Gymmin' Miel!

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's RI Se Gwang, Oleg Stepko of Azerbaijan and Manrique Larduet Bicet of Cuba have earned berths to the Olympics, with Romanian Marian Dragulescu, and Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine along with Pauline Schaefer of Germany guaranteed a place at the Rio Olympics should their nations not qualify as a team at the Test Event next year. 

Simone Biles had a fantastic evening, taking out both the Balance Beam (where she absolutely dominated over the field) and Floor Exercise titles. The Netherlands' Sanne Wevers finished second on the Beam with a 14.333. Wevers was captured working out her D-score after the routine in a notebook and lodged a successful enquiry. In a field of falls were Dutchwoman Eythora Thorsdottir, WANG Yan, Canadian Elsabeth Black and Seda Tutkhalyan of Russia all counted a fall in their routines, Germany's Pauline Schaefer performed a solid routine including an interesting mount where she stood with her back to the side of the Beam and jumped back to straddle split to take out the bronze medal. Russian Viktoriia Komova had a massive wobble after her Arabian front to finish fourth. On the Floor Exercise, Russian Ksenia Afanasyeva performed a clean, mature routine to finish in second place with American Margaret Nichols finishing third. SHANG Chunsong of China came into the final to replace Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber and ended tied for fourth with Japan's Sae Miyakawa. The routine of the final however would have to have been Dutchwoman Lieke Wevers'. Despite only performing two tumbling passes, the sheer elegance, and performance quality of the routine was definitely something special. 

RI Se Gwang won by 0.050 points over Romanian comeback king Marian Dragulescu. His reaction after the Vaults and on the medal podium - soaring like an aeroplane and high fiving all the presenters was absolutely wonderful to see! Donnell Whittenburg performed two great vaults including the RI Se Gwang really well and it was great to see him round out the podium! China's YOU Hao produced a phenomenal routine on the Parallel Bars to take the title over Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev. Azerbaijan's Stepko and China's  DENG Shudi shared the third place finish. King Kohei Uchimura added to his World Championship medals the gold on the Horizontal Bar topping U.S.A's Danell Leyva and Cuba's Manrique Larduet Bicet. It was a final full of high flying and a couple of spills. A fantastic way to end the Championships!

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Simone Biles (USA) 15.800
2. Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS) 15.100
3. Margaret Nichols (USA) 15.000
4. SHANG Chunsong (CHN); Sae Miyakawa (JPN) 14.933
5. 
   
6. Elissa Downie (GBR) 14.733
7. Claudia Fragapane (GBR) 14.466
8. Lieke Wevers (NED) 14.100

1. RI Se Gwang (PRK) (15.600, 15.300) 15.450
2. Marian Dragulescu (ROU) (15.300, 15.500) 15.400
3. Donnell Whittenburg (USA) (15.100, 15.600) 15.350
4. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (15.466, 15.100) 15.283
5. Igor Radivilov (UKR) (15.200, 14.966) 15.083
6. Denis Ablyazin (RUS) (14.300, 15.400) 14.850
7. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) (14.500, 14.533) 14.516
8. KIM Hansol (KOR) (14.000, 15.000) 14.500

1. YOU Hao (CHN) 16.216
2. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 16.066
3. Oleg Stepko (AZE); DENG Shudi (CHN) 15.966
4. 
   
5. Manrique Larduet Bicet (CUB) 15.733
6. Danell Leyva (USA) 15.666
7. Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.600
8. Nile Wilson (GBR) 15.233

1. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 15.833
2. Danell Leyva (USA) 15.700
3. Manrique Larduet Bicet (CUB) 15.600
4. Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (BRA) 15.166
5. Andreas Bretschneider (GER) 14.966
6. Christopher Brooks (USA) 13.800
7. Fabian Hambuechen (GER); Oliver Hegi (SUI) 13.500
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Welcome to the first day of Event Finals at the 2015 World Championship. Today will see the finals contested for the Women's Vault and Uneven Bars and the Men's Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings. It should be an extremely exciting day of competition and it should be noted that any medalists today and tomorrow whose nations have not qualified a team, will earn an automatic berth to the Rio Olympics. A belated congratulations also go to Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland and Max Whitlock of Great Britain who were last night named the 2015 Longines Prize of Elegance winners. Japan's Kenzo Shirai will be hoping to dominate on the Floor Exercise with Louis Smith of Great Britain and Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias will be hoping to repeat as the top scorers as they did in Qualifications on the Pommel Horse and Still Rings respectively. For the Women, Simone Biles (USA) and Daria Spiridinova (RUS) were the top qualifiers to the Vault and Uneven Bars finals respectively. 

Can I just say how much I love the gymnast introductions and them walking across the stage. We start off the first day with the Men's Floor Exercise. And I am suitably disappointed that they did not show us the Men's presentations for Floor. Okay so we missed the first four gymnasts. Cuba's Manrique Larduet Bicet is up first. Step out on arabian double pike half. Hop double pike Arabian, Solid start to the final. Next up is the Republic of Korea's KIM Hansol - Lovely 3.5 front full, double double, full 2.5, misjudged 2.5 to double and almost sits it down, hop back on triple twist to finish. Spain's Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana is up next - 1.5 to double front, handspring full twist, double straight. Awesome routine - he is absolutely thrilled! Daniel Purvis - massive roar from the crowd, step and low on double double, lovely 2.5, handspring double front, front 2.5, 1.5 twisting roll out, whip to double Arabian - great routine! DENG Shudi - 3.5 punch, full twist to 2.5 - low on landing, hop forward and low chest on the triple twist. And now for Kenzo Shirai! 3.5 double front, stumbles on the third pass, lovely 2.5, quad twist. Massive routine and gorgeous lines! Huge score! Following him is Max Whitlock - lovely 3.5 to punch front, gorgeous flairs, two half to one half, small step on triple twist. Stunning routine! The final gymnast to go is Enrique Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda - hands down on full to 2.5, full double front, double twisting double back, whip to double twist. Kenzo Shirai takes the title over Max Whitlock. Spain's Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana finishes with the bronze and earns an assured ticket to the Olympics!

Next up is the Women's Vault! Alexa Citlali Morena Medina wearing lovely sparkly purple leo with white and blue diamantes - a little wait before first vault - step forward and low in the landing handspring straight 1.5; double twisting Tsukhara low on landing, Lovely patriotic leo for Elissa Downie (red shoulders, mostly blue with white lines with some red on sleeves and diamantes). Hop back on DTY. Hop back roundoff straight somersault half twist. HONG Un Jong - sleeveless leo, red body, with blue and white ribboning., Solid 2.5 twist. Cheng - step back. Giulia Steingruber wearing blue leotard with diamantes. Massive Handspring straight front 1.5. Oh no she's injured her knee on her second Vault. Flashed the DTY but makes Yurchenko 1.5. Maria Paseka - Hop back Cheng. White leo with black patterning. Solid Amanar. WANG Yan - gorgeous white leo with red patterning and diamantes. Low chest on the landing double twisting Tsukahara; Hands down on the Rudi. White sleeved leotard red bottom with blue - stunning!- Massive Amanar with hop forward; Solid second Vault. Sleeveless aquaey colour with white top leo. A deep squat but stuck Produnova; steps out of bounds on Tsukahara double twist. Russia's Maria Paseka takes the Vault title with Simone Biles added a bronze to her collection. HONG Un Jong wins the silver and books her ticket to Rio!

Our attention now goes to the Pommel Horse final. Of the eight men in the field - half of them have the opportunity to secure a ticket to Rio!! We start with Armenia's Harutyun Merdinyan - love the top of his leo - that patterning would be stunning on a Women's leotard! Lovely Busnari and good swings and Russians work, stuck dismount. Up next is Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev - a couple of form breaks and really had to fight for the dismount. Alexander Naddour of the U.S. - a cover of form breaks in the middle but recovered well. Japan's Kazuma Kaya is up next - solid routine. He's always smiling and is absolutely thrilled. The crowd has erupted for Louis Smith! PHENOMENAL!! What a crowd reaction to the score. Feel for Vid Hidvegi of Hungary who has to follow that. Solid routine, just a massive fight on the final handstand before the dismount. Robert Seligman of Croatia is up next - loses momentum and comes off the Horse and misses his dismount. Last gymnast to go is Britain's Max Whitlock - after an initial hesitation - what a routine!! WHITLOCK wins the title and becomes Britain's first World Championship gold medalist! Louis Smith finishes second. Japan's Kazuma Kaya shares the bronze with Armenian Harutyun Merdinyan who has booked a ticket to Rio!!

It's Uneven Bars time!! White and blue leo for Sophie Scheder. Red leotard with diamantes for Ruby Harrold. SHANG Chunsong is up first - stunning blue leotard with silver - Gienger, full pirouette, small hop back on the dismount and close to the bar. Scheder is up next - lovely Tkatchev, couple paces on the dismount, had a couple of issues with her handstands. FAN Yilin is up next - full pirouette, pak salto, nice double straight to finish - solid routine. Viktoriia Komova - sparkly purple leotard; stoop half turn to Jaeger, Tkachev, very clean and solid routine! Judges took forever with her score. The look on her face when she realises she's tied for first. Superb routine from Gabrielle Douglas!! Love the leotards that her and Madison Kocian are wearing! Kocian is up next - solid routine - a little close on the Jaeger. Daria Spiridonova wears a white and purple leo with aqua patterning in between. Clean routine!! Solid routine from Ruby Harrold - a slight problem with a handstand though. And it's a four way tie for the Gold!!! Russia's Viktoriia Komova and Daria Spiridonova, China's FAN Yilin and U.S. gymnast Madison Kocian TIE FOR THE GOLD!

And finally it's the Still Rings final! I missed half of Lambertus van Gelder's routine. Full twisting double straight dismount. Samir Ait Said is up next - Falcon to Maltese, full twisting double layout dismount - solid routine. YOU Hao - Maltese, kip to Maltese, double into cross sit, full front pike up to handstand, low and a step on the dismount. Eleftherios Petrounias - solid routine!! Donnell Whittenburg - Hop double twisting double straight dismount. YANG Liu - Looking to defend his title; step on the dismount and lost a little momentum in the middle of the routine and had to fight to maintain his handstand. Brandon Wynn - fantastic routine - stuck dismount! Davtyan Vahagn - solid routine with step dismount. Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias wins the title and is off to Rio!!!! China's YOU Hao and LIU Yang finish with silver and bronze respectively.

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

WOMEN'S VAULT:

1. Maria Paseka (RUS) (15.633, 15.700) 15.666
2. HONG Un Jong (PRK) (15.666, 15.600) 15.633
3. Simone Biles (USA) (15.900, 15.183) 15.541
4. Elissa Downie (GBR) (14.966, 14.833) 14.899
5. Dipa Karmakar (IND) (15.300, 14.066) 14.683
6. WANG Yan (CHN) (15.066, 14.100) 14.583
7. Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX) (14.666, 14.466); Giulia Steingruber (SUI) (15.500, 13.633) 14.566
8. 
   

1. Max Whitlock (GBR) 16.133
2. Louis Smith (GBR) 16.033
3. Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM); Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 15.500
4. 
   
5. Vid Hidvegi (HUN) 15.366
6. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.266
7. Alexander Naddour (USA) 15.200
8. Robert Seligman (CRO) 14.433

1. FAN Yilin (CHN); Viktoriia Komova (RUS); Daria Spiridonova (RUS); Madison Kocian (USA) 15.366
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4. 
   
5. Gabrielle Douglas (USA) 15.133
6. SHANG Chunsong (CHN) 14.900
7. Ruby Harrold (GBR) 14.766
8. Sophie Scheder (GER) 14.600

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.800
2. YOU Hao (CHN) 15.733
3. LIU Yang (CHN) 15.700
4. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 15.633
5. Brandon Wynn (USA) 15.600
6. Lambertus van Gelder (NED) 15.500
7. Davtyan Vahagn (ARM) 15.333
8. Donnell Whittenburg (USA) 15.300

Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to get these results on here. For the Seniors as part of the Brno Grand Prix, Margarita Mamun of Russia only competed in the Hoop and Ball finals and earned both titles quite convincing. Israel's Linoy Ashram was second with both apparatuses with Uzbekistan's Anastasiya Serdyukova earning both bronze medals. Ashram earned the Clubs title over Serdyukova and Belarussian Elena Bolotina whilst Serdyukova won the Ribbon honors over Ashram and Bolotina respectively. In the TART Cup Apparatus Finals competition, Russian Maria Sergeeva took out the Ball and Clubs titles, whilst her compatriot Anna Sokolova triumphed with the Rope. Belarussian Alina Harnasko was the top with the Hoop, with Sokolova and Israel's Karin Kantorovich finishing second and third respectively. Harnasko added a silver with the Rope, whilst Kantorovich and Alina Chamzina of the Czech Republic/SK TART MS Brno tied for third. Israel's Ksenia Osokin was second with the Ball whilst Harnasko was third, whilst with the Clubs Osokin and Chamzina tied for the silver with the Clubs. 

SENIOR APPARATUS FINALS:
HOOP:

1. Margarita Mamun (RUS) 19.100
2. Linoy Ashram (ISR) 17.750
3. Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB) 17.550
4. Elena Bolotina (BLR) 17.300
5. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.600
6. Anna Afuxenidi (KAZ) 16.500
7. Xenia Kilianova (SVK) 16.350
8. Anna Sebkova (CZE) 15.850

1. Margarita Mamun (RUS) 19.200
2. Linoy Ashram (ISR) 18.000
3. Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB) 17.700
4. Anna Sebkova (CZE) 16.850
5. Monika Mickova (CZE) 16.800
6. Anna Afuxenidi (KAZ) 16.500
7. Elena Bolotina (BLR) 16.200
8. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.100

1. Linoy Ashram (ISR) 17.850
2. Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB) 17.350
3. Elena Bolotina (BLR) 17.050
4. Monika Mickova (CZE) 16.950
5. Anna Sebkova (CZE) 16.600
6. Anna Afuxenidi (KAZ) 16.400
7. Natascha Wegscheider (AUT) 16.300
8. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.250

1. Anastasiya Serdyukova (UZB) 17.850
2. Linoy Ashram (ISR) 17.700
3. Elena Bolotina (BLR) 17.350
4. Jelizaveta Gamalejeva (LAT) 16.550
5. Monika Mickova (CZE); Natascha Wegscheider (AUT) 16.450
6.  
7. Anna Sebkova (CZE) 16.250
8. Anna Afuxenidi (KAZ) 15.650

Welcome to the final day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition at the 2015 Pan American Games. Today sees the Individual Clubs and Ribbon Final and the Groups 6 Clubs, 2 Hoops Final. American Laura Zeng was the top qualifier to both finals... could she make it a clean sweep or will we see someone else take the titles? Gorgeous routine from Canadian Patricia Bezzoubenko to start off the Clubs Final. Solid routine from Mexico's Karla Diaz Arnal - was that a small fumble we saw in the middle of the routine? Unfortunate drop of the Club by Canadian Carmen Whelan. Another sensational routine from Laura Zeng!! Lovely routine from her compatriot Jasmine Kerber. Solid routine by Angelica Kvieczynski. Zeng adds another gold medal to her collection with Bezzoubenko winning the silver medal and Kerber earning the bronze.

Few issues with Carmen Whelan's Ribbon routine to start off the second final of the day. Lovely routine from Mexican Karla Diaz Arnal. Another gorgeous routine from Jasmine Kerber!! Another beautiful routine from Brazilian Angelica Kvieczynski. Yet another clean routine from Zeng. Was really hoping for another medal for Bezzoubenko. And it's official - American Laura Zeng has swept the titles at this year's Pan American Games! Jasmine Kerber takes the silver medal with the Ribbon with Angelica Kvieczynski taking the bronze.

In the Group Competition, the United States Group consisting of Kiana Eade, Alisa Kano, Natalie McGiffert, Monica Rokhman, Jennifer Rokhman and Kristen Shaldybin made history winning the first ever Gold medal for the U.S. in the Group competition. Brazil finished second with Canada in third.

INDIVIDUAL CLUBS FINAL:

INDIVIDUAL RIBBON FINAL:

The first day of the Apparatus Finals at the 2015 Pan American Games was contested today. American Laura Zeng added another two gold medals to her haul, taking out both the Hoop and Ball Apparatus titles which were on offer today. Fellow American Jasmine Kerber was the silver medalist with both Apparatuses, whilst Brazilian Angelica Kvieczynski was the bronze medalist with the Hoop and Mexican Karla Diaz Arnal rounded out the top three with the Ball. The Brazilian Group consisting of Morgana Regina Gmach, Dayane Amaral, Emanuelle Lima, Jessica Sayonara Maier, Beatriz Pomini and Ana Paula Ribeiro dominated with the 5 Ribbons to take the title. The United States Group finished second with the Canadian Group earning the bronze.

INDIVIDUAL HOOP FINAL:

INDIVIDUAL BALL FINAL:

GROUP 5 RIBBONS FINAL:

I have a zillion catch up posts and updates on the go at once so please bear with me! However I couldn't resist the opportunity to sit down and watch the final day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju. SON Yeon Jae of the Republic of Korea top scored with all apparatuses to take the All Around title, can she scoop the Gold medals in the Event Finals today? Lovely to see a big crowd for today's finals. The last Summer Universiade where an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast scooped all the Individual honors was in 2009 (Russian Evgeniya Kanaeva). SON's first up and it's a lovely routine. My favorite part of the Rhythmic competition is the leotards - stunning!! I am now a huge fan of Uzbekistan's Elizaveta Nazarenkova. Lovely routine from Melitina Staniouta. Unfortunate drop in the middle of her routine for Katsiaryna Halkina. It has been awhile since I have seen a sleeveless Rhythmic leotard but France's Kseniya Moustafaeva pulls it off! Lovely routine from Ganna Rizatdinova. SON Yeon Jae takes the Hoop title over Russia's Maria Titova and Belarussian Melitina Staniouta.

And we're onto the Ball Final. Lovely routine by Viktoriia Mazur. The seats in the "Kiss and Cry Area" seriously look like aeroplane seats! Drop by Sakura Hayakawa in her routine. Lovely one sleeved leotard for Ganna Rizatdinova. Gorgeous routine. Beautiful routine by SON Yeon Jae. Another gorgeous routine by Melitina Staniouta. SON picks up another gold over Ukraine's Ganna Rizatdinova and Russian Maria Titova.

We move onto the 5 Ribbons Group Final. With only five groups in this year's Group competition - they all get to contest the Apparatus Finals!! Russia dominated the Group All Around and barring any major mistakes should take the Golds today. I have been absolutely thrilled with the Finnish Group - what a moment it must have been picking up the All Around bronze. Lovely routine by the Russians. The Russian Group picks up another gold over Ukraine and Finland!

Moving on to the Clubs final! Solid routine from Kseniya Moustafaeva to start off. Lovely routine from LEE Daae. Melitina Staniouta took a Huge leap to catch one of her Clubs. Oh no.... an unfortunate drop for SON Yeon Jae. Awesome routine from Rizatdinova! Rizatdinova takes the title over Melitina Staniouta and SON Yeon Jae.

Moving onto the final Individual Apparatus final - the Ribbon. Phenomenal routine from SON Yeon Jae. Lovely routine from Kseniya Moustafaeva. Another incredible routine from Ganna Rizatdinova. Sensational routine from Melitina Staniouta. Staniouta earns the Ribbon title over SON Yeon Jae. Ganna Rizatdinova picks up the bronze.

The final event of the Rhythmic program is the 6 Clubs, 2 Hoops.The Ukrainian routine would have to be one of my favourites!! One of the Russian gymnasts dropped one of her Clubs and looked like another couple of issues throughout the routine. Unfortunately the Chinese group drop one of their gymnasts. Ukraine takes the title over Japan and Russia!

INDIVIDUAL HOOP FINAL:

INDIVIDUAL BALL FINAL:

1. SON Yeon Jae (KOR) 18.250
2. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 18.100
3. Maria Titova (RUS) 18.000
4. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 17.950
5. Ekaterina Vedeneeva (RUS) 17.550
6. Ekaterina Nazarenkova (UZB) 17.350
7. Sakura Hayakawa (JPN) 16.800
8. Viktoriia Mazur (UKR) 16.700

1. Russia 16.550
2. Ukraine 16.225
3. Finland 15.650
4. Japan 14.975
5. China 9.650

1. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 18.200
2. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 17.800
3. SON Yeon Jae (KOR) 17.800
4. Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) 17.650
5. Elizaveta Nazarenkova (UZB) 17.600
6. Ksenia Moustafaeva (FRA) 17.500
7. Ekaterina Vedeneeva (RUS) 17.250
8. LEE Daae (KOR) 16.600

1. Melitina Staniouta (BLR) 17.900
2. SON Yeon Jae (KOR) 17.800
3. Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR) 17.750
4. Maria Titova (RUS) 17.450
5. Kseniya Moustafaeva (FRA) 17.350
6. Viktoriia Mazur (UKR) 16.550
7. Sakura Hayakawa (JPN) 16.150
8. Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR) 15.425

1. Ukraine 16.150
2. Japan 16.050
3. Russia 15.850
4. Finland 15.800
5. China 10.950

Welcome to the final day of Artistic Gymnastics competition from the Kwangju Women's University Universiade Gymnasium. Japan's Naoto Hayasaka dominated the Men's Floor Exercise Final, taking the title convincingly over Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev. Shogo Nonomura of Japan and Switzerland's Marco Walter tied for the bronze medal. Austria's Simone Penker comes into the Vault final to replace New Zealand's Jordan Rae. Lovely purple leotard with diamantes for Tan Ing Yueh. Huge wait in between Vaults. Red and white leotard with diamantes for Daria Yelizarova - awesome Vaults. Fall for Severin Rohrer. One black mesh sleeve, and half emeraldy green and the remaining top and sleeve a light green with diamantes for Dilnoza Abdusalimova. Great routine from Donothan Bailey. Lovely Black and White leotard with a white mesh sleeve for Maria Paseka. Elegant red leotard with diamantes for Kelly Simm. Shogo Nonomura loses momentum and comes off the Pommel Horse. Gorgeous green leotard with white swirl patterning and red for Mexico's Mariana Vazquez Beristain. Lands on her back on her second vault. Lovely red leotard with white sleeves and red stripes down the sleeves and diamantes for Simone Penker. American Donothan Bailey wins the Pommel Horse title over Hayasaka with fellow American Akash Modi finishing third. Russian Maria Paseka takes the Vault honors over Kelly Simm and Yelizarova. The first Vault score of Farah Ann Abdul Hadi has yet to be recorded.

Georgia-Rose Brown wears the purple and black leotard with silver patterning/diamantes. The Republic of Korea gymnasts are in the leotards that I am loving! Ana Filipa Martins wears a half red/half white leotard wit gold and green ribbons across the front. The Malaysian contingent always looks so happy - always smiling. Fall for Azizbek Kudratullayev. Lovely routine from Martins. HEO Seon Mi takes a couple of steps back and sits down her dismount. Black leotard with white diamantes and orange patterning with a hint of white for Asuka Teramoto. Red leotard with diamantes and white collaring and down the sides as stripes for Kramarenko. Kramarenko earns the Uneven Bars honors over Teramoto and Paseka, whilst on the Still Rings Armenia's Artur Tovmasyan wins over Ukraine's Igor Radivilov and Oleg Verniaiev who finished second and third respectively. Watching the Award Ceremonies and had to have a small giggle over Verniaiev stopping to take a selfie with Tovmasyan and Radivilov!

Volodymyr Okachev of Ukraine is set to replace LEE Hyeokjung of the Republic of Korea in the Parallel Bars final, whilst Frenchman Antoine Borello is set to compete in the Horizontal Bar Final. Finals continue at 4.00pm (Gwangju Local Time).

And we are back! 

Listening to the Eurosport commentators having problems pronouncing Donothan. Tomi Tuuha - Tsukahara 2.5 - hop to the side; Handspring double twist - hop to the side. Another gorgeous Republic of Korean leotard for PARK Jisoo - Fall on her double spin and crashed her double pike dismount. Igor Radivilov - Dynamic double front with half turn with step back on landing; Massive hop back on his second Vault. EUM Dayeon also falls on her double spin - a real shame because it was a lovely routine. Heikki Saarenketo - solid Tsukahara 2.5, looked like he locked his legs on the landing; an okay second Vault - just a step back. Emma Jane Nedov wears the purple and black leotard - nice save on opening acro series but falls on her second acro series, bit hop back on double pike dismount. Mikhail Kudashov - crashes his first Vault; he looks dejected or a bit pensive heading into his second Vault. Tsukahara double - solid but low in the landing and big step backwards. Natsumi Sasada wears a black leotard with flames (red to orange) - three falls. Very disappointing. Ferhat Arican - Tsukahara 2.5 for first Vault. Sleeveless purple leotard with pink for Dilnoza Abdusalimova - massive bobble but solid performance. Great vaults for HUANG Xi. A couple of bobbles for Polina Fedorova but a good routine (wears the green and black leotard). Super routine from Yu Minobe. China's CEN Yu takes the Men's Vault title over Ukraine's Igor Radivilov and Oleg Verniaiev. Whilst on the Balance Beam, Japan's Yu Minobe triumphed over Polina Fedorova of Russia and Ana Filipa Martins of Portugal who finished second and third respectively.

And my internet connection chose that moment to have issues! Uzbekistan's Dilnoza Abdusalimova replaced PARK Jisoo in the Floor Final. Polina Fedorova of Russia triumphed over compatriot Daria Yelizarova and Kelly Simm to take the Floor title. Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine won the Parallel Bars honor over Japan's Yuya Kamoto and Chihiro Yoshioka whilst on the Horizontal Bar, Germany's Fabian Hambuechen topped Japan's Shogo Nonomura and Kamoto. 

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL:

WOMEN'S VAULT FINAL:

1. Maria Paseka (RUS) (15.400, 14.100) 14.750
2. Kelly Simm (GBR) (14.533, 13.933) 14.233
3. Daria Yelizarova (RUS) (14.100, 13.900) 14.000
4. Tan Ing Yueh (MAS) (13.575, 13.700) 13.637
5. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (MAS) (13.866, 13.233) 13.549
6. Simone Penker (AUT) (13.133, 12.700) 12.916
7. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) (13.500, 12.133) 12.816
8. Mariana Vazquez Beristain (MEX) (13.800, 0.000) 6.900

1. Donothan Bailey (USA) 14.766
2. Naoto Hayasaka (JPN) 14.741
3. Akash Modi (USA) 14.633
4. Daulet Narmetov (KAZ) 14.566
5. Gustavo Palma Simoes (POR) 14.333
6. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 13.733
7. Severin Rohrer (SUI) 13.233
8. Shogo Nonomura (JPN) 12.700

1. Yekaterina Kramarenko (RUS) 14.800
2. Asuka Teramoto (JPN) 14.233
3. Maria Paseka (RUS) 14.100
4. Kelly Simm (GBR); Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 13.566
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6. Georgia-Rose Brown (AUS) 13.166
7. HEO Seonmi (KOR) 13.000
8. EUM Dayeon (KOR) 12.666

MEN'S STILL RINGS FINAL:

1. Artur Tovmasyan (ARM) 15.500
2. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 15.266
3. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.166
4. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.133
5. Chih-Yu Chen (TPE) 15.100
6. Shogo Nonomura (JPN) 14.966
7. Yuya Kamoto (JPN) 14.700
8. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ) 12.050

1. CEN Yu (CHN) (15.333, 15.433) 15.383
2. Igor Radivilov (UKR) (15.133, 15.166) 15.149
3. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (15.066, 15.100) 15.083
4. HUANG Xi (CHN) (15.266, 14.800) 15.033
5. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) (14.666, 14.991) 14.828
6. Heikki Saarenketo (FIN) (14.975, 14.433) 14.704
7. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (14.800, 14.166) 14.483
8. Mikhail Kudashov (RUS) (13.400, 14.500) 13.950

1. Yu Minobe (JPN) 14.000
2. Polina Fedorova (RUS) 13.733
3. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 13.366
4. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 13.266
5. Emma Jane Nedov (AUS) 12.733
6. EUM Dayeon (KOR) 12.333
7. PARK Jisoo (KOR) 11.700
8. Natsumi Sasada (JPN) 10.800

MEN'S PARALLEL BARS FINAL:

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 16.000
2. Yuya Kamoto (JPN) 15.900
3. Chihiro Yoshioka (JPN) 15.600
4. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.341
5. Akash Modi (USA) 15.200
6. CEN Yu (CHN) 14.966
7. JO Yeong Gwang (KOR) 14.866
8. Volodymyr Okachev (UKR) 14.566

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL: 

1. Polina Fedorova (RUS) 14.200
2. Daria Yelizarova (RUS) 14.133
3. Kelly Simm (GBR) 13.966
4. Asuka Teramoto (JPN) 13.533
5. Natsumi Sasada (JPN) 13.433
6. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (MAS) 13.400
7. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 13.266
8. Ana Filipa Martins (POR) 12.666

MEN'S HORIZONTAL BAR FINAL:

1. Fabian Hambuechen (GER) 15.266
2. Shogo Nonomura (JPN) 15.100
3. Yuya Kamoto (JPN) 15.066
4. PARK Minsoo (KOR) 15.000
5. Alexey Rostov (RUS) 14.733
6. Akash Modi (USA) 14.466
7. CEN Yu (CHN) 14.100
8. Antoine Borello (FRA) 13.666

On the final day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition at the 2014 Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mexico's Rut Castillo Galindo and Cynthia Yasmin Valdez Perez won two Apparatus Titles each. Rut Castillo Galindo dominated in the Hoop Final over Cuba's Yansy de la Caridad Duquesne Cartaya and Colombia's Lina Marcela Dussan Orozco. Valdez Perez had a 0.600 penalty to finish in fourth place. Castillo also triumphed with the Ball over Valdez Perez and Cuban Legna de la Caridad Savon Diaz. Cynthia Yasmin Valdez Perez dominated with the Clubs, taking the honors by 1.967 points over compatriot Karla Diaz Arnal and Grisbel Andreina Lopez Ortega of Venezuela. Whilst with the Ribbon Cynthia Yasmin Valdez Perez recorded a narrow 0.884 point victory over Rut Castillo Galindo with Michelle Steffanie Sanchez Salazar of Venezuela picking up the bronze. 

HOOP FINAL:

1. Rut Castillo Galindo (MEX) 15.633
2. Yansy de la Caridad Duquesne Cartaya (CUB) 13.717
3. Lina Marcela Dussan Orozco (COL) 12.833
4. Cynthia Yasmin Valdez Perez (MEX) 12.500
5. Michelle Steffanie Sanchez Salazar (VEN) 12.300
6. Linda Esperanza Sandoval Maldonado (GUA) 12.133
7. Brenda Leyva Mejias (CUB) 11.550
8. Grisbel Andreina Lopez Ortega (VEN) 11.083

Well it's onto the final six events of the competition at the 2014 Men's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria - the Senior Men's apparatus finals. Solid Floor routine from Alexander Shatilov of Israel, low on the landing of his final tumbling pass. Great routine from Russian Denis Ablyazin. Nice routine from the Greek man Eleftherios Kosmidis and an awesome save on the landing of his final tumbling line. I am a huge fan of David Belyavskiy of Russia and I absolutely love his gymnastics. Great Britain's Max Whitlock's flairs work is PHENOMENAL!! Out of bounds on his 3.5 twist barani though. What a routine from Daniel Purvis. Ablyazin wins the Gold medal with Eleftherios Kosmidis finishing second. Shatilov and Purvis tie for the bronze. No messing around... it's straight onto the Pommel Horse final. I don't really know much about Pommel Horse except for the fact that it can look really cool!!! Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev comes off the horse. Next up, Croatian Filip Ude also comes off. What is going on?!? Belarussian Vasili Mikhalitsyn has also come off the horse. That's now 3 of the 4 gymnasts who have gone up that have come off the horse! Solid routine from Hungarian Pommel Horse superstar Krisztian Berki. Phenomenal routine from Whitlock!! Huge form break during Russian Nikolai Kuksenkov's routine but he managed to stay on. Rough routine for Andrey Likhovitskiy of Belarus. Whitlock tops Berki and Saso Bertoncelj of Slovenia for the title of European Pommel Horse title! Russians Aleksandr Balandin and Ablyazin share in the Still Rings title with Frenchman Samir Ait Said taking home the bronze. Poor Dutchman Jeffrey Wammes sits down both his Vaults. Wammes gets a rerun. Ablyazin takes out the Vault title over Ukraine's Igor Radivilov and Oleg Verniaiev. After a disastrous routine on Parallel Bars for Nikolai Kuksenkov of Russia, Slovenian Mitja Petkovsek also comes off the apparatus. Fantastic routine from Belyavskiy. Great comrade between David Belyavskiy and Oleg Verniaiev. Solid routine for Andrei Vasile Muntean who had barely dismounted before the Belarussians came to chalk up the P. Bars for Aliaksandr Tsarevich. Form break for Tsarevich who jumps off the Bars as a result. Verniaiev set the mark high as the first gymnast to go and he wins the European Title. Belyavskiy finishes in second with Dutchman Epke Zonderland in third. And we are down to the final Event Final of these Championships - the high flying Horizontal Bar! Oh wow that was a nasty fall from German Fabian Hambuechen just moments into his routine on his piked Kovacs. Solid routine from Sam Oldham of Great Britain. Long wait for Belgian Kristof Schroe's score. Nice routine from Swiss gymnast Oliver Hegi. Great routine by Kristian Thomas of Great Britain! Epke Zonderland - now that's how you do a Horizontal Bar routine!!!! Missed catch resulting in a fall for Ukraine's Maksym Semiankiv, and another fall. Zonderland wins the Title over Oldham and Thomas!!

APPARATUS FINALS RESULTS:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Denis Ablyazin (RUS) 15.700
2. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 15.533
3. Alexander Shatilov (ISR); Daniel Purvis (GBR) 15.400
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5. Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.333
6. Dzmitry Barkalau (BLR) 15.241
7. Claudio Capelli (SUI) 14.900
8. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 14.866

Welcome to the final day of competition at the 2014 Men's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships. The competition begins today with the Junior Event Finals and will conclude with the Senior Men's Event Finals. Great Britain's Giarnni Regini-Moran topped compatriot Gaius Thompson for the Floor title with Sascha Alexander Coradi of Switzerland picking up the bronze medal. Nile Wilson of Great Britain has earned the Pommel Horse honors over Russia's Sergei Eltcov and Simone Bresolin of Italy. Vinzenz Hoeck of Austria was the Still Rings champion over Brinn Bevan of Great Britain and Eyal Glazer of Israel, whilst on the Vault Russian Nikita Nagornny triumphed over Giarnni Regini-Moran. Belgium's Florian Landuyt and Frenchman Zachari Hrimeche tied for the bronze. Wilson picked up the Parallel Bars title over compatriot Brinn Bevan with Ukraine's Eduard Yermakov winning the bronze medal. Wilson also picked up his 5th gold medal of these Championships taking out the Horizontal Bars over Hrimeche and Coradi.

POMMEL HORSE:

1. Nile Wilson (GBR) 14.200
2. Sergei Eltcov (RUS) 14.025
3. Simone Bresolin (ITA) 13.916
4. Nils Dunkel (GER) 13.833
5. David Huddleston (BUL) 13.783
6. Kirill Potapov (RUS) 13.733
7. Eyal Glazer (ISR) 13.700
8. Vladyslav Gryko (UKR) 12.633

1. Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) 14.433
2. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 14.100
3. Eyal Glazer (ISR) 13.966
4. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 13.900
5. Marios Georgiou (CYP) 13.716
6. Vigen Khachatryan (ARM) 13.600
7. Nile Wilson (GBR) 13.433
8. Andrea Russo (ITA) 13.033
9. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 12.633

1. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) (14.900, 14.966) 14.933
2. Giarnni Regini-Moran (GBR) (14.866, 14.600) 14.733
3. Florian Landuyt (AUT) (14.633, 14.300); Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) (14.800, 14.133) 14.466
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5. Nicola Bartolini (ITA) (13.600, 14.300) 13.950
6. Gaius Thompson (GBR) (13.333, 14.366) 13.849
7. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) (13.566, 14.066) 13.816
8. Vigen Khachatryan (ARM) (14.600, 12.966) 13.783

1. Nile Wilson (GBR) 14.800
2. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 14.733
3. Eduard Yermakov (UKR) 14.166
4. Kirill Potapov (RUS) 14.100
5. David Huddleston (BUL) 13.233
6. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 13.200
7. Valentin Starikov (RUS) 13.175
8. Frank Rijken (NED) 12.366

1. Nile Wilson (GBR) 14.166
2. Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) 13.833
3. Sascha Alexander Coradi (SUI) 13.666
4. Tin Srbic (CRO) 13.600
5. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 13.333
6. Adrian Nestor Pfiffner (SUI) 13.300
7. Gaius Thompson (GBR) 12.466
8. Kirill Potapov (RUS) 10.833