GBR 14.333
- Zeinolla Idrissov KAZ 14.300
Rings
- Lan Xingyu CHN 14.766
- Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.700
- Zhang Boheng CHN 14.600
- Adem Asil TUR 14.466
- Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 14.366
- Harry Hepworth GBR 14.366
- Glen Cuyle BEL 14.333
- Caio Souza BRA 14.333
Vault
- Carlos Yulo PHI 14.750
- Artur DAvtyan ARM 14.566
- Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 14.316
- Daniel Marinov AIN 14.266
- Tommaso Brugnami ITA 14.249
- Huang Mingqi CHN 14.183
- Minami Kazuki JPN 14.050
- Mukhammadzhon Yakubov AIN 14.033
P Bars
- Zou Jingyuan CHN 15.466
- Oka Shinnosuke JPN 14.533
- Tsunogai Tomoharu JPN 14.500
- Shi Cong CHN 14.400
- Angel Barajas COL 14.300
- Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.300
- Vladislav Poliashov AIN 14.233
- Daniel Marinov AIN 14.200
H Bar
- Tsunogai Tomoharu JPN 14.800
- Joe Fraser GBR 14.533
- Hashimoto Daiki JPN 14.400
- Carlo Macchini ITA 14.233
- Milad Karimi KAZ 14.200
- Brody Malone USA 14.166
- Daniel Marinov AIN 14.133
- Shi Cong CHN 14.133
All-around
- Hashimoto Daiki JPN 83.065
- Noe Seifert SUI 82.499
- Zhang Boheng CHN 82.331
- Daniel Marinov RUS 81.932
- Shi Cong CHN 81.398
- Angel Barajas COL 80.664
- Florian Langenegger SUI 80.298
- Caio Souza BRA 79.166
- Ryu Sunghyun KOR 78.866
- Diogo Soares BRA 78.798
- Robert Kirmes FIN 78.798
- Oka Shinnosuke JPN 78.731
- Timo Eder GER 78.265
- Thierno Diallo ESP 78.032
- Krisztofer Meszaros HUN 77.699
- Anthony Mansard FRA 77.432
- Joel Plata ESP 77.365
- Akseli Karsikas FIN 76.865
- Jesse Moore AUS 76.732
- Félix Dolci CAN 76.632
- Vladyslav Hryko UKR 75.932
- Sebastian Sponevik NOR 75.898
- Omar Mohamed EGY 75.531
- Dagur Olafsson ISL 75.365
International Gymnast – Men’s individual finals set at Worlds as qualifications conclude
Men’s Jakarta Worlds qualification day 1
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:
Difficulty — and difficulties — take centre stage as curtain rises on World Championships in Jakarta
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.
A few notes I took over 12 hours of competition:
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.
- JAPAN in the 1st subdivision.
- One audience concern with this Individual format for Worlds is that some apparatus are empty when none of the gymnasts in the group have decided to compete that event.
- Judging was VERY SLOOOWWW to start.
- Daiki Hashimoto looks good to win the AA at Worlds 2025. He’s easily leading the all-around qualification scores, despite errors.
- I predicted the other Olympic champion, OKA Shinnosuke, to be top 2 AA — but he had many problems in the qualification round. Hopefully he can get it together in the Final.
- Tarrab from Syria stuck Handspring Double Front on Vault. Excellent gymnasts here from all over the world.
- All 3 Japanese gymnasts are using Liukin on H Bar. It’s the cool new skill to add for the top gymnasts.
- Minami on Floor has awesome difficulty. He could win the Floor final with better control.
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.
- Kameron Nelson competed his best Floor ever since he started including 2 Triples. Respect. His mom, coach and judge, is here cheering with us.
- Caio Souza from Brazil is looking better than ever.
- Fan favourite Milad Karimi looks great, as well.
- Two teams I love to watch: Swiss men and Swedish women. Over the years those programs emphasize form, line, rhythm, artistry.
- We already know Angel Barajas is a superstar at age-19. 4th AA with 80.664 after day 1.
- Talking to some of the male gymnasts … They like the Floor in the competition arena and warm-up Gym. On podium. Dislike the same Floor in the training Gym, on concrete. It’s too hard.
- I’m thrilled there are very few Rybalko skills on H Bar at Worlds. It’s nearly impossible to do those skills well.
- Pommels Final is the most competitive with all the specialists here. Surprisingly, I’d say H Bar is the 2nd most competitive. Vault has been weak compared with previous Worlds.
Szombathely World Cup RESULTS 1
Vault
Bars
Floor
Pommels
Rings
Donnell – Rings
With a good landing, this routine would get Donnell into the Rings final at Worlds 2025.
Paris World Challenge Cup RESULTS
Vault
Bars
Olympic champion still unbeatable.
Beam
I’m disappointed that FIG allowed AIN to compete here.
Floor
Floor
Pommels
Rings
Vault
P Bars
H Bar
Jr Pan Am Games Finals 1
Vault
🥇 Addalye VanGrinsven, United States, 13.483
🥈 Kauany Aquino, Brazil, 12.949
🥉 Coralie Demers, Canada, 12.933
Bars
🥇 Charleigh Bullock, United States, 14.000
🥈 Julieta Lucas, Argentina, 12.300
🥉 Dominica Escartin, Mexico, 12.166
Floor
🥇 Thomas Tittley, Canada, 13.200
🥈 Arturo Rossel, Chile, 12.666
🥉 Thomas Mejia, Colombia, 12.433
Pommels
🥇 Pedro Silvestre, Brazil, 12.266
🥈 Matías Martínez, Chile, 12.200
🥉Jason Hao, United States, 12.100
Rings
🥇 Lorenzo Zaragoza, Mexico, 12.600
🥈 Jensuel Soto, Puerto Rico, 12.566
🥉 Nixon Miles, United States, 12.033
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