2025 Universiade Games (Essen, Germany) Jul 22-26

[KristyJ]

Yang Fanyuwei UB Final - 6.7D, 8.3E - 15.000


This arena was so dark it makes the Swiss Cup blush. It's like they're doing gymnastics in a power outage and all that's on are the emergency lights.

Very nice routine

I feel like that lighting is so dangerous though. Noone would choose to train in a gym that is so poorly lit, but then we throw athletes into arenas like that as though it's a pageant and not a highly complex sport?

 

[onodian]

With a better stalder full and cutting the kip/cast on the low bar, she would score probably 15.5ish since she not only would get back a few tenths on the stalder full, skip the leg separation deduction going into the kip, and get 0.1 bonus for connecting the stalder full to the van Leeuwen

That's all nice and dandy, but I'm sure I caught her having WRONG FACE at least once so I say -0.3

 

[MaryClare]

That's all nice and dandy, but I'm sure I caught her having WRONG FACE at least once so I say -0.3

I’ve missed you

 

[makam]

Very nice routine

I feel like that lighting is so dangerous though. Noone would choose to train in a gym that is so poorly lit, but then we throw athletes into arenas like that as though it's a pageant and not a highly complex sport?

The one thing FIG should do in its busybodiness is define what kind of lighting is allowable at events. It would be a better use of their power than saying what facial expressions are good and which are bad.

 

[onodian]

Kidding aside, now I saw the routine, it's refreshing that they're willing to give an 8.3 for a routine with clear, albeit not dramatic, mistakes. Makes me almost feel like I could (gasp!) point out most of the deductions without a deep dive within the hearts and minds of every single judge. So I expect this will all be corrected in full FIG fashion moving forward.

 

[tsarinajen]

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/italian-gymnast-lorenzo-bonicelli-stable-neurological-damage-neck-injury-fisu-games

A little more information on Bonicelli’s injury.
“Lorenzo has sustained the effects of a cervical sprain injury with subluxation of the fifth vertebra, which was promptly and successfully reduced during surgery. Unfortunately, neurological damage remains, the extent of which cannot yet be assessed.”

 

[cftmoonlight79]

This sounds terrible, I'm hoping it's not as bad as I fear. Anyone heard anything else?

 

[Passion]

Italian gymnast Lorenzo Bonicelli ‘talking again’ and eating ‘naturally’ as he recovers from serious neck injury​

By Benedetto Giardina

Lorenzo Bonicelli “can finally exchange a few words with those around him,” said Paolo Gilardoni, president of the Ghislanzoni Gal club in Lecco where the Italian gymnast trained.

Speaking to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Monday 11 August, Gilardoni described the first days of Bonicelli’s recovery back in Italy following the serious neck injury he suffered on 23 July at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region. “Lorenzo’s father, Simone, is very happy with the way the doctors have welcomed and cared for him. I speak to him every day for updates,” Gilardoni added.

The 23-year-old was injured during his dismount from the rings in the artistic gymnastics qualifications. He was transferred to Milan’s Niguarda Hospital on 7 August after undergoing surgery at the University Hospital in Essen, Germany, to treat a cervical sprain trauma with subluxation of the fifth vertebra. He also had a tracheotomy to help him breathe.

“They’ve now removed one of the tubes,” Gilardoni said. “Of course, his voice is still altered — it’s not ‘his’ yet — because he still has a smaller tube in place to assist his breathing.” Bonicelli has also started eating independently: “He’s begun the weaning process, feeding himself naturally again.”

According to the Italian Gymnastics Federation (FGI), Bonicelli has suffered no cognitive impairment, though there is a neurological injury whose extent cannot yet be determined.

He remained conscious during the transfer from Germany to Italy, accompanied by his family and girlfriend, former gymnast and now nurse Lisa Rigamonti, who thanked supporters in an Instagram post.

The Ghislanzoni Gal club has also launched a fundraising campaign to help support Bonicelli’s rehabilitation.

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/lorenzo-bonicelli-gymnastics-eating-talking-again-progress-recovery