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

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RINGS FINAL STANDINGS

1. Stasis Butrimas, Ukraine, 13.633
2. Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 13.233
3. Elias Koski, Finland, 13.166
4. Adari Navin Sai Krishna, India, 13.100
5. Marko Levente, Hungary, 12.833
6. Agust Davidsson, Iceland, 12.666
7. Sebastian Gawronski, Poland, 12.666
8. Caio Souza, Brazil, 2.800

11:27 am. Agust Davidsson ISL SR: Iron cross, pike sit, pikes and tucks to handstand, tiny muscle, back giant to handstand was a bit short but gets there in the end, double double, chest down and a big step. 12.666 (4.7, 7.966)

11:24 am. Elias Koski FIN SR: Swing up to planche, out to pike sit, down to iron cross, good! Back giant to handstand was clean, front pikes to handstand with some sway in his back, stuck the double double! Great set. 13.166 (4.3, 8.766, +0.1 B)

11:21 am. Sebastian Gawronski POL SR: Swing through to planche, some adjustments, down to maltese. Next swing through maltese comes up a little short, but he corrects, front giant to handstand, roll to iron cross, back giant to handstand with some form issues, double double, chest really far down and a hop. 12.666 (5.0, 7.666)

11:19 am. Marko Levente HUN SR: Swing up to planche, down to maltese, pull up to pike sit, rolls through to saltos to handstand, muscles it up slightly, back giant to handstand with minor adjustments, double layout dismount, a little whippy with a slight hop. 12.833 (4.3, 8.533)

11:16 am. Touch for the second half!

11:13 am. Stasis Butrimas UKR SR: Ugh I typed this whole thing then lost it! This was a good set though, minor adjustments in the swings up to handstand but everything else seemed really controlled, double double dismount with a step. 13.633 (5.1, 8.533)

11:10 am. Adari Navin Sai Krishna IND SR: Inverted cross through to maltese, pushes up to planche, nice! Maybe could’ve held it a half second longer. Presses up to handstand, swing through to planche then down to maltese then out to iron cross. He’s really good! My first time seeing him. Really has to muscle up the front giant to handstand, but gets the dismount with minor leg form and a slight hop. 13.100 (5.0, 8.100)

11:08 am. Oleg Verniaiev UKR SR: I caught this from the saltos to straddle planche, back giant to handstand and front to handstand mostly go well, little adjustment in the latter, double double dismount with a hop back. 13.233 (4.7, 8.533)

11:05 am. Caio Souza BRA SR: Maltese to start looks nice and controlled, oh my god, then rolled through to another maltese and fell!!! Looked like he felt a twinge in his arm or something the way he’s gesturing at it? Yeah, he’s done! Wow. 2.800 (1.0, 9.100, -7.3 ND)

11:02 am. Touch underway now for the first half of this rotation.

11:00 am. Athletes are being introduced for the rings final!

10:47 am. They’re doing the medals for uneven bars and pommels now!

UNEVEN BARS FINAL STANDINGS

1. Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.366
2. Tatum Drusch, United States, 13.300
3. Barbora Kundrát, Slovakia, 13.233
4. Lorrane Oliveira, Brazil, 13.166
5. Céleste Mordenti, Luxembourg, 13.133
6. Lili Czifra, Hungary, 13.000
7. Kristina Hrudetska, Ukraine, 12.633
8. Anastasiia Lev, Ukraine, 11.100

POMMEL HORSE FINAL STANDINGS

1. Zeinolla Idrissov, Kazakhstan, 14.766
2. Mateo Zugec, Croatia, 14.300
3. Dagur Olafsson, Iceland, 14.233
4. Ihor Dyshuk, Ukraine, 14.033
5. Radomir Sliz, Czechia, 13.966
6. Filip Ude, Croatia, 12.700
7. Elias Koski, Finland, 12.400
8. Ewen McConville, Australia, 11.966

10:41 am. Flavia Saraiva BRA UB: Toe full was quick and clean into the piked Tkachev to Pak, good! Toe-on to Maloney with leg separation to Gienger, some form in that, blind change to front giant to double front, mostly clean, big step forward. 13.366 (5.6, 7.766) – she gets the gold!

10:39 am. Zeinolla Idrissov KAZ PH: Great scissor work at the beginning and transitions well into a little traveling moment, Russians on the single handle and then Sohn, he’s so fast and solid but not RUSHED which is fab, minor hip form on circles near the end but gets into another Sohn element well and goes strongly into the dismount. 14.766 (5.9 D, 8.866) – he’ll take the gold!

10:37 am. Anastasiia Lev UKR UB: Short handstand before the van Leeuwen, noticeable form in the air, stalder half to straddle Jaeger goes well, good Pak, Maloney was a bit low but she catches and connects to the Gienger, toe full was a bit late, oof, half turn into the double tuck, wild crash on that, looked like she got lost in the air. 11.100 (5.0, 6.100)

10:35 am. Radomir Sliz CZE PH: Scissors to circles on both pommels, nice Sohn, mostly good extension on circles after, travels well, gets a little stuck going into handstand but gets it around. 13.966 (5.0, 8.966)

OCULAR MIGRAINE IS OVER! We survived.

10:33 am. Lorrane Oliveira BRA UB: Maloney to lovely Pak! Toe-on to clean van Leeuwen. Blind change to front full to piked Jaeger, great! Really short on a rogue half turn but finishes well with a strong double front. 13.166 (5.5, 7.666)

10:31 am. Ihor Dyshuk UKR PH: Russians on the single pommel and between the handles, circles on the single are mostly fine but minor hip form, travels well, though minor hip pike, and goes well into the dismount. 14.033 (5.6, 8.433) – into third place!

10:30 am. Kristina Hrudetska UKR UB: I caught this from the van Leeuwen, inbar half to straddle Jaeger was very nice, bail to stalder to toe shoot, a bit close but gets the handstand well out of it, stalder half to double front, a little jarring on the landing but solid overall! 12.633 (5.4, 7.233)

10:27 am. Fiip Ude CRO PH: Scissors through to circles, good work on the single pommel, travels well forward but going back he loses his rhythm and comes off. Remounts and finishes well after that.

10:24 am. Touch underway for the second half!

10:22 am. Lili Czifra HUN UB: Chow to stalder full to Downie to Pak, minor leg separation in the Pak but nice overall! Maloney to Shang, noooo, rushes into the release and doesn’t have the timing correct, fall. Back on for a toe half, a bit short, to toe-on to toe half to front giants to double front, hop. Well, that’s a bummer. 13.000 (6.2, 6.800)

10:20 am. Mateo Zugec CRO PH: Super solid routine! A couple of minor moments here and there where things looked not as tight in terms of his legs coming apart, but overall a clean set with a solid amount of difficulty. 14.300 (5.4, 8.900) – into first!

10:18 am. Tatum Drusch USA UB: Clear hip to toe full to Maloney to Pak to van Leeuwen, Pak and van Leeuwen had a bit too much sway in her back and there was some leg separation but overall a good series, gets the straddle Jaeger, full-twisting double layout with a step back. 13.300 (5.7, 7.600)

10:16 am. Ewen McConville AUS PH: Scissors to circles into flairs, nice transitions! But then as he’s turning in one of his flairs he loses his rhythm and comes off. Back on to continue in flairs, looks more aggressive this time around and has GREAT height when he travels, lovely extension, came up a bit short into the dismount but gets it around.

10:14 am. Barbora Kundrát SVK UB: Toe full was a bit sushed with some form but connects to the Shaposh to Pak to Maloney to Gienger, some hip form in the latter. Stalder half to piked Jaeger, minor form. Tucked toe front half with a hop back. 13.233 (5.5, 7.733)

10:12 am. Elias Koski FIN PH: Came off early on. Back on to travel, everything goes well up until the dismount, which is also solid, sad about the fall! The rest was nice. 12.400 (4.6, 7.800)

10:09 am. Céleste Mordenti LUX UB: Nice straddle Jaeger to start. Clear hip to clean Pak. Maloney with some leg separation but connects well to the Gienger, some leg separation there as well. Toe-on to toe full, rushes a little but finishes well, double layout dismount, great landing! 13.133 (5.4, 7.733)

10:08 am. Dagur Olafsson ISL PH: Wasn’t typing for this but a solid hit! Mostly really nice and clean work. 14.233 (5.6, 8.633)

I just got an ocular migraine LMAO (it causes like…weird flashes of light/swirls in my vision??) so forgive me if I am a mess for the next ~30 minutes?

10:04 am. Athletes are being introduced for the uneven bars and pommel horse finals!

WAG VAULT FINAL STANDINGS

1. Greta Mayer, Hungary, 13.516
2. Emily Roper, Great Britain, 13.483
3. Patricie Makovickova, Czechia, 13.033
4. Tatum Drusch, United States, 13.016
5. Abigail Roper, Great Britain, 12.900
6. Dulcy Caylor, United States, 12.866
7. Sofiya Razumouskaya, Poland, 12.816
8. Anastasiia Lev, Ukraine, 12.766

MAG FLOOR FINAL STANDINGS

1. Aurel Benovic, Croatia, 14.166
2. Dimitar Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 13.966
3. Martin Miggitsch, Austria, 13.833
4. Altynkhan Temirbek, Kazakhstan, 13.733
5. Cheung Ching, Hong Kong, 13.566
6. Gino Vetter, Austria, 13.433
7. Sebastian Gawronski, Poland, 13.366
8. Stasis Butrimas, Ukraine, 13.133

9:46 am. Patricie Makovickova CZE VT: Yurchenko half-on front pike half, little things thrhoughout including some bent knees and a really low chest, steps out of it into the salute. 12.700 (4.2, 8.500)

Next up is a Tsuk full, again some form throughout, but gets it around with a step on the landing. 12.966

13.033 average – gets into third place! Wow!

9:43 am. Sebastian Gawronski POL FX: Good piked double front to start. Front full to double front, small hop. Triple full down the side. 2.5 to front layout, minor form, big step to the side. Double pike, big step back. 13.366 (5.1, 8.266)

9:41 am. Greta Mayer HUN VT: Really strong Tsuk full, form is mostly great, hop back. 13.500

Yurchenko 1.5, loses her form a bit as she gets close to the landing, but gets it around really well! I think she’ll bump onto the podium for sure. 13.533

13.516 average to take the lead!

9:38 am. Cheung Ching HKG FX: 2.5 to double front, really cowboyed, hop on the landing. Full-twisting double layout, slightly short but not bad. Triple full down the side, big step back. I think a front double full to front layout after that, nothing glaringly notable! Double pike to finish, small hop back. 13.566 (5.4, 8.166)

9:36 am. Abigail Roper GBR VT: Yurchenko full, pretty great power on that one, but minor hip and knee form in the air and also has a massive hop back on the landing. 13.100 (4.2, 8.900)

Follows it up with a Yurchenko half-on front tuck half, a little low off the table (her flight kind of goes fully horizontal with no lift), takes a step to the side OOB. 12.300

12.900 average – moves into third!

9:34 am. Martin Miggitsch AUT FX: Randi down the side to start, good! Piked double front, small hop back. Front double full to front layout, minor form in the air but solid landing. 1.5 to front full, nice! Arabian double front half to finish, a little short with a small hop but nice routine overall. 13.833 (5.0, 8.833) – wow, that E score!

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. 12.466

12.816 average.

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.