Welcome to the live blog for the first day of apparatus finals at the 2026 Szombathely Challenge Cup, held in Szombathely, Hungary.

Please refresh your browser every few minutes to see the most recent updates, which will appear at the top of the page.

9:34 am. Martin Miggitsch AUT FX:

9:32 am. Sofiya Razumouskaya POL VT: Solid Yurchenko full to start! 12.766

Second vault is a handspring front tuck half, some form in the air and a step back.

9:29 am. Stasis Butrimas UKR FX: The stream jumped into this late. Front double full to front layout, hit the next couple of passes, I wasn’t super focused, sorry! Big hop back on the double pike at the end. 13.133

9:28 am. Touch underway for the second half! Emily Roper leads vault at the halfway point, and Aurel Benovic leads floor.

9:25 am. Emily Roper GBR VT: Yurchenko half-on front layout front layout half, the form is all over the place I fear, but she gets it around and is able to land it well enough despite how it looks. 13.266

Yurchenko full is MUCH cleaner. Minor hip bend but lovely overall in the air. Hop back.

13.483 average.

9:22 am. Gino Vetter AUT FX: I think he started with a 1.5 to double front, small hop. Piked double front with a tiny bounce back. Clean double full down the side. Front layout to front double full, small hop. Double pike ends up a bit short with a step forward. 13.433 (5.2, 8.233)

9:20 am. Anastasiia Lev UKR VT: Yurchenko full, minor form throughout the flight, small hop on the landing, overall fine.

Really slow run into the handspring front pike, block is a bit weak, big leg separation on preflight and some form throughout the pike but gets it around.

12.766 average.

9:17 am. Aurel Benovic CRO FX: Double double, tiny hop back. Front double full to double front, minor form and a tiny bit low on the landing but gets it with a small hop. I think a triple full down the side? I missed the entry, just noted some leg form. 2.5 to front layout landed nicely. Arabian double front to finish, stuck! 14.166 (5.4, 8.666, +0.1 B)

9:15 am. Dulcy Caylor USA VT: Yurchenko double full, gets good distance, but has to compensate a bit for the lack of height with some slightly weak form in the air, a little bent on the landing, big hop back. I’d say solid overall? 13.700

Second vault is a Tsuk back pike, again not the most powerful but also pretty nice form in the air, step back. I feel like I’ve never seen her do a second vault at the senior level so I am pretty sure she just threw this together for this meet which I love. 12.033

12.866 average.

9:13 am. Dimitar Dimitrov BUL FX: Opens with a double-twisting double layout, minor form in the air. Front full to double front, super cowboyed but sticks it cold! Double full down the side with minor form but a good landing, feet apart. 2.5 to front layout, some directional awkwardness but just a hop on the landing. Full-in to finish, forward on the landing but I don’t think his feet move! 13.966 (5.2, 8.666, +0.1 B)

9:09 am. Tatum Drusch USA VT: Yurchenko 1.5, not a powerful block tbh, though she still gets it around well enough. Has to bend her knees a bit and takes a step forward.

Her second vault is Tsuk full, again not quite there on the block and she ends up almost fully tucking it, also really deep on the landing, almost to her knees actually. Could’ve touched her knees to the mat though I couldn’t tell in real time. Big step forward as well.

13.016 average.

9:07 am. Altynkhan Temirbek KAZ FX: Hit the first pass and then a clean double layout for the second, looked stuck! Down the side with a double pike, the tiniest bit short with a little hop. 2.5 to front layout, some leg form and a hop forward. Arabian double front half to finish. Great routine! 13.733 (5.3, 8.533, -0.1 ND)

9:05 am. Touch warmups just started. Another couple of minutes and we’ll be off!

9:02 am. Athletes introduced now! We’ll start with the WAG athletes on vault and the MAG athletes on floor going simultaneously.

9:00 am. The stream just started! But they’re still showing the arena with nothing going on. I assume athletes should be introduced in the next couple of minutes, and then we’ll have the touch warmups, so the action should begin around 9:05 ish? Maybe a couple minutes later?

8:56 am. Watching the World Gymnastics TV stream for this, which was like $5 if you are also wanting to stream! You can also use a VPN to watch on the Hungarian federation’s website.

I think live scores should be on the Elevien app.