Russia's Artur Dalaloyan (87.598) won a tie-breaker over China's Xiao Ruoteng (87.598) to earn his country's first World Championships AA gold medal since 1999. His fellow countryman Nikita Nagornyy (86.331) took the bronze. The exciting contest ended exactly like every all-around competition should... On the final event (HB). The top-5 finishers had legitimate designs on the top prize heading into the last rotation. The tie-breaker was determined by throwing out the lowest score for each gymnast. The Russians' two AA medals undoubtedly took the [...more]
China (256.634) won a nail-biter over Russia (256.585) to earn their first World team title since 2014. The Russians, a developing team powerhouse, led for most of the competition, but got edged out on the last routine. Nikita Nagornyy was unable to take advantage of China's Xiao Ruoteng's miscue on HB to win the title, just missing out by less than half a tenth. China's powerful PB lineup, led by Zou Jingyuan (16.20), proved to be the difference, as they bested the rest of the field by almost [...more]
Team USA cruised to a 4th-place finish at the 2018 Doha World Gymnastics Championships. Led by all-arounders Sam Mikulak and Yul Moldauer, the American team had no problem making the finals field of eight, despite a disastrous PH rotation. Mikulak was the only U.S. gymnast not to fall, and that feat earned him a spot in the PH finals. Competing with poise and confidence, Mikulak posted the third highest AA score (86.598) and also qualified to the event finals on FX,PH,PB and HB. He became the first American gymnast since Kurt Thomas [...more]
DOHA, QA -- It’s been a long day in Doha, Qatar at the 48th FIG Artistic World Championships. I spent hours upon hours watching MAG qualifications. I love qualifications, because in the beginning at least, everyone has hope.
This day has been a blur of Russian triple backs, David Belyavskiy getting 2 per countried out of the AA final, Epke Zonderland high bar, a bunch of people falling off the PH, Oliver Hegi bouncing off the high bar with his jaw (he’s OK), Oleg Verniaiev parallel bars, Dragulescu not [...more]
