Gymmin' Miel!

After missing her Produnova during the Qualifications, Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan came back strong to take the title at the 2016 Mersin World Challenge Cup. Austria's Lisa Ecker and Colombian Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez finished in second and third respectively. Escobar Gomez picked up the Uneven Bars honor over Turkey's Demet Mutlu and Ecker. Top Balance Beam qualifier Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey took out the title over Chusovitina and Ecker, whilst on the Floor Exercise, Turkey's Goksu Uctas Sanli narrowly earned the gold over Ecker and Escobar Gomez. Turkey's Ferhat Arican narrowly earned the title on the Floor Exercise over Colombian Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno and Turkey's Ahmet Onder whilst on the Pommel Horse, Calvo Moreno triumphed over Arican and Jordan's  Ahmad Abu Al Soud. Turkey's Ibrahim Colak once again dominated on the Still Rings - winning by 1.450 points over Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno. Iran's Reza Farnia finished third. Onder added the Vault gold to his collection topping Hong Kong's Man Hin Jim and Calvo Moreno. Arican narrowly earned the title on the Parallel Bars over Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno with Onder in third, with Umit Samiloglu taking out the honors on the Horizontal Bar over Calvo Moreno and Onder. Huge thanks to the Turkey Gymnastics Federation for their live stream of today's Finals and Award Ceremonies.

WOMEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez (COL) 13.900
2. Demet Mutlu (TUR) 13.500
3. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 12.900
4. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 11.600
5. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 9.950
6. Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan (HKG) 4.600

1. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 13.900
2. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 13.500
3. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.150
4. Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez (COL) 12.250
5. Cagla Altundemir (TUR) 10.900
6. Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan (HKG) 9.700

1. Goksu Uctas Sanli (TUR) 13.450
2. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.300
3. Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez (COL) 13.050
4. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 12.350
5. Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan (HKG) 10.250

1. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.350
2. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.200
3. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.100
4. Majdi Al-Hmood (JOR) 13.200
5. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) 12.700

1. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.850
2. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.500
3. Ahmad Abu Al Soud (JOR) 13.550
4. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) 12.450
5. Adham Alsqour (JOR) 11.650
6. Isa Hamaratcilar (TUR) 11.600

1. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.550
2. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.100
3. Reza Farnia (IRI) 14.000
4. Adham Alsqour (JOR) 13.550
5. Yunus Emre Gundogdu (TUR) 13.400
6. Majdi Al-Hmood (JOR) 13.250
7. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) 12.400

1. Ahmet Onder (TUR) (14.550, 14.150) 14.350
2. Man Hin Jim (HKG) (14.400, 14.050) 14.225
3. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) (14.400, 13.650) 14.025
4. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (13.100, 14.300) 13.700
5. Daniel Robert Lucas (AZE) (13.350, 14.000) 13.675
6. Majdi Al-Hmood (JOR) (13.250, 12.950) 13.100
7. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) (13.800, 12.350) 13.075
8. Yazan Abandeh (JOR) (13.100, 11.050) 12.075

It was a small field of Women and Men who contested the Qualifications at the 2016 Mersin World Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey with every gymnast advancing to the Finals. Austria's Lisa Ecker topped the Vault over Demet Mutlu of Turkey and Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez of Colombia. Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan and Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan of Hong Kong also advance to the final despite both scoring 0.000 for their first Vaults. Mutlu topped Ecker and Chusovitina on the Uneven Bars, whilst on the Balance Beam Turkey's Tutya Yilmaz earned the high score over Ecker and Chusovitina. Yilmaz also qualified highest on the Floor Exercise with the higher execution mark over Ecker with Turkey Goksu Uctas Sanli in third. Turkey's own Ahmet Onder and Ferhat Arican went 1-2 on the Floor Exercise with Colombia's Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno in third. Calvo Moreno and Arican were the top scorers on the Pommel Horse dominating over Jordan's Adham Alsqour. Ibrahim Colak of Turkey dominated on the Still Rings, scoring 1.650 points over compatriot Yunus Emre Gundogdu, whilst on the Vault Calvo Moreno topped Hong Kong's Man Hin Jim and Onder. Arican dominated on the Parallel Bars over Calvo Moreno and Onder whilst on the Horizontal Bar Turkey's Umit Samiloglu dominated over Calvo Moreno and Onder. 

WOMEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Demet Mutlu (TUR) 13.350
2. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 12.800
3. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 11.850
4. Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez (COL) 11.750
5. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 10.450
6. Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan (HKG) 8.100

1. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 14.300
2. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.700
3. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 13.350
4. Cagla Altundemir (TUR) 11.900
5. Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan (HKG) 10.750
6. Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez (COL) 10.750

1. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 13.500
2. Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.500
3. Goksu Uctas Sanli (TUR) 13.350
4. Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez (COL) 12.950
5. Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan (HKG) 10.750

1. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.700
2. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.400
3. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.150
4. Majdi Al-Hmood (JOR) 14.050
5. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) 13.900

1. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.650
2. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.600
3. Adham Alsqour (JOR) 13.550
4. Ahmad Abu Al Soud (JOR) 11.850
5. Isa Hamaratcilar (TUR) 11.700
6. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) 9.950

1. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.250
2. Yunus Emre Gundogdu (TUR) 13.600
3. Majdi Al-Hmood (JOR) 13.050
4. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 13.050
5. Adham Alsqour (JOR) 13.000
6. Reza Farnia (IRI) 12.750
7. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) 11.550

1. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) (14.600, 14.300) 14.450
2. Man Hin Jim (HKG) (14.500, 14.150) 14.325
3. Ahmet Onder (TUR) (14.800, 13.300) 14.050
4. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (14.100, 13.450) 13.775
5. Murad Agharzayev (AZE) (13.700, 13.150) 13.425
6. Daniel Robert Lucas (AZE) (12.600, 13.900) 13.250
7. Majdi Al-Hmood (JOR) (13.250, 13.050) 13.150
8. Yazan Abandeh (JOR) (13.050, 0.000) 6.525

The second day of Event Finals at the 2016 Varna World Challenge Cup was contested in the Kongresna Hall in the Palace of Culture and Sports yesterday. Frenchwoman Marine Boyer won the Balance Beam title with Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh and Ilaria Kaeslin of Switzerland finishing second and third respectively. Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber added the gold medal on the Floor Exercise with a convincing win over her compatriot Ilaria Kaeslin. Russia's Evgeniia Shelgunova finished third. Ukrainian Igor Radivilov won the Vault title over Zachari Hrimeche of France and Andrey Medvedev of Israel. Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev won the Parallel Bars over Frenchman Axel Augis by 0.333 points. Russia's Dmitrii Lankin rounded out the top three. Belarussian Andrey Likhovitskiy was the top scorer on the Horizontal Bar to take the title by 0.433 points over Lithuania's Robert Tvorogal and Slovenia's Alen Dimic who tied for second. 

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL:

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL:

1. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 14.733
2. Ilaria Kaeslin (SUI) 13.933
3. Evgeniia Shelgunova (RUS) 13.767
4. Marine Brevet (FRA) 13.233
5. Marine Boyer (FRA) 13.167
6. Dorina Boczogo (HUN) 13.067
7. Daria Skrypnik (RUS) 12.967
8. Yekaterina Chuikina (KAZ) 11.333 

1. Igor Radivilov (UKR) (15.333, 15.233) 15.283
2. Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) (14.933, 15.267) 15.100
3. Andrey Medvedev (ISR) (14.667, 15.233) 14.950
4. LE Thanh Tung (VIE) (14.667, 14.767) 14.717
5. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) (14.800, 14.567) 14.684
6. Ilya Yakauleu (BLR) (14.867, 14.433) 14.650
7. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (15.367, 13.767) 14.567
8. Dominick Adam Cunningham (GBR) (13.800, 14.833) 14.317

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.833
2. Axel Augis (FRA) 15.500
3. Dmitrii Lankin (RUS) 15.400
4. PHAM Phuoc Hung (VIE) 15.233
5. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 15.033
6. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 14.733
7. Dominick Adam Cunningham (GBR) 13.900
8. Phuong Thanh Dinh (VIE) 13.633

1. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 14.700
2. Robert Tvorogal (LTU); Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.267
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4. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 14.200
5. Daniil Kazachkov (RUS) 14.133
6. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 13.833
7. Axel Augis (FRA) 13.633
8. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 11.433

Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev took the titles on the Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse and finished second on the Still Rings on the first day of Event Finals at the 2016 Varna World Challenge Cup. The competition is taking place at the Kongresna Hall in the Palace of Culture and Sports near the Black Sea in Varna, Bulgaria. Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber dominated on the Vault during the Final after scoring a massive 15.500 for her first Vault (6.2 D Score, 9.3 E Score). Vietnam's PHAN Thi Ha Thanh was second with Poland's Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska finishing in third. Austrian Lisa Ecker replaced Brazil's Thauany Lee de Araujo in the final. Russian Daria Skrypnik topped the Uneven Bars final by a full point over compatriot Evgeniia Shelgunova, with Steingruber winning the bronze. Verniaiev took the Floor Exercise honors by 0.167 points over Slovenia's Rok Klavora with top qualifier Dominick Adam Cunningham of Great Britain finishing in third place. Croatia's Robert Seligman and Frenchman Cyril Tommasone tied for second place on the Pommel Horse with Ukraine's Igor Radivilov taking out the Still Rings honor over Verniaiev and Russia's Daniil Kazachkov. 

WOMEN'S VAULT FINAL:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS FINAL:

1. Daria Skrypnik (RUS) 15.067
2. Evgeniia Shelgunova (RUS) 14.067
3. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 14.000
4. Marine Brevet (FRA) 13.833
5. Ana Sofia Gomez Porras (GUA) 13.600
6. Marine Boyer (FRA) 12.267
7. Valentina Rashkova (BUL) 11.433
8. Teja Belak (SLO) 11.067
9. Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska (POL) 9.633

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.400
2. Rok Klavora (SLO) 15.233
3. Dominick Adam Cunningham (GBR) 15.000
4. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 14.700
5. Botond Kardos (HUN) 14.233
6. Tomislav Markovic (CRO) 14.133
7. Zachari Hrimeche (FRA) 14.067
8. Danil Baturin (KAZ) 13.700

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.533
2. Cyril Tommasone (FRA); Robert Seligman (CRO) 15.300
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4. Andrei Sienichkin (UKR) 15.133
5. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 15.000
6. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 14.967
7. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 14.333
8. Vasili Mikhalitsyn (BLR) 14.100

1. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 15.467
2. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.367
3. Daniil Kazachkov (RUS) 15.133
4. Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues (FRA) 15.100
5. Dennis Goossens (BEL) 15.000
6. Nam Dang (VIE) 14.800
7. Ilya Yakauleu (BLR) 14.533
8. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ) 14.367
9. Isus Marinov (BUL) 14.033

The 2016 Pacific Rim Championships will be held from the 8th to the 10th of April in Everett, Washington. Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics will both be held at the XFINITY Arena with the Rhythmic Gymnastics taking place at Everett Community College. Check out the full information at schedule at: http://www.pacrimchamps.com/info/

Ragan Smith replaces Maggie Nichols in the U.S. Women's side after Nichols suffered a slight knee injury after the final team selection. 

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• AUSTRALIA:
• Scott Costin
• Michael Mercieca
• Mitchell Morgans
• Christopher Remkes
• Luke Wadsworth
• Luke Wiwatowski
• RESERVE: Mitchell Jones
• CANADA:
• Damien Cachia
• Justin Karstadt
• Aaron Mah 
• Scott Nabata 
• Samuel Paquin
• Samuel Zukutney
• CHILE:
• Daniel Basilio 
• Francisco Perez Meneses (Junior)
• Ignacio Pizarro Ahumada 
• Ignacio Varas Echeverria (Junior)
• CHINA:
• CAI Weifeng
• GU Baisen
• HU Xuwei
• MU Jile
• WU Xiaoming
• ZOU Jingyuan 
• COLOMBIA:
• Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno
• Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez
• Andres Martinez Moreno
• Manuel Martinez Moreno (Junior)
• Jose David Toro Salazar (Junior)
• Michael Vargas Pineda (Junior)
• COSTA RICA:
• Francisco Antonio Acuna Flaque (Junior)
• Tarik Soto Byfield 
• HONG KONG:
• O Long Andrew Fung (Junior)
• Man Hin Jim
• Man Hin Frankie Lee
• Feng Julian Mui (Junior)
• Ka Ki Ng (Junior)
• Chun Hei Vincent Wong (Junior)
• JAPAN:
• Kanta Amano (Junior)
• Ryosuke Doi (Junior)
• Ryuto Saka (Junior)
• Yujiro Terachi 
• Kosuke Wakasa (Junior)
• Naoki Yamane
• MEXICO:
• Miguel Romero Molina
• NEW ZEALAND:
• David Bishop
• Ethan Dick (Junior)
• Devy Dyson
• Callum Phillips
• PHILIPPINES:
• Rafael Iii Quijano Ablaza 
• Reyland Capellan 
• Jag Owyhn Timbang 
• Mathew Vergara (Junior)
• Carlos Edriel Yulo (Junior)
• CHINESE TAIPEI:
• Mao-Hua Chiu
• Ashih-Yen Fang (Junior)
• Ko-Chiang Huang
• Shin-Tung Hung 
• Yo-Jan Shiao (Junior)
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
• Jacob Dalton
• Samuel Mikulak
• Alexander Naddour
• John Orozco
• Eddie Penev
• Donnell Whittenburg 

SENIOR WOMEN:

• Kaitlyn Perkins (AUS)
• Leanne Janse van Rensburg (AUS)
• Lauren Sampson (AUS)
• Samantha Sendel (CAN)
• Samantha Smith (CAN)
• Katish Hidari Hernandez Recalde (COL)
• Moeri Handa (JPN)
• Chiho Matsubara (JPN)
• Karina Cantu Martinez (MEX)
• Samantha Chavez Hernandez (MEX)
• Susana Kochesok (RUS)
• Anna Kornetskaya (RUS)
• Charlotte Drury (USA)
• Shaylee Dunavin (USA)

SENIOR MEN:

• Shaun Swadling (AUS)
• Ty Swadling (AUS)
• Keegan Soehn (CAN)
• Kyle Soehn (CAN)
• Alvaro Calero Ramon (COL)
• Haiber Stiwe Giraldo Arias (COL)
• Angel Hernandez Recalde (COL)
• Ginga Munetomo (JPN)
• Hiroto Yamada (JPN)
• Luis Armando Loria (MEX)
• Jose Alberto Vargas (MEX)
• Jared Cooper (NZL)
• Dylan Schmidt (NZL)
• Sergei Azarian (RUS)
• Mikhail Melnik (RUS)
• Jeffrey Gluckstein (USA)
• Steven Gluckstein (USA)

JUNIOR WOMEN:

• Imogen Florian (AUS)
• Cassandra Hoare (AUS)
• Kira Ward (AUS)
• Kalena Soehn (CAN)
• Oka Sugitani (JPN)
• Yumi Takagi (JPN)
• Patricia Nunez Pavon (MEX)
• Carolina Peregrina Garcia (MEX)
• Madaline Davidson (NZL)
• Alexa Kennedy (NZL)
• Iana Lebedeva (RUS)
• Daria Trapizonova (RUS)
• Miah Bruns (USA)
• Alyssa Oh (USA)
• Jessica Stevens (USA)

JUNIOR MEN:

• Daniel Hancock (AUS)
• Zachary Blakely (CAN)
• Jeremy Chartier (CAN)
• Yamato Ishikawa (JPN)
• Hiroto Unno (JPN)
• Adrian Martinez Larralde (MEX)
• Victor Ezequiel Rodriguez Hernandez (MEX)
• Igor Baykov (RUS)
• Denis Smirnov (RUS)
• Tristan Ackerson (USA)
• Isaac Rowley (USA)

• Alexandra Eedle (AUS)
• Audrey Freeman (AUS)
• Lidiia Iakovleva (AUS)
• Alexandra Chtrevenskii (CAN)
• Sophie Crane (CAN)
• Natalie Garcia (CAN)
• Emilia Bugueiro (CHI)
• Kassandra Guzman Aguilera (CHI)
• Maria Fernanda Labra (CHI)
• LIU Yajing (CHN)
• YU Ran (CHN)
• ZHAO Yating (CHN)
• Sun Yi Ali (HKG)
• Darynne Qingyan Lee (HKG)
• Ka Kei Wan (HKG)
• Hilda Yeung (HKG)
• Nur Naieme Zainul Ariffin (MAS)
• Stella Ebert (NZL)
• Grace Schroder (NZL)
• Anna Taylor (NZL)
• Lili Mizuno (USA)

• Danielle Prince (AUS)
• Tara Wilkie (AUS)
• Cindy Huh (CAN)
• Katherine Uchida (CAN)
• Carmen Whelan (CAN)
• Ignacia Baeza Icaza (CHI)
• Valentina Andrea Castro Zumaran (CHI)
• Valeska Lissette Gonzalez Olivares (CHI)
• HUANG Zhangjiayang (CHN)
• WANG Yili (CHN)
• ZHANG Doudou (CHN)
• Lina Marcela Dussan Orozco (COL)
• Stacey Devina Chan (HKG)
• Lai Chun Cheng (HKG)
• Izzah Binti Amzan (MAS)
• Amy Kwan  Dict Weng (MAS)
• Sie Yan Koi (MAS)
• Shasangari Sivaneswary Nagarajan (MAS)
• Wong Poh San (MAS)
• Keziah Oliver (NZL) 
• Brigita Budginas (USA)
• Heather Chan (USA)
• Camilla Feeley (USA)
• Nicole Kaloyanov (USA)
• Aliya Protto (USA)

Today marked the final day of Qualifications in the Lausitz-Arena of the 40th Turnier der Meister Cottbus World Challenge Cup. Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands outclassed Germany's Sophie Scheder and Poland's Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska to take the top score on the Balance Beam. From the original start list, Latvia's Valerija Grisane did not compete on the Balance Beam whilst Finland's Tomi Tuuha did not,compete on the Vault due to his wrist injury. Greece's Nikolaos Iliopoulos and Poland's Lukasz Borkowski did not compete on the Parallel Bars. Lisa Top continued the good fortune for the Dutch Women on the second day topping Jurkowska-Kowalska and German Antonia Alicke on the  Floor Exercise. Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev topped the Vault standings over China's QU Ruiyang and Switzerland's Benjamin Gischard. Germany's own Marcel Nguyen and Lukas Dauser were the top two qualifiers on the Parallel Bars with Verniaiev and China's ZHU Xiaodong in third. Switzerland's Pablo Braegger and Christian Baumann were the top and second highest qualifiers on the Horizontal Bar. Toba was third. 

WOMEN'S QUALIFICATIONS (QUALIFIERS TO THE FINALS IN BOLD):

BALANCE BEAM:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Lisa Top (NED) 13.850
2. Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska (POL) 13.650
3. Antonia Alicke (GER) 13.450
4. Angelina Kysla (UKR) 13.400
5. Sophie Scheder (GER) 13.300
6. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) 13.150
7. Simona Castro Lazo (CHI) 13.050
8. Veronika Cenkova (CZE) 12.950
9. Isabella Amado Medrano (PAN) 12.900 RESERVE ONE
10. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 12.850 RESERVE TWO
11. Tjasa Kysselef (SLO) 12.700 RESERVE THREE
12. Laura Bechdeju (ESP) 12.700
13. Nora Fernandez I Iniesta (ESP) 12.650
14. Ailen Valente (ARG) 12.500
15. Jasmin Mader (AUT) 12.500
16. Angela Maguire (RSA) 12.150
17. Ariana Orrego Martinez (PER) 12.150
18. Eva Mickova (CZE) 12.100
19. Martine Magnussen (NOR) 12.100
20. WU Jing (CHN) 12.100
21. LIU Jinru (CHN) 12.000
22. Maria Belen Stoeffel (ARG) 11.950
23. Valerija Grisane (LAT) 11.800
24. Linnea Hoejer Wang (DEN) 11.700
25. Victoria Gilberg (DEN) 11.600
26. Alisa Zadvorna (UKR) 11.300
27. Maria Simou (GRE) 11.100
28. Mina Gesthimani Vartholomaiou (GRE) 10.100

VAULT:

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (15.250, 15.250) 15.250
2. QU Ruiyang (CHN) (15.100, 14.900) 15.000
3. Benjamin Gischard (SUI) (15.100, 14.450) 14.775
4. Christopher Remkes (AUS) (14.650, 14.800) 14.725
5. Diego Hypolito (BRA) (14.750, 14.550) 14.650
6. Angelo Dias de Assumpcao (BRA) (14.650, 14.650) 14.650
7. Igor Radivilov (UKR) (14.450, 14.800) 14.625
8. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) (14.500, 14.300) 14.400
9. Tomas Kuzmickas (LTU) (13.950, 14.000) 13.975 RESERVE ONE
10. Andreas Toba (GER) (14.400, 13.400) 13.900 RESERVE TWO
11. Aleksejs Pajada (LAT) (14.200, 13.550) 13.875 RESERVE THREE
12. Cameron Mackenzie (RSA) (13.700, 13.800) 13.750
13. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) (13.250, 14.100) 13.675
14. Sebastian Cecot (POL) (13.600, 13.250) 13.425
15. Heikki Saarenketo (FIN) (11.750, 12.900) 12.325
16. Odin Martin Dessard Kalvo (NOR) (14.000, 10.550) 12.275 
17. Tabo Mkandawire (RSA) (12.600, 11.400) 12.000
18. Andres Martin Martin (ESP) (14.000, 0.000) 7.000
19. Levente Vagner (HUN) (13.550, 0.000) 6.775
20. Lukas Dauser (GER) (13.350, 0.000) 6.675
21. Kevin Triad Perez (ESP) (13.200, 0.000) 6.600
22. Dawid Weglarz (POL) (0.000, 12.500) 6.250

PARALLEL BARS:

1. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 15.550
2. Lukas Dauser (GER) 15.550
3. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR); ZHU Xiaodong (CHN) 15.250
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5. Christian Baumann (SUI) 15.100
6. Andreas Toba (GER) 14.650 - HORS CONCOURS PARTICIPANT
7. Adam Babos (HUN) 14.100
8. Angelo Dias de Assumpcao (BRA) 14.050
9. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) 14.050
10. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 13.850 RESERVE ONE
11. Adam Kierzkowski (POL) 13.800 RESERVE TWO
12. Ashley Watson (GBR) 13.750 RESERVE THREE
13. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) 13.700
14. Pascal Bucher (SUI) 13.650
15. Pietro Giachino (NOR) 13.550
16. Fabian Leimlehner (AUT) 13.250
17. Andres Martin Martin (ESP) 13.250
18. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 13.200
19. Norbert Dudas (HUN) 13.150
20. Alen Dimic (SLO) 13.150
21. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 12.950
22. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 12.800
23. Illia Yehorov (UKR) 12.700
24. Tiaan Grobler (RSA) 12.650
25. Fellipe Arakawa Ferreira (BRA) 12.550
26. Dimitris Krasias (CYP) 12.200
27. Tabo Mkandawire (RSA) 12.150
28. Aleksejs Pajada (LAT) 12.050
29. Joel Plata Rodriguez (ESP) 11.800
30. Eduard Shaulov (UZB) 11.600

1. Pablo Braegger (SUI) 15.150
2. Christian Baumann (SUI) 14.850
3. Andreas Toba (GER) 14.800
4. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 14.550
5. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) 14.500
6. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.500
7. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 14.250
8. Kevin Cerda Gastelum (MEX) 14.250
9. Nikolaos Iliopoulos (GRE) 14.100 RESERVE ONE
10. Lukas Dauser (GER) 14.100 - HORS CONCOURS PARTICIPANT 
11. Pietro Giachino (NOR) 14.050 RESERVE TWO
12. Matthias Schwab (AUT) 14.050 RESERVE THREE
13. Joel Plata Rodriguez (ESP) 14.050
14. David Vecsernyes (HUN) 13.950
15. Fabian Leimlehner (AUT) 13.850
16. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 13.850
17. Samuel Piasecky (SVK) 13.750 
18. Tomas Kuzmickas (LTU) 13.750
19. Norbert Dudas (HUN) 13.700
20. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 13.700
21. Alen Dimic (SLO) 13.650
22. Ashley Watson (GBR) 13.600
23. Tabo Mkandawire (RSA) 13.550
24. Dimitris Krasias (CYP) 13.550
25. Aleksejs Pajada (LAT) 13.400
26. Sebastian Cecot (POL) 13.400
27. Filip Sasnal (POL) 13.200
28. Angelo Dias de Assumpcao (BRA) 13.200
29. Marcus Conradi (NOR) 13.100
30. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 13.100
31. Fellipe Arakawa Ferreira (BRA) 12.850
32. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) 11.650

The competition at the 40th edition of the Turnier de Meister Cottbus World Challenge Cup got underway at the Lausitz-Arena in Cottbus, Germany. Germany's Pauline Schaefer withdrew as a result of a shoulder injury. Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina top scored on the Vault with an average 0.350 points higher than that of China's WU Jing. Slovenian Teja Belak qualified to the final in third. Sophie Scheder of Germany narrowly topped China's ZHU Xiaofang for the top mark on the Uneven Bars. Dutchwoman Sanne Wevers was the third highest scorer. Brazil's Diego Hypolito was the high scorer on the Floor Exercise with Slovenia Rok Klavora and Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev in second and third respectively. China's WENG Hao dominated on the Pommel Horse. Ukraine's Verniaiev and Mexico's Daniel Corral Barron rounded out the top three high scores. Verniaiev and Belgian Dennis Goossens both scored the top mark of 15.050 on the Still Rings, narrowly edging Ukraine's Igor Radivilov. Qualifications continue Friday. 

WOMEN'S QUALIFICATIONS (QUALIFIERS TO THE FINAL IN BOLD):

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. Sophie Scheder (GER) 14.850
2. ZHU Xiaofang (CHN) 14.800
3. Sanne Wevers (NED) 14.050
4. Gabriela Janik (POL) 13.600
5. Simona Castro Lazo (CHI) 13.200
6. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 13.150
7. Lisa Top (NED) 13.100
8. Nora Fernandez I Iniesta (ESP) 13.100
9. Ivana Kamnikar (SLO) 12.950 RESERVE ONE
10. Maria Belen Stoeffel (ARG) 12.950 RESERVE TWO
11. Jasmin Mader (AUT) 12.850 RESERVE THREE
12. Ailen Valente (ARG) 12.850
13. Angelina Kysla (UKR) 12.750
14. Isabella Amado Medrano (PAN) 12.600
15. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) 12.600
16. Veronika Cenkova (CZE) 12.450
17. Evangelia Plyta (GRE) 12.450
18. Teja Belak (SLO) 12.350
19. Ariana Orrego Martinez (PER) 12.000
20. Mina Gesthimani Vartholomaiou (GRE) 11.900
21. Laura Bechdeju (ESP) 11.400
22. Angela Maguire (RSA); Alisa Zadvorna (UKR) 11.350
23. 
    
24. Eva Mickova (CZE) 11.050
25. Linn Finstad (NOR) 10.500
26. Martine Magnussen (NOR) 10.050
27. Linnea Hoejer Wang (DEN) 9.200

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Diego Hypolito (BRA) 15.250
2. Rok Klavora (SLO) 15.200
3. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.750
4. Angelo Dias de Assumpcao (BRA) 14.700
5. Pablo Braegger (SUI) 14.650
6. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) 14.650
7. Tomas Kuzmickas (LTU) 14.600
8. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 14.550
9. WANG Haoran (CHN) 14.500 RESERVE ONE
10. Dimitrios Markousis (GRE) 14.450 RESERVE TWO
11. Kevin Cerda Gastelum (MEX) 14.350 RESERVE THREE
12. Ziga Silc (SLO) 14.250
13. Adam Babos (HUN) 14.200
14. Joel Plata Rodriguez (ESP) 14.200
15. Levente Vagner (HUN) 14.150
16. Ivan Rittschik (GER) 13.950 - HORS CONCOURS PARTICIPANT 
17. Siemon Volkaert (BEL) 13.950
18. Helge Liebrich (GER) 13.850
19. WU Di (CHN) 13.700
20. Eduard Shaulov (UZB) 13.600
21. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 13.400
22. Cameron Mackenzie (RSA) 13.400
23. Marcus Conradi (NOR) 13.400
24. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) 13.400
25. Odin Martin Dessard Kalvo (NOR) 13.250
26. Benjamin Gischard (SUI) 13.250
27. Daniel Kopeinik (AUT) 13.050
28. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 12.950
29. Heikki Saarenketo (FIN) 12.950
30. Christopher Remkes (AUS) 12.900
31. Aleksejs Pajada (LAT) 12.750
32. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 12.750
33. Fabian Leimlehner (AUT) 12.250
34. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) 11.900
35. Lukasz Borkowski (POL) 11.750
36. Kresimir Majdandzic (CRO) 11.400
37. Antonios Tantalidis (GRE) 11.350
38. Tiaan Grobler (RSA) 11.250
39. Filip Sasnal (POL) 8.950

1. WENG Hao (CHN) 16.000
2. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.400
3. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) 15.200
4. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 14.550
5. Levente Vagner (HUN) 14.550
6. Louis Smith (GBR) 14.350
7. WANG Bo (CHN) 14.250
8. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 14.200
9. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 14.150 RESERVE ONE
10. Fellipe Arakawa Ferreira (BRA) 14.150 RESERVE TWO
11. Prashanth Sellathurai (AUS) 14.100 RESERVE THREE
12. Pascal Bucher (SUI) 14.100
13. Ivan Rittschik (GER) 14.100
14. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 13.850
15. Antonios Tantalidis (GRE) 13.800
16. Pietro Giachino (NOR) 13.750
17. Siemon Volkaert (BEL) 13.700
18. Eduard Shaulov (UZB) 13.600
19. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 13.550 - HORS CONCOURS PARTICIPANT 
20. Christian Baumann (SUI) 13.550
21. Michalis Krasias (CYP) 13.550
22. Waldemar Eichorn (GER) 13.550
23. Henrique Medina Flores (BRA) 13.500
24. Dominick Cunningham (GBR) 13.400
25. Joel Plata Rodriguez (ESP) 13.400
26. Luka Kisek (SLO) 13.300
27. Daniel Kopeinik (AUT) 12.800
28. Renato Prpic (CRO) 12.800
29. David Vecsernyes (HUN) 12.750
30. Piotr Wieczorek (POL) 12.400
31. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 12.000
32. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) 11.850
33. Illia Yehorov (UKR) 11.850
34. Georgios Christos Chatziefstathiou (GRE) 11.850
35. Lukasz Borkowski (POL) 11.500
36. Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) 11.300
37. Tiaan Grobler (RSA) 11.100
38. Christopher Remkes (AUS) 10.650
39. Robert Tvorogal (LTU) 10.250
40. Tomas Kuzmickas (LTU) 9.900

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.050
2. Dennis Goossens (BEL) 15.050
3. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 15.000
4. Henrique Medina Flores (BRA) 14.900
5. Andreas Toba (GER) 14.850
6. Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) 14.600
7. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 14.450
8. Fellipe Arakawa Ferreira (BRA) 14.400
9. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 14.300 RESERVE ONE
10. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) 14.100 RESERVE TWO
11. Norbert Dudas (HUN) 14.100 RESERVE THREE
12. Helge Liebrich (GER) 13.600 - HORS CONCOURS PARTICIPANT
13. Tiaan Grobler (RSA) 13.600
14. Andres Martin Martin (ESP) 13.400
15. Cameron Mackenzie (RSA) 13.350
16. Adam Babos (HUN) 13.100
17. Christoforos Konstantinidis (GRE) 13.100
18. Marcus Conradi (NOR) 13.000
19. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 12.900
20. Matthias Schwab (AUT) 12.750
21. Piotr Wieczorek (POL) 12.750
22. Kevin Triad Perez (ESP) 12.200
23. Dawid Weglarz (POL) 11.800

Egypt took out the Junior Women's Team Title with South Africa narrowly behind them. The Moroccan team were third. Egypt's Farah Ahmed Hussein won the All Around honors over South Africans Caitlin Rooskrantz and Naveen Daries. Tunisia's Chahed Sakr won the Junior Vault title over Egypt's Alia Amr Mostafa with South African Naveen Daries finishing in third place. Rooskrantz took the Uneven Bars honors over Egypt's Farah Ahmed Hussein and Farah Sayed Mahmoud. Egypt's Mariam Osama Wafaei won the Balance Beam title over Rooskrantz whilst Farah Ahmed Hussein added a bronze medal to her collection. Egypt's Alia Amr Mostafa triumphed on the Floor Exercise with Naveen Daries (RSA) taking second place. Rooskrantz tied with Sakr for third. Algeria's Hannene Benadou replaced Morocco's Nisrine Aabab in the Final. The Senior Women's Team Final honors went to Egypt over South Africa whilst Algeria was dealt a major blow with both Farah Boufadene and Meriem Minighed both suffering injuries on Vault. Boufadene has a lumbago whilst Minighed will be undergoing surgery today after sustaining a tibia/fibula fracture. Egyptian stalwart Sherine El Zeiny won the All Around title over South Africans Claudia Cummins and Kirsten Beckett whilst in a small Vault Final field, Beckett won over Cummins with Mai El Sayed of Egypt coming in third. Rahaf Armia Zakaria of Egypt took the Uneven Bars title over Cummins and Beckett whilst on the Balance Beam Egypt's Nada Ayman Mohamed Mohamed won the title over South Africa's Lukisha Schalk and Claudia Cummins. Mandy Essam Mohamed won the Floor Exercise title over Beckett and Cummins.

The Junior Men's Artistic Gymnastics competition saw Egypt triumph over Morocco as only two teams were present. It was an Egyptian domination in the All Around as Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem, Ahmed Ali Amin and Omar Mohamed Elaraby. Elaraby won the Floor Exercise title over Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem and Algeria's Ayoub Hamida. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem won the Pommel Horse title over team mate Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem with Morocco's Mehdi Tougui rounding out the top three. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem added the Still Rings honors to his name over Ahmed Ali Amin (EGY) and Mehdi Tougui (MAR). Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem also won the Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar titles. Omar Mohamed Elaraby and Tougui rounded out the top three on the Vault whilst on the Parallel Bars Ahmed Ali Amin finished in second place whilst third was shared by team mates Tougui and Anass Naciri. Tougui and Elaraby were second and third respectively on the Horizontal Bar. It was an Algerian domination as they took out the Senior Men's team title over Egypt with Morocco in third (only three teams competed). Algeria's Hellal Metidji won the All Around title over compatriots Mohamed Abdeldjalil Bourguieg and Mohamed Aouicha. Bourguieg narrowly earned the title on the Floor Exercise over Tunisian Wissem Harzi  and Aouicha whilst Aouicha topped Metidji and Harzi for the Pommel Horse honors. Egyptian Still Rings master Ali Ramadan Abouelkassem Zahran dominated on the Still Rings with a massive 15.150! Egypt's Tarek Hamdy Shalaby and Bourguieg finished second and third respectively. Namibia's Morihei Anderson came into the Still Rings Final to replace Tunisia's Wissem Harzi. In a field of five after Anderson and Senegal's Alioune Cisse withdrew, Bourguieg won the Vault title over Morocco's Hamza Hossaini with Egypt's Mohamed El Moubarak in third. It was a small field for the Horizontal Bar after Senegal's Alioune Cisse, Tunisia's Wissem Harzi and Morocco's Abderrazak Nasser withdrew. Algeria's Mohamed Reghib topped Egypt's Ahmed Ashraf Elmaraghy and Bourguieg for the event honors.

It was a fantastic competition for the Aerobics contingent from Algeria. Algeria's Anfel Nacer won the 12-14 Individual Women's title over Tunisian Ichrak Besbes whilst fellow Algerian Fatiha Nesrine Chohra won the 15-17 Individual Women's honors over Tunisian Malek Ghatghout and Fatima Yasmine Isaad (ALG). Sihem Mansouri of Algeria won the Individual Women's title over South Africa's Demi Botha and Dominique Mann. Algeria's Sofiane Sahraoui won the Senior Men's title over South Africa's Tihakiso Mafona with the Republic of Congo's Mayouna Massamba Mercia finishing in third. The Algerian Senior Mixed Pair Mansouri/Sahraoui won the title over South Africa (Mafona/Mann) with Senegal (Diaw/Ndiaye) in third. Mann, Mafona and Terence Ledwaba combined to take the Senior Trio honors over Algeria (Mansouri/Serour Mediouni and Chaima Saad Saoud). The Trio from Tunisia was third. 

JUNIOR VAULT FINAL:

1. Chahed Sakr (TUN) (13.500, 13.100) 13.300
2. Alia Amr Mostafa (EGY) (13.100, 13.166) 13.133
3. Naveen Daries (RSA) (13.033, 12.666) 12.849
4. Mariam Osama Wafaei (EGY) (12.733, 12.866) 12.799
5. Salma Tougui (MAR) (12.800, 12.633) 12.716
6. Sabrina Belebna (ALG) (12.633, 12.300) 12.466
7. Sihem Hamidi (ALG) (12.533, 11.700) 12.116

JUNIOR UNEVEN BARS FINAL:

1. Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA) 13.566
2. Farah Ahmed Hussein (EGY) 12.633
3. Farah Sayed Mahmoud (EGY) 11.433
4. Caitlyn Kelly (RSA) 10.600
5. Chahed Sakr (TUN) 9.866
6. Imane Balad (MAR) 9.833
7. Sihem Hamidi (ALG) 8.966
8. Sabrina Belebna (ALG) 7.933

JUNIOR BALANCE BEAM FINAL:

1. Mariam Osama  Wafaei (EGY) 13.133
2. Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA) 12.166
3. Farah Ahmed Hussein (EGY) 12.066
4. Chahed Sakr (TUN) 10.300
5. Naveen Daries (RSA) 10.266
6. Sihem Hamidi (ALG) 9.333
7. Imane Balad (MAR) 9.233
8. Hannene Benadou (ALG) 8.100

JUNIOR FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL:

1. Alia Amr Mostafa (EGY) 12.900
2. Naveen Daries (RSA) 12.833
3. Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA); Chahed Sakr (TUN) 12.733
4. 
   
5. Mariam Osama Wafaei (EGY) 12.700
6. Imane Balad (MAR); Hannene Benadou (ALG) 10.366
7. 
   
8. Sabrina Belebna (ALG) 9.733

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

SENIOR TEAM:

1. Algeria (41.950, 41.700, 40.800, 43.700, 42.900, 41.500) 252.550
2. Egypt (40.250, 38.600, 42.350, 39.600, 38.350, 39.950) 239.100
3. Morocco (40.100, 37.950, 37.550, 42.350, 35.300, 35.200) 228.450

1. Hellal Metidji (ALG) (13.900, 13.800, 13.550, 14.550, 14.500, 12.500) 82.800
2. Mohamed Abdeldjalil Bourguieg (ALG) (14.050, 11.600, 13.600, 14.800, 14.250, 13.600) 81.900
3. Mohamed Aouicha (ALG) (14.000, 14.200, 13.650, 12.250, 14.150, 13.550) 81.100
4. Tarek Hamdy Shalaby (EGY) (13.500, 12.650, 13.900, 13.150, 14.200, 12.750) 80.150
5. Islam Ahmed Elsayed (EGY) (13.800, 12.950, 13.500, 13.350, 12.200, 13.450) 79.250
6. Hamza Hossaini (MAR) (13.950, 13.350, 12.900, 13.950, 12.550, 11.950) 78.600
7. Wissem Harzi (TUN) (14.050, 13.750, 12.250, 13.500, 12.550, 12.200) 78.300
8. Abderrazak Nasser (MAR) (13.300, 13.150, 12.450, 14.600, 12.350, 12.350) 78.200
9. Mohamed El Moubarak (EGY) (12.950, 12.050, 13.350, 13.100, 11.750, 11.950) 75.150
10. Alioune Cisse (SEN) (12.550, 10.700, 11.600, 11.950, 12.500, 11.450) 70.750
11. Soufiane Bachar (MAR) (11.950, 11.450, 8.350, 13.800, 10.400, 10.900) 66.850
12. Morihei Anderson (NAM) (9.200, 8.350, 9.150, 11.750, 11.150, 9.200) 58.800
13. Aymen Goutou (MAR) (12.900, 0.000, 12.200, 13.400, 8.750, 10.100) 57.350
14. Mohamed Reghib (ALG) (0.000, 13.700, 0.000, 0.000, 14.100, 14.350) 42.150
15. Ahmed Ashraf Elmaraghy (EGY) (0.000, 13.000, 0.000, 0.000, 11.950, 13.750) 38.700
16. Anes Maoudj (ALG) (0.000, 0.000, 13.100, 14.350, 0.000, 0.000) 27.450
17. Papa Madieye Diarra (SEN) (10.700, 0.000, 3.200, 11.900, 0.000, 0.000) 25.800
18. Mame Alioune Badara Sall (SEN) (9.200, 0.000, 0.000, 9.900, 0.000, 0.000) 19.100
19. Ali Ramadan Abouelkassem Zahran (EGY) (0.000, 0.000, 14.950, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 14.950

1. Egypt (41.200, 39.450, 39.500, 40.950, 38.650, 37.900) 237.650
2. Morocco (37.450, 24.850, 30.025, 37.150, 35.650, 32.100) 197.225

JUNIOR ALL AROUND:

1. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) (13.900, 13.850, 13.600, 13.900, 13.700, 12.900) 81.850
2. Ahmed Ali Amin (EGY) (13.100, 12.700, 12.950, 13.550, 12.650, 12.350) 77.300
3. Omar Mohamed Elaraby,(EGY) (14.200, 11.750, 12.500, 13.500, 12.300, 12.650) 76.900
4. Mehdi Tougui (MAR) (13.000, 11.450, 9.750, 12.800, 12.650, 11.750) 71.400
5. Ayoub Hamida (ALG) (12.200, 3.950, 10.650, 11.950, 12.550, 11.250) 62.550
6. Anass Naciri (MAR) (12.400, 6.700, 8.850, 12.200, 12.200, 9.200) 61.550
7. Achraf Quistas (MAR) (12.050, 4.350, 10.375, 12.150, 10.800, 11.150) 60.875
8. Amine Toum (ALG) (11.700, 6.450, 9.500, 10.500, 10.400, 9.100) 57.650
9. Abdelaziz Essamyry (MAR) (11.700, 6.700, 9.900, 12.000, 6.850, 4.400) 51.550
10. Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem (EGY) (12.850, 12.900, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 12.200) 37.950
11. Mohamed Montasser Hassan (EGY) (0.000, 0.000, 12.950, 13.250, 10.950, 0.000) 37.150
12. Pape Abdoulaye Thiam (SEN) (9.800, 0.000, 4.850, 12.150, 2.150, 0.000) 28.950

1. Omar Mohamed Elaraby (EGY) 14.100
2. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) 13.900
3. Ayoub Hamida (ALG) 12.800
4. Achraf Quistas (MAR) 12.450
5. Mehdi Tougui (MAR) 12.300
6. Pape Abdoulaye Thiam (SEN) 11.150

1. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) 13.750
2. Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem (EGY) 12.550
3. Mehdi Tougui (MAR) 11.450
4. Ayoub Hamida (ALG) 11.050
5. Abdelaziz Essamyry (MAR) 10.800

1. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) 13.850
2. Ahmed Ali Amin (EGY) 13.200
3. Mehdi Tougui (MAR) 11.000
4. Ayoub Hamida (ALG) 10.000
5. Achraf Quistas (MAR) 9.550
6. Amine Toum (ALG) 9.450
7. Pape Abdoulaye Thiam (SEN) 9.000

1. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) (14.400, 14.100) 14.250
2. Omar Mohamed Elaraby (EGY) (13.750, 13.000) 13.375
3. Mehdi Tougui (MAR) (12.700, 11.950) 12.325
4. Pape Abdoulaye Thiam (SEN) (12.000, 11.750) 11.875
5. Anass Naciri (MAR) (12.450, 10.800) 11.625
6. Ayoub Hamida (ALG) (11.100, 11.100) 11.100

1. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) 13.900
2. Ahmed Ali Amin (EGY) 12.400
3. Mehdi Tougui (MAR); Anass Naciri (MAR) 12.250
4. 
   
5. Ayoub Hamida (ALG) 11.300
6. Amine Toum (ALG) 11.150
7. Pape Abdoulaye Thiam (SEN) 2.350

1. Abdelrahman Magdy Faheem (EGY) 12.250
2. Mehdi Tougui (MAR) 11.300
3. Omar Mohamed Elaraby (EGY) 11.100
4. Anass Naciri (MAR) 10.400
5. Amine Toum (ALG) 10.000

INDIVIDUAL WOMEN - 12-14 YEARS:

1. Anfel Nacer (ALG) 15.800
2. Ichrak Besbes (TUN) 14.800

1. Fatiha Nesrine Chohra (ALG) 16.800
2. Malek Ghatghout (TUN) 16.050
3. Fatima Yasmine Isaad (ALG) 15.900
4. Hiba Ferchichi (TUN) 13.950

1. Sihem Mansouri (ALG) 19.200
2. Demi Botha (RSA) 18.600
3. Dominique Mann (RSA) 18.200
4. Maisa Ghazouani (TUN) 17.350
5. Chaima Saad Saoud (ALG) 16.900
6. Diatou Diaw (SEN) 12.500

1. Sofiane Sahraoui (ALG) 19.850
2. Tihakiso Mafona (RSA) 19.650
3. Mayouna Massamba Mercia (CGO) 18.800
4. Terence Ledwaba (RSA) 17.450
5. Mouhamed Lamine Ndiaye (SEN) 14.200
6. Assane Diouf (SEN) 13.000

1. Sihem Mansouri/Sofiane Sahraoui (ALG 1) 18.850
2. Tihakiso Mafona/Dominique Mann (RSA 1) 18.200
3. Diatou Diaw/Mouhamed Lamine Ndiaye (SEN) 13,600

1. SOUTH AFRICA 1 (Terence Ledwaba/Tihakiso Mafona/Dominique Mann) 19.133
2. ALGERIA 1 (Sihem Mansouri/Serour Mediouni/Chaima Saad Saoud) 17.044
3. TUNISIA 1 (Armeni Dhaouadi/Maisa Ghazouani/Oumayma Helaouiajimi) 14.700
4. SENEGAL 1 (Diatou Diaw/Assane Diouf/Mouhamed Lamine Ndiaye) 12.455

The second day of Event Finals at the 2016 Doha Challenge World Cup event were held on the Saturday at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. Romanian Catalina Ponor and Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland were the top qualifiers to the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise respectively. China's HUANG Mingqi was the top qualifier to the Vault final over Armenia's Artur Davtyan whilst on the Parallel Bars HE Youxiao of China outclassed the field to take the top qualification spot. Japan's Fuya Maeno is the highest qualifier to the Horizontal Bar Final. Ponor dominated on the Balance Beam with an extremely solid routine. Brazil's Thauany Lee de Araujo took the silver medal over Portugal's Ana Filipa Martins. Steingruber won the Floor Exercise title by 0.575 points over Romania's Diana Laura Bulimar with Hungary's Zsofia Kovacs rounding out the top three. China's HUANG Mingi produced another two solid and beautifully executed Vaults to take the honors. In his first World Cup assignment, Australia's Christopher Remkes took the silver over Brazil's Diego Hypolito. Azerbaijan's Oleg Stepko earned the Parallel Bars title over Cuba's Manrique Larduet Bicet with Vietnam's PHAM Phuoc Hung. Maeno narrowly earned the Horizontal Bar over Great Britain's Ashley Watson. Croatia's Marijo Moznik finished in third. 

Brazil's Diego Hypolito narrowly edged Slovenia's Rok Klavora as the Finals at the 2016 Doha Challenge World Cup got underway yesterday. Great Britain's Sam Oldham was third. Armenian Harutyun Merdinyan topped the Pommel Horse over Croatia's Robert Seligman. Azerbaijan's Oleg Stepko and Slovenia's Saso Bertoncelj tied for third. Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias shined on his pet event - the Still Rings as Armenia's Vahagn Davtyan and Artur Tovmasyan finished second and third respectively. Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber outclassed the field on the Vault, taking the honors over Slovenia's Teja Belak and Tjasa Kysselef. Sweden's Jonna Adlerteg dominated the field in the Uneven Bars final taking the honors over Brazil's Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade and Portugal's Ana Filipa Martins. 

WOMEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

MEN'S POMMEL HORSE:

1. Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM) 15.675
2. Robert Seligman (CRO) 15.300
3. Oleg Stepko (AZE); Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 15.000
4. 
   
5. Petro Pakhnyuk (AZE); Daiki Yorogo (JPN) 13.600
6. 
   
7. Ahmed Aldyani (QAT) 13.475
8. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 13.100

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.875
2. Vahagn Davtyan (ARM) 15.800
3. Artur Tovmasyan (ARM) 15.775
4. Manrique Larduet Bicet (CUB) 15.600
5. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.425
6. Henrique Medina Flores (BRA) 15.325
7. LIAO Junlin (CHN) 15.225
8. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ) 14.975

The AGF Trophy World Challenge Cup came to an end in Baku, Azerbaijan with the final day on the 21st seeing all the event finals contested. Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina won the Vault title over Slovenian Tjasa Kysselef and Austrian Lisa Ecker. Germany's Lina Philipp was the top scorer on the Uneven Bars with Brazilian's Daniele Matias Hypolito and Flavia Lopes Saraiva. Uzbekistan's Dilnoza Abdusalimova came in to replace Germany's Florine Harder who withdrew after falling and injuring her thumb during training on the Uneven Bars. Lopes Saraiva also won the Balance Beam title with Sweden's Emma Larsson and Austria's Elisa Haemmerle finishing in second and third respectively. Haemmerle was originally the first reserve for the final but came in to replace Harder. Flavia Lopes Saraiva won another title, this time triumphing on the Floor Exercise over Larsson. Azerbaijan's Marina Nekrasova won the bronze. Second reserve Uzbekistan Dilnoza Abdusalimova came into the field which only boasted seven gymnasts after both Harder and Chusovitina withdrew.

It was the Kenzo Shirai show on the Floor Exercise as he dominated over Slovenia's Rok Klavora and Israel's Alexander Shatilov, whilst on the Pommel Horse Japan's Tomomasa Hasegawa top scored over Belgian Maxime Gentges and Iran's Saeed Reza Keikha. First and second reserves Kazuma Kaya of Japan and Moran Yanuka of Israel came into the Still Rings final to replace Canadian Kevin Lytwyn and Spain's Ruben Lopez - Turkey's Ibrahim Colak took the title over Kaya and Azerbaijan's Oleg Stepko. Shirai added the Vault title to his name. Stepko and Turkey's Ahmet Onder rounded out the top three. Stepko triumphed on the Parallel Bars over Turkey's Ferhat Arican and Kaya with Hasegawa adding the Horizontal Bar title to his name. Ahmet Onder of Turkey and Tin Srbic of Croatia were second and third respectively. 

WOMEN'S VAULT:

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Flavia Lopes Saraiva (BRA) 13.850
2. Emma Larsson (SWE) 13.400
3. Marina Nekrasova (AZE) 13.200
4. Dorina Boczogo (HUN); Lisa Ecker (AUT) 13.100
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6. Dilnoza Abdusalimova (UZB) 13.000 
7. Tutya Yilmaz (TUR) 11.950

1. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 16.150
2. Rok Klavora (SLO) 14.800
3. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.550
4. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.450
5. Tomislav Markovic (CRO) 14.250
6. Petro Pakhnyuk (AZE) 13.550
7. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 13.400
8. Naoto Hayasaka (JPN) 12.200

MEN'S POMMEL HORSE:

1. Tomomasa Hasegawa (JPN) 15.400
2. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 14.700
3. Saeed Reza Keikha (IRI) 14.450
4. Artem Dologpyat (ISR) 14.200
5. Renato Prpic (CRO) 14.050
6. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 13.900
7. Stian Skjerahaug (NOR) 13.350
8. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 12.000

MEN'S STILL RINGS:

1. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.450
2. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 14.800
3. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 14.700
4. Tomomasa Hasegawa (JPN); Scott Morgan (CAN) 14.450
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6. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) 13.750
7. Moran Yanuka (ISR) 13.550
8. Vladyslav Hryko (UKR) 13.200

MEN'S VAULT:

1. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) (15.250, 14.700) 14.975
2. Oleg Stepko (AZE) (14.600, 14.700) 14.650
3. Ahmet Onder (TUR) (14.400, 14.400) 14.400
4. Vitalijs Kardasovs (LAT) (14.200, 14.300) 14.250
5. Adria Vera Mora (ESP) (14.800, 13.200) 14.000
6. Scott Morgan (CAN) (14.100, 13.000) 13.550
7. Volodymyr Hrybuk (UKR) (14.200, 12.600) 13.400
8. Andrey Medvedev (ISR) (0.000, 0.000) 0.000

1. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 15.550
2. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.350
3. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 15.250
4. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 15.000
5. Nestor Abad (ESP) 14.950
6. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.600
7. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.500
8. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 13.800

1. Tomomasa Hasegawa (JPN) 14.800
2. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.600
3. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.500
4. Maxime Gentges (BEL) 14.100
5. Moran Yanuka (ISR) 13.650
6. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 13.350
7. Umit Samiloglu (TUR) 13.200
8. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 12,700

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. 

Romanian Larisa Andreea Iordache and Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev took out the titles at the 32nd Memorial Artur Gander in Morges, Switzerland. Both gymnasts also took out the special award for top scorer on the Floor Exercise and Parallel Bars respectively. Women at the Artur Gander compete on three apparatuses of their choosing and the Men choosing four apparatuses with their totals on the apparatuses added to get their final total. Verniaiev took the All Around title by 1.85 points over Japan's Kazuma Kaya with Switzerland's Christian Baumann in third. For the Men's Prix Special Arthur Gander award for the Parallel Bars, Verniaiev dominated over Christian Baumann with Frenchman Julien Gobaux finishing third. Iordache won the All Around honors by 2 points over Germany's Pauline Schaefer with fellow Romanian Diana Laura Bulimar rounding out the top three. Iordache topped Bulimar to win the Women's Prix Special Arthur Gander for the Floor Exercise. Schaefer was third with a higher execution score over Mexican Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina. Britain's Raer Theaker only competed on two events after a low scoring Uneven Bars routine, whilst Canadian Zachary Clay was injured on his first event - the Floor Exercise. Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber and France's Camille Bahl did not compete. 

WOMEN'S RESULTS:

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (0.000, 15.500, 14.900, 15.200, 16.200, 0.000) 61.800
2. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) (0.000, 15.300, 0.000, 15.050, 14.700, 14.900) 59.950
3. Christian Baumann (SUI) (0.000, 14.100, 0.000, 14.250, 15.250, 14.700) 58.300
4. Oliver Hegi (SUI) (0.000, 14.000, 0.000, 14.600, 14.600, 14.800) 58.000
5. Andreas Bretschneider (GER) (0.000, 0.000, 13.900, 14.400, 13.350, 15.950) 57.600
6. Courtney Tulloch (GBR) (14.650, 13.750, 14.800, 13.650, 0.000, 0.000) 56.850
7. Julien Gobaux (FRA) (13.850, 0.000, 13.700, 0.000, 14.800, 13.850) 56.200
8. Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) (14.500, 14.850, 13.900, 0.000, 12.300, 0.000) 55.550
9. Enrico Pozzo (ITA) (13.050, 0.000, 0.000, 12.950, 14.250, 14.100) 54.350
10. Mikhail Kudashov (RUS) (13.800, 13.250, 0.000, 14.600, 9.850, 0.000) 51.500
11. Marius Daniel Berbecar (ROU) (0.000, 10.600, 0.000, 13.350, 13.800, 13.000) 50.750
12. Zachary Clay (CAN) (4.850, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 4.850

The 32nd Memorial Artur Gander will be held on the 4th of November at the Salle polyvalente de Beausobre in Morges, Switzerland. The competition will see Men and Women from ten countries compete for the honors with competition getting under at 7.30pm (Morges local time).

N.B. 15/10 - Germany's Pauline Schaefer, France's Anne Kuhm and Julien Gobaux and Romania's Larisa Andreea Iordache added to the roster. Russia's Anastasiia Dmitrieva will be replacing her compatriot Evgeniia Shelgunova.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS PARTICIPANTS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS PARTICIPANTS:

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
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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
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1. Max Whitlock (GBR) 16.133
2. Louis Smith (GBR) 16.033
3. Harutyun Merdinyan (ARM); Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 15.500
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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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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