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1:37 pm. The second half of today’s finals begin at 6 pm local time, which is 12 pm ET! I probably will not make it off the plane in time to live blog but if possible I’ll jump in when I can! You can also watch on Eurovision Sport.

RINGS FINAL STANDINGS

1. Mehmet Ayberk Kosak, Türkiye, 14.250
2. Niccolò Vannucchi, Italy, 13.850
3. Omar Mohamed, Egypt, 13.850
4. Christos Tsingelidis, Greece, 13.800
5. Sokratis Pilakouris, Cyprus, 1.500
6. Luka Bojanc, Slovenia, 13.500
7. Altan Dogan, Türkiye, 12.850
8. Ivan Brunello, Italy, 12.650

RINGS FINAL

1:32 pm. Luka Bojanc SLO SR: Maltese, pushes up to planche, pulls down to iron cross, opens his hands. Made it cleanly through the saltos, and had a piked double front, slightly bends his knees but lands really well, just a small step back. 13.500

1:29 pm. Mehmet Ayberk Kosak TUR SR: Maltese, back giant to inverted cross, lovely! Swings through to planche. Back giant to handstand, front swing to maltese, out to iron cross, front giant to handstand, and a super strong double double! Fights to hold his feet still. 14.250

That gives him a four-tenth lead!

1:27 pm. Niccolò Vannucchi ITA SR: Couldn’t type for this one but he hit this routine with a small hop back on the double double, just minor form nits throughout! 13.850

1:23 pm. Ivan Brunello ITA SR: I caught this from the planche, out to pike sit, pressed to handstand, clean so far! Piked saltos to handstand, arches over then sways a bit, back giant to handstand goes well, tiny step on the double double dismount. 12.650

1:20 pm. Touch underway for the second half!

1:16 pm. Altan Dogan TUR SR: Iron cross, pulls up to pike sit, clean and steady on the press to handstand, back giant to handstand, front pieked and tucked saltos to handstand, tiny adjustment. Clean piked double front dismount, small hop back. 12.850

1:13 pm. Christos Tsingelidis GRE SR: Pulls up to maltese, then rolls through to iron cross. Piked saltos to iron cross, nice. Front giant to handstand, back giant to handstand, a little shaky in the latter-, full-twisting double layout, deep, stuck in that his feet don’t move but he does sway his arms a bit. 13.800

1:10 pm. Omar Mohamed EGY SR: Swing up to planche, rolls through to iron cross, pushes out to maltese, piked saltos to maltese, pulls out to iron cross, front giant to handstand, and nearly sticks the double double, just takes the slightest baby step at the end. Such great controlled work here! 13.850

1:06 pm. Sokratis Pilakouris CYP SR: Swing through to planche, down to maltese, front giant to handstand, slight adjustment, swings through to maltese, out to iron cross. Good back giant to handstand, dismounts with a full-twisting double layout, slightly low, small hop. Lovely routine! 13.500

12:59 pm. Athletes now being introduced for the rings final!

12:27 pm. I believe the last final in this first batch of finals will be rings at 1 pm so in about 30 minutes. See you then!

The second set of finals begins at 6 pm local time – I might be on a plane? Or just about to land? I’ll probably retroactively live blog that session once I’m settled in my hotel before I go to sleep lol.

UNEVEN BARS FINAL STANDINGS

1. Kaylia Nemour, Algeria, 15.500
2. Sofia Tonelli, Italy, 14.100
3. Artemisia Iorfino, Italy, 13.800
4. Alba Petisco, Spain, 13.550
5. Lucija Hribar, Slovenia, 13.400
6. Célia Serber, France, 13.350
7. Aitana Pacheco, Spain, 12.250
8. Alizée Letrange-Mouakit, France, 12.150

POMMEL HORSE FINAL STANDINGS

1. Ignacio Yockers, Spain, 14.250
2. Omar Elshobki, Egypt, 13.950
3. Ferhat Arican, Türkiye, 13.750
4. Antonios Tantalidis, Greece, 13.650
5. Mohamed Afify, Egypt, 13.550
6. Matvei Petrov, Albania, 12.750
7. Kevin Buckley, Slovenia, 12.350
8. Mateo Zugec, Croatia, 12.150

UNEVEN BARS & POMMEL HORSE FINALS

12:22 pm. Alba Petisco ESP UB: Muscles out of the hip change but gets the straddle Jaeger, nice Church to Pak, Maloney to bail to toe-on to toe shoot, clean blind full to full-in, a little low in her chest but just a small hop otherwise. 13.550

12:20 pm. Antonios Tantalidis GRE PH: Had a moment after the scissor to handstand where he had to make a slight adjustment in the handstand position but moves back down well to circles, travels in Russians and circles, and goes smoothly into the dismount. 13.650

12:18 pm. Sofia Tonelli ITA UB: Nice toe full to Maloney to Tkachev, clean Downie to Pak with leg separation, good van Leeuwen, toe half to front giant to clean double front, small hop. 14.100

12:16 pm. Matvei Petrov ALB PH: Scissors to single pommel handstand, down to circles smoothly, Russians on the single pommel, circles well an transitions easily into flairs, but he goes a little low and hits his hips before coming off. Back on and repeats his flairs sequence, lovely this time, great extension, slight adjustments into the dismount but overall so nice, shame about that fall. 12.750

12:14 pm. Aitana Pacheco ESP UB: Clear hip to Maloney to Pak, some leg separation, toe shoot, toe-on with a slight arch, toe half with some leg separation but gets the straddle Jaeger, blind change with little adjustments, blind full with the same, double layout, minor form and a small hop. 12.250

12:12 pm. Mateo Zugec CRO PH: Scissors to circles, gets super floppy on the single pommel work, massive leg form breaks and rhythm destructions, he ends up calming down and pulling things together briefly but ultimately continues to struggle and has to come off. Russians between the pommels, travels in Russians with mostly good form, circles up and down the horse, mostly smooth in the dismount sequence, just a slight adjustment as he’s about to come off. 12.150

12:11 pm. Lucija Hribar SLO UB: Toe half to straddle jaeger, nice. Big Ray to clean Pak. Maloney to bail to toe shoot, blind full, and a full-in dismount, clean at the start but she cowboys the second flip significantly. 13.400

12:09 pm. Ferhat Arican TUR PH: Scissors to circles, Sohn and then Russians on the single pommel, moves to the other pommel for some circles, hips are pretty closed now and feet are a bit flexed, goes into the Busnari with minor hesitations and form, looking a little floppy as he gets closer to the end but stays in rhythm and hits the dismount. 13.750

12:05 pm. Touch for the second half!

12:03 pm. Kaylia Nemour ALG UB: Inbar layout Tkachev in mixed grip to Ehova to Maloney to stalder full, slight sway in her back before the Downie but gets it easily to the Pak to Chow half, brilliant. Full-twisting double layout, step back. 15.500

12:02 pm. Omar Elshobki EGY PH: Looked like he got a little stuck after the scissor to handstand, but pauses and comes down well into circles, does Russians between the pommels, loses some leg form while traveling in circles, moves to travel in Russians and has slight leg form breaks, good up into the dismount. 13.950!

12:00 pm. Alizée Letrange-Mouakit FRA UB: Toe full was a little rushed, to Tkachev, clean Pak, arches over the handstand before the van Leeuwen, some awkward shapes there, then arches over in the pirouette on the high bar, she had a similar problem yesterday in the all-around final but on the first pirouette. Back on for the toe-on, blind change to front giant to double front half, clean at first but loses form in the twist and is a bit short with a stumble forward on the landing. 12.150

11:58 am. Kevin Buckley SLO PH: Scissors to circles on both pommels, moves to the single, Russians on the single, then transitions down to circle across the horse, looser form as he travels, and then he can’t make it to the dismount, just pushes up slightly before hopping off. Back on to repeat the circle sequence into the dismount and gets it this time. 12.350

11:56 am. Célia Serber FRA UB: Toe half to piked Jaeger, nice. Pak was mostly clean, good handstand before the Maloney to Gienger, good blind full, and a double layout dismount with minor form and a small hop. 13.350

11:55 am. Ignacio Yockers ESP PH: Had some tentative work getting through the Busnari but everything else went pretty well, basically no leg form breaks at all and his hips stay pretty open. Fantastic! 14.250

11:54 am. Artemisia Iorfino ITA UB: Lovely toe full to Maloney to stalder half to Endo half to Ricna, very clean throughout! Pak with leg separation, super nice van Leeuwen, stalder, and half-in double front dismount, beautiful work again! 13.800

11:52 am. Mohamed Afify EGY PH: Scissors to handstand, down to circles, moves well on the single pommel, travels in Russians with only teeny tiny ankle form breaks, travels in circles, a bit short in the handstand going into the dismount and never really quite reaches the position but overall this was really nice! 13.550

11:48 am. Touch warmups are now underway for the finals!

11:44 am. I landed in Paris about 30 minutes ago and have a three-hour layover sooooo why not watch the rest of these finals?

I only missed the first two – MAG floor and WAG vault – and athletes are being introduced now for pommels and uneven bars!

WAG VAULT FINAL STANDINGS

1. Benedetta Gava, Italy, 13.675
2. Athanasia Mesiri, Greece, 13.500
3. Teja Belak, Slovenia, 13.400
4. Aitana Pacheco, Spain, 13.250
5. Célia Serber, France, 13.075
6. Marina Escudero, Spain, 13.075
7. Tjasa Kysselef, Slovenia, 12.425
8. Ilayda Sahin, Türkiye, 12.300

MAG FLOOR FINAL STANDINGS

1. Antonios Tantalidis, Greece, 13.700
2. Ivan Brunello, Italy, 13.600
3. Niccolò Vannucchi, Italy, 13.600
4. Mehmet Ayberk Kosak, Türkiye, 13.500
5. Nicolau Mir, Spain, 13.400
6. Mert Efe Kilicer, Türkiye, 13.200
7. Swaimy Bellil, France, 13.200
8. Anze Hribar, Slovenia, 12.400