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Great news.
Texas State will add a women’s gymnastics program, as reported by local reporter Jakob Rodríguez.
The university will fund the team with at least $1.2 million annually beginning in FY2028, meaning the team could start as early as the 2028 season.
Let’s hope this happens. Go Bobcats.
The best review of MAG day 1 Apparatus Finals is on the Neutral Deductions podcast.
Kensley Behel & Sam Oldham.
Sam’s working with BBC on their broadcast.
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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.
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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 But with 20 / 20 hindsight, she should have withdrawn and let the Reserve gymnast go.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:
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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
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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Jessica’s feelings. Spencer actually looking at performance. 😀
Very cool.
IF this works in real time, we are not far off having video analysis checking D-score of judges. They should be flagged instantly if Fujitsu disagrees.
I’m sure E-score is much further off. But is possible with A.I.
Steve Butcher uses Layout Tkachev as an example.
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World Gymnastics Championships 2025 Jakarta.
A fantastic all-around final this year. Most of the 24 competitors improved from qualifications. There were surprisingly few falls.
As expected, Noe Seifert won Bronze. 😀
I knew Noe was clean and consistent, but had no expectation he could finish ahead of the defending Olympic Champion. Congratulations. Switzerland is celebrating you.
5. Oka Shinnosuke, Japan, 81.797
Noe is brilliant on Pommel Horse, the apparatus that most helps your AA score.
I was impressed with the effort made by Zhang Boheng to win the Worlds title. He didn’t look 100% to me yet was still amazing.
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Daiki arrived Jakarta feeling good. And would not be denied. Comparisons with Uchimura are justified. So good. So consistent.
Hashimoto overcomes Zhang for third consecutive World title
Read theGymter.net LIVE blog.
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Amélie Wadler is a gymnast doing research on the impacts of performance anxiety on gymnasts.
She’d welcome as many gymnasts as possible to fill out an anonymous online survey.
One of the very best to NOT make the apparatus Final in Jakarta.
In fact, none of the 4 medalists from the Paris Olympics qualified to the H Bar Final at Worlds 2025, a year later.
Anyone can miss. Kohei Uchimura fell. Simone Biles fell.
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