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7:29 pm. Rings Final Standings

1. Donnell Whittenburg, United States, 14.700
2. Adem Asil, Türkiye, 14.566
3. Lan Xingyu, China, 14.500
4. Zhang Boheng, China, 14.466
5. Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, 14.300
6. Caio Souza, Brazil, 14.166
7. Glen Cuyle, Belgium, 13.933
8. Harry Hepworth, Great Britain, 13.366

7:27 pm. Donnell Whittenburg USA SR: Rolls through to a lovely iron cross, inverted hang to front swing out to maltese, nice open palms, presses up to a clean planche, back giant to handstand, minor adjustment in his hips, front swing out to planche, super nice position, down to maltese, inverted hang to front giant to handstand, again slight hip adjustments, beautiful piked triple back with a small hop. Bows when he salutes. This was stellar. 14.700 (6.0, 8.700)

7:25 pm. Glen Cuyle BEL SR: Inverted hang, swings through to planche then drops to inverted planche then pushes up to maltese, shoulders look a little close? Inverted pike to front pike saltos to front pike out to iron cross, Inverted hang through to maltese, shoulders again look REALLY close, iron cross, also some shoulder bend, front giant to handstand has some hip sway, triple back dismount looked clean in the air but ended up a bit short with a stumble forward.

7:24 pm. Harry Hepworth GBR SR: Inverted cross angle was quite off, good on the iron cross out to maltese, inverted pike to front pike saltos to handstand, really smooth transitions there, front giant to maltese, drops to iron cross, swinging a bit, inverted pike to front giant to handstand, triple back, almost gets it but his hands are too low when he lands and they touch the mat. 13.366 (5.8, 7.566)

7:22 pm. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE SR: Planche angle maybe looked a little weird in his shoulders, drops down then pulls back up to maltese, inverted hang swing up to maltese, giant to handstand, not bad there, front swing through to planche, better than the first one, out to maltese, inverted hang, front giant to handstand, a bit of hip bend when he gets into position. Double-twisting double layout, noticeable leg form in the air and a hop back. 14.300 (5.7, 8.600)

7:20 pm. Caio Souza BRA SR: Roll through to maltese, inverted hang, front swing up to maltese, out to iron cross, inverted hang, front pike saltos to handstand, good, front pike out to iron cross, inverted hang to back giant to handstand, some little adjustments there, triple back tuck, quite cowboyed but a pretty solid and upright landing. 14.166 (5.7, 8.466)

7:18 pm. Adem Asil TUR SR: Push up to planche then down to hang then pull up to maltese, very nice. Pike out to maltese, inverted hang to front giant to handstand, excellent, drops to iron cross, inverted hang to front swing to planche, back giant to handstand, swings a little there but overall really nice, double-twisting double layout, a little low with a hop. Mostly fantastic. 14.566 (5.7, 8.866)

7:17 pm. Zhang Boheng CHN SR: Maltese to start, inverted pike to maltese to iron cross, inverted pike to front pike saltos to handstand, nice, swings through to planche, also great. Back giant to handstand with minor adjustments. Double-twisting double layout dismount, small hop back. Excellent! 14.466 (5.5, 8.966)

7:14 pm. Lan Xingyu CHN SR: Rolls through to inverted planche then pulls up to planche, that’s wild, how does a human body do this? Down to hang then pulled up to maltese, lovely. Inverted pike to front pike saltos to handstand, oh no, kinda falls out of it slightly and has to muscle back up! Through to maltese, then inverted pike up to planche down to iron cross. Front giant to handstand with some adjustments, double-twisting double layout dismount, chest down and a hop. This was either TEXTBOOK in some areas or unexpectedly flawed in others. Without those little mistakes it would’ve been above a 9.0 E score easily. 14.500 (5.9, 8.600)

7:12 pm. Uneven Bars Final Standings

1. Kaylia Nemour, Algeria, 15.566
2. Angelina Melnikova, Russia, 14.500
3. Yang Fanyuwei, China, 14.500
4. Skye Blakely, United States, 14.333
5. Kate McDonald, Australia, 14.166
6. Naomi Visser, Netherlands, 14.066
– Leila Vasilieva, Russia, 14.066
8. Zoja Szekely, Hungary, 12.433

7:10 pm. Kaylia Nemour ALG UB: Here we gooooo! I was watching her touch warmup earlier thinking it was her competition set and it was all over the place and I was like this can’t be it?! Inbar full to inbar layout Tkachev to Pak to Maloney to stalder full to stalder Tkachev in mixed grip to Ezhova to Chow half, unreal. Toe full to double layout, stuck. Every athlete watching is like, yes girl, the gold is yours, TAKE IT. There were a few minor things in here, mostly just like, but VERY picky, like a slight hip adjustment in a pirouette, a slight ankle separation in a low-to-high transition, etc. Overall stunning, she is so next-level. 15.566 (7.1, 8.466)

More than a point ahead of second place. It’s what she deserves.

7:08 pm. Leila Vasilieva RUS UB: Short handstand before the Komova II to stalder full, a little swayed in her back, to Pak, van Leeuwen, minor ankle separation, inbar half to piked Jaeger, a little low and long but catches, short handstand before the inbar full to full-out, chest down and some steps. 14.066 (6.2, 7.866)

7:02 pm. Zoja Szekely HUN UB: She has bone bruises on both knees after a vault injury in the all-around so I’m mad someone said yes, you’re good to compete. But also I get that she is an athlete and is like, this is my first worlds apparatus final and I’m risking it all and you can’t stop me. Sigh. Anyway, inbar full, Komova II to Pak to Chow to Gienger, some hip form and leg separation in the latter, blind change to piked Jaeger, nice, short on the half turn before the toe full to full-in, hard landing there, clearly further injures her knees, bounces back and falls. 12.433 (5.8, 6.633)

7:00 pm. Yang Fanyuwei CHN UB: Hop change to front pirouette, fully bent her knees after completing the turn, but still managed to straighten them out and connect to the layout Jaeger full, a bit lower than she’d probably like, Downie to Pak was a nice clean series, stalder full to van Leeuwen, toe full, slightly late, to full-out, a couple of steps back. 14.500 (6.7, 7.800)

6:57 pm. Kate McDonald AUS UB: Hop change to Weiler half (a little short) to Maloney to clear hip full, MASSIVE!!!! Tkachev to Pak, wowsers, van Leeuwen hips were a little off, toe full to full-out, chest down with a hop forward but a big hit for her! 14.166 (6.0, 8.166)

6:55 pm. Naomi Visser NED UB: Downie to Pak, very nice. Maloney to clear hip half had some form in it, just like…some leg separation and maybe body line softness if that makes sense? Sway back? But gets it to the Ezhova and then a nice handstand after, lovely stalder full, clean van Leeuwen, short handstand before the toe full to full-out, big hop forward. 14.066 (6.2, 7.866)

6:45 pm. Angelina Melnikova RUS UB: Great handstand before the inbar full, lovely, to Komova to Pak to van Leeuwen, big leg separation there, short before the inbar half with leg separation to piked Jaeger, also noticeable legs there, caught close, really short on the handstand (45 degrees) before the toe full, really rushed, to full-in, form in the air but she fixes it in the twist, and a hop. 14.500 (6.3, 8.200)

Now this E score being higher than Blakely’s feels incorrect? Also her E score in the all-around was only like two tenths higher than this I think? And it was a vastly different/stronger routine. I don’t understand why the judges are pushing this gal to the top at every moment? Even she looks disappointed when she leaves the podium and surprised when her score comes up lol.

6:42 pm. Skye Blakely USA UB: Nice handstand before the stalder full to Church, another good handstand before the Downie to Pak, also before the toe full, a little rushed, to van Leeuwen, some form there, toe half to front giant to double front half, leg separation in the air and a step on the landing. 14.333 (6.2, 8.133)

3:59 pm. Pommel Horse Final Standings

1. Hong Yanming, China, 14.600
2. Mamikon Khachatryan, Armenia, 14.600
3. Patrick Hoopes, United States, 14.566
4. Hamlet Manukyan, Armenia, 14.433
5. Alexander Yolshin-Cash, Great Britain, 14.366
6. Zeinolla Idrissov, Kazakhstan, 13.666
7. Nariman Kurbanov, Kazakhstan, 13.533
8. Aidan Li, Canada, 12.366

3:56 pm. Mamikon Khachatryan ARM PH: Scissors to circles, Russians on the single pommel, one-arm swing, so far so good! Circles on the single handle right up into Busnari down to flares, lovely, and first flares of the final! Travels really well, minor hip form, but gets easily into the dismount, super solid set! 14.600 (5.8, 8.800)

3:54 pm. Nariman Kurbanov KAZ PH: Loses form coming out of the scissors into the circles and then truly cannot find his rhythm for even one second, honestly it probably would’ve been better for him to just come off immediately instead of suffering through the first half of that routine? Eventually comes off but oof, that was rough. Back on for the one-arm swing, slow into his circles after, another one-arm before the dismount, well, the second part was fine. 13.533 (6.0, 7.533)

3:53 pm. Hong Yanming CHN PH: Scissors to handstand down to very nicely extended scissors, Russians on the single handle, Russians between the handles, so. nice so far, hip extension is great, travels in circles then in Russians, flawless into the dismount, WELL. This was fab. 14.600 (5.6, 9.000)

3:51 pm. Aidan Li CAN PH: WHAT A SURPRISE, scissors to circles, Russians on the single handle, one-arm swing, legs fully go into a straddle and take him completely out of his rhythm, unfortunately can fight through it and falls. Back on for a couple of very nice one-arm swings, travels in Russians, then in circles, some leg form breaks into the handstand for the dismount which he also has to right through. Bummer of a routine but either way he’s making history as Canada’s first pommel horse finalist! 12.366 (5.2, 7.166)

3:49 pm. Alexander Yolshin-Cash GBR PH: His quals routine was one of my favorites! Scissors to circles, Russians on the single handle with good form, actually a minor leg form break right at the end, hips get a little loose on circles after but good in the traveling Russians, traveling circles also pretty nice, little muscle into the dismount that he has to rush slightly but very nice work! 14.366 (5.8, 8.566)

3:48 pm. Zeinolla Idrissov KAZ PH: Scissors to circles, I think he looks a LITTLE floppy overall and not really in a consistent rhythm? Moves well into the Russians on the single handle, one-arm swing goes wild and his legs come fully apart but he somehow pulls them back right into handstand for the dismount, well, that could’ve been worse but still a big mistake. 13.666 (5.5, 8.166)

3:44 pm. Patrick Hoopes USA PH: I’m just skipping over the replays now to make this SUPER fast. Scissors to circles, one-arm swing, Russians on the handle, lots of them, some minor leg separation, wide-arm Russian travels, then travels in circles, he has some minor hip form throughout but overall this was really smooth, big hit routine, easy into the dismount. 14.566 (6.0, 8.566)

3:43 pm. Hamlet Manukyan ARM PH: Scissors to circles, Russians on the single handle, one-arm swing, lovely so far, Russians between the handles, all of his transitions are spot on. Travels in circles mostly good, but then he slows a bit before a one-arm swing, bends his legs for like a half of a second but fights into the dismount, very good routine. 14.433 (5.8, 8.633)

3:15 pm. Women’s Vault Final Standings

1. Angelina Melnikova, Russia, 14.466
2. Lia Monica Fontaine, Canada, 14.033
3. Joscelyn Roberson, United States, 13.983
4. Lisa Vaelen, Belgium, 13.866
5. Karina Schönmaier, Germany, 13.483
6. Anna Kalmykova, Russia, 13.199
7. Charlize Mörz, Austria, 13.199
8. Deng Yalan, China, DNS 😦

3:12 pm. Charlize Mörz AUT VT: Oop, meant to do a handspring layout half but immediately tucks her knees, this is downgrade city I fear. Well, it was a nice front tuck half at least! Hop back. 12.700 (3.8, 8.900)

Second vault is a Tsuk full, minor pike off the table, mostly fine otherwise, nothing super glaring aside from the massive hop back on the landing. 13.166 (4.4, 8.766)

Averages a 13.133 with the +0.2 bonus.

3:07 pm. Angelina Melnikova RUS VT: Starts with a Yurchenko double full, lots of power, first twist is nice but the second has helicopter legs, chest forward, hops back. 14.100 (5.0, 9.100) – I’M sorry, this outscored both Fontaine and Schönmaier in execution???? These judges are a mess.

Cheng for the second vault, big leg separation off the table, pike as well, but pulls together and gets it around, minor pike, same helicopter legs as the first vault, chest down and two small steps on the landing. 14.433 (5.6, 8.833)

Averages a 14.466 with the +0.2 bonus to take over the first spot.

3:04 pm. Lia Monica Fontaine CAN VT: Yurchenko double full, very powerful, twists so quickly, the most minor leg form in the air, a step back, then a little wobble so she takes a second step. 13.933 (5.0, 8.933)

Next up is a Yurchenko half-on layout half, really nice extension off the table, actually freaking GORGEOUS in the air, big hop back on the landing. 13.733 (4.8, 8.933)

Averages a 14.033 with the +0.2 bonus to move her into first!

2:59 pm. Karina Schönmaier GER VT: Cheng, one-handed. The other hand doesn’t come close to touching the table, you can see a full separation between her fingertips and the vault. Gets it around well with minor form deductions so it’s actually quite nice as a vault, the weakest point was the leg separation coming off the table. Hop back. The way she would’ve been the gold medalist without this penalty IS WILD. Simply wild. 12.533 (5.6, 8.933, -2.0 ND)

Oh, she looked SO confused when her score came up. Poor thing. Can’t imagine having to do a second vault after that. Too bad because the Yurchenko double full is really nice, so stretched off the table, even has some flair in it, hop back. 14.033 (5.0, 9.033)

Averages a 13.483 with the +0.2 bonus.

2:52 pm. Anna Kalmykova RUS VT: Handspring rudi, a mess overall and crashes the landing. Just doesn’t have the power she needs for this, but it’s actually not THAT bad in terms of pike and legs, she just comes up way too short on the landing, is basically folded in half and hits her hands on the mat the same time her feet hit. 12.866 (5.4, 7.566, -0.1 ND)

Second vault is a Yurchenko 1.5, much better there, still not a ton of power but gets it around well and just has a small hop to the side. 13.533 (4.6, 8.933)

Averages a 13.199, no bonus for her since the first vault was a fall.

2:46 pm. Lisa Vaelen BEL VT: Ooh, I love the color of her leotard. Starts with the handspring rudi, a bit piked, quite a bit of knee form, but good power, lands with her chest forward and a hop. She also hops out of the salute, haha. New deduction unlocked. 14.100 (5.4, 8.700)

The vault judging is sooooooooo slooooooooow but she’s finally going for the second, which is a tsuk full, some pike off the table, but it’s VERY minor and it’s actually pretty nice overall, good chest position on the landing, hop back. 13.233 (4.4, 8.833)

Averages a 13.866 with the +0.2 bonus.

2:41 pm. Joscelyn Roberson USA VT: Puts up the number for the Cheng! But does a Yurchenko half-on front layout full, aka the Mustafina. Knees are pretty soft throughout, big hop forward on the landing. At least they didn’t devalue it like they probably would have with the half! 13.966 (5.0, 8.933)

Second up for her is the Yurchenko double full, looked better than qualifications, looks mostly good coming off the table but loses form about halfway through in the air, significant knee bend, two steps back on the landing. 13.600 (5.0, 8.600)

Averages a 13.983 with the +0.2 bonus.

2:37 pm. Deng Yalan CHN VT: I know what is about to come and I don’t want to see it!!! But when I woke up this morning and saw her DNS on the live scores, I assumed she was injured in warmups so I guess this was not as bad as it could’ve been.

Anyway, there she goes, jumps over the damn table and looks so freaking upset. Heartbreaking. Literally what happened?! I guess it looked like she was just off in her run and came too close to the vault to handspring onto it, so the balk was smart, but also so sad. She’s waiting to go again but I believe what’s happening behind the scenes right now is the judges deliberating whether she can go again. She technically didn’t touch the vault so I’m not sure why they ruled that she can’t go again, but oh yeah, I guess she went over the vault instead of going past it on the side? Her coaches just pulled her off the podium. Wild.

2:26 pm. Men’s Floor Final Standings

1. Jake Jarman, Great Britain, 14.866
2. Luke Whitehouse, Great Britain, 14.666
3. Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 14.533
4. Kameron Nelson, United States, 14.133
5. Tikumporn Surintornta, Thailand, 13.700
6. Milad Karimi, Kazakhstan, 13.600
7. Krisztofer Meszaros, Hungary, 13.266
8. Minami Kazuki, Japan, 12.533

2:23 pm. Milad Karimi KAZ FX: 2.5 to piked double front, bends his knees a bit and lands really low with a hop. Front double full to double front, stuck! Triple full down the side with a slight bobble. Double double, big step back. Arabian double front half-out, stuck that! 13.600 (5.1, 8.400, +0.1)

Not sure why his D is so low actually and I’m not listening with commentary. My guess is that the soft knees in the piked double front got him tuck credit, and then technically it would be a repeated skill? Either way, he wouldn’t have medaled even with full difficulty…I think would’ve been around fourth.

2:19 pm. Jake Jarman GBR FX: Double-twisting double layout with a hop back, heel OOB. 2.5 to double front, low into the latter but gets it around with a little bounce forward. 3.5 down the side, stuck, feet are RIGHT on the line. Triple double, small hop back. Triple full down the side, stuck! Double double, love the kick-out, doesn’t stick but is pretty close. 14.866 (6.3, 8.666, -0.1 ND)

2:16 pm. Tikumporn Surintornta THA FX: HISTORY MAKING RIGHT HERE!!!! I’m so excited for him. Front double full to double front, stuck! Front full to piked double front, lovely in the air, small hop. 3.5 down the side, great landing again. 2.5 goes pretty well, small step. Wish he pointed his foot on the arabesque scale but alas. Arabian double front to finish, he looks THRILLED. Oh I’m so happy for him! 13.700 (5.5, 8.500, -0.3 ND)

2:12 pm. Minami Kazuki JPN FX: Front double full to double front, big stumble back and falls. Ughhh. Triple double, stuck, of course. Because you always stick a triple double after you fall. 3.5 down the side, also VERY CASUAL. 2.5 actually looked a little short in rotation but cheats it around to the randi. Dobule double set was REALLY low, ends with his chest down and a hop forward. 12.533 (5.6, 7.133, -0.2 ND)

2:06 pm. Luke Whitehouse GBR FX: Excellent triple back! His form is so nice. Small hop. Front double full to double front, small hop forward. Randi down the side, chest down and a slight hop. BEAUTIFUL piked double front. Triple full down the side, makes it look easy. Double double to finish, almost stuck, but WOW, this was fantastic. 14.666 (6.1, 8.566)

2:02 pm. Krisztofer Meszaros HUN FX: Front full to piked double front, lands really far back on his heels, shocked he didn’t fall! Massive squat and a huge hop back. 2.5 to double front, a bit low, hop forward. Front double full down the side, stuck. Handspring to randi, slightly short with a hop back. Double double, chest down and a step forward. Everyone’s pretty iffy on landings today! 13.266 (5.6, 7.766, -0.1 ND)

1:58 pm. Carlos Yulo PHI FX: Opens with a gorgeous 2.5 to front double pike, hop forward. Double-twisting double layout, some leg form in the air and step back with a little stumble. 3.5 down the side, amazing, tiny hop. Front double full to brilliant front layout. Calm on the scale. Full-twisting double layout, flared and looked stuck! Maybe slight foot movement but so clean. 14.533 (5.9, 8.633)

1:55 pm. Kameron Nelson USA FX: Piked triple back, big step back OOB but damn! Tucked triple back with a big hop backwards. 2.5 to front layout down the side. 1.5 to double front with a little bounce forward. Full-twisting double layout with a big hop back. Messy landings throughout but that’s such a baller routine. 14.133 (6.3, 7.933, -0.1 ND)

1:52 pm. Well, this is a not-so-live blog. I tried to stay up to watch the finals as they happened, which started at 3 am for me, and I fell asleep at like 2:55 am hahaha. I’m TRULY not surviving this time difference and I went into this whole world championships with full sleep schedule plans. But alas, I have a real human job and I was too ambitious with not taking time off and assuming I could survive on naps.

But I still want to watch the finals, OF COURSE, and figured I’d put this up retroactively both to keep things consistent on this old here website, and also in case any of y’all missed it and want to go back and read my little thoughts if you can’t otherwise access a stream or video.