Gymmin' Miel!

The final day of Qualifications at the 2016 AGF Trophy World Challenge Cup has concluded in Baku. Brazil's Flavia Lopes Saraiva dominated on the Balance Beam during Qualifications with Sweden's Emma Larsson finishing a full 1.45 points behind her. Uzbekistan's Dilnoza Abdusalimova qualified in third to the final. Lopes Saraiva has also qualified with the top mark on the Floor Exercise over Larsson and Hungary's Dorina Boczogo. Kenzo Shirai of Japan was the top scorer on the Vault over Israel's Andrey Medvedev and Canadian Scott Morgan. Azerbaijan's own Oleg Stepko topped Turkey's Ahmet Onder and Japan's Kazuma Kaya for the top score on the Parallel Bars. Turkey's Umit Samiloglu's higher execution score saw him top Japan's Tomomasa Hasegawa for first place on the Horizontal Bar. Onder qualified in third. Finals take place tomorrow.

QUALIFICATION RESULTS (QUALIFIERS TO THE FINAL IN BOLD):

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Flavia Lopes Saraiva (BRA) 13.800
2. Emma Larsson (SWE) 13.500
3. Dorina Boczogo (HUN) 13.350
4. Floride Harder (GER) 13.150
5. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 12.900
6. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 12.800
7. Marina Nekrasova (AZE) 12.550
8. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 12.500
9. Lina Philipp (GER) 12.450 RESERVE ONE
10. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 12.400 RESERVE TWO
11. Yuliya Inshina (AZE) 12.300 RESERVE THREE
12. Ekin Morova (TUR) 12.250
13. Yana Horokhova (UKR) 12.100
14. Tzuf Feldon (ISR) 11.500
15. Elisa Haemmerle (AUT) 11.150
16. Lara Omahen (SLO) 10.950
17. Lana Voler (SLO) 10.800

1. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) (15.000, 14.700) 14.850
2. Andrey Medvedev (ISR) (15.000, 14.550) 14.775
3. Scott Morgan (CAN) (14.400, 14.250) 14.325
4. Oleg Stepko (AZE) (14.400, 14.250) 14.325
5. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) (14.250, 14.350) 14.300
6. Volodymyr Hrybuk (UKR) (14.450, 13.950) 14.200
7. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) (14.450, 13.950) 14.200
8. Ahmet Onder (TUR) (13.950, 14.150) 14.050
9. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (13.050, 14.050) 13.550 RESERVE ONE
10. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) (13.250, 13.850) 13.550 RESERVE TWO
11. Marcus Conradi (NOR) (13.700, 13.100) 13.400 RESERVE THREE
12. Odin Martin Kalvo (NOR) (13.000, 12.150) 12.575
13. Vladyslav Hryko (UKR) (12.600, 11.550) 12.075

1. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 15.700
2. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 15.400
3. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 15.200
4. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 15.050
5. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.800
6. Nestor Abad (ESP) 14.600
7. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.450
8. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 14.300
9. Illia Yehorov (UKR) 13.950 RESERVE ONE 
10. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 13.900 RESERVE TWO
11. Moran Yanuka (ISR) 13.900 RESERVE THREE
12. Odin Martin Kalvo (NOR) 12.600
13. Anton Olivson (UKR) 12.350
14. Ruben Lopez (ESP) 11.750

1. Umit Samiloglu (TUR) 14.650
2. Tomomasa Hasegawa (JPN) 14.650
3. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.300
4. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.250
5. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.150
6. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 14.000
7. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 13.950
8. Moran Yanuka (ISR) 13.800
9. Jackson Payne (CAN) 13.700 RESERVE ONE
10. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 13.550 RESERVE TWO
11. Naoto Hayasaka (JPN) 13.450 RESERVE THREE
12. Andres Martin Martin (ESP) 13.050
13. Eduard Shaulov (UZB) 12.750
14. Nestor Abad (ESP) 12.750
15. Marcus Conradi (NOR) 12.750
16. Oleksandr Petrenko (UKR) 12.500
17. Petro Pakhnyuk (AZE) 12.500
18. Maksym Semiankiv (UKR) 12.050

The first day of qualifications were held on the 19th of February at the 2016 AGF Trophy World Challenge Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Uzbekistan stalwart Oksana Chusovitina outclassed the field on the Vault topping Slovenia's Tjasa Kysselef and Brazil's Daniele Matias Hypolito. Germany's Lina Philipp made her World Challenge Cup debut earning the top mark on the Uneven Bars with her higher execution score seeing her rank higher than Brazil's Flavia Lopes Saraiva despite earning the same score. Matias Hypolito has qualified to the final in third place. Israel's Artem Dolgopyat topped the Floor Exercise qualification over Azerbaijan's own Petro Pakhnyuk. Japan's Kenzo Shirai qualified in third place after landing out of bounds. Japan's Tomomasa Hasegawa topped the Pommel Horse over Maxime Gentges of Belgium and Norway's Stian Skjerahaug. Turkey's Ibrahim Colak has advanced to the final of the Still Rings over Hasegawa and Azerbaijan's own Oleg Stepko. Qualifications continue on the 20th. 

QUALIFICATION RESULTS (QUALIFIERS TO THE FINALS IN BOLD):

WOMEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Lina Philipp (GER) 13.850
2. Flavia Lopes Saraiva (BRA) 13.850
3. Daniele Matias Hypolito (BRA) 13.400
4. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 12.950
5. Florine Harder (GER) 12.800
6. Yuliya Inshina (AZE) 12.300
7. Yana Horokhova (UKR) 12.200
8. Tzuf Feldon (ISR) 11.950
9. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 11.900 RESERVE ONE
10. Marina Nekrasova (AZE) 11.600 RESERVE TWO
11. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 11.400 RESERVE THREE
12. Demet Mutlu (TUR) 11.100
13. Elisa Haemmerle (AUT) 10.500

1. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 15.150
2. Petro Pakhnyuk (AZE) 14.950
3. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 14.850
4. Rok Klavora (SLO) 14.700
5. Tomislav Markovic (CRO) 14.650
6. Naoto Hayasaka (JPN) 14.650
7. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.550
8. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.350
9. Maksym Semiankiv (UKR) 14.200 RESERVE ONE
10. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 14.150 RESERVE TWO
11. Scott Morgan (CAN) 14.150 RESERVE THREE
12. Eduard Shaulov (UZB) 14.050
13. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 14.000
14. Ziga Silc (CRO) 14.000
15. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) 13.950
16. Kevin Lytwyn (CAN) 13.900
17. Oleksandr Petrenko (UKR) 13.550
18. Andrej Korosteljev (CRO) 12.700
19. Adria Vera Mota (ESP) 12.550
20. Odin Martin Kalvo (NOR) 12.250

1. Tomomasa Hasegawa (JPN) 15.100
2. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 14.750
3. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 14.400
4. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.250
5. Saeed Reza Keikha (IRI); Renato Prpic (CRO) 14.150
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7. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 14.050
8. Artem Dologpyat (ISR) 14.000
9. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 14.000 RESERVE ONE
10. Anton Olivson (UKR) 13.800 RESERVE TWO
11. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 13.700 RESERVE THREE
12. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 13.450
13. Illia Yehorov (UKR) 13.400
14. Jackson Payne (CAN) 13.100
15. Kristijian Vugrinski (CRO) 13.050
16. Luka Kisek (SLO) 12.550
17. Marcus Conradi (NOR) 12.400
18. Petro Pakhnyuk (AZE) 11.950
19. Nestor Abad (ESP) 11.900
20. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 11.800
21. Andres Martin Martin (ESP) 11.300
22. Eduard Shaulov (UZB) 10.850

1. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.050
2. Tomomasa Hasegawa (JPN) 14.650
3. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 14.650
4. Scott Morgan (CAN) 14.550
5. Kevin Lytwyn (CAN) 14.400
6. Ruben Lopez (ESP) 14.150
7. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) 13.850
8. Vladyslav Hryko (UKR) 13.650
9. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 13.450 RESERVE ONE
10. Moran Yanuka (ISR) 13.400 RESERVE TWO 
11. Marcus Conradi (NOR) 13.100 RESERVE THREE
12. Andrey Medvedev (ISR) 12.150
13. Odin Martin Kalvo (NOR) 12.050
14. Volodymyr Hrybuk (UKR) 12.000
15. Petro Pakhnyuk (AZE) 11.700

The World Challenge Cup 2016 AGF Trophy is set to be held from the 19th to the 21st of February at the National Gymnastics Arena (Milli Gimnastika Arenasi) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The full program can be found at: http://www.agf.az/articles.php?sec_id=3&item_id=20160201033105452&section=program. From the definitive registration the field has become smaller with no WAG/MAG Gymnasts, no WAG/MAG gymnasts from Belarus or MAG from Bulgaria, no WAG or MAG from Egypt, only one MAG gymnast from Germany, no WAG from Japan, or MAG from Netherlands. The field still boasts some big names and I cannot wait to see how they start off the year.