tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
I have very little faith in E-scores in 2025. Judges seem to mostly RANK the best gymnasts from a starting point around 8.1.
They can’t specifically justify their deductions in any objective way.
STILL ➙ these top scores are good performances.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
FIG – Familiar faces adorn the podiums as World Gymnastics Championships end
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Vault, Parallel Bars, and High Bar PODCAST.
Click PLAY or watch the GymCastic PODCAST on YouTube. WAG & MAG.
Those are all from an excellent wrap-up post:
zhoxxyy – 2025 Jakarta MAG All-Around: Qualifiers’ Fate
World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta.
Gymnasts warm-up in the arena for Event Finals. Some did a lot. Some very little. Each has their own strategy.
Links to full results.
Without question, the greatest Men’s VAULT Final in history.
After our Olympic Champ Yulo delivered near perfection on his 1st vault, we thought the legend Davtyan couldn’t catch him due to lower difficulty. BUT it nearly happened. What a rivalry!
That might be the greatest BEAM Final in history. It’s so often been a disaster.
Following the Beam Final, FIG posted Ellie Black’s Fair Play Award from the Paris Olympics. Everyone loves Ellie, in good position to qualify for her 5th Olympics.
Her Beam was fantastic, by the way.
LEGEND. G.O.A.T.
Thrilled Sigihara Aiko at age-26 is World Champion. Gold on Floor, Bronze on Beam.
I was disappointed for Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, finishing 4th. Fantastic tumbling.
Ruby and Abigail are great on Floor, as are their GBR male teammates.
A super strong field of competitors. But there were 2 falls and a number of bent elbow errors.
Brody is World Champion for the second time. Recall he only barely qualified for the Final.
We can argue Brody v Daiki for Gold. But Brody does have 0.2 higher difficulty.
I was happy to see Joe finish Bronze rather than 4th. That was a good set with BIG Triple Pike dismount
Related:
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.
Superb Final. Huge difficulty. Really well done.
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.
Toughest final, in my opinion. Of the top routines, any could have been World Champion. Scores are that close.
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.
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:
World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta All-around Final.
🥇 Angelina Melnikova, AIN, 55.066
🥈 Leanne Wong, United States, 54.966
🥉 Zhang Qingying, China, 54.633
4. Kaylia Nemour ALG 54.564
5. Asia D’Amato ITA 53.532
6. Rina Kishi JPN 53.232
7. Aiko Sugihara JPN 53.132
8. Abigail Martin GBR 52.998
9, Naomi Visser NED 52.299
10, Ruby Evans GBR 52.066
Zhang said she was satisfied with her performance. “I would give myself 95 out of 100 today,” she said.
“My goal was to do my routines as I trained them. I didn’t expect to make the podium, so this result really motivates me for future competitions.”
Source: Xinhua
An amazing Bronze medal, considering she only competes a Kasamatu vault with average execution.
Well … quite a poor All-around Final, I must say. How many gymnasts had zero falls?
How many fell on Wolf turn?
Disappointing after the excellent Men’s Final the previous night.
Leanne Wong had an excellent meet. Many were doubting her Cheng Vault (including me) — and she proved the haters wrong. It was fairly good, putting her back in medal contention.
Gold was decided on the very last routine — Angelina on Floor. Fans will be criticizing the judges on that score for years to come. Did they get the Out of Bounds deduction wrong? Were the turns evaluated correctly?
Controversial.
Judging at Worlds was better than ever, I felt. But E-scores are too close together. A routine far superior in every way will only get, perhaps, 0.2 higher than the average routine.
How long do we have to wait before FIG compares our human judging D-panels with Fujitsu Gymnastics Judging Support System video analysis?
FIG – In 2021 repeat, Melnikova edges Wong to take World All-Around title
Related:
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Jessica’s feelings. Spencer actually looking at performance. 😀
One of the great analysis sites of Men’s Gymnastics is “Zhoxxyy”
Here’s a sample:
For each of the events, the Hits, the Misses and the Surprises will be reviewed.
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 …
Here are the fantastic gymnasts who qualified to the Finals. Congratulations.
1. Angelina Melnikova AIN 14.499
2. Deng Yalan CHN 14.250
3. Lia Monica Fontaine CAN 14.099
4. Karina Schönmaier GER 14.049
5. Anna Kalmykova AIN 13.916
6. Lisa Vaelen BEL 13.816
7. Charlize Mörz AUT 13.666
8. Joscelyn Roberson USA 13.599
No Simone. No Rebeca. I would say Vault is the weakest of the apparatus Finals in 2025.
It’s an honour just to compete against Kaylia, the greatest to ever put on grips.
Being second to Kaylia is like being second to Simone on Floor.
Making the Final is the hard part. On the day, you go aggressively for your very best routine. HIT and good things can happen.
Balance Beam Situation – 2025 WORLDS LIVE BLOG — WOMEN’S QUALIFICATION DAY 2
Gymnastics Now – LIVE blog
TheGymter.net LIVE blog
Three of 10 subdivisions are complete.
Here’s are the leaders, so far.
Look at you Amanda. Reppin’ Singapore.
Gymnastics Now has a page combining MAG & WAG highlights together.
Balance Beam Situation has a LIVE blog.
READ the FIG summing up ➙ Sugihara, Nemour 1-2 overall after first day of women’s qualification at World Championships in Jakarta
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