Category: rings

Illia Kovtun – 6 apparatus to win Europeans

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Twisting Dismounts from Rings

M.R. (Fred) Yeadon is Emeritus Professor of Computer Simulation in Sport at Loughborough University.

Though never a gymnast, Fred came right into the Gym when he taught in my city and worked with gymnasts on twisting dismounts.

Here’s one of his early research papers.

At the 1992 Olympic Games six full twisting double somersault dismounts were recorded with two video cameras during the rings individual apparatus finals in the men’s Artistic Gymnastics competition.

Angles describing body configuration were determined from video data and were input, together with initial orientation angle values and angular momentum components, into a computer simulation model of aerial movement.

Twisting Techniques Used in Dismounts from the RingsDownload

Great Britain are European Champions

GBR battled it out with WG2 gaining a big lead on Rings.

The fantastic gymnasts from Putin’s dictatorship fought back, ending up with a slight lead after their last H Bar routine.

It came down to Harry Hepworth on Floor. He delivered with a huge difficulty set.

  1. Great Britain 246.728
  2. WG2 246.158
  3. Switzerland 242.094
  4. Italy 240.494
  5. Germany 240.160
  6. France 238.362
  7. Belgium 235.528
  8. Hungary 232.830

That was an excellent, exciting TEAM FINAL.

Kudos to 1st year senior Sol Scott who competed like a veteran. GBR wouldn’t have won without him. Will Sol be on their Worlds 2026 team?

The WG2 guys are young and fantastic. But weak on Rings. They brought specialist Ilia Zaika this time. No doubt they’ll consider bringing another Ring man to Worlds as their other apparatus are super strong.

Coaches should study Switzerland. Year after year they bring smart, safe, consistent routines.

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Men’s European Gymnastics Championships JUNIOR AA Final RESULTS

The top 24 gymnasts (maximum 2 / nation) advanced to this All-around Final.

It was a quick meet as we had only 4 gymnasts / apparatus.

Full results.

Quickly it became apparent that 3 gymnasts would dominate. Two from World Gymnastics 2 and one from Ukraine.

All 3 will be very good seniors.

  1. Daniil Smirnov WG2 – 81.065
  2. Golovin Volodymyr UKR – 81.064
  3. Musaev Radmir WG2 – 79.331

ANOTHER podium decided by .001.

Overall, there were a lot of unexpected falls. These young guys, perhaps, need train for longer events with multiple days of competition.

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European Men’s JR Apparatus Finals RESULTS

Full results.

Floor

  1. Ruggeri Riccardo ITA 13.700
  2. Mazzola Pietro ITA 13.666
  3. Golovin Volodymyr UKR 13.166

Italy is looking strong for the coming years. Especially if Manrique Larduet is granted citizenship. They could be challenging GBR and USA.

Overall, I was disappointed in this final. Too many falls. Execution of Double Fronts mostly poor.

Pommel

🥇 1. Golovin Volodymyr UKR 13.900
🥈 2. Musaev Radmir WG2 13.833
🥈 2. Fawzi-Mccaffrey Zakaine GBR 13.833

An excellent final. None of these juniors are going to be competitive with the top seniors, however, any time soon.

Tie for silver.

Rings

  1. Musaev Radmir WG2 13.133
  2. Ruggeri Riccardo ITA 12.900
  3. Martinez David ESP 12.800

It’s normal for Juniors to not yet be able to show high level strength sequences. Men can keep gaining strength at least until age-30.

I couldn’t see any reason why Martinez’ coach stayed on the podium during the routine.

Vault

  1. Havrylchenko Valentyn UKR 13.616
  2. Wachter Samuel AUT 13.483
  3. Schumacher Ben SUI 13.466

Havrylchenko was miles ahead on difficulty. He can compete Senior Vault any time.

I was impressed by Robert Ward of Ireland (4th).

P Bars

  1. Chowdhury Uzair GBR 14.166
  2. Golovin Volodymyr UKR 14.000
  3. Atkins George GBR 13.733

Super strong Final. The top guys would be very competitive in Senior.

A great result for Great Britain.

H Bar

🥇 1. Rigon Ivan ITA 13.233
🥇 1. Soleban Sami NED 13.233
🥉 3. Smirnov Daniil WG2 13.133

Not a good Final.

Bad luck for several. Too many falls. Of course they all HIT to get into this Final.

Soleban already has competitive difficulty to compete senior. Remember the name. Another Flying Dutchman, perhaps.

Tie for gold.

European Champions – Dolgopyat, Targhetta, Avestiyan

European Gymnastics Apparatus Finals Zagreb – day 1 were excellent.

*tie broken by higher Execution score

Floor Exercise:

  1. Artur Dolgopyat ISR 14.666
  2. Arsenii Dukhno WG2 14.333
  3. Harry Hepworth GBR 14.300

Pommel Horse:

  1. Gabriele Targhetta ITA 15.133
  2. Hamlet Manukyan ARM 15.000
  3. Mamikon Khachatryan ARM 14.900

In fact, I can’t recall a better Pommel Final.

Still Rings:

  1. Artur Avetisyan ARM 14.400
  2. Ilia Zaika WG2 14.400*
  3. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 14.366

Happily, there were no agonizing judging controversies over the podium rankings.

Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat, Italy’s Gabriele Targhetta and Armenia’s Artur Avetisyan golden on first day of Europeans apparatus finals

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Men’s European Gymnastics Apparatus Finals 1

Full results. Click through to APPARATUS FINAL.

Floor Final always reminds me of Kyle Shewfelt. That guy loved the pressure. Almost always HIT.

Floor

  1. Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.466
  2. Arseniy Dukhno, WG2, 14.333
  3. Harry Hepworth, Great Britain, 14.300

Full results.

A good final with many STUCK landings. I’m happy with the ranking of the medalists.

Pommel

1. Gabriele Targhetta, Italy, 15.133
2. Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia, 15.000
3. Mamikon Khachatryan, Armenia, 14.900

An amazing Final with only 1 missed routine. Mascot Luigi couldn’t believe it.

5 of the finalists are age-20 and younger. This is the most competitive apparatus in Men’s Gymnastics right now. I’m looking forward to World Championships.

I like the speed of swing of Hamlet.

Rings

AVERAGE AGE not nearly so low on this apparatus. Men can gain strength until at least age-30.

1. Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.400
2. Ilya Zaika, WG2, 14.400
3. Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, 14.366

Perfect strength holds from Illia Zaika.

And your champion. Better swing Handstand. Almost stuck landing.

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Asher Cohen – Rings

Central American and Caribbean Games results

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WAG Team

🥇 Mexico 151.150
🥈 Panama 144.800
🥉 Dominican Republic 143.450

All-Around

🥇 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 51.450
🥈 Victoria Mata, Mexico, 50.850
🥉 Jahzara Ranger, Jamaica, 49.900

Vault

🥇 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 13.500
🥈 Victoria Mata, Mexico, 13.500
🥉 Jahzara Ranger, Jamaica, 13.125

Bars

🥇 Victoria Mata, Mexico, 12.950
🥈 Rachel Rodriguez, Costa Rica, 12.350
🥉 Keyla Leyva, Cuba, 12.000

Beam

🥇 Alyiah Lide, Panama, 12.950
🥈 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 12.650
🥉 Brithany Herrera, Guatemala, 11.850

Floor

🥇 Alyiah Lide, Panama, 13.000
🥈 Paulina Guerra, Mexico, 12.550
🥉 Samantha Marin, Costa Rica, 12.350

MAG Team

🥇 Colombia 239.350
🥈 Puerto Rico 231.300
🥉 Mexico 228.750

All-Around

🥇 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 81.100
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 79.800
🥉 Jaycko Bourdet, Guatemala, 75.550

Floor

🥇 Jorge Vega, Guatemala, 14.200
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.750
🥉 Jose Lopez, Puerto Rico, 13.200

Jorge Vega is age-31. And still won Floor and Vault over his much younger rivals. Respect.

Pommel

🥇 Nelson Guilbe, Puerto Rico, 14.050
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.250
🥉 Juan Pablo Porras, Mexico, 12.900

Rings

🥇 Francisco Velez, Puerto Rico, 13.850
🥈 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 13.450
🥉 Ariel Villalobos, Costa Rica, 13.209

Vault

🥇 Jorge Vega, Guatemala, 13.875
🥈 Camilo Vera, Colombia, 13.825
🥉 Jensuel Soto, Puerto Rico, 13.825

P Bars

🥇 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 13.950
🥈 Yan Zabala, Colombia, 13.600
🥉 Francisco Velez, Puerto Rico, 13.100

H Bar

🥇 Angel Barajas, Colombia, 13.950
🥈 Yan Zabala, Colombia, 13.200
🥉 Isaac Nuñez, Mexico, 12.900