Gymmin' Miel!

The 5th Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships have concluded in Putian, China. The final day of competition saw the finalists for the Women compete on the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise, with the Men competing on Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar. China's SHANG Chunsong won both the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise finals. On the Balance Beam, KIM Un Hyang (PRK) and ZENG Siqi of China rounded out the medal placings. In the Men's competition, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's RI Se Gwang won the Vault title over China's CHENG Ran and Vietnam's NGUYEN Ha Thanh. China's ZHOU Shixiong earned the Parallel Bars title with Vietnam's NGUYEN Ha Thanh and China's JI Lianshen rounding out the medals. China's LIU Rongbing and LIN Chaopan were first and second respectively with Japan's Yoshiaki Furutani and Takayuki Ohara tying for third.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

BALANCE BEAM:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. SHANG Chunsong (CHN) 14.600
2. Risa Konishi (JPN) 14.275
3. ZENG Siqi (CHN) 14.125
4. SUNG Ji Hye (KOR) 14.050
5. KANG Yong Mi (PRK) 13.725
6. Wakana Inoue (JPN) 13.675
7. HAN So Re (KOR) 13.500
8. RI Un Ha (PRK) 13.375

VAULT:

1. RI Se Gwang (PRK) (16.425, 16.225) 16.325
2. CHENG Ran (CHN) (16.175, 16.225) 16.200
3. NGUYEN Ha Thanh (VIE) (16.275, 15.225) 15.750
4. HOANG Cuong (VIE) (15.725, 15.700) 15.712
5. LEE Jun Ho (KOR) (15.800, 15.575) 15.687
6. Shirai Kenzo (JPN) (14.875, 15.675) 15.275
7. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) (15.675, 14.650) 15.162
8. Viktor Kocherin (KAZ) (14.900, 15.175) 15.037

1. ZHOU Shixiong (CHN) 15.975
2. NGUYEN Ha Thanh (VIE) 15.350
3. JI Lianshen (CHN) 15.325
4. KIM Jin Hyok (PRK) 14.975
5. Yu Suzuki (JPN) 14.925
6. PHAM Phuoc Hung (VIE) 14.850
7. Rikii Hoshino (JPN) 14.750
8. JUNG Dongmyoung (KOR) 12.275

1. LIU Rongbing (CHN) 15.900
2. LIN Chaopan (CHN) 15.600
3. Yoshiaki Furutani (JPN), Takayuki Furutani (JPN) 14.450
4. 
   
5. KIM Kwang Chun (PRK) 14.275
6. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 13.925
7. RO Chol Jin (PRK) 13.775
8. Ko Yedarm (KOR) 13.550

Great Women's Vault podium (Image courtesy of Asian Gymnastics Union official website).

The first day of event finals for the 5th Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held  yesterday in Putian, China. Women's Vault and Uneven Bars as well as Men's Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse were contested. Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh won the Vault title over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's HONG Un Jong and RI Un Ha who were second and third respectively. HONG Un Jong withdrew from the Uneven Bars final but was not replaced, whilst the title went to China's WU Liufang who won over her compatriot HUANG Huidan and SUNG Ji Hye of the Republic of Korea. 

The Men's Floor Exercise final went to Japan's Shirai Kenzo who won over the Republic of Korea's KIM Hansol and LEE Junho. China's LIU Rongbing was top on the Pommel Horse with compatriot JI Lianshen and Japan's Yoshiaki Furutani sharing the silver medal. On the Still Rings, RI Se Gwang (PRK) won gold over China's YANG Shengchao, with Hong Kong's Kiu Chung Ng and Chinese Taipei's Chih-Yu Chen shared the bronze medal.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. WU Liufang (CHN) 15.200
2. HUANG Huidan (CHN) 14.600
3. SUNG Ji Hye (KOR) 14.575
4. HEO Seon Mi (KOR) 14.200
5. KANG Yong Mi (PRK) 14.025
6. Wakana Inoue (JPN) 13.850
7. Sakura Noda (JPN) 13.350
8. HONG Un Jong (PRK) 0.000

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Shirai Kenzo (JPN) 15.225
2. KIM Hansol (KOR) 14.775
3. LEE Junho (KOR) 14.750
4. CHENG Ran (CHN) 14.700
5. RI Se Gwang (PRK) 14.675
6. LIN Chaopan (CHN) 14.425
7. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 14.225
8. Yu Suzuki (JPN) 13.575

1. LIU Rongbing (CHN) 14.900
2. JI Lianshen (CHN); Yoshiaki Furutani (JPN) 14.500
3. 
   
4. Maxim Petrishko (KAZ) 14.375
5. Saeed Reza Keikha (IRI) 14.075
6. Szu-Chieh Chen (TPE) 14.000
7. KIM Kwang Chun (PRK) 13.575
8. KIM Kyong Hak (PRK) 11.850

1. RI  Se Gwang (PRK) 15.450
2. YANG Shengchao (CHN) 15.250
3. Kiu Chung Ng (HKG), Chih-Yu Chen (TPE) 15.200
4. 
   
5. ZHOU Shixiong (CHN) 15.150
6. Hadi Khenarinezhad (IRI) 15.100
7. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ) 14.675
8. DANG Nam (VIE) 14.650

The Chinese Women's team consisting of WU Liufang, LUO Peiru, LI Yiting, ZENG Siqi, HUANG Huidan and SHANG Chunsong were triumphant at the 5th Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The teams from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan rounded out the top three. China's ZENG Siqi won the All Around title with Korean SUNG Ji-Hye earning the silver medal whilst SHANG Chunsong won the bronze medal. Majority of the full All Around results are below, however the Kazakhstan gymnasts are missing from the list. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's HONG Un Jong topped the Vault qualification, China's HUANG Huidan dominated on the Uneven Bars, with compatriot ZENG Siqi rocking on the Balance Beam and Japan's Risa Konishi qualifying highest to the Floor Exercise final. 

TEAM RESULTS:

ALL AROUND RESULTS:

1. ZENG Siqi (CHN) (13.600, 14.300, 15.300, 14.200) 57.400
2. SUNG Ji-Hye (KOR) (13.850, 14.300, 14.650, 14.100) 56.900
3. SHANG Chunsong (CHN) (13.400, 14.250, 14.550, 14.250) 56.450
4. WU Liufang (CHN) (12.750, 15.150, 14.200, 14.150) 56.250
5. Wakana Inoue (JPN) (14.300, 13.600, 14.300, 13.800) 56.000
6. HONG Un Jong (PRK) (15.300, 13.700, 12.400, 13.400) 54.800
7. HEO Seon Mi (KOR) (13.700, 13.750, 13.900, 13.350) 54.700
8. LUO Peiru (CHN) (13.550, 14.300, 12.650, 13.900) 54.400
9. PAK Sin Hyang (PRK) (14.450, 13.200, 13.200, 13.300) 54.150
10. KANG Yong Mi (PRK) (13.200, 14.050, 13.400, 13.400) 54.050
11. Sakura Noda (JPN) (13.250, 13.750, 13.250, 13.750); KIM Un Hyang (PRK) (13.250, 13.500, 14.300, 12.950) 54.000
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13. HAN So Re (KOR) (13.250, 13.450, 11.850, 13.500) 52.050
14. Moldir Azimbay (KAZ) (13.000, 12.550, 12.650, 11.900) 50.100
15. Togzhan Manassova (KAZ) (12.750, 12.400, 12.400, 11.150) 48.700
16. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) (12.700, 11.100, 12.850, 11.950) 48.600
17. DO Thi Thu Huyen (VIE) (12.150, 10.850, 12.450, 11.850) 47.300
18. Aljazy Al-Habshi (QAT) (12.000, 10.650, 10.450, 12.100) 45.200
19. Hsiu-Ju Chuang (TPE) (12.400, 10.500, 10.150, 10.950) 44.000
20. Risa Konishi (JPN) (14.450, 13.600, 0.000, 14.300) 42.350
21. HUANG Huidan (CHN) (0.000, 15.400, 14.200, 12.250) 41.850
22. Soyolsaikhan Batbaatar (MGL) (11.500, 10.200, 10.000, 9.300) 41.000
23. Mirai Sekiguchi (JPN) (13.900, 13.450, 13.400, 0.000) 40.750
24. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) (14.300, 0.000, 13.050, 13.250) 40.600
25. Erica Lynn Danko (JPN) (13.750, 0.000, 13.500, 12.500) 39.750
26. PARK Ji Yeon (KOR) (0.000, 13.300, 12.800, 13.300) 39.400
27. Shizuka Tozawa (JPN) (0.000, 13.450, 13.350, 12.100) 38.900
28. Jing Ying Joey Tam (SIN) (12.050, 0.000, 13.300, 11.850) 37.200
29. Tseng-Ning Lin (TPE) (12.950, 12.250, 11.300, 0.000) 36.500
30. RI Un Ha (PRK) (14.500, 0.000, 0.000, 13.750) 28.250
31. KIM So Yong (PRK) (0.000, 13.050, 13.100, 0.000) 26.150
32. Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG) (13.300, 0.000, 12.350, 0.000) 25.650
33. KIM Ye-Eun (KOR) (13.350, 0.000, 0.000, 11.900) 25.250
34. Nim Yan Choi (HKG) (11.850, 0.000, 12.550, 0.000) 24.400
35. LI Yiting (CHN) (14.600, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 14.600
36. Yi-An Tsai (TPE) (12.750, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 12.750
37. PARK Jisoo (KOR) (0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 0.000

VAULT:

1. HONG Un Jong (PRK) (15.300, 15.200) 15.250
2. RI Un Ha (PRK) (14.500, 15.050) 14.775
3. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) (14.300, 14.450) 14.375
4. LI Yiting (CHN) (14.600, 13.450) 14.025
5. Risa Konishi (JPN) (14.450, 13.500) 13.975
6. HEO Seon Mi (KOR) (13.700, 13.350) 13.525
7. Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG) (13.300, 13.500) 13.400
8. HAN So Re (KOR) (13.250, 13.200) 13.225
9. Tseng-Ning Lin (TPE) (12.950, 13.200) RESERVE ONE; Yi-An Tsai (TPE) (12.750, 13.400) RESERVE TWO 13.075
10. 
    
11. Togzhan Manassova (KAZ) (12.750, 12.450) 12.600 RESERVE THREE

1. HUANG Huidan (CHN) 15.400
2. WU Liufang (CHN) 15.150
3. SUNG Ji-Hye (KOR) 14.300
4. KANG Yong Mi (PRK) 14.050
5. Sakura Noda (JPN); HEO Seon Mi (KOR) 13.750
6. 
   
7. HONG Un Jong (PRK) 13.700
8. Wakana Inoue (JPN) 13.600
9. Molidr Azimbay (KAZ) 12.550 RESERVE ONE
10. Togzhan Manassova (KAZ) 12.400 RESERVE TWO
11. Tseng-Ning Lin (TPE) 12.250 RESERVE THREE

1. ZENG Siqi (CHN) 15.300
2. SUNG Ji Hye (KOR) 14.650
3. SHANG Chunsong (CHN) 14.550
4. Wakana Inoue (JPN); KIM Un Hyung (PRK) 14.300
5. 
   
6. SEON Mi Heo (KOR) 13.900
7. Erica Lynn Danko (JPN) 13.500
8. KANG Yong Mi (PRK) 13.400
9. Jing Ying Joey Tam (SIN) 13.300 RESERVE ONE
10. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) 13.050 RESERVE TWO
11. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 12.850 RESERVE THREE

1. Risa Konishi (JPN) 14.300
2. SHANG Chunsong (CHN) 14.250
3. ZENG Siqi (CHN) 14.200
4. SUNG Ji Hye (KOR) 14.100
5. Wakana Inoue (JPN) 13.800
6. RI Un Ha (PRK) 13.750
7. Han So Re (KOR) 13.500
8. KANG Yong Mi (PRK) 13.400
9. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) 13.250 RESERVE ONE
10. Aljazy Al-Habshi (QAT) 12.100 RESERVE TWO
11. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 11.950 RESERVE THREE

The Team Podium (Image from the Asian Gymnastics Union website)

The Chinese Men's team has dominated the 5th Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, taking out the Team title by a massive 14.9 points over Japan, with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea earning the bronze medal. China's Liu Rongbing won the All Around title with compatriot Zhou Shixiong earning the silver medal with Ko Yedarm of the Republic of Korea earning the bronze after taking in consideration the two per country rule. Highest scorers to the Event Finals are: Japan's Kenzo Shirai (Floor Exercise); China's Liu Rongbing (Pommel Horse, Horizontal Bar), Yang Shengchao (Still Rings) and Zhou Shixiong (Parallel Bars); and The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Ri Se Gwang on Vault.

EVENT FINAL QUALIFIERS (BOLD ARE THE QUALIFIERS):

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 15.500
2. Lee Jun Ho (KOR) 15.300
3. Kim Hansol (KOR) 15.050
4. Lin Chaopan (CHN) 15.000
5. Cheng Ran (CHN) 14.850
6. Ri Se Gwang (PRK) 14.800
7. Jung Dongmyoung (KOR) 14.400
8. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 14.300
9. Yu Suzuki (JPN) 14.200
10. Kim Kyong Hak (PRK) RESERVE ONE; Le Thanh Tung (VIE) RESERVE TWO 14.100
11. 
    
12. Park Minsoo (KOR); Hadi Khenarinezhad (IRI) RESERVE THREE; Rikii Hoshino (JPN); Liu Rongbing (CHN) 14.050
13. 
    
14. 
    
15. 
    

1. Liu Rongbing (CHN) 14.700
2. Zhou Shixiong (CHN); Kim Kwang Chun (PRK) 14.600
3. 
   
4. Saeed Reza Keikha (IRI) 14.550
5. Ji Lianshen (CHN) 14.500
6. Maxim Petrishko (KAZ) 14.450
7. Szu Chieh Chen (TPE) 14.250
8. Yang Shengchao (CHN); Kim Kyong Hak (PRK) 14.150
9. 
   
10. Yoshiaki Furutani (JPN) 14.100
11. Abdulla Azimov (UZB) RESERVE ONE; Minori Koyama (JPN) RESERVE TWO 14.050
12. 
    
13. Mohammad Ramezanpour (IRI) 14.000 RESERVE THREE

1. Yang Shengchao (CHN) 15.100
2. Kiu Chung Ng (HKG); Hadi Khenarinezhad (IRI); Chih Yu Chen (TPE) 15.000
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. Ri Se Gwang (PRK) 14.850
6. Dang Nam (VIE) 14.800
7. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ) 14.750
8. Zhou Shixiong (CHN) 14.700
9. Cheng Ran (CHN) 14.550
10. Liu Rongbing (CHN) 14.450
11. Jin Hyok Kim (PRK) 14.400 RESERVE ONE
12. Park Minsoo (KOR) 14.350 RESERVE TWO
13. Amir Azami (IRI) 14.250 RESERVE THREE

1. Ri Se Gwang (PRK) (16.350, 16.100) 16.225
2. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) (15.850, 15.900) 15.875
3. Hoang Cuong (VIE) (15.700, 15.650) 15.675
4. Cheng Ran (CHN) (15.250, 15.850); Nguyen Ha Thanh (VIE) (16.250, 14.850) 15.550
5. 
   
6. Lee Jun Ho (KOR) (15.350, 15.450) 15.400
7. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) (15.650, 15.050) 15.350
8. Viktor Kocherin (KAZ) (15.500, 15.100); Kim Hansol (KOR) (15.450, 15.150) 15.300
9. 
   
10. Le Thanh Tung (VIE) (15.100, 15.200); Takayuki Ohara (JPN) (15.350, 14.950) RESERVE ONE 15.150
11. 
    
12. Stanislav Valiyev (KAZ) (15.700, 14.450) 15.075 RESERVE TWO
13. Lin Chaopan (CHN) (14.900, 15.200) 15.050 RESERVE THREE

1. Zhou Shixiong (CHN) 16.200
2. Ji Lianshen (CHN) 15.800
3. Nguyen Ha Thanh (VIE) 15.600
4. Lin Chaopan (CHN) 15.550
5. Liu Rongbing (CHN) 15.500
6. Pham Phuong Hung (VIE) 15.350
7. Kim Jin Hyok (PRK) 15.250
8. Rikii Hoshino (JPN) 15.200
9. Dinh Phuong Thanh (VIE) 15.150
10. Jung Dongmyoung (KOR) 15.000
11. Yu Suzuki (JPN) 14.950
12. Hoang Cuong (VIE) 14.850
13. Ko Yedarm (KOR) 14.800 RESERVE ONE
14. Ri Chol Jin (PRK) 14.750 RESERVE TWO

1. Liu Rongbing (CHN) 16.050
2. Lin Chaopan (CHN) 15.900
3. Ji Lianshen (CHN) 15.700
4. Yang Shengchao (CHN) 15.500
5. Zhou Shixiong (CHN) 15.350
6. Kim Kwang Chun (PRK) 14.950
7. Wai Hung Shek (HKG); Ro Chol Jin (PRK) 14.900
8. 
   
9. Yoshiaki Furutani (JPN) 14.750
10. Takayuki Ohara (JPN); Ko Yedarm (KOR) 14.650
11. 
    
12. Rikii Hoshino (JPN) 14.500
13. Jung Dongmyoung (KOR) 14.400 RESERVE ONE
14. Park Minsoo (KOR) 14.250
15. Lee Junho (KOR) 14.100
16. Minori Koyama (JPN) 14.050
17. Yu Suzuki (JPN) 13.950
18. Kim Jin Hyok (PRK) 13.900
19. Ri Chol Jin (PRK); Kim Hansol (KOR); Dinh Phuong Thanh (VIE) RESERVE TWO 13.850
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21. 
    
22. Ehsan Khodadadi (IRI) 13.800 RESERVE THREE

The Fifth Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships are set to take place from the 11th to the 14th November in Putian, China. The Drawing of Lots took place on the 16th of October in Doha, Qatar, at the Head Quarters of the Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU), with a total of 128 athletes expected to descend on Putian - 80 Men's Artistic Gymnasts and 48 Women's Artistic Gymnasts. This is set to be a fantastic competition, even without looking at the nominated participants, as this is the first competition back since The People's Democratic of Korea was suspended for age falsification. Uzbekistan's Darya Yelizarova was expected to compete but she has been withdrawn. 

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

COMPETITION I:

SUBDIVISION ONE:

MIXED GROUP ONE (STARTING ON VAULT):

• Jing Ying Joey Tam (SIN)
• PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE)
• DO Thi Thu Huyen (VIE)
• Ichinkhorloo Baatarjav (MGL)
• Soyolsaikhan Batbaatar (MGL)