Gymmin' Miel!

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

Welcome to the first day of Event Finals at the 2015 World Championship. Today will see the finals contested for the Women's Vault and Uneven Bars and the Men's Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings. It should be an extremely exciting day of competition and it should be noted that any medalists today and tomorrow whose nations have not qualified a team, will earn an automatic berth to the Rio Olympics. A belated congratulations also go to Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland and Max Whitlock of Great Britain who were last night named the 2015 Longines Prize of Elegance winners. Japan's Kenzo Shirai will be hoping to dominate on the Floor Exercise with Louis Smith of Great Britain and Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias will be hoping to repeat as the top scorers as they did in Qualifications on the Pommel Horse and Still Rings respectively. For the Women, Simone Biles (USA) and Daria Spiridinova (RUS) were the top qualifiers to the Vault and Uneven Bars finals respectively. 

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

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

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

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

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

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

WOMEN'S VAULT:

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

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

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

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

Day One of Event Finals at the 2015 28th SEA (Southeast Asian) Games see the Men's Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse and Still Rings Event Finals with the Women's Vault and Uneven Bars Finals also being contested. Not as big a crowd as what there was yesterday. Reyland Capellan is almost head and shoulders shorter than his fellow competitors! They have divided it so that the first four gymnasts warm up on the apparatus and then compete followed by a warm up on the apparatus for the next four gymnasts. Solid routine from Hoe Wah Toon to begin. Capellan is a very fast worker on the Floor Exercise. Another solid routine, this time from Thailand's Jamorn Prommanee. Good routine from PHAM Phuoc Hung - a little low on his second last past and a bobble on the landing of his final pass. Some big tumbling passes from LE Thanh Tung but he couldn't control the landing on a couple of them. Great routine from Rafael Iii Ablaza! And the gold goes to Philippines' Reyland Capellan with Singapore's Hoe Wah Toon and PHAM Phuoc Hung of Vietnam earning the silver and bronze respectively.

PHAN Thi Ha Thanh is wearing the black, white and gold (deep) leotard that she has worn in competition previously. Rifda Irfanalutfi is wearing a lovely blue leotard with diamantes. TAN Ing Yueh is wearing a lovely purple leotard with diamantes whilst Farah Ann Abdul Hadi is wearing a lovely red leotard with white sleeves which has red stripes down the side. I actually like Kanyanat Boontoeng's leotard - one white sleeve, a predominately blue body with the other sleeve red and white patterning (swirls) on the front with diamantes. DINH Phuong Thanh loses his momentum during his travelling and comes off the horse. Solid Vaults from PHAN Thi Ha Thanh and Farah Ann Abdul Hadi. Awesome routine from Gabriel Gan Zi Jie. Rifda irfanalutfi lands on her hands and feet on her second vault. Lovely leotard for DO Thi Van Anh - mesh sleeved with blue bottom half and aqua and pink swirls at the top. Jamorn Prommanee, top in qualification comes off the horse. Sleeveless leotard with what looks like a feather coming up across from the bottom. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh takes out the Vault title over Tan Ing Yueh and Farah Ann Abdul Hadi with Thailand's Rartchawat Kaewpanya winning the Pommel Horse title. Singapore's Gabriel Gan Zi Jie and Vietnam's LE Thanh Tung were second and third.

Janessa Dai Min Yi wears a lovely red leotard with diamantes and yellow patterning on the collar. Comes to a stop at the top of the bars. Red leo with white sleeves and yellow flame pattern for Ashly Lau Wei-Ning. Solid routine. Praewpraw Doungchan fall on her dismount. PHAN Thi Thanh falls on her transition to low bar. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi has a big fall on her release move but finishes strongly. Love Ava's leotard. Solid routine just a couple of steps on the dismount. Tan Ing Yueh wins the Uneven Bars title over Ava Lorein Verdeflor of the Philippines with Farah Ann Abdul Hadi finishing in third. On the Still Rings, Vietnam's DANG Nam dominated the competition, taking the title over compatriot PHAM Phuoc Hung. Thailand's Weena Chokpaoumpai finished third. 

WOMEN'S VAULT:

1. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) (13.766, 14.200) 13.983
2. Tan Ing Yueh (MAS) (13.400, 13.533) 13.466
3. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (MAS) (13.733, 12.900) 13.316
4. Rifda Irfanalutfi (INA) (13.466, 12.866) 13.166
5. DO Thi Van Anh (VIE) (13.666, 12.500) 13.083
6. Michelle Teo Yin Zhi (SIN) (13.100, 12.933) 13.016
7. Kanyanat Boontoeng (THA) (13.466, 12.433) 12.949
8. Praewpraw Doungchan (THA) (12.833, 12.800) 12.816

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Tan Ing Yueh (MAS) 12.766
2. Ava Lorein Verdeflor (PHI) 12.366
3. Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (MAS) 12.200
4. Ashly Lau Wei-Ning (SIN) 12.000
5. Praewpraw Doungchan (THA) 11.500
6. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh  (VIE) 11.133
7. Janessa Dai Min Yi (SIN) 11.033
8. DO Thi Thu Huyen (VIE) 9.666

The Medellin World Challenge Cup is taking place from the 7th to the 9th of November at the Ivan de Bedout Coliseum in Medellin, Colombia. A small field of Gymnasts competed in the Qualifications with the first day of finals taking place yesterday. Dominican Republic's Yamilet Pena Abreu took out the Women's Vault title over Croatian Ana Derek and Panama's Isabella Del Carmen Amado Medrano. Colombia's Dayana Stefanny Ardila Garcia who was the top scorer in Qualifications finished in fourth. Ana Filipa Martins of Portugal dominated on the Uneven Bars, with Colombians Rudy Marcela Sandoval Afanador and Bibiana Maria Velez Alzate finishing in second and third respectively.

Brazil's Diego Hypolito triumphed on the Floor Exercise with Japan's Toshiya Ikejiri finishing in second and Slovenia's Ziga Silc in third. Colombia's own Jhonny Alexander Munoz Perez won the title on the Pommel Horse outclassing Croatian Robert Seligman and Colombian compatriot Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez. Brazil's Henrique Medina Flores won the Still Rings honors over Regulo Carmona of Venezuela and Federico Molinari of Argentina who tied for the silver medal.

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

FLOOR EXERCISE:

POMMEL HORSE:

STILL RINGS:

Denis Ablyazin of Russia has taken out the Floor Exercise title on the first day of Event Finals in Nanning, China at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Japan's Kenzo Shirai finished in second with Brazil's Diego Hypolito finishing with the bronze medal. Love the leotards in this Women's Vault final. Fantastic vaults from Mykayla Skinner. Loving the U.S. Event Finals leotards. Huge step forward and to the side and out of bounds on PHAN Thi Ha Thanh's first vault (Yurchenko double full) and low chest on the landing of her front Handspring Rudi. Massive hop back by Claudia Fragapane on her Yurchenko Double full. Solid half on front layout half off. Mexican Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina is such a delight to watch. Step off the platform on her Tsukahara double full. Phenomenal vaults from HONG Un Jong. Alla Sosnitskaya lands out of the lines on her Cheng. Solid Yurchenko double full. That's how you do a Vault! Sensational Amanar from Simone Biles and a stuck half on layout half off. Solid vaults (front Handspring Rudi and Yurchenko full) from Giulia Steingruber. HONG Un Jong wins the title over the two Americans Biles and Skinner. Diego Hypolito has not stopped smiling during this medal presentation... absolutely lovely to see. In fact I think he looks happier than Ablyazin!! Lovely smiling podium. Lovely banter by the American girls on the medal podium. Ahhhh Svetlana Khorkina!!

Great save from Daniel Keatings in the middle of his routine in order to prevent a fall. Sensational routine from Alex Naddour - A little messy in parts... his team mates in the stand look pleased. Superb routine from Cyril Tommasone. His Pommel Horse work is always lovely to watch. Lovely routine from Filip Ude. Great sportsmanship from Keatings... it seems he is one of the first people to congratulate his fellow Gymnasts as they come off the podium. Solid routines from Andrey Likhovitskiy and Robert Seligman. And now it's time for the maestro... Krisztian Berki.... and he doesn't disappoint. Great routine from Saso Bertoncelj. Berki takes the title over a very happy Filip Ude and Cyril Tommasone.

And onto the Uneven Bars final.. something that I have been waiting for and think it will be a great battle. Oooohhh more lovely leotards!! Aliya Mustafina is wearing black and yellow with diamantes whilst Daria Spiridonova is wearing a rather simple patriotic leotard (reminds me of the old AIS leotards). Ashton Locklear is wearing the lovely U.S. EF leo. Rebecca Downie is wearing red with diamante patterning whilst Ruby Harrold is wearing the black and yellow leotard with diamante patterning. Gorgeous routines from Mustafina and Spiridonova. Solid routine from Locklear... just a little close to the bar on her dismount. Another fabulous routine from Rebecca Downie. Ruby Harrold off after doing her toe full a little early and being arched so that she could not save it. Nice routine from Lisa Katharina Hill who is wearing a leotard that has red sleeves, gold criss-cross and black body with diamantes. Sleeveless purple leo with yellow patterning from HUANG Huidan who delivers a fantastic routine. YAO Jinnan is also in purple - very elegant. She also delivers a great routine. I think we could be looking at a Chinese 1-2. And in fact it is - YAO Jinnan wins the title over HUANG Huidan with Russia's Daria Spiridonova winning the bronze medal.

And it's straight onto the final Final for today - Still Rings. Now this is one event that I still don't fully understand so bear with me. Sensational routine from Samir Ait Said to start things off. Wow LIU Yang just did an incredible set. Defending Champion Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti moves into second place after a great routine, scoring 0.2 behind LIU. Solid routine from YOU - step on the dismount. Russians Ablyazin and Nikita Ignatyev perform fantastic routines. LIU Yang wins the Still Rings title over Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti. YOU Hao of China and Ablyazin tie for third place. 

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

WOMEN'S VAULT:

1. HONG Un Jong (PRK) (15.766, 433) 15.599
2. Simone Biles (USA) (15.900, 15.208) 15.554
3. Mykayla Skinner (USA) (15.700, 15.033) 15.366
4. Alla Sosnitskaya (RUS) (14.966, 14.966) 14.966
5. Claudia Fragapane (GBR) (14.833, 14.600); Giulia Steingruber (SUI) (15.233, 14.200) 14.716
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7. Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX) (15.033, 14.066) 14.549
8. PHAN Thi Ha Thanh (VIE) (14.108, 14.633) 14.370

1. Krisztian Berki (HUN) 16.033
2. Filip Ude (CRO) 15.783
3. Cyril Tommasone (FRA) 15.600
4. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 15.533
5. Robert Seligman (CRO) 15.400
6. Alexander Naddour (USA) 15.300
7. Andrey Likhovitskiy (BLR) 15.200
8. Daniel Keatings (GBR) 15.133

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. YAO Jinnan (CHN) 15.633
2. HUANG Huidan (CHN) 15.566
3. Daria Spiridonova (RUS) 15.283
4. Ashton Locklear (USA) 15.266
5. Rebecca Downie (GBR) 15.166
6. Aliya Mustafina (RUS) 15.100
7. Lisa Katharina Hill (GER) 14.333
8. Ruby Harrold (GBR) 13.666

1. LIU Yang (CHN) 15.933
2. Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA) 15.733
3. YOU Hao (CHN); Denis Ablyazin (RUS) 15.700
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5. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 15.566
6. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE); Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 15.400
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8. Nikita Ignatyev (RUS) 15.266

Slovenian Teja Belak earned the Vault honors at the 2014 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup. Croatia's Ana Derek and Argentina's Ayelen Tarabini rounded out the remaining medal positions on the event. Azerbaijan's Anna Pavlova won the Uneven Bars title over Belarussian Anastasiya Yekimenka and Switzerland's Stefanie Siegenthaler. Dutchman Casimir Schmidt earned the Floor Exercise title with Tomislav Markovic of Croatia and Israel's Alexander Shatilov, whilst fellow Dutchman Lambertus van Gelder triumphed on the Still Rings with Great Britain's Courtney Tulloch winning the silver medal and Frenchman Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues taking the bronze. Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev came out on top on the Pommel Horse standings. Croatian Filip Ude and Belarussian Vasili Mikhalitsyn finished in second and third respectively. 

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Anna Pavlova (AZE) 12.825
2. Anastasiya Yekimenka (BLR) 12.425
3. Stefanie Siegenthaler (SUI) 12.050
4. Camila Klesa (ARG) 11.725
5. Tunde Csillag (HUN) 11.650
6. Barbora Mokosova (SVK) 11.225
7. Hanna Grosch (AUT) 11.075
8. Teja Belak (SLO) 10.600

1. Casimir Schmidt (NED) 15.225
2. Tomislav Markovic (CRO) 15.125
3. Alexander Shatilov (ISR) 14.925
4. Filip Ude (CRO) 14.900
5. Rok Klavora (SLO) 14.300
6. Kieran Behan (IRL) 14.100
7. Andrew Smith (IRL) 14.050
8. Stepan Gorbachev (KAZ) 13.250

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 15.200
2. Filip Ude (CRO) 15.025
3. Vasili Mikhalitsyn (BLR) 14.700
4. Robert Seligman (CRO) 14.150
5. Michel Bletterman (NED); Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) 14.075
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7. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 13.925
8. Aliaksandr Tsarevich (BLR) 11.375

1. Lambertus van Gelder (NED) 15.325
2. Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 15.250
3. Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues (FRA) 15.125
4. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 15.075
5. Theo Seager (GBR) 14.925
6. Pavel Bulauski (BLR) 14.575
7. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 14.200
8. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.050

Dutchwoman Noel van Klaveren and Russian Ekaterina Kramarenko won the Vault and Uneven Bars respectively on the first day of event finals at the 2013 Osijek World Challenge Cup. Fellow Dutchwoman Chantysha Netteb won the silver medal on the Vault with PHAN Thi Ha Thanh of Vietnam finishing in third. Kristyna Palesova of the Czech Republic and Jessica Lopez of Venezuela were second and third respectively on the Uneven Bars. Japan's Kenzo Kaneko won the Floor Exercise title over Jeffrey Wammes of the Netherlands with Croatian's Tomislav Markovic and Andrej Korosteljev tying for third. On the Pommel Horse, Italy's Alberto Busnari was triumphant over Belgium's Donna Donny Truyens who pipped Croatian Filip Ude for second place. Greekman Eleftherios Petrounias won the Still Rings honors with Frenchmen Samir Ait Said and Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues rounding out the top three. 

WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. Ekaterina Kramarenko (RUS) 14.425
2. Kristyna Palesova (CZE) 14.050
3. Jessica Brizeida Lopez Arocha (VEN) 13.875
4. Alla Sosnitskaya (RUS) 12.575
5. Jana Sikulova (CZE) 12.450
6. Noemi Makra (HUN) 11.600
7. Anastasiya Miklashevich (BLR) 11.450
8. Angelina Kysla (UKR) 9.925

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Kenzo Kaneko (JPN) 15.100
2. Jeffrey Wammes (NED) 15.075
3. Tomislav Markovic (CRO); Andrej Korosteljev (CRO) 15.050
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5. Kazuyuki Takeda (JPN) 14.925
6. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 14.350
7. Rok Klavora (SLO) 14.300
8. Cuong HOANG (VIE) 13.775

1. Alberto Busnari (ITA) 16.100
2. Donna Donny Truyens (BEL) 15.700
3. Filip Ude (CRO) 15.675
4. Vid Hidvegi (HUN) 15.525
5. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 15.425
6. Cyril Tommasone (FRA) 14.850
7. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 14.400
8. Kazuyuki Takeda (JPN) 13.025

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.425
2. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 15.125
3. Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues (FRA) 15.075
4. Federico Molinari (ARG) 15.050
5. Markku Vahtila (FIN) 14.900
6. Dennis Goosens (BEL) 14.750
7. Tommy Ramos (PUR) 14.575
8. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 13.425

There are some lovely leotards which have been worn over the course of the competition at the Pan American Senior Apparatus Championships so far.... A lot of green today! One thing I would have liked to see in the opening package for each apparatus would be images of the Puerto Rican gymnasts competing on the apparatus. Jessica Lopez (VEN) had a solid Beam routine, couple of bobbles and a large hop forward on the dismount. A few bobbles for Dovelis Elena Torres Herrero but she managed to stay on. Gabriella Douglas (CAN) had a fall and a disappointing routine for her, but nice to see her manage a smile. Can I say how great it is to see Diego Hypolito back to competition. Fall for Victoria Moors of Canada but a solid routine otherwise. Few bobbles but a solid set for Karla Yanin Retiz Hernandez of Mexico. On a side note Mauro Martinez of Argentina replaced Dominican Republic's Henrry Campusano Terrero in the Vault final. Solid routine for Valeria Pereyra but quite low on the dismount. Byron Lopez Portalanza crashes his first Vault - not enough power off the table. Better second Vault. Poor Daniele Hypolito - super solid routine until she crashed her dismount - so disappointing. Such power from Jorge Vega (GUA) on his second Vault - off to the side and I thought he was going to take out the Judges. Rock solid routine for Ana Sofia Gomez Porras. Too much power for Puerto Rico's Alexis Torres on his first Vault. Much better second Vault. Larduet Bicet wins Vault over Diego Hypolito and Angel Ramos Rivera. Whilst on Beam Gomez Porras takes the title over Venezuelan Jessica Lopez and Cuba's Dovelis Elena Torres Herrero.

Nicolle Diemel Vazquez-Aviles of Puerto replaces Paula Andrea Mejias-Rodriguez in the Floor Exercise final. Victoria Moors (CAN) out of bounds on first pass (Double double layout), step out on second pass. Sleeveless red leo for Briannah Tsang (CAN). Steps out of bounds and lands on her stomach on the Vault runway. Dovelis Torres (CUB) fall on second last pass, solid routine otherwise. Super Parallel Bars routine from Brazil's Sergio Sasaki Junior. Solid routine for Sandra Collantes on Floor Exercise and Federico Molinari on Parallel Bars. Molinari always seems to be happy and smiling. Solid routine for Daniele Hypolito. Fall on Parallel Bars for Brazil's Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior. Love Makarena Pinto Adasme's Floor Routine. Slight bobble on the landing of her final pass but that was a fantastic routine from Nicolle Vazquez. Huge step forward on one of Leidys Izabela Perdoma's passes. Larduet Bicet pick ups another gold medal -this time on the Parallel Bars - Colombian Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez and Brazilian Sergio Sasaki round out the top three. Daniele Hypolito of Brazil wins the Floor Exercise title. Canadian Victoria Moors finishes second with Cuban Leidys Izabela Perdomo Dominguez winning the bronze.

I love watching the high-flying Horizontal Bar. Super routine from Colombian Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno! Great routine for Nicolas Cordoba, just low on the dismount. Massive routine for Angel Ramos Rivera who celebrates his 25th Birthday - Feliz Cumpleanos. Just a issue on the landing of Alexis Torres' dismount otherwise a lovely routine. Calvo Moreno takes the title over Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) and Brazilian Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior. 

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Daniele Hypolito (BRA) 13.625
2. Victoria Moors (CAN) 13.400
3. Leidys Izabela Perdomo Dominguez (CUB) 13.250
4. Makarena Pinto Adasme (CHI) 13.025
5. Dovelis Elena Torres Herrero (CUB) 12.875
6. Sandra Collantes De Riglos (PER) 12.650
7. Nicolle Diemil Vazquez-Aviles (PUR) 12.625
8. Briannah Tsang (CAN) 12.050

PARALLEL BARS:

1. Manrique Larduet Bicet (CUB) 15.725
2. Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL) 15.425
3. Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA) 15.325 
4. Jose Luis Fuentes Bustamante (VEN) 14.925
5. Alexis Torres (PUR) 14.600
6. Federico Molinari (ARG) 14.500
7. Osvaldo Martinez Erazun (ARG) 14.300
8. Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior (BRA) 14.200

1. Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (COL) 15.550
2. Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) 15.025
3. Francisco Carlos Barretto Junior (BRA) 14.625
4. Rodolfo Heron Bonilla Ruiz (MEX) 13.650
5. Juan Sebastian Melchiori (ARG) 13.600
6. Alexis Torres (PUR) 13.400
7. Angel Ramos Rivera (PUR) 12.625
8. Jose Luis Fuentes Bustamante (VEN) 12.325