Max is back training

He couldn’t retire.

Max Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in British Gymnastics history. A 6-time Olympic medalist.

Paris World Cup HIGHLIGHTS

The Accor Arena in Bercy (FRA), the 2024 Olympic venue, gives us a good preview of the Olympics.

Read the FIG summing up:

USA dazzles in Paris with ten medals, including four gold

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Flavia Saraiva – Floor

Though Flavia missed on the new double layout 1/1 in the Final, she’s looking fantastic on Floor. A Worlds medal contender for sure.

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Paris World Cup Finals 2

Beam
🥇 Marine Boyer FRA 13.750
🥈 Jade Carey USA 13.750
🥉 Ellie Black CAN 13.700

Floor
🥇 Jordan Chiles USA 14.050
🥈 Shilese Jones USA 13.500
🥉 Jennifer Gadirova GBR 13.250

Casabuena’s “Material Girl” routine was super entertaining.

Vault
🥇 Adem Asil TUR 14.725
🥈 Caio Souza BRA 14.575
🥉 Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.325

P Bars
🥇 Caio Souza BRA 14.700
🥈 Brody Malone USA 14.600
🥉 Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.200

H Bar
🥇 Brody Malone USA 14.650
🥈 Ilias Georgiou CYP 14.400
🥉 Tin Srbic CRO 14.050

Read Lauren’s commentary:

Boyer, U.S. Women Top Podiums in Paris

Paris World Cup Finals 1

Vault
🥇 Jade Carey USA 14.375
🥈 Jordan Chiles USA 14.025
🥉 Coline Devillard FRA 13.850

Bars
🥇 Shilese Jones USA 14.700
🥈 Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.650
🥉 Lisa Vaelen BEL 14.100

Floor
🥇 Eamon Montgomery IRL 14.250
🥈 Tang Chia-Hung TWN 14.200
🥉 Benjamin Osberger FRA 14.200

Pommels
🥇 Rhys McClenaghan IRL 15.100
🥈 Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.450
🥉 Shiao Yu-Jan TWN 14.350

Rings
🥇 Adem Asil TUR 14.800
🥈 Vinzenz Höck AUT 14.700
🥉 Donnell Whittenburg USA 14.600

Paris World Cup finalists

Apparatus Finals at the most competitive WAG World Cup of all-time go Sunday, September 25th.

Top qualifiers:

Vault
Jade Carey (USA) – 14.350
Jordan Chiles (USA) – 13.950
Coline Devillard (FRA) – 13.825

Bars
Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 14.600
Lisa Vaelen (BEL) – 13.900
Ellie Black (CAN) – 13.900

Beam
Shilese Jones (USA) – 13.450
Jade Carey (USA) – 13.400
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) – 13.250

Floor
Flavia Saraiva (BRA) – 13.800
Jordan Chiles (USA) – 13.500
Jennifer Gadirova (GBR) – 13.100

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Floor
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) – 14.950
Tan Chia-Hung (TWN) – 14.250
Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) – 14.250

Pommels
Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) – 15.000
Tsumura Ryota (JPN) – 14.900
Shia Yu-Jan (TWN) – 14.850

Rings
Adem Asil (TUR) – 14.900
Vinzed Hock (AUT) – 14.700
Donnell Whittenburg (USA) – 14.300

Vault
Caio Souza (BRA) – 14.525
Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) – 14.400
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) – 14.375

P Bars
Brody Malone (USA) – 14.500
Cameron-Lie Bernard (FRA) – 14.500
Mathias Philippe (FRA) – 14.450

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1573743668741242881

H Bar
Marios Georgiou (CYP) – 14.450
Brody Malone (USA) – 14.400
Arthur Mariano (BRA) – 14.300

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1573725514061287425

See lists of ALL apparatus finalists.

Lauren’s recap:

Qualifications at the Paris Challenge Cup wrapped up today with the U.S. women taking the top spots on vault and beam, while the Brazilians led on bars and floor, extending a new rivalry that kicked off when the Brazilian women upset the Americans in the team final at Pan As over the summer.

Brazil and the United States also had a lot of success in the MAG competition, with Brazil leading in the top two spots on vault, while the U.S. took the lead on p-bars, though it was mostly smaller-program specialists who led the rest of the competition, including Israel on floor, Ireland on pommels, Turkey on rings, and Cyprus on high bar. …

Brazilian, U.S. Women Lead Qualifications at Paris World Cup

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I recall being in Bermuda for another hurricane. Families put their backyard trampolines upside down — and staked them into the ground.

Here’s a simpler solution.

Rhys – McClenaghan – Pommel qualifications

Rhys leads on Horse in Paris.

He’s a Triple Russian machine.

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