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A. Team USA had an all-expense paid trip to France to practice on Gymnova equipment ( the official provider for the Paris Olympics). Photo: Syque Caesar B. Japan Named Their Worlds Team Hashimoto Daiki Kaya Kazuma Miwa Teppei Chiba Kenta Minami Kazuki Notably missing are 2022 team members Doi Ryosuke, Tanigawa Kakeru, and Tanigawa, Wataru. The Tanigawas will be competing at the Asian Games in China which is happening concurrently with the World Championships C. The Osijek World Challenge Cup Took Place Eddie Penev (BUL) won the floor title with a 14.1; Gagik Khachikyan (ARM) won pommel horse with a 14.766; Artur Avetisyan (ARM) won still rings with a 14.666 Artur Davtyan (ARM) won vault with a 15.033; Ilia Kovtun (UKR) won Parallel Bars with a 15.133; Caio Souza (BRA) won High Bar with a 14.3 and beat out two previous world champions in Arthur Nory and Tin Srbic. D. Stanford Men's Gymnastics at the White House Photo: Stanford Gymnastics Based on their performance at the 2023 NCAA Championships, Stanford University Men's Gymnastics were invited to the White House for College Athlete Day. E. Bart Deurloo is making a comeback. Bart Deurloo (NED) announced his retirement from gymnastics in February 2023. He began coaching, but soon after that began training again to try and make the 2023 World Team and to help the Netherlands qualify for the Olympics – a feat they did not accomplish the last Olympic cycle. F. Asian Championships Both the Junior and Senior Asian Championships are taking place in Singapore from June 10 - June 18. This competition will serve as a qualifier to the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships and therefore the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. In the junior division, Japan took gold, China took the silver, and South Korea took bronze. Eldrew Yulo, the younger brother of Carlos Yulo, won vault silver at the junior Asian Gymnastics Championships. More information can be found here: https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-artistic-gymnastics-championships-2023-schedule-india-squad G. Oklahoma Senior Returns Fifth-year senior, Jack Freeman will be returning to the University of Oklahoma. A standout on the high bar, he will be integral to the Sooner line-up. He will also serve as one of the gymnastics captains. Article by: Kensley Behel

For most of the world, the world championships are a chance for countries to send the best of the best to compete. Due to a scheduling conflict, teams from Asia have to decide if they are going to send their best to the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships or to the 2023 Asian Games. Because Japan has already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games based on their performance at the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships, they have opted to not send their highest-scoring team to the World Championships. Instead, they will utilize send some of their best gymnasts to the World Championships and some to the Asian Games. 2022 World and 2020 Olympic All-Around Champion Hashimoto Daiki had been automatically selected to the 2023 World Championships Team based on his performance in Liverpool last year. Though injured, his score of 87.4 at the East Japan Student Championships is the highest-known all-around score this year. Should he stay healthy, his is in position to defend his all-around title. After serving as alternate for the 2022 World Championships Team, 2020 Olympian, Kaya Kazuma firmly secured his spot on the 2023 team by placing 2nd at the NHK Cup in May 2023. The third and final automatically qualified spot came down to a nail-biter in the final rotation. With four gymnasts in the running separated by .346, spectators heald their breath as Tanigawa Wataru and Sugimoto Kaito finished on high bar and Miwa Teppei and Chiba Kenta finished on floor. In the end, Miwa Teppei secured his spot on his first major international team The final two team members were selected based on results from the All-Japan Event Finals in June. Joining Hashimoto, Kaya, and Miwa are Minami Kazuki and Chiba Kenta. This will be Chiba's first appearance at a world championship. 2021 World Floor Silver medalist, Minami is possibly the most-anticipated gymnast to watch at this year's world championships. Though one of the best floor workers in the world, he has never been selected for a team world championship, His impressive tumbling abilities and sky-high start value make him a favorite for this year's world title. As a power gymnast, he is also exceptional on vault. Based on his performances this year, he will also be a contender to make the vault final. However, due to his relatively low start value average, it is unlikely that he would medal there without an upgrade. Competitors for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games will be announced at a later date. Article by: Kensley Behel

The 2023 Pan American Championships, held in Santiago, Chile, served as a qualifying event for the 2023 World Championships in Belgium later this year. Team USA and Brazil, who placed first and third respectively in the team final, were pre-qualified for the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships based on their performances in 2022. Joining them for the chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics are Colombia and Canada. Though USA did not bring their full A-list roster, the men swept the competition by bringing home 10 medals, including six of eight available gold medals. Veteran, Yul Moldauer – the only man competing who had previously won a world medal, was single-handedly responsible for 5 of those medals. With upgraded routines, he confidently took the coveted all-around title with a score of 84.2 - a score good enough to medal at the World Championships should he make the team later this year. Significantly improving on their score from qualifications, Canada moved from fourth to win the silver medal. Troubles on event finals day including multiple falls on the pommel horse, kept many from Team Canada from winning an individual medal. Their sole medal winner was standout William Emard on still rings. Having previously qualified to the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships, Brazil did not field their A-team for Pan-Ams. They were led to the podium by relative newcomer, Yuri Guimaraes. In Guimares' debut at the Pan American Championships, he also brought home three individual medals in the all-around, floor, and vault. Colombia missed out on a podium finish by a little over .8 of a point but still managed to snag the final spot in the upcoming World Championships. Like many of the other teams competing, they did not have all their star performers. Notably missing was Josimar Calvo Moreno. Still, they improved their score both from the World Championships and Pan-Ams qualifications. As first reported by The Gymternet, individual gymnasts who qualified for the World Championships later this year include: Isaac Nuñez, Joel Alvarez, Andres Perez, Santiago Mayo, Rodrigo Gómez, and Diorges Escobar Olmo. Of note, Michael Reid (Jamaica) performed a new skill on the pommel horse in an international competition, meaning his name will be etched in the FIG Code of Points forever. Though he finally got a skill named after him, a goal he has had for many years, his performance did not allow him to qualify for the World Championships. In an interview with SportsMax, he said, "It wasn't the overall result I wanted, but it provides indications of what I need to work on in training for the rest of the season. That said, I am extremely happy and proud of my new skill, it has always been my dream to have a skill in the code, but I think doing it for Jamaica makes it even more important," Full results from the Pan American Championships can be found here Article by: Kensley Behel

The World University Games were scheduled to take place in Chengdu, China during the summer of 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games, the event has been rescheduled twice and will now take place July 28 - August 8, 2023. On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Senior Selection Committee voted to name University of Michigan's, Xiao Yuan, as the head coach for the U.S. delegation. The official documents state, "Since Xiao has multiple athletes on the team and the competition is in his home country, the Committee felt that he should fill the positions of Head Coach and Team Leader." The vote was passed unanimously. Penn State coach, Randy Jepson will serve as Assistant Coach. Athletes for the U.S. delegation are: Landen Blixt (Michigan), Taylor Christopulos (Nebraska), Joshua Karnes (PSU), Fred Richard (Michigan), and Ian Skirkey (Illinois). Qualifications for Artistic Gymnastics at the World University Games begin on August 1, 2023. Fans can watch at FISU.TV. Article by: Kensley Behel

Please refresh every few minutes for the most recent updates which will appear at the top of the page. This page will be following Yul Moldauer (USA) Ends today with an 84.2 in the AA. He is in a really good position to take the AA title. He will just need to wait for Canada, Colombia, and Brazil to go. US PH: No one fell. Khoi was the absolute class of the field (14.3) Gregorio Anton ( VEN - HB) they just showed the end. full-in dismount with a small hop. Rotation 6 Yvenel Stephan (HAI - PB) kip to handstand, peach, peach to L sit, diam 1/2, Diam, stutz, ends up having to come off, Yul Moldauer (USA - FX) Stuck randi to open, front 2/1 to 1/1 stuck, unusual small hop on the double front 1/2 out, OOOH does the breakdance out of the flares, back 5/2 to front lay (stuck), STUCK triple full dismount. 14.5 I don't know how he does it. Wiskus (USA - FX) front double pike with a small hop, double double with a small hop, front 2/1 to front lay, side double full (Stuck), does well on the handstands, back 2.5 to front full, triple full with a small hop. This is actually a little down on D from last year - I feel like it will allow him to be a bit more consistent. 14.2 Christopulos (USA - FX) double double straight with a big hop OOB, STUCK double double tuck, nice russians into split to wide arm press (well done!), back 2.5 + layout, back 1.5 to front full, triple to end. Chest down a bit and a small hop. 13.533 Rotation 5 Curran Phillips (USA - HB) long wait for Shane's score. Liukin! Cassina, Kolman, Straddle tkatchev, quast, stalder, jump, full-in with a very small hop. Brett was jumping up and down when he caught the Cassina! 13.933 Wiskus (USA - HB) Cassina, Kovacs, Lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, giant 1/2, zou li min, tak 1/1 (late), tak 1/2 (late), stalder, quast, double-double with a small step. 13.533 Jorge VEGA Lopez (GUA - VT) HUGE Handspring double full! Wow! Moldauer (USA - HB) Endo, zou li min, tak 1/1, tak 1/2, Kolman, hop, quast, one-arm giant, STUCK full-in. That's honestly about the best routine he can do. Much better on the pirouetting elements. And I'm pretty happy the Rybalko is gone. 13.6 Rotation 4 Phillips (USA - PB) Started really well but had the weirdest fall on the Stutz from upper arms. The rest o the routine was good. It's a shame because when he hits it really is one of the best routines in the world. 13.533 Yul Moldauer (USA - PB) peach, peach 1/2, diam, Suarez, WOW Good on the Makuts, Healty, a little slower on the 2nd Makuts this time, Fokin, STUCK double front 1/2 out. 14.567 Shane Wiskus (USA - PB) Whippett, Healy, peach, giant, Suarez, Diam, front 1 1/4 to handstand, Bhavsar, small arm bend, Tippelt, double front with a small hop. 14.1 Jorge VEGA Lopez(COL- SR), very slow yami to L sit, small wobbles through the handstand,s swallow, kip to L sit, falls on the double tuck 1/2 out dismount. Pablo Pozo Decos (CUB - PB)peach 1/2, peach, Diam (really late) Stutz, front 1 1/4, Tippelt, Healy, double front dismount with a hop. 13.3 Rotation 3 Young (USA - VT) - They didn't show it but he was credited for the Yurchenko 1/2 on double full off and got a 14.267 Phillips (USA - VT) Shewfelt with a huge block. Lands a little short and needs to hop but has great form in the air. 14.433 Wiskus (USA - VT) WOAH! He's cleaned up his pre-flight. Lots of distance on the Kas 1.5. Small hop to the side. 14.5 Moldauer (USA - VT) Beautiful Kas 1.5. Just a little pre-flight deduction and a small hop on the landing. 14.433 Betancourt Quintana (VEN - PH), some form issues on the C sciccor, OOOh nice Wu into flared magyar and Sivado, He only did one russian for a dismount. I'm pretty sure he's going to need to repeat that. 11.333 Anton Yeguez (VEN - PH) C Scissor, lots of flexed feet throughout, starts to pike a lot through the FLOP sequence and ends up coming off the horse, remounts with some loops and Sohn, Magyar, Sivado, and just barely makes the dismount. 10.033 Trejo Basalo (VEN - PH) C Scissor to open, really struggling with the travels, remounts for the 3/4 magyar to the Sivado and has to push big time into the dismount. 11.4 Rotation 2 opens with a double tuck front full to layout (some tucked form issues), russians to split to forward roll transition, side double full pass with some knees and a small hop, back 1.5 to finish. Jorge VEGA Lopez (GUA - FX) opens with a side front Rudi, fhs to double front pike, full-in straight with a small hop, beautiful triple full side pass, he has beautiful form but struggles to control the landings sometimes but not on the dismount! 13.967 Shane Wiskus (USA - SR) back uprise to planche lower to maltese, maltese again, yami to joh to straddle sit, a little bend on each of the handstands, a -0.3 step on the landing. 13.667 Yul Moldauer (USA - SR) good maltese, back uprise to planche, roll (straight), azarian iron cross, yami to joh to cross, beautiful double double with a small hop. 13.733 Taylor Christopulos (USA - SR) , up to iron cross, kip to straddle planche (high), iron cross, kip to joh to yami to straddle sit, press to handstand (well held), the rings are swinging a bit on the second handstand,. much better on the third, a little short on the dismount. 12.833 Khoi Young (USA - SR) up to straddle planche (high) a little bobble on the handstand, arm bend on the second handstand, joh to yami to straddle sit, good on the press to handstand, just a small hop on the double double. 12.633 Rotation 1 Subdivision 1 (USA, VEN, GUA, HAI) Qualifications today will determine who moves on to the finals as well as determine the AA podium. This championship is the qualification for the 2023 World Championships. Article by: Kensley Behel

Belgium Gymnastics had never won a medal at the European Gymnastics Championships in men's artistic gymnastics. And following qualifications, it looked as though they might leave Antalya empty handed once more. Only Maxime Gentges managed to qualify to an event final, and he did so in the eighth and final place. With seemingly little chance at the podium, Gentges expressed his joy at making the pommel horse final in an Instagram Post. He wrote, "I can’t believe it. I have been so many times so close that I can’t believe it really happened. Before the last gymnast I was first reserve on High Bar and 8th on Pommel. It would have been so hard to finish 1st reserve on both apparatus but I made it." Little did he know that four days later, he would win Belgium's first European Gymnastics Medal in men's artistic gymnastics. The Final Rhys McCleneghan, reigning world pommel horse champion, began the final with a clean routine making major errors only on his Wu travel into triple russian. Second to go was Belgium's Maxine Gentges. He performed a less difficult routine than McCleneghan, but also with fewer errors. With routine that highlights his extension (and only slight hesitation into the Busnari), he went into second place. Now, he only had to wait. One by one each score came in below his. Some were because of low difficulty. Some were due to major errors. Then, it was time for Italy's Yumin Abbadini. The flair work on his routine is eye-catching; one might even assume it's one of the most difficult routines in the field. However, his relatively low difficulty score paired with skew and dismount errors meant that Gentges had just secured the first world medal for Belgium. Only one question remained: What color would that medal be? Finally it was Illia Kovtun's turn. Kovtun is no stranger to the pommel horse podium, having picked up multiple medals at major international events since 2020. However, Kovtun's performance was not enough this time, and the podium was set. Rhys McCleneghan (IRL) - 14.666 Maxime Gentges (BEL) - 14.566 Artur Davtyan (ARM) - 14.266 Prior to this medal, Gentges' best international finish on pommel horse was 4th place at the 2017 Varna World Challenge Cup. Watch his Silver-medal winning performance below! Article by: Kensley Behel

2021 World Pommel Horse Champion, Stephen Nedoroscik, has upgraded his pommel horse routine in his quest to make a third-straight World Championships team. In 2022, he utilized two different routines; one starting from a 6.4 difficulty score and the other from a 6.5. This year, following his Mikulak mount, Nedorosik has added a Busnari (F/0.6) to increase his difficulty by a massive 0.4-0.5. Should Nedoroscik be able to perform this routine successfully in competition, it will be the most difficult pommel horse routine seen in this Olympic cycle. His new routine can be seen here! Article by: Kensley Behel

Please refresh every few minutes for the most recent updates which will appear at the top of the page. Picture Credit of Adem Asil Instagram Results Adem Asil (TUR) - 84.965 Jake Jarman (GBR) - 83.463 Illia Kovtun (UKR) - 83.032 Full Result PDF This is the first time a Turkish man has won the All-Around at a European Championships! Ilia Kovtun (UKR - HB) jump to high bar, zou li min, huge yami, lay to straddle tpike tkatchev, giant 1/2, tak 1/1, tak 1/2, stalder, quast, stuck double double. I think that should bump Davtyan off the podium. Adem Asil (TUR - HB) He looks unbelievably relaxed. He just needs an 11.932. That should be doable. Yami, endo to zou li min, tak 1/2, lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, stalder, layout full-in with a step then a hop. HUGE scream from him. 13.433. No one can catch him. Jake Jarman (GBR - HB) tak 1/2, lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, tak, lots of front giants, endo, 1/2, stalder, full-in stuck! 13.266 Artur Davtyan (ARM-HB) Yami to 1/2, straddle tkatchev, 1/2, tak, lots of front giants, tak 1/2, stalder, double double tucked with a small hop. It's not a lot of difficulty which I think will hold him back from a medal. Joshua Nathan (GBR - FX) Lovely opening two passes, front lay into near stuck double front , a little piked on the twisting elements, Manna press, russians, back 3/2 to barani, triple full with a small hop. 13.8 Ahmet Onder (TUR - SR) back uprise to maltese to bounce cross, front lay to planche and big bend on the handstand, he's definitely tired. And takes a huge step back on the dismount. 12.1 Pascal Brendel (GER - HB) zou li min to open, tak 1/1, tak 1/2, lay tkatchev, quast, giant 1/2 to aymi to endo, stalder, stuck full-in. Really good day for him. 13.233 Elias Koski (FIN - FX) double front with a big step forward, back whip to double full, front lay to front 2/1, pike to handstand, stide pass as a back full, stuck Rudi, beautiful split to press handstand, lovely triple twist to finish. 13.4 It would be pretty big if Adem could keep the lead here. I'm pretty sure no Turkish man has won the European AA before. High bar isn't his best piece but he has almost a two point lead over Jake. Rotation 6 Adem Asil (TUR) Jake Jarman (GBR) Artur Davtyan (ARM) Noe Seifert (SUI) Illia Kovtun (UKR) Adem Asil (TUR - PB) front uprise to handstand, a bit slow and piked on the Makuts, Diam, straddle front 1 1/4 stutz, double front with a small hop. 14.3 Victor Martinez (BEL - PH) scissor cuts, some single pommel work, D Flop, Magyar, Sivado, and immediately up into dismount. Very simple and short. 13.033 Jake Jarman (GBR - PB) Whippett (pause), Healy, peach 1/2 (that was not good), Diam, Moy, 1/2, Bhavsar, 1/2, really seems to be rushing through. Tippelt, Stutz, double front 1/2 out. 13.866 Artur Davtyan (ARM - PB) Nice peach to giant, peach to L sit, straddle up to handstand, stutz, Diam, double pike with a small hop. 13.666 Ahmet Onder (TUR - PH) Li Ning, Sohn, D Flop, D Flop, totally lost the legs on the Wu, Roth, Triple russian, oh no. Off again. remounts with a pretty handstand. 11.233 Ilia Koftun (UKR - PB) peach 1/2, peach to one barinto the Healy, Stutz from upper arms, Whippett, 1/2,, Diam 1/2, a little pause on the Makuts, Stutz 1/4, sticks the double front. 15.433. Lorenzo Casali (ITA - HB) Yami to open, endo to grip change with a pause, Zou li min, tak 1/1, tak 1/2 (late), lay Tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, one arm giant, stalde,r double double with a big hop. 12.866 Pascal Brendel (GER - PB), Whippet, missed. a little bit but nice Bhavsar, Tippelt, double pike dismount. 13.666 Ilia Liubimov (ISR - PH) 11.8 Noe Seifert (SUI - FX) opens with a front 1/1 to double front but it's short. Nice pike double front. front 2/1 to tuck barani. nice side double full, the very common back 5/2 to front lay. Triple full with a step back. 13.666 Rotation 5 Adem Asil (TUR) Artur Davtyan (ARM Jake Jarman (GBR) Noe Seifert (SUI) Luka van den Keybus (BEL) Elias Koski (FIN - PB) Whippett, peach 1/2 with wild legs and walking, really working to regain momentum here. Oh man. This is wild. He's having trouble settling in. pretty double pike dismount with a big step. 12.533 Yumin Abbadini (ITA - PB) Whippett, straddle cut through, Diam, Diam 1/4, straddle pres to handstand 1/2, Stutz, Stutz 1/4 to 1 rail, pike up and immediately into the double pike with a big hop forward. 14.000 Florian Lagenegger (SUI - HB) Yami to open, endo to grip change, 1/2, stalder, piked in bar, stuck double double but it was messy. Not the most difficult routine but the on the bar work was quite clean. 12.933 Ahmet Onder (TUR - FX) front 1/1 to double front with a big step OOB, stuck double double, back 5/2 to front layout, lovely stuck side double full, a little messy on the triple full dismount. Jake Jarman (GBR - VT) Kas 2.5. 15.266 I did not think he would go for it! Wow! Leo Saladino (FRA - FX) Opens with a Rudi, front full to layout, pike hold is a little short, double double, nice side double full pass, back 3/2 to front tuck 1/1, beautiful triple full dismount. 13.866 Casimir Schmidt (NED - VT) sits the handspring double front which is a shame because he's down on difficulty from most of the top group. 13.1 Artur Davtyan (ARM - VT) Handspring Randi. 15.1 Luka van den Keybus (BEL - FX) utilized some beautiful front tumbling, nice transitions, into the pike hold. Does well to hold the wide-arm handstand, stuck his twisting pass, maybbeee a little short on the triple twist dismount. Noe Seifert (SUI - HB) tak 1/2 into Kovacs, piked Kovacs, German giant to stalde,r 1/2, tak, 1/2, quast, OOhhh triple back dismount with step. 13.933 Pascal Brendel (GER - VT) Handspring rudi 13.933 Ilia Kovtun (UKR - VT) sat the vault. 13.2 Victor Martines (BEL - FX) beautiful entrance on to the floor, double double to open (STUCK), double front pike, lovely russians to split to handstand ( a little wobble), Gets lots of empty step deduction. 13.666 Adem Asil (TUR -VT) Ri Se Gwang II (piked Dragulescu) A little off-line with a big step back but a HUGE vault. Rotation 4 Adem Asil (TUR) Noe Seifert (SUI) Luka Van den Keybus (BEL) Ahmet Onder (TUR) Florian Langenegger (SUI) Ahmet Onder (TUR - HB) Cassina, Kolman, straddle Tkatchev, giant 1/2, really late on the tak 1/1, stalder, quast, double double with a small hop. The crowd loved it. Krisztofer Meszaros (HUN - VT) Kas double. 14.1 Artur Davtyan (ARM - SR) back uprise maltese, back uprsie planche lower to maltese, back uprise into yami joh to handstand (little arms swing), double double tucked with a small step. Leo Saladino (FRA - HB) big split on the take 1/1, late on teh take 1/2, weird. really reallllyyyy far on the Kovacs. This is a wild routine. one-arm giant, stalde,r giant 1/2 take, giant 1/2, quite piked on the dismount but stuck it. So this is a really bizarre routine construction. Not all three tak skills will count so I'm not sure why they composed his routine this way. Luke van den Keybus (BEL - HB) Yami, endo 1/1, stalder rybalko (late),... nice quast, a step on the dismount. 13.433 Elias Koski (FIN - VT) Tsuk double. some leg form in the air with a step back. Pascal Brendal (GER - SR) Not a lot of difficulty here. but lovely stuck dismount. 12.866 Ilia Liubimov (ISR - HB) pretty Laoyout tkatchev, Wow and also on the straddle, Kovacs, giant 1/2, take, full spin in eagle, stalde,r stuck full-in. 13.433 Ilia Kovtun (UKR - SR) kip maltese, back uprise maltese, back uprise straddle planche, yami to joh , realllyyy has to push into the handstand and the rings are really swinging, STUCK double double that was stunning! 13.5 Victor Martinez (BEL - HB) take 1/2, straddle to piked Tkatchev, layout tkatchev, 1/2, take, full-in 13.00 Adem Asil (TUR - SR) Hes the reigning world champion so this should be good. The FIG actually had to address how to start still rings because of his routine. Usually his coach wouldn't lower him properly. Wow his body positions are superb. You can really see how much better he is in the handstands as well! It's going to be a HUGE score. 15.033 Florian Langenegger (SUI - PB) a little pause in the Makuts, Healy, big push on the peach, big height on the front 1 1/4, 1/2, lacks amplitude on the Moy, Pretty Diam to Stutz but takes a step. Double pike dismount. 13.566 Jake Jarman (GBR - SR) back uprise to planche, lowers into the cross, kip to joh to yami to straddle sit. STruggles a bit with the straddle up to handstand. He's not quite straight enough. Big double double dismount with a small hop. 13.133 Rotation 3 1. Leo Saladino (FRA) 2. Luka Van den Keybus (BEL) 3. Victor Martinez (BEL) 4. Jake Jarman (GBR) 5. Ilia Liukimov (ISR) Leo Salidino (FRA - PB) - Whippet, Healy, peach (short), giant, Moy, 1/2, Tippelt, Diam 1/4 to Diam (hesitation), STUCK double front 1/2 out. Lovely dismount. Casimir Schmidt (NED - PH) Li Ning (arch), E Flop, struggles in the handstands, remounts and doesn't do the handstand travels again, does a 1/2 sivado into Magyar Sivado combo and a beautiful dismount. 12.2 Diallo Thierno (ESP - PH) 13.2 Luka van den Keybus (BEL - PB) Whippett, 1/2, peach, Healy (pause before), Diam (hands walking, Peach 1 1/4 Stutz, double front 1/2 out with a small hop. 13.466 Pascal Brendel (GER - PH) Scissor to open, D Flop, E Flop, 1/2 Sivado into Tong Fei into russians, goes well into the Magyar/Sivado and flies up into the handstand. Really lovely and clean routine. 13.966 Gabriel Burtanete (ROU - VT) He meant to go for a Kas double but it looked like his hand slipped and only ended up with a 1/2 twist to his bottom. Botond Molnar (HUN - VT) nearly stuck the handspring double front. Took a last minute step on the landing but overall, it was a really well-controlled vault. 14.466 (5.2/9.266) Illia Kovtun (UKR - PH) Li Ning into scissors, works well on one pommel and into the triple russian in the middle. Nice travels with the Tong Fei into the Wu.. OH NO big push into the dismount with crazy legs. Noe Seifert (SUI - VT) DTY with a small hop back. Good direction. 14.033 Victor Martinez (BEL - PB) Healy to open, Diam, giant, peach, Moy, 1/2, Tippelt, Stutz into Diam, front uprise, double pike dismount with a big lunge forward. Lots of little hand movements throughout and piked form. Once he's able to clean that up a bit, it will be a really stellar routine. 13.233 Florian Langenegger (SUI - VT) Shewfelt vault but WOW he twist differently than most gymnasts. I thought he was going for a Yurchenko 1.5 based on how slow the first twist was. 14.4 Adem Asil (TUR - PH) Also a little bit short on the handstand, directly in to the Magyar to Sivado to Tong Fei to Wu and into the dismount. He definitely has constructed this routine to benefit him well. 13.166 (5.0/8.166) Jake Jarman (GBR - PH) Li Ning is a bit short of handstand, triple russian in between the pommels, some leg separation on the FLOP and the travels, flies well into the handstand. It's not his strongest piece but he definitely go through! 13.166 Ahmet Onder (TUR - PB) Whippet to open, really struggled with the Makuts, will be a major deduction, he's really struggling throughout with form and rhythm. good Healy and 1/2 pirrouette. Big double front 1/2 dismoutn with a small hop. 13.3 This is not his usual best as he is normally fantastic on this apparatus. Artur Davtyan (ARM - PH) Opens with a C Scissor into a Sohn, is piked quite a bit throughout the flops, nice Wu and back with the Roth into the triple russian dismount. The commentators just mentioned he's the oldest competitor in the field as well! 13.933 (a little lower than qualifications) Hmm. BBC is Showing Sofus for rotation 2, but I think he competed vault in rotation 1. Either way he sat it down. 13.1 Rotation 2 Gabriel Burtanete (ROU - SR) nice pike double front to end! 13.5 (5.1/8.4) Luka van den Keybus (BEL - VT) Oooh! A Shewfelt! There aren't enough Yurchenko entry vaults in men's. *Fun Fact* did you know that Yurchenko vaults are the only skill in the MAG Code Of Points that is named after a female gymnast? 14.3 Victor Martinez (BEL - VT) Kas 1.5 with a big step forward. He had huge height though. The camera absolutely did not catch all of his vault because of his block. 14.333 5.2/9.133 Oskar Kirmes (FIN - VT) Tsuk double but doesn't get enough height and really stumbles back. 12.533 (4.8/8.033/-0.3) Krisztofer Meszaros (HUN - PH) Also begins with the Li Ning, has a really beautiful form, and then just flopped/collapsed onto the pommel horse. Remounts with a beautiful Wu. Some pikes on the Spindle. Nice Magyar Sivado and easy into the dismount. 12.666 (5.7/6.966) Paschal Brendel (FX)of Germany is a newer face on the German team. He's qualified in 6th into this AA final. Big bounce back on the Randi, just a small hop on the second pass, -.3 off on the front double front. Good job sticking the side double twist. His russians are beautiful. V hold. back 3.2 to front straight (stuck), bounds to the side out of the triple full dismount. 13.5 (5.5/8.2) The BBC Coverage is having a time with these name displays. They just labeled Ahmet Onder as Luka van den Keybus of Belgium. Illia Kovtun (UKR - FX) big hop on the opening pass (front full to front double tuck), fh to front double pike with a step OOB, an impressive back 3.5 for a third pass. nearly stuck the fhs randi. Back 5/2 to front layout (really beautiful), nice flairs (up to handstand twice), triple twist with a small hop to dismount. 13.9 (6.1/7.9/-0.1). Leo Salandino (FRA - VT) Kas double. Knees are a bit loose in the air but the direction is very good. 14.633 (5.6/9.033) Thierno Diallo (ESP - PH) Opens with the Li Ning, loop to Sohn, good work on one pommel including a single russion, some form problems on the travelling elements including the Magyar/Sivado. Has to push a little bit up into the handstand and struggles to point his feet. 13.2 (5.6/8.566) Ahmet Onder (TUR - VT) Kas 1.5 Kind of struggled to get the last half twist around and needs to tuck his knees a bit. 14.1 (5.2/9.0) The stream labeled Ahmet Onder as Leo Salandino... odd. Adem Asil (TUR - FX) - Front full to front double pike - ooh almost sits with his foot sliding out in front. Front lay to front double tuck so he's used his max 2 connection bonus options in the first two passes. Double double with a small hop. Front dive roll as a transition, double arabian with a small hop immediate transition into maltese into russians into split press to handstand, full in to dismount. 13.933 (5.8/8.133) A couple tenths up on his qualification score. Nestor Abad (ESP - SR) It's a little questionable about how quick he starts. I would wait for the coach to step back as the FIG has recently clarified rules about this. Nice kip to maltese. Good body position but will incur deductions for the swinging rings. kip to planche, Yami to maltese, kip to handstand (a little bend), joh to handstand, good double double with a step back. 13.666 (5.3/8.366) Jake Jarman (GBR - FX) double double straight with a small hop back, triple double tucked with a small hop, back 5/2 to front lay to front double, small hop on the back triple full as a side pass. Just unreal, Russians. ha - just had to lunge sideways because he was facing slightly the wrong direction, front full to Randi with a pretty big hop, And again a big step on the back 7/2 dismount. Wow. Huge routine. Almost certainly will be the most difficult in this final. Once he cleans up the landing he will be really hard to beat on this event. 14.366 (6.7/7.766/ -0.1ND) Artur Davtyan (ARM - FX) 13.0 (4.6/8.4) Joshua Nathan (GBR - PH) start on pommel horse. It's a strong event for him. Opens with a Li Ning (scissor to handstand), loops into triple russian, D Flop, and strange - he fell on the transition, remounts and struggles on the FLOP again. A second fall. Very unusual for him. Some nice single pommel work. Goes easily into the Busnari but is going to take a major deduction for the form break. Flies up well into the dismount. 11.400. 5.9/5.5 Rotation 1 Illia Kovtun, Adem Asil, and Jake Jarman qualified as the top three into today's final. I expect these three to stay on the podium but would be unsurprised if the order changed. It's possible that Artur Davtyan could squeeze onto the podium, but with relatively weak difficulty in comparison, he will need some help from the top three. I'll be watching the BBC Stream today. Preview Article by: Kensley Behel

Stanford freshman, Asher Hong, performed the Ri Se Gwang vault for the first time in NCAA history. The Ri Se Gwang was named in 2009, following the successful competition of the vault by North Korean gymnast, Ri Se-gwang. It has since only been performed a handful of times in international competitions and is currently tied for the most difficult vault in the FIG Code of Points. The only other American to successfully perform the vault is Donnell Whittenburg. Article by: Kensley Behel

There are those that walk into Aspire Kids Sport’s Center every day who are learning basic gymnastics skills for the first time; and there are former junior national team members that compile the 57-man Arizona State University (ASU) gymnastics team. It’s ASU’s firm belief that gymnastics is for everyone. Scott Barclay, ASU's longtime coach, spoke with Kensley in an exclusive interview recounting the many gymnasts in his program that are not typically participants in high-level gymnastics programs. He referenced Jim Nelson, a gymnast who weighed over 210 pounds, and also Chris Smith, who was blind in one eye, both of whom were still able to have successful careers at ASU. In continuation of breaking typical norms, ASU has lost or won the National Championship in the same meet, not once, but twice (1986 and 2016). In 1986, ASU won the National Championships. In those days, there was a rule where a team could contest a score. ASU defeated Nebraska at the national championship on Nebraska’s home turf. Nebraska contested the first routine and successfully won that petition and then contested two more routines which were unsuccessful. Because of the latter petitions, Nebraska re-lost the meet leaving ASU as the sole national champions.The meet and petition process can be viewed here. Jerry Burrell, a former ASU gymnast and current founder of Acrodunk, remembers fondly the year that ASU won the 1986 championship. It was only his second trip to nationals because he formally started gymnastics his junior year of high school. The fact that Burrell had limited gymnastics experience was not a hindering factor in the future two-time national champion’s career. He called up the coaches at ASU and they had a motto that anyone who wanted to train could train. This openness allowed for Burrell to also tie for the floor exercise title in 1986. He said, “Great thing was, it didn’t’ matter how good you were, if you showed up everyday and weren’t a distraction, you were allowed to be there.” That mindset is one that Coach Barclay still employs today. It’s in giving everyone an opportunity that 57 men are now able to continue the joy of training gymnastics at the collegiate level. He has only three requirements for men to join his team: 1. Pay $150 dollars to help with uniform costs, have goals and commit to them, and be present to help the team fundraise. While he desires for ASU to once again have the chance to compete in the NCAA division, he doesn’t waste time counting his losses because he’s busy helping other universities like Kansas University and Western Illinois find an even more competitive platform to compete on in and effort to grow the sport and opportunities for the gymnasts in this country. While competing in the NCAA is the recognizable gold standard among college gymnastics, Coach Barclay also recognizes the benefit of being outside of the NCAA rules and regulations. Coaches can help kids if they are going through a rough spot or offer them a meal in ways that the NCAA prohibits. Coach Barclay says he’s in the business of “helping young men grow up.” The GymACT division is growing and so is men’s gymnastics – just not the way the main storylines want to tell you. The NCAA gymnastics programs may be struggling to sustain and grow, but Coach Barclay and his Sun Devils have a place for each gymnast with an open mind and a willingness to learn. In 2023, the Sun Devils reclaimed the national title besting the second-place team by nearly 15 points. Their reign and place in men's gymnastics will continue for many years to come. Article by: Kensley Behel

The International Federation of Gymnastics released the latest edition of the Code of Points ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympics. There have been several modifications from the previous Code used in the Tokyo Olympic cycle. The most prominent of these are the changes to vault groupings. In the previous Code of Points, the entry determined the Element Group. That is no longer the case. For a full list of the changes to the Code of points, check out this excellent article by Flipped Decisions. Article by: Kensley Behel