Gymmin' Miel!

Portuguese Gymnast Gustavo Palma Simoes has been forced to withdraw for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games after a fall on the 9th of July saw him unfortunately fracturing his left foot. The Portuguese Gymnastics Federation stated that "It is a type of injury that will require surgical resolution at some point but there is good potential for full functional recovery. However given the proximity of the Olympic Games, we can not in any way treat him and get him back in time to participate in the competition". This means that the original first reserve Argentina's Nicolas Cordoba has been called up and is set to compete at his first Olympics. Of interesting note is that Cordoba's inclusion sees the Argentinian Olympic delegation rise to 213 athletes - matching the record who competed at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Australia's Michael Mercieca now moves up to the first reserve position with Puerto Rico's Luis Rivera now being the second reserve. 

Best wishes to Gustavo Palma Simoes on a speedy recovery and all the best to Nicolas  Cordoba in Rio.

GROUP ALL AROUND QUALIFICATION:

ROTATION ONE (5 RIBBONS):

1. ISRAEL: Yuval Filo, Alona Koshevatskiy, Ekaterina Levina, Karina Lykhvar, Ida Mayrin
2. BRAZIL: Beatriz Pomini Francisco, Emanuelle Leal Lopes E Lima, Francielly Machado Pereira, Gabrielle Moraes da Silva, Jessica Sayonara Maier, Morgana Gmach
3. ITALY: Marta Pagnini, Alessia Maurelli, Camilla Patriarca, Martina Centofanti, Sofia Lodi
4. UKRAINE: Olena Dmytrash, Yevgeniya Gomon, Oleksandra Gridasova, Valeriia Gudym, Anastasiya Voznyak. RESERVES: (Individual - Viktoriia Mazur, Group - Valeriya Yuzvyak)
5. CHINA: ZHAO Jingnan, ZHANG Ling, BAO Yuqing, YANG Ye, SHU Siyao 
6. RUSSIA: Vera Biriukova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasiia Maksimova, Anastasiia Tatareva, Maria Tolkacheva
7. JAPAN: Sayuri Sugimoto, Rie Matsubara, Airi Hatakeyama, Kiko Yokota, Sakura Noshitani
8. GREECE: Ioanna Anagnostopoulou, Eleni Doika, Zoi Kontogianni, Michaela Metallidou, Stavroula Samara 
9. UZBEKISTAN: Samira Amirova, Valeriya Davidova, Luiza Ganieva, Zarina Kurbanova, Marta Rostoburova
10. BULGARIA: Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova, Reneta Kamberova, Lyubomira Kazanova, Tsvetelina Naydenova, Hristiana Todorova 
11. BELARUS: Ksenya Cheldishkina, Hanna Dudzenkova, Maria Kadobina, Maryia Katsiak, Valeriya Pischelina, Arina Tsitsilina
12. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Kiana Eide, Alisa Kano, Natalie McGiffert, Monica Rokhman, Kristen Shaldybin. RESERVE: Jennifer Rokhman 
13. SPAIN: Alejandra Quereda Flores, Artemi Gavezou Castro, Elena Lopez Benaches, Lourdes Mohedano Sanchez de Mora, Sandra Aguilar Navarro
14. GERMANY: Anastasija Khmelnytska, Daniela Potapova, Julia Stavickaja, Sina Tkaltschewitsch, Natalie Hermann. RESERVE: Rana Tokmak

WOMEN:

1. Marine Jurbert (FRANCE)
2. Nicole Ahsinger (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
3. Ana Rente (PORTUGAL)
4. Katherine Driscoll (GREAT BRITAIN)
5. Leonie Adam (GERMANY)
6. Yana Pavlova (RUSSIA)
7. Ekaterina Khilko (UZBEKISTAN)
8. Nataliia Moskvina (UKRAINE)
9. Luba Golovina (GEORGIA)
10. Rosannagh MacLennan (CANADA)
11. LI Dan (CHINA)
12. HE Wenna (CHINA)
13. Bryony Page (GREAT BRITAIN)
14. Rana Nakano (JAPAN)
15. Tatsiana Piatrenia (BELARUS)
16. Hanna Harchonak (BELARUS)

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