The World Rings Champ, Donnell was as freaked out as the rest of us by the new skill debuted by Ilia Zaika at the Paris World Cup.
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Paris Challenge Cup RESULTS
Vault
🥇 Lisa Vaelen, Belgium, 13.666
🥈 Izzy Stassi, United States, 13.350
🥉 Christine Kubon, Norway, 13.316
Bars
🥇 Elena Colas, France, 14.300
🥈 Emelie Westlund, Sweden, 14.266
🥉 Sofia Shtykhetskaya, Belarus, 14.100
Beam
🥇 Naomi Descamps, Belgium, 13.066
🥈 Diana Lobok, Ukraine, 13.033
🥉 Varvara Belova, Russia, 12.300
Floor
🥇 Maïana Prat, France, 13.766
🥈 Izzy Stassi, United States, 13.466
🥉 Emelie Westlund, Sweden, 13.166
Floor
🥇 Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.500
🥈 Anze Hribar, Slovenia, 14.233
🥉 Tommaso Brugnami, Italy, 13.800
Pommel
🥇 Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia, 15.200
🥈 Gabriele Targhetta, Italy, 15.000
🥉 Brandon Dang, United States, 14.700
Rings
🥇 Ilya Zaika, Russia, 14.566
🥈 Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.533
🥉 Nikita Simonov, Azerbaijan, 14.133
New IMPOSSIBLE skill for the Russian Rings specialist.
Vault
🥇 Nazar Chepurnyi, Ukraine, 14.400
🥈 Yahor Sharamkou, Belarus, 14.199
🥉 Tommaso Brugnami, Italy, 13.966
P Bars
🥇 Ferhat Arican, Türkiye, 14.633
🥈 Nazar Chepurnyi, Ukraine, 14.466
🥉 Crew Bold, United States, 14.333
H Bar
🥇 Cooper Kim, United States, 14.566
🥈 Carlo Macchini, Italy, 14.500
🥉 Lorenzo Aymes, France, 14.033
Asian Games Apparatus Finals
Vault
🥇 Yeo Seojeong, South Korea, 14.483
🥈 An Chang Ok, North Korea, 13.666
🥉 Du Siyu, China, 13.450
Bars
🥇 Qiu Qiyuan, China, 15.100
🥈 Nishiyama Misa, Japan, 14.433
🥉 Zhang Qingying, China, 14.233
Beam
🥇 Hwang Seohyun, South Korea, 14.700
🥈 Qiu Qiyuan, China, 14.566
🥉 Okamura Mana, Japan, 14.300
Floor
🥇 Sugihara Aiko, Japan, 14.033
🥈 Nishiyama Misa, Japan, 13.900
🥉 Zhang Yihan, China, 13.566
Floor
🥇 Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 14.666
🥈 Milad Karimi, Kazakhstan, 14.600
🥉 Tsukiyama Shoma, Japan, 14.566
Pommels
🥇 Utkirbek Juraev, Uzbekistan, 14.733
🥈 Arman Khodaei Valehzaghard, Iran, 14.566
🥉 Hashimoto Daiki, Japan, 14.500
Rings
🥇 Lan Xingyu, China, 14.933
🥈 Kaneta Kiichi, Japan, 14.733
🥉 Zou Jingyuan, China, 14.600
Vault
🥇 Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 14.599
🥈 Mahdi Olfati, Iran, 14.533
🥉 Ng Ka Ki, Hong Kong, 14.116
P Bars
🥇 Zou Jingyuan, China, 15.500
🥈 Oka Shinnosuke, Japan, 14.500
🥉 Rasuljon Abdurakhimov, Uzbekistan, 14.433
H Bar
🥇 Tian Hao, China, 14.700
🥈 Oka Shinnosuke, Japan, 14.033
🥉 Eldrew Yulo, Philippines, 13.666
Szombathely Challenge Cup RESULTS
Vault
🥇 Greta Mayer, Hungary, 13.516
🥈 Emily Roper, Great Britain, 13.483
🥉 Patricie Makovickova, Czechia, 13.033
Bars
🥇 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.366
🥈 Tatum Drusch, United States, 13.300
🥉 Barbora Kundrát, Slovakia, 13.233
Beam
🥇 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.766
🥈 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 13.600
🥉 Emily Roper, Great Britain, 12.866
Floor
🥇 Dulcy Caylor, United States, 13.466
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.433
🥉 Lorrane Oliveira, Brazil, 12.933
Floor
🥇 Aurel Benovic, Croatia, 14.166
🥈 Dimitar Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 13.966
🥉 Martin Miggitsch, Austria, 13.833
Pommels
🥇 Zeinolla Idrissov, Kazakhstan, 14.766
🥈 Mateo Zugec, Croatia, 14.300
🥉 Dagur Olafsson, Iceland, 14.233
Rings
🥇 Stasis Butrimas, Ukraine, 13.633
🥈 Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 13.233
🥉 Elias Koski, Finland, 13.166
Vault
🥇 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 14.016
🥈 Ondrej Kalny, Czechia, 13.899
🥉 Jonas Danek, Czechia, 13.799
P Bars
🥇 Yordan Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, 13.633
🥈 Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 13.433
🥉 Quentin Brandenburger, Luxembourg, 13.366
H Bar
🥇 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.133
🥈 Tomas Kalinic, Czechia, 13.300
🥉 Kacper Garnczarek, Poland, 12.833
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Mediterranean Games Apparatus Finals
Vault
🥇 Benedetta Gava, Italy, 13.675
🥈 Athanasia Mesiri, Greece, 13.500
🥉 Teja Belak, Slovenia, 13.400
Bars
🥇 Kaylia Némour, Algeria, 15.500
🥈 Sofia Tonelli, Italy, 14.100
🥉 Artemisia Iorfino, Italy, 13.800
Beam
🥇 Kaylia Némour, Algeria, 13.300
🥈 Alba Petisco, Spain, 13.200
🥉 Eleonora Calaciura, Italy, 12.900
Floor
🥇 Benedetta Gava, Italy, 13.300
🥈 Alba Petisco, Spain, 13.200
🥉 Emma Fioravanti, Italy, 12.800
Floor
🥇 Antonios Tantalidis, Greece, 13.700
🥈 Ivan Brunello, Italy, 13.600
🥉 Niccolò Vannucchi, Italy, 13.600
Pommels
🥇 Ignacio Yockers, Spain, 14.250
🥈 Omar Elshobki, Egypt, 13.950
🥉 Ferhat Arican, Türkiye, 13.750
Rings
🥇 Mehmet Ayberk Kosak, Türkiye, 14.250
🥈 Niccolò Vannucchi, Italy, 13.850
🥉 Omad Mohamed, Egypt, 13.850
Vault
🥇 Hamza Hossaini, Morocco, 14.025
🥈 Tommaso Brugnami, Italy, 13.900
🥉 Alperen Eve Avci, Türkiye, 13.850
P Bars
🥇 Altan Dogan, Türkiye, 14.000
🥈 Marios Georgios, Cyprus, 14.000
🥉 Matteo Levantesi, Italy, 13.900
H Bar
🥇 Marios Georgiou, Cyprus, 14.200
🥈 Swaïmy Bellil, France, 13.750
🥉 Neofytos Kyriakou, Cyprus, 13.100
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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.
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.
- Great Britain 246.728
- WG2 246.158
- Switzerland 242.094
- Italy 240.494
- Germany 240.160
- France 238.362
- Belgium 235.528
- 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.
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.
- Daniil Smirnov WG2 – 81.065
- Golovin Volodymyr UKR – 81.064
- 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
Floor
- Ruggeri Riccardo ITA 13.700
- Mazzola Pietro ITA 13.666
- 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
- Musaev Radmir WG2 13.133
- Ruggeri Riccardo ITA 12.900
- 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
- Havrylchenko Valentyn UKR 13.616
- Wachter Samuel AUT 13.483
- 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
- Chowdhury Uzair GBR 14.166
- Golovin Volodymyr UKR 14.000
- 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.
