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

Spain's Carolina Rodriguez Ballesteros won the Rhythmic Gymnastics All Around title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. Rodriguez top scored with the Hoop, Clubs and Ribbon and tied with Varvara Filiou of Greece for the high mark with the Ball. Filiou earned the silver medal whilst Frenchwoman Kseniya Moustafaeva won the bronze medal. 

ALL AROUND FINAL RESULTS (IN ORDER HOOP, BALL, CLUBS, RIBBON):

The Spanish Men's team consisting of Nestor Abad SanJuan, Christian Bazan Jaime, Javier Gomez Fuertes, Fabian Gonzalez Vidal and Ruben Lopez Martinez were triumphant in Mersin, Turkey last night. The Italian contingent (Enrico Pozzo, Paolo Principi, Paolo Ottavi, Ludovico Edalli and Andrea Cingolani) managed to hold off the French team (Kevin Antoniotti, Guillaume Augugliaro, Quentin Signori, Arnaud Willig and Jim Zona) to earn the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games.

MEN'S TEAM FINAL:

1. Spain (43.532, 42.233, 43.833, 43.932, 44.766, 42.933) 261.229
2. Italy (43.165, 41.366, 42.665, 43.499, 42.900, 43.233) 256.828
3. France (42.400, 38.565, 42.099, 42.899, 41.733, 42.765) 250.461
4. Turkey (41.032, 37.199, 42.999, 41.032, 42.866, 42.166) 247.294
5. Greece (42.232, 36.365, 42.832, 41.766, 40.698, 39.499) 243.392
6. Cyprus (39.065, 38.032, 42.066, 41.266, 41.666, 40.266) 242.361
7. Egypt (38.632, 37.865, 42.766, 40.532, 41.633, 40.766) 242.194

Italian mainstay Vanessa Ferrari triumphed in the Women's All Around final at the Mediterranean Games which are being hosted in Mersin, Turkey. Spain's Maria Paula Vargas Mota earned second place with Frenchwoman Valentine Sabatou earning the bronze medal. Spain's Roxana Daniela Popa Nedelcu did not compete due to injury. Spain's Javier Gomez Fuertes won the Men's All Around title over team mate Fabian Gonzalez Vidal and Guillaume Augugliaro of France. 

MEN'S ALL AROUND:

1. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) (14.766, 13.466, 14.633, 14.900, 14.533, 14.666) 86.964
2. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) (14.933, 14.233, 13.400, 15.233, 14.766, 14.000) 86.565
3. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) (14.566, 13.533, 14.066, 14.533, 14.666, 14.166) 85.530
4. Paolo Principi (ITA) (14.633, 13.933, 13.900, 14.400, 13.900, 14.633) 85.399
5. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) (14.233, 13.666, 13.400, 14.233, 14.866, 14.500) 84.898
6. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (14.100, 13.466, 14.133, 14.633, 14.666, 13.600) 84.598
7. Paolo Ottavi (ITA) (12.966, 13.500, 14.366, 14.133, 13.700, 14.066) 82.731
8. Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) (14.166, 13.033, 13.433, 13.533, 14.166, 13.100) 81.431
9. Panagiotis Aristotelous (CYP) (13.500, 12.766, 12.866, 14.200, 13.766, 14.000) 81.098
10. Xenios Papaevripidou (CYP) (13.133, 13.433, 12.866, 13.633, 13.933, 13.600) 80.598
11. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty (EGY) (13.866, 12.933, 13.566, 13.333, 12.966, 13.600) 80.264
12. Charalampos Kailidis (GRE) (13.833, 13.400, 12.366, 13.433, 13.533, 13.533) 80.098
13. Baris Pek (TUR) (14.133, 12.600, 12.933, 13.700, 13.466, 12.766) 79.598
14. Hellal Metidji (ALG) (10.800, 13.233, 12.800, 13.833, 14.000, 13.433) 78.099
15. Ioannis Tougkas (GRE) (11.533, 12.600, 13.566, 13.966, 12.800, 12.533) 76.998
16. Alon Hasa (ALB) (13.033, 12.933, 12.866, 13.200, 12.766, 12.166) 76.964

Women's Vault Podium (Image courtesy of Italian Gymnastics Federation)

Okay so I have quite a few events to catch up on. Firstly the Artistic Gymnastics competition at the 2013 Mediterranean Games has concluded with the Event Finals. Egypt's Fadwa Mohamed Abdellatif Mahmoud earned a well deserved gold medal on the Vault with Frenchwoman Johanna Cano and Italian Giulia Leni rounding out the top three. Italians earned the remaining three Women's Event Titles with Chiara Gandolfi, Giorgia Campana and Vanessa Ferrari earning the Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise titles respectively. Spain's Maria Paula Vargas Mota and Campana won the silver and bronze medals respectively on the Uneven Bars. On the Balance Beam, it was Vasiliki Millousi of Greece who won the silver over Vanessa Ferrari with Valentine Sabatou of France and Elisabetta Preziosa of Italy earning the remaining medals on the Floor Exercise. 

Greece superstars Eleftherios Kosmidis and Eleftherios Petrounias won the Floor Exercise and Still Rings titles respectively. This was Kosmidis' second consecutive Floor Exercise title at the Mediterranean Games having won the honor in 2009. Spaniard Fabian Gonzalez Vidal and Tunisia's Wadji Bouallegue won the silver and bronze medals on the apparatus. Saso Bertoncelj of Slovenia triumphed on the Pommel Horse over Croatia's Robert Seligman and Gonzalez Vidal. Petrounias dominated on the Still Rings with Turkey's own Ibrahim Colak and Spain's Javier Gomez Fuertes finishing in second and third. Spain's Nestor Abad Sanjuan was the Vault winner with Italian Paolo Principi and Bouallegue concluding the top three places. Kevin Antoniotti of France won the Parallel Bars title over Ruben Lopez Martinez of Spain and Ferhat Arican of Turkey while on the Horizontal Bar, Umit Samiloglu won the honors over Croatian Marijo Moznik who earned silver and Italy's Enrico Pozzo who took the bronze. 

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS:

1. Chiara Gandolfi (ITA) 14.200
2. Maria Paula Vargas Mota (ESP) 14.100
3. Giorgia Campana (ITA) 13.700
4. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 13.533
5. Roxana Daniela Popa Nedelcu (ESP) 13.300
6. Maelys Plessis (FRA) 13.066
7. Mai Ahmed Saaed (EGY) 10.300
8. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 5.500

1. Giorgia Campana (ITA) 14.533
2. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 14.200
3. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 14.166
4. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 14.066
5. Maelys Plessis (FRA) 13.133
6. Maria Paula Vargas Mota (ESP) 12.066
7. Ozlem Ozkan (TUR) 12.000
8. Nancy Mohamed Taman (EGY) 11.133

1. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 13.900
2. Valentine Sabatou (FRA) 13.200
3. Elisabetta Preziosa (ITA) 13. 166
4. Sasa Golob (SLO) 12.866
5. Farida Ahmed Shokry (EGY) 12.600
6. Maria Paula Vargas Mota (ESP) 12.433
7. Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) 11.933
8. Maelys Plessis (FRA) 11.500

1. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) 15.366
2. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) 14.733
3. Wadji Bouallegue (TUN) 14.566
4. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) 14.533
5. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) 14.400
6. Nestor Abad Sanjuan (ESP); Paolo Principi (ITA) 14.166
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8. Ludovico Edalli (ITA) 13.266

1. Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) 15.266
2. Robert Seligman (CRO) 15.100
3. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) 14.833
4. Paolo Principi (ITA) 14.766
5. Ludovico Edalli (ITA) 14.333
6. Alen Dimic (SLO) 13.733
7. Oualid Hacib (ALG) 13.400
8. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 12.600

1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.700
2. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 15.133
3. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 14.866
4. Ali Ramadan Abouelkassem Zahran (EGY); Ruben Lopez Martinez (ESP) 14.833
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6. Irodotos Georgallas (CYP) 14.800
7. Paolo Ottavi (ITA) 14.766
8. Guillaume Augugliaro (FRA) 14.033

1. Nestor Abad Sanjuan (ESP) (14.933, 14.733) 14.833
2. Paolo Principi (ITA) (14.500, 14.666) 14.583
3. Wadji Bouallegue (TUN) (14.266, 14.566) 14.416
4. Fabian Gonzalez Vidal (ESP) (13.666, 14.400) 14.033
5. Ferhat Arican (TUR) (13.766, 13.766) 13.766
6. Mohamed Sherif El Saharty (EGY) (14.166, 13.200) 13.683
7. Mohamed Azaiez Trabelsi (TUN) (13.433, 13.766) 13.599
8. Eleftherios Kosmidis (GRE) (13.033, 13.400) 13.216

1. Kevin Antoniotti (FRA) 15.033
2. Ruben Lopez Martinez (ESP) 15.000
3. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.866
4. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 14.700
5. Ludovico Edalli (ITA); Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.666
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7. Dimitris Krasias (CYP) 14.400
8. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 13.666

1. Umit Samiloglu (TUR) 15.366
2. Marijo Moznik (CRO) 15.166
3. Enrico Pozzo (ITA) 14.866
4. Jim Zona (FRA) 14.666
5. Nestor Abad Sanjuan (ESP) 14.500
6. Paolo Principi (ITA) 14.266
7. Javier Gomez Fuertes (ESP) 14.200
8. Alen Dimic (SLO) 14.033

The Italian Women's team (Vanessa Ferrari, Giorgia Campana, Giulia Leni, Chiara Gandolfi, Elisabetta Preziosa) were triumphant at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Women's Team Final. The French team consisting of Johanna Cano, Manon Cormoreche, Valentine Sabatou, Maelys Plessis, Mira Boumejmajen) topped the gymnasts from Greece for the silver medal. The team from Greece consisted of Vasiliki Millousi, Magdalena Trichopoulou, Maria Simou and Myropi Christofilaki. Ferrari topped the Women's All Around qualification over team mate Giorgia Campana and Frenchwoman Valentine Sabatou. Vasiliki Millousi, who qualified fourth to the All Around final will not be participating in Sunday's All Around final, choosing to focus on the Event Finals.