Gymmin' Miel!

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. 

The 7th FIG Doha Challenge Cup will be held from the 26th to the 28th of March in the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. As the roster currently stands, 35 Women and 99 Men are set to compete and I must say that both the Men's and Women's fields are very exciting and there are some big names throughout the rosters. Find below the Nominative Registrations as well as the schedule for this competition.

N.B. Updated 13/03 - Nicole Hitz of Switzerland replaces compatriot Ilaria Kaeslin.

SCHEDULE:

• 26TH MARCH:
• 2.00PM - 4.30PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Qualifcation - Men's Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings; Women's Vault and Uneven Bars
• 5.15PM - 7.30PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Qualification - Men's Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar; Women's Balance Beam and Floor Exercise
• 27TH MARCH:
• 5.30PM - 6.00PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Men's Floor Exercise Final
• 6.00PM - 6.40PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Women's Vault Final
• 6.40PM - 6.50PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Award Ceremonies 
• 6.50PM - 7.20PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Men's Pommel Horse Final
• 7.20PM - 7.50PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Women's Uneven Bars Final 
• 7.50PM - 8.00PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Award Ceremonies
• 8.00PM - 8.30PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Men's Still Rings Final
• 8.30PM - 8.35PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Award Ceremony
• 28TH MARCH:
• 5.30PM - 6.00PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Men's Vault Final
• 6.00PM - 6.40PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Women's Balance Beam Final
• 6.40PM - 6.50PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Award Ceremonies
• 6.50PM - 7.20PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Men's Parallel Bars Final
• 7.20PM - 7.50PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Women's Floor Exercise Final
• 7.50PM - 8.00PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Award Ceremonies
• 8.00PM - 8.30PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Men's Horizontal Bar Final 
• 8.30PM - 8.35PM (DOHA LOCAL TIME): Award Ceremony

PARTICIPANTS:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Alexandra Eade (AUS)
• Lauren Mitchell (AUS)
• Mary-Anne Monckton (AUS)
• Olivia Vivian (AUS)
• Katsiaryna Fiadutsik (BLR)
• Anastasiya Yekimenka (BLR)
• Kristyna Palesova (CZE)
• Jana Sikulova (CZE)
• Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG)
• Yuen Yin Ng (HKG)
• Dorina Boczogo (HUN)
• Tunde Csillag (HUN)
• Aida Bauyrzhanovaf (KAZ)
• Zhanerke Duisek (KAZ)
• Valerija Grisane (LAT)
• Charlotte Sullivan (NZL)
• Courtney McGregor (NZL)
• Ahlam Al-Habshi (QAT)
• Farah Mahmoud (QAT)
• Shaden Wohdan (QAT)
• Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROU)
• Diana Laura Bulimar (ROU)
• Ashly Wei-Ning Lau (SIN)
• Heem Wei Lim (SIN)
• Janessa Min Yi Dai (SIN)
• Teja Belak (SLO)
• Tjasa Kysselef (SLO)
• Ilaria Kaeslin (SUI) Nicole Hitz (SUI)
• Laura Schulte (SUI)
• Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
• Demet Mutlu (TUR)
• Kamile Ahsen Goktekin (TUR)
• Yelena Rega (UZB)
• PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE)
• DO Thi Van Anh (VIE)

Romanians Larisa Andreea Iordache and Diana Laura Bulimar won the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise respectively on the final day of Event Finals at the Doha Challenge World Cup. China's ZENG Siqi won the silver medal on the Balance Beam with Gabrielle Jupp of Great Britain winning the bronze medal. Iordache finished second on the Floor Exercise, with ZENG Siqi finishing in third. RI Se Gwang (PRK) topped Vietnam's LE Thanh Phuong and Armenia's Artur Davtyan for the Vault title. Romania's Andrei Vasile Muntean won the Parallel Bars with KIM Jin Hyok (PRK) and China's LIAO Qiuhua rounding out the top three. Whilst Croatian Marijo Moznik earned the Horizontal Bar honors over Netherland's Jeffrey Wammes and Oliver Hegi of Switzerland. 

PARALLEL BARS:

1. Andrei Vasile Muntean (ROU) 15.325
2. KIM Jin Hyok (PRK) 15.225
3. LIAO Qiuhua (CHN) 15.000
4. HOANG Cuong (VIE) 14.900
5. Jorian Ilbrink (NED) 14.550
6. Marius Daniel Berbecar (ROU) 14.425
7. Artur Davtyan (ARM) 14.150
8. Mahmood Alsadi (QAT) 13.600
9. Luke Wiwatowski (AUS) 12.100

1. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 14.925
2. Jeffrey Wammes (NED) 14.875
3. Oliver Hegi (SUI) 14.825
4. Theo Seager (GBR) 14.750
5. Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (BRA) 14.675
6. KIM Kwang Chun (PRK) 14.575
7. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 14.475
8. Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior (BRA) 13.650

The first day of Event Finals at the 6th Doha Gymnastics Challenge World Cup were contested on the 28th of March. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh of Vietnam won the Women's Vault honors over Romania's Larisa Andreea Iordache and Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland. China's TAN Jiaxin won the Uneven Bars title with Great Britain's Ruby Harrold and Gabrielle Jupp rounded out the top three. Romanian Flavius Koczi won the Floor Exercise title with Brazilian Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano and Slovenian Rok Klavora rounding out the top three. Hungary's Krisztian Berki won the Pommel Horse title with Japan's Jumpei Oka finishing in second and Vid Hidvegi of Hungary finishing in third. Brazilian Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti won the Still Rings honors with China's LIAO Qiuhua and Armenia's Artur Tovmasyan rounding out the top three.

 

RESULTS:

WOMEN'S VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

POMMEL HORSE:

STILL RINGS:

The 6th edition of the Doha World Cup takes place from the 27th to the 29th of March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The Provisional competition schedule is listed below, as too is the Nominative Registrations. Whilst I was originally glad to see gymnasts from South Korea scheduled to compete, they are not listed on the Nominative Registrations. However, I am still thrilled to say that this competition boasts an exciting line up for both the Men and Women! I am especially looking forward to the Women's Vault competition as the entries include: HONG Un Jong (PRK), Giulia Steingruber (SUI), Kirsten Beckett (RSA), Claudia Cummins (RSA), Teja Belak (SLO), Demet Mutlu (TUR), Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG) and PHAN Thi Ha Thanh of Vietnam.

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Mary Anne Monckton (AUS)
2. Larisa Iordache (ROU)
3. Nadine Jarosch (GER)
4. Priscila Domingues Cobello (BRA)
5. Aurelie Malaussena (FRA)
6. Elizabeth Tweddle (GBR)
7. Ethiene Cristina Gonser Franco (BRA)
8. Nadia Muelhauser (SUI)
9. Mira Boumejmajen (FRA)
10. Heem Wei Lim (SIN)
11. Georgia Rose Brown (AUS)
12. Jessica Lopez (VEN)
13. Nicole Szabo (RSA)
14. Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
15. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)
16. Lisa Katharina Hill (GER)
17. JIANG Yuyuan (CHN)
18. Shaden Wohdan (QAT)
19. Novia Nabila Putri (INA)
20. Diana Laura Bulimar (ROU)
21. Demet Mutlu (TUR)
22. Kirsten Beckett (RSA)
23. Togzhan Manassova (KAZ)
24. Hannah Whelan (GBR)
25. Sema Fidel Aslan (TUR)
26. Monika Frandofert (POL)

1. Valentine Sabatou (FRA)
2. Lisa Katharina Hill (GER)
3. Goksu Uctas (TUR)
4. Ethiene Cristina Gonser Franco (BRA)
5. Shaden Wohdan (QAT)
6. Nadia Muelhauser (SUI)
7. Jing Ying Joey Tam (SIN)
8. Hannah Whelan (GBR)
9. JIANG Yuyuan (CHN)
10. Katarzyna Jurkowska (POL)
11. Novia Nabila Putri (INA)
12. Olga Antipenko (KAZ)
13. Amalia Fauziah Nurun Nubuwa (INA)
14. Teja Belak (SLO)
15. Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
16. Togzhan Manassova (KAZ)
17. Catalina Ponor (ROU)
18. Kirsten Beckett (RSA)
19. Ozlem Ozkan (TUR)
20. Ashleigh Brennan (AUS)
21. Claudia Cummins (RSA)
22. Aurelie Malaussena (FRA)
23. Mary Anne Monckton (AUS)
24. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)
25. Adela Sajn (SLO)
26. Heem Wei Lim (SIN)
27. Priscila Domingues Cobello (BRA)
28. Larisa Iordache (ROU)
29. Nadine Jarosch (GER)
30. Jessica Lopez (VEN)

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Jessica Lopez (VEN)
2. Mira Boumejmajen (FRA)
3. Adela Sajn (SLO)
4. Ozlem Ozkan (TUR)
5. Heem Wei Lim (SIN)
6. Goksu Uctas (TUR)
7. Shaden Wohdan (QAT)
8. Nadia Muelhauser (SUI)
9. Monika Frandofert (POL)
10. Jing Ying Joey Tam (SIN)
11. Lisa Katharina Hill (GER)
12. Novia Nabila Putri (INA)
13. Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)
14. Hannah Whelan (GBR)
15. JIANG Yuyuan (CHN)
16. Diana Laura Bulimar (ROU)
17. Nicole Szabo (RSA)
18. Togzhan Manassova (KAZ)
19. Catalina Ponor (ROU)
20. Georgia Rose Brown (AUS)
21. Kirsten Beckett (RSA)
22. Valentine Sabatou (FRA)
23. Olga Antipenko (KAZ)
24. Ashleigh Brennan (AUS)

1. Tomas Thys (BEL)
2. ZOU Kai (CHN)
3. Waldemar Eichorn (GER)
4. Vlad Bogdan Cotuna (ROU)
5. Wadji Boualleague (TUN)
6. Cristian Ioan Bataga (ROU)
7. Claudio Capelli (SUI)
8. Marek Lyszczarz (POL)
9. Layth Hasan (IRQ)
10. Artur Davtyan (ARM)
11. Ivan Rittschik (GER)
12. Filip Borosa (CRO)
13. HUANG Yuguo (CHN)
14. Pablo Braegger (SUI)
15. Paata Nozadze (GEO)
16. Haikel Bannouri (TUN)
17. Juan Sebastian Melchiori (ARG)
18. Serob Soghomonyan (ARM)
19. Kieran Behan (IRL)
20. Ali Saadi Mohsin Al-Tameemi (IRQ)
21. Juan Manuel Lompizano (ARG)
22. Rok Klavora (SLO)
23. Aleksandar Batinkov (BUL)
24. Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL)
25. Velislav Valchev (BUL)
26. Viktor Kocherin (KAZ)
27. Tomislav Markovic (CRO)
28. Andrew Smith (IRL)
29. Naser Alothman (KUW)
30. Ozgur Sanli (TUR)
31. Gael Da Silva (FRA)
32. Ahmad Al-Qattan (KUW)

1. LIAO Qiuhua (CHN)
2. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT)
3. Kristijian Vugrinski (CRO)
4. Paata Nozadze (GEO)
5. Artur Davtyan (ARM)
6. Sherif Gawdat (EGY)
7. Gustavo Palma Simoes (POR)
8. Ivan Rittschik (GER)
9. Robert Seligman (CRO)
10. Naser Alothman (KUW)
11. Islam Mohamed Shahin (EGY)
12. Vid Hidvegi (HUN)
13. Serob Soghomonyan (ARM)
14. Andrew Smith (IRL)
15. Cyril Tommasone (FRA)
16. Luke Carson (IRL)
17. Matias Silva (ARG)
18. Coskun Boncuk (TUR)
19. Yaroslav Vovk (BUL)
20. Ziga Britovsek (SLO)
21. Ahmed Aldayani (QAT)
22. Muhummad Try Saputra (INA)
23. Andreas Toba (GER)
24. Zoltan Kallai (HUN)
25. Ferhat Arican (TUR)
26. Velislav Valchev (BUL)
27. Cristian Ioan Bataga (ROU)
28. Claudio Capelli (SUI)
29. ZOU Kai (CHN)
30. Fahad Al Ghannam (KUW)
31. Haikel Bannouri (TUN)
32. Ovidiu Buidoso (ROU)
33. Juan Manuel Lompizano (ARG)
34. Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL)
35. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO)

1. Sherif Gawdat (EGY)
2. Velislav Valchev (BUL)
3. Artur Tovmasyan (ARM)
4. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ)
5. Osvaldo Martinez Erazun (ARG)
6. Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues (FRA)
7. Gustavo Palma Simoes (POR)
8. Davtyan Vahagn (ARM)
9. Ali Ramadan Zahran (EGY)
10. Federico Molinari (ARG)
11. Luke Carson (IRL)
12. Marek Lyszczarz (POL)
13. Ahmad Al-Qattan (KUW)
14. Coskun Boncuk (TURK)
15. LIAO Qiuhua (CHN)
16. GUO Weiyang (CHN)
17. Layth Hasan (IRQ)
18. Mahmood Alsadi (QAT)
19. Andreas Toba (GER)
20. Gregor Saksida (SLO)
21. Cristian Ioan Bataga (ROU)
22. Paata Nozadze (GEO)

1. Paata Nozadze (GEO)
2. Ahmad Al-Qattan (KUW)
3. Cristian Ioan Bataga (ROU)
4. Naser Alothman (KUW)
5. Serob Soghomonyan (ARM)
6. Nasser Alhamad (QAT)
7. Yaroslav Vovk (BUL)
8. Tomas Thys (BEL)
9. Viktor Kocherin (KAZ)
10. Artur Davtyan (ARM)
11. Marek Lyszczarz (POL)
12. Ronny Sabputra (INA)
13. Wadji Boualleague (TUN)
14. DU Wei (CHN)
15. Ali Saadi Mohsin Al-Tameemi (IRQ)

1. Adam Kierzkowski (POL)
2. Manuel Almeida Campos (POR)
3. Mahmood Alsadi (QAT)
4. Luke Carson (IRL)
5. Aleksandar Batinkov (BUL)
6. Andreas Toba (GER)
7. Artur Davtyan (ARM)
8. Ovidiu Buidoso (ROU)
9. Waldemar Eichorn (GER)
10. Ziga Britovsek (SLO)
11. Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL)
12. Paata Nozadze (GEO)
13. GUO Weiyang (CHN)
14. Tomas Thys (BEL)
15. Yann Cucherat (FRA)
16. Islam Mohamed Shahin (EGY)
17. HUANG Yuguo (CHN)
18. Ahmed Aldayani (QAT)
19. Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues (FRA)
20. Yaroslav Vovk (BUL)
21. Federico Molinari (ARG)
22. Claudio Capelli (SUI)
23. Serob Soghomonyan (ARM)
24. Ahmad Al-Qattan (IRQ)
25. Sherif Gawdat (EGY)
26. Osvaldo Martinez Erazun (ARG)
27. Roman Kulesza (POL)
28. Pablo Braegger (SUI)
29. Muhammad Try Saputra (INA)
30. Ferhat Arican (TUR)
31. Vlad Bogdan Cotuna (ROU)
32. Layth Hasan (IRQ)

1. Yann Cucherat (FRA)
2. Muhammad Try Saputra (INA)
3. Andrew Smith (IRL)
4. GUO Weiyang (CHN)
5. Alen Dimic (SLO)
6. Layth Hasan (IRQ)
7. Pablo Braegger (SUI)
8. Ahmed Aldayani (QAT)
9. Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT)
10. Gael Da Silva (FRA)
11. Artur Davtyan (ARM)
12. Juan Sebastian Melchiori (ARG)
13. Manuel Almeida Campos (POR)
14. Serob Soghomonyan (ARM)
15. Velislav Valchev (BUL)
16. Waldemar Eichorn (GER)
17. Ozgur Sanli (TUR)
18. ZOU Kai (CHN)
19. Mahmood Alsadi (QAT)
20. Roman Kulesza (POL)
21. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG)
22. Fahad Al Ghannam (KUW)
23. Azizbek Kudratullayev (KAZ)
24. Andreas Toba (GER)
25. Vlad Bogdan Cotuna (ROU)
26. Tomas Thys (BEL)
27. Aleksandar Batinkov (BUL)
28. Paata Nozadze (GEO)
29. Ovidiu Buidoso (ROU)
30. Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL)
31. Claudio Capelli (SUI)