Gymmin' Miel!

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

So I missed out on the first part of today's competition but here is what I have missed... Spain's Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana won the Men's Floor Exercise final over Germany's Fabian Hambuechen with David Belyavskiy of Russia picking up the bronze. Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber captured the Vault honors over Russia's Seda Tutkhalyan with the Netherlands' Lisa Top finishing in third. Pommel Horse specialist Saso Bertoncelj of Slovenia topped Oleg Stepko of Azerbaijan and Great Britain's Brinn Bevan for the title.

Red 1/2 sleeved leo with silver diamantes for Noemi Makra. Not her best routine. Blue bottom, red sleeves with orange and white flamey patterning separating the two main colors for Celine van Gerner. An okay routine but she lands on the bar. Beautiful blue and white leotard for Sophie Scheder. Oleg Verniaiev takes a number of steps backwards and sits down on his Rings dismount. Black and yellow leotard with diamantes for Andreea Iridon. Solid. Red leotard with diamantes for Aliya Mustafina - great routine! Tea Ugrin is wearing a sleeveless white, red and blue leotard. Has a couple of problems. Mustafina wins the title by 0.2 points from Sophie Scheder of Germany. Romanian Iridon picks up the bronze. On the Still Rings, Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias wins the title over Russia's Nikita Ignatyev and Turkey's Ibrahim Colak.

Stunning deep purple leotard with diamantes for Dutchwoman Lieke Wevers. Iridon almost falls off during her first turn sequence, has a few balance checks. Red leotard with diamantes for Seda Tutkhalyan. Nasty fall off the beam on her first acro series. Quite shaky during the remainder of her routine. Patriotic red leotard with the white crosses for Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber. Few bobbles throughout her routine. Simple red, blue and white leo for Georgina Hockenhull. Fall on her acro series. Solid routine for Scheder puts her hands down on the beam to steady herself. Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev earns the Vault title with Dutchman Casimir Schmidt winning the silver and Oleg Stepko earning the bronze. Great beam routine from Wevers! Wevers takes the honors over Andreea Iridon and Giulia Steingruber.

Lovely leotard for Belgium's Lisa Verschueren. I'm going to call in a coral leotard (although it really isn't but my brain is just not functioning!) with light blue for France's Valentine Pikul. Solid routine for Verschueren. Messy Parallel Bars routine from Turkey's Ferhat Arican. It was a nice routine from Mustafina but I don't personally believe that it had the same spark we usually see. Maybe Pikul's leotard is a flesh color? MASSIVE score from Stepko!! Rough routine on Parallel Bars for Verniaiev. Solid routine from Wevers. Romanian Silvia Zarzu - out of bounds second pass and massive jump backwards on final pass. Change of leo for Steingruber - black, light blue and white. The crowd goes crazy after Stepko wins the Parallel Bars title over Russia's David Belyavskiy and Romania's Marius Daniel Berbecar whilst Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber wins the Floor Exercise title over Aliya Mustafina and Lieke Wevers.

Great routine on the Horizontal Bar from Greece's Vlasios Maras. On my next break I plan to get more acquainted with MAG. It will happen. With a phenomenal routine Germany's Fabian Hambuechen takes the title over Maras with Nikita Ignatyev earning the bronze.

WOMEN'S VAULT:

1. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) (15.566, 14.433) 14.999
2. Seda Tutkhalyan (RUS) (14.833, 14.533) 14.683
3. Lisa Top (NED) (14.133, 13.900) 14.016
4. Gabriela Janik (POL) (14.300, 13.633) 13.966
5. Ana Derek (CRO) (13.966, 13.933) 13.949
6. Kelly Simm (GBR) (14.333, 0.000) 7.166

1. Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana (ESP) 15.333
2. Fabian Hambuechen (GER) 15.100
3. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 15.000
4. Kieran Behan (IRL) 14.866
5. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.833
6. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.233

1. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 14.966
2. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 14.600
3. Brinn Bevan (GBR) 14.200
4. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 13.900
5. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 13.833
6. Slavomir Michnak (SVK) 13.266

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.633
2. Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) 15.333
3. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.133
4. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 14.466
5. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) 14.033
6. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 13.866

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) (15.400, 15.133) 15.266
2. Casimir Schmidt (NED) (15.033, 15.200) 15.116
3. Oleg Stepko (AZE) (14.933, 15.000) 14.966
4. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) (15.033, 14.800) 14.916
5. Cristian Ioan Bataga (ROU) (14.733, 14.500) 14.616
6. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (14.766, 14.366) 14.566

1. Oleg Stepko (AZE) 15.733
2. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 15.700
3. Marius Daniel Berbecar (ROU) 15.600
4. Axel Augis (FRA) 15.000
5. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.633
6. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.300

1. Fabian Hambuechen (GER) 15.533
2. Vlasios Maras (GRE) 15.366 
3. Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) 15.166
4. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 14.900
5. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.900
6. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 14.333