P Bars God Zou Jinguan

Greatest of all time is now even greater all time.

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

Read the FIG wrap post.

Olympic Champ Kaylia Nemour, Algeria

Does Kaylia EVER miss.

So great. So consistent.

Olympic Vault Champ – Carlos Yulo

An amazing Final.

AND this should put away any discussion of whether or not Yulo should have switched coaches this cycle.

China 1 & 2 Olympic Rings Final

Olympic Apparatus Finals 1

If you missed the competition on Aug. 3, 2024 — here are some recaps.

Floor

1. Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 15.000
2. Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.966
3. Jake Jarman, Great Britain, 14.933

Vault

1. Simone Biles, United States, 15.300
2. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.966
3. Jade Carey, United States, 14.466

Pommels

1. Rhys McClenaghan, Ireland, 15.533
2. Nariman Kurbanov, Kazakhstan, 15.433
3. Stephen Nedoroscik, United States, 15.300
4. Max Whitlock, Great Britain, 15.200

greatest British gymnast – Max Whitlock

An astonishingly successful career.

Rhys McClenaghan – Olympic Champion

In the most competitive apparatus final, Rhys takes home the Gold medal to Ireland.

Double defending Olympic Champ, Max Whitlock, had the highest difficulty, but it wasn’t enough to podium this time.

1. Rhys McClenaghan, Ireland, 15.533
2. Nariman Kurbanov, Kazakhstan, 15.433
3. Stephen Nedoroscik, United States, 15.300
4. Max Whitlock, Great Britain, 15.200
5. Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 14.966
6. Sugino Takaaki, Japan, 14.933
7. Hur Woong, South Korea, 14.300
8. Loran de Munck, Netherlands, 13.733

Olympic Vault Final – Simone, Rebeca, Jade

The medalist order most predicted.

No controversy today.

1. Simone Biles, United States, 15.300
2. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.966
3. Jade Carey, United States, 14.466
4. An Chang Ok, North Korea, 14.216
5. Valentina Georgieva, Bulgaria, 13.983
6. Ellie Black, Canada, 13.933
7. Yeo Seojeong, South Korea, 13.416
8. Shallon Olsen, Canada, 13.366

Yurchenko Double Pike should be valued much higher, in my opinion.

Olympic Floor Champ – Carlos Yulo

1. Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 15.000
2. Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.966
3. Jake Jarman, Great Britain, 14.933
4. Illia Kovtun, Ukraine, 14.533
5. Milad Karimi, Kazakhstan, 14.500
6. Luke Whitehouse, Great Britain, 14.466
7. Rayderley Zapata, Spain, 14.333
8. Zhang Boheng, China, 13.933

Judges will be arguing the rank order of the top three — look at those scores!

Personally, I’m happy to see Yulo and Philippines leave Paris with a Gold medal.