Category: rings

Rings over the decades

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overview of Men’s Gymnastics

An excellent summing up of the sport — including some of the all time greats.

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What are the 6 apparatuses in Men’s Gymnastics?

Mya Hooten – Bars collapse

Who’s to blame?

I’d say it’s FIG who approves ‘single point of failure’ equipment.

WHY in 2024 do we have equipment that falls down if one single part fails?

OBVIOUSLY there should be redundant anchors. And redundant chains. If one fails, the other keeps the apparatus from falling.

World Challenge Cup 2024 winners

  • Vault – Greta Mayer
  • Bars – Melanie de Jesus dos Santos
  • Beam – Anna Lashchevska
  • Floor – Melanie de Jesus dos Santos

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  • Floor – Illia Kovtun
  • Pommel – Nariman Kurbanov
  • Rings – Balazs Kiss
  • Vault – Assan Salimov
  • P Bars – Krisztofer Meszaros
  • H Bar – Tang Chia-Hung

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details – France, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Ukraine big winners in Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup series

Szombathely Challenge Cup results 1

Vault
🥇 Darya Yassinskaya 🇰🇿 13.166
🥈 Greta Mayer 🇭🇺 13.016
🥉 Leni Bohle 🇦🇹 12.833

Bars
🥇 Charlotte Booth 🇬🇧 13.266
🥈 Tonya Paulsson 🇸🇪 13.033
🥉 Celeste Mordenti 🇱🇺 12.933

Floor
🥇 Krisztofer Meszaros 🇭🇺 14.433
🥈 Filip Lidbeck 🇸🇪 13.833
🥉 Danny Crouch 🇬🇧 13.800

Pommel
🥇 Edoardo De Rosa 🇮🇹 15.133
🥈 Gabriele Targhetta 🇮🇹 14.933
🥉 Shiao Yu-Jan TPE 14.633

Rings
🥇 Nikita Simonov 🇦🇿 14.700
🥈 Lin Guan-Yi TPE 14.266
🥉 Sokratis Pilakouris 🇨🇾 14.100

Norwegian guys try ‘Webslinger’ on Rings

Back in the days of Originality Bonus, Canadian Tony Smith used a 1-legged Deltchev.

He called the hold position the Webslinger. A Spiderman reference.

Tony went on to be Men’s Head Coach at University of Calgary. And the Canadian National Team Head Coach.

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Olympic Apparatus Finals 2

Rings

As expected, China dominated Rings as they have for many years now. France narrowly 4th.

1. Liu Yang, China, 15.300
2. Zou Jingyuan, China, 15.233
3. Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, 15.100
4. Samir Aït Saïd, France, 15.000

Bars

The most anticipated WAG Final did not disappoint. Most agree that Kaylia was the deserving champion. I’d argue she’s the greatest Bars worker of all time.

1. Kaylia Nemour, Algeria, 15.700
2. Qiu Qiyuan, China, 15.500
3. Sunisa Lee, United States, 14.800
4. Nina Derwael, Belgium, 14.766
5. Alice D’Amato, Italy, 14.733

Vault

Everyone’s favourite gymnast, Carlos Yulo, won both Floor and Vault in Paris. He’s a past world champion on both — but the competition was fierce on both in Paris.

1. Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 15.116
2. Artur Davtyan, Armenia, 14.966
3. Harry Hepworth, Great Britain, 14.949

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China 1 & 2 Olympic Rings Final

competitors for 1 minute