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1. Uchimura
2. Larduet
3. Deng

Longines Award goes to Max Whitlock and Giulia Steingruber

8:55 pm. Uchimura (JPN HB) giant ½, double pike kovacs, stalder rybalko, tak ½, kolman (has to kip out) giant 1/2, tak 1/1, yami endo, giant ½, quast, STICKS the double double.

8:52 pm. Larduet (CUB FX) pike double front stuck, double Arabian pike ½ out hop, SORRY JESS GRABBED ME AND I MISSED THE MIDDLE PASSES. 1 ¾ Thomas. Back double full, Double Arabian big bounce forward. PLEASE MEDAL!!!!!

8:51 pm. Verniaiev (UKR HB) yami1/2, giant ½, tkatchev ½, tak ½, straddle tkatchev ½, tak 1/1, yami, (bent arms) giant ½, endo 1/1, 1/1, double double with a small bounce.

8:48 pm. Purvis (GBR HB) yami ½, 1 arm, tak 1/1, yami endo, tak ½, stalder, quast, double double with a small shuffle back. He could not have asked for a better day.

8:47 pm. Whitlock with a great routine. He finishes with a phenomenal stuck triple twist.

8:40 pm. Oyakawa mariano (BRA FX) Front double pike, 1 ¾ layout Thomas, Press handstand fhs front 2/1 (messy) to punch barani …..missed the end because of Leyva on high bar.

Leyva (USA HB) Tak 1/1, yami double lay kovacs, kolman stalder rybalko, tak ½ (fall) redoes the tak ½, lay tkatchev, rybalko, endo 1/1, stuck his double double. Not the day he imagined.

14.166 for Whittenburg on Pommel Horse.

1. Uchimura
2. Larduet
3. Deng
4. Verniaiev
5. Whittenburg
6. Purvis
7. Kuksenkov
8. Whitlcok

 

8:27 pm. Kaya (JPN HB) tak ½, lay tkatchev, stalder rybalko, giant 1/2, rybalko, tak 1/1, yami, endo 1/1, endo, giant ½, quast, double double with 2 small hops.

8:26 pm. Purvis (GBR PB) Peach ½, peach to 1 bar, Healy, peach, Diam, Stutz, Belle, Healy, Double pike with the smallest of hops to finish.

8:23 pm. Endo 1/1, off on his Yami… NOOOOOOOOOOtak 1/1, yami, staler 1/1, stalder rybalko, tak ½, rybalko, ½, quast, double double with a small hop to finish.

8:20 pm. Leyva (USA PB) peach, peach Diam, peach to 1 bar, peach 1/1, Diam ½, Diam, suarez, Stutz, double front to finish with a hop.

8:15 pm. Deng (CHN PB) Back double pike, back double pike again this them from full support, Peach,  giant back double pike, back toss, Bhavsar, Tippelt, Healy, Double pike STUCK to finish.

8:11 pm. Uchimura (JPN PB) Peters to healy, giant ½, peach ½ (shy_ peach, double pike, suarez, Dimitrenko, giant ½, suarez to back toss, STUCK double pike. 15833

Larduet of Cuba had an amazing high bar routine.

Whittenburg (USA FX) Back 1.5 to front double front, double double layout small hop, front lay to stuck front double pike, wide arm press, back 2. 5 to stuck front 1/1, 1 ¾ layout. Almost stuck double Arabian pike half out. 15.266

 

1. Uchimura
2. Whitlock
3. Larduet!!!!!!
4. Kusenkov
5. Deng
6. Whittenburg
7. Purvis

8:02 pm. Whitlock (GBR PB)…….Dimitrenko, Belle, Peach basket,  Tippelt, back toss, Healy, Peters, Stuck double Pike to finish.

7:50 pm. De Souza Bitencourt (BRA HB) Yami, endo 1/1, tak ½, kolman (split) lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev ½, 1/1, giant ½, stalder, Layout full-in to end.

7:48 pm. Purvis (GBR VT) Yurchenko 2.5. Good. Just a step forward.

7:44 pm. Larduet (CUB PB)  Beautiful P ar set with a stuck dismount!

Leyva (USA VT) Tsuk 2/1. Step to the side.14.3

7:40 pm. Uchimura (JPN VT) Yurchenko ½ on 2.5 off. Just a small hop forward.15.633

7:38 pm. Verniaiev (UKR VT) Great Dragulescu just a small step back.

We are at the halfway mark. If Whittenburg had not fallen, he would be leading by almost a point.

1. Uchimura,
2. Whittenburg
3. Whitlock

7:23 pm. Whittenburg (USA PB) up to handstand (great.) Peach 1/2 , peach to 1 bar, peach, Dimitrenko, Tippelt swing through to back toss, giant ½, suarez, giant suarez, stuck double front half out!

Leyva (USA SR) invert, L cross, invert, kip to Johansson, to yami, to straddle planche, straddle sit, push to hadstand, back to handstand, back double tuck, stuck double double. 14.233

7:16 pm. Larduet (CUB VT) Handspring front with 2.5 twists. Just a small hop back. 15.433

Uchimura (JPN SR) invert, high maltese, Azarian Iron cross, invert, back to invert iron cross (shaky and high ) johansson to yami to iron, kip to handstand, STUCK double double.

7:15 pm. Verniaiev (UKR SR) Very clean set. Held everything the appropriate amount of time with little to no wobble. STUCK double double tuck to finish.

7:11 pm. Whitlock (GBR VT) His run looked very strange. Yurchenko triple. A little messy in the air. It’s amazing that he can delay his twist that long. Several steps back. 15.0

Purvis (GBR SR)  Azarian maltese, bounce cross, azarian iron cross, invert, kip Johansson to yami to straddle planche (L sit, back to handstand, giant to handstand (better) small split of the legs into his tap but nice tucked double double to finish with a small step back.

1. Uchimura
2. Whitlock
3. Whittenburg

7:30 pm. Bataga (ROU PB) Kip on 1 bar, peach (struggle) Peters (short,) Diam, back toss, finishes with a nice double pike. 13.966

Deng (CHN PH) Really nice transitions and very clean throughout except some knee ends on the Russians. Nicely up into the dismount.

7:00 pm. Xiao (CHN PH) Fell off. Clean triple Russian, Nice into the dismount, started tilting before he hit vertical.

6:59 pm. Braegger (SUI SR) Invert kip to straddle planche, L sit, straddle push to handstand (good) giant to great handstand, joh to yami, back giant to handstand, double double to finish.

6:57 pm. Uchimura (JPN PH) Legs GLUED together the entire way. Super clean. 15.1

6:52 pm. Whittenburg (USA VT) Ri Se Gwang. Way too much power and over rotates and sits it down.

Verniaiev (UKR PH) Almost misses first handstand, weird rhythm, fell off –ish / didn’t make handstand on his dismount then re did it. WHY OLEG WHY.

Larduet (CUB SR) invert… bounce cross, invert, yami to joh to handstand, up to Iron cross, up to very steady planche, back to handstand. STUCK double double. Watch out for this kid. He’s gonna shock some people tonight if he goes clean!

6:49 pm.Purvis (GBR PH) Swings well to begin then some lg separation on his Russians. Good into the Magyar-Sivado combo and nice swing up into the dismount. 14.666

6:46 pm. Park (KOR) Handspring front with 2 twists. Huge steps to the side.

Whitlock (GBR SR) invert up to solid planche, L sit, push to great handstand, johansson to yami to slightly shaky straddle planche, back to good handstand, back double tuck to handstand, STUCK double double tuck to finish! Great routine! Held his handstands really well. Should be a good score. 14.516

6:45 pm. Leyva (USA PH) Scissor to handstand both side, Huge leg separation and almost fell off, basically he came off but had to push himself back on. That’s taken him off the podium unless everyone else has a disaster. Good dismount though!

1. Whitlock (GBR)
2. Uchimura (JPN)
3. Whittenburg (USA)
4. Kaya (JPN)
5. Purvis (GBR)
6. Deng (CHN)
7. Verniaiev (UKR)
8. Xiao (CHN)

6:36 pm. Quad to open STUCK (maybe steps out a little as a corner transition.) Back 2.5 to punch Barani, nice Russians, Thomas, Back 2.5 to front 1/1. Tries to stick and his knees jolt a little and he bounces out, wide arm press, Triple to finish.

6:32 pm. Uchimura (JPN FX) Back 3.5 to front 1.5. Front tuck 1/1 to front 2.5, back 2.5 to beautiful front 2/1, double double – good. He fell on that in qualifications. Beautiful Russians to split, 1 ¾ tucked Thomas, Triple to finish. Just the smallest of hops. Fist pump to the crowd. 15.733

6:29 pm. Verniaiev (UKR FX) 1 ¾ Thomas, back 3.5 to front 1/1, fhs 2/1 to front 1.4, front 2.5 with a step out. Nice flairs, a little archy on the wide arm press, Back 2.5 to punch Barani, Triple to finish.

Whittenburg (USA FX) Last half…..Up to planche, giant handstand, double double layed out to finish just a small hop. 15.533

6:28 pm. Kaya (JPN PH) Clean through the routine but just not as dynamic after Whitlock.

6:24 pm. Whitlock (GBR PH) Really Really solid routine! I mean just about near perfect. He is one that from the second group that can sneak up into that top group and possibly the medal podium.  16.1

Lopez (ESP VT) Great Handspring Double front. Just a small hop.

Purvis (GBR FX)  Great double double to open, back 1.5 o frong double, fhs to great front double tuck, back 2.5 to punch layed out barani, nice wide arm – the step down is just awkward to me. 1 ¾ Roll out Thomas – fantastic, Double Arabian to finish. Just a small hop! Fantastic routine! 15.166

Augis (FRA VT) Great Handspring double front. Just a small hop.

6:21 pm Leyva (USA FX) Double double layed out – super short and has to put his hand down, Front 1/1 to front 2/1, Stuck double arabian, has to walk on his handstand a bit. 1 ¾ tucked Thomas, back 2.5 to punch Barani, Ends with a nice double layout. Just a small hop back. 13.733

6:20 pm. Oyakawa Mariano (BRA PH) Clean routine. Seems to really dig into the horse. Clean through the triple Russian dismount. Seems very happy with that.

6:15 pm. Shudi (CHN FX) Back 3.5 to Barani hop, front 1/1 to front 2.5, back 2.5 to front 1.5, 1 ¾ layed out Thomas (pikey) Stuck full-in, Wide arm press, Nice triple to finish. Small hop back. 15.133

Bataga (ROU VT) Tsuk 2.5 . Messy legs and big step to the side.

Greetings from Glasgow! We are live with the Men’s All-Around final where Kohei Uchimura has been King for the last 5 years. Will his reign continue? There have been some last minute changes, most notably Fabian Hambuechen withdrew due to illness and American, Donnell Whittenburg is now in the AA.

Article by Kensley Behel