Worlds Finals WAG – day 1

Vault

  1. Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.966
  2. Alice D’Amato ITA 14.083
  3. Angelina Melnikova RUS 13.966

Bars

  1. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 14.733
  2. Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.633
  3. Luo Rui CHN 14.633

Worlds Finals MAG – day 1

Floor

  1. Nicola Bartolini ITA 14.800
  2. Minami Kazuki JPN 14.766
  3. Emil Soravuo FIN 14.700

Pommel

  1. Stephen Nedoroscik USA 15.266
  2. Weng Hao CHN 14.900
  3. Kaya Kazuma JPN 14.900

Rings

  1. Lan Xingyu CHN 15.200
  2. Marco Lodadio ITA 14.866
  3. Salvatore Maresca ITA & Grigoriy Klimentev RUS 14.833

Hashimoto Daiki v Zhang Boheng

What a battle!

A rivalry we’ll be following for years.

  1. Zhang Boheng CHN 87.981
  2. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 87.964
  3. Kovtun Illia UKR 84.899

Yul Muldauer 84.365 finished 4th with a fall on Rings dismount. So close.

The big surprise for me is Canada’s William Emard in 8th with 83.256. He originally wasn’t expecting to compete the AA but stepped in after Felix Dolci’s ankle injury.

Full results.

Kenzo is retired?

He certainly could have easily qualified for the Floor final at Worlds.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1451254560731844612

Angelina Melnikova – World Champion

  1. Angelina Melnikova RGF – 56.632
  2. Leanne Wong USA – 56.340
  3. Kayla Di Cello USA – 54.566

Hatakeda Hitomi, who qualified in 4th place, had to withdraw after a serious spine injury in the training Gym on Bars.

Full results.

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Pommel superpower USA

Competition day was the first time Steve saw the arena. His first routine in 2 weeks!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Kohei – Philosopher King

The greatest of all time reflects on his career. He’s proudest of 2011 Worlds Tokyo, his 3rd title.

He feels Gymnastics should be more ART than sport.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Calvo out of the AA final due to Covid

Jossimar Calvo finished 20th, qualifying for the all-around final. But is now in quarantine after testing positive.

How did he get the virus with so many safety protocols in place?

I certainly hope it wasn’t a false positive.

The competition was delayed over an hour while being disinfected. That included taking all chalk off the H Bar.

One Austrian news story said there were two positive tests.