Event (FIG) Fig World Challenge Cup in Paris

[Sasha]

Martin with a dicey landing on her Chuso, but she seems okay. Trouble on the wolf. I do like that she integrates dance into her leap passage, it's much less awkward than the usual. 13.166.

 

[MaryClare]

It's been two years and Jess G's Ezhova is still bloody awful. But I suspect she'll medal here anyway.

They need to put a straddled Yezhova into the code, so that there’s something to downgrade it to. It’s absolutely hideous.

 

[Sasha]

Vaelen 13.33, very balanced final so far, lol. Shoshani with an engaging performance but slips and falls on her last pass.

 

[Sasha]

I missed van Eijken but she's sitting in 3rd. Evans is next.

 

[Sasha]

Evans with a fumble on her third pass, tucked the layout and nearly sat it down. But she kept her butt off the floor. 12.8, no medal.

 

[Sasha]

Voinea through with no major issues, should take it easily I'd think.

Edit: 13.8, into first.

 

[Sasha]

Clean routine from Melnikova. I don't imagine it will be close to Voinea but I really appreciate how detail-oriented she is in her dance. You can see the work she puts into it (not in a bad way though). 13.4 for second.

Floor:

1. Voinea
2. Melnikova
3. Tanskanen

 

[Gymfan93]

Voinea's FX is growing on me.

 

[Sasha]

Her first pass is a gem: skills she can do, put into a difficult combination. Maybe she could apply that approach on beam...

 

[RichardL]

How she gets the power she does from those awful back handsprings is beyond me, but I do still love the first pass despite the technique in the double layout.

 

[RedBirdie]

It's been two years and Jess G's Ezhova is still bloody awful. But I suspect she'll medal here anyway.

I have no idea how it still looks so bad. You'd think bars would have been the one event we saw improvement on. And yet that Ezhova almost looks worse than it did in 2023.

 

[Passion]

Women's Vault Final
1. Abigail Martin GBR - 14.016
2. Karina Shoenmaier GER - 14.000
3. Karla Navas PAN - 13.883
4. Valentina Georgieva BUL - 13.816
5. Angelina Melnikova AIN - 13.533
6. Laia Font ESP - 13.466
7. Lucia Gonzalez ARG - 13.399
8. Lisa Vaelen BEL - 13.366

Women's Uneven Bars Final
1. Kaylia Nemour ALG - 15.033
2. Celia Serber FRA - 13.433
3. Lorette Charpy FRA - 13.433
4. Caitlin Rooskrantz RSA - 13.233
5. Jessica Gadirova GBR - 13.200
6. Alba Petisco ESP - 13.066
7. Laura Casabuena ESP - 12.966
8. Nathalie Westlund SWE - 11.133

Women's Balance Beam Final
1. Angelina Melnikova AIN - 13.500
2. Lena Bickel SUI - 13.466
3. Morgane Osyssek-Reimer FRA - 12.800
4. Emma Slevin IRL - 12.700
5. Lorette Charpy FRA - 12.400
6. Salina Bousmayo MAR - 12.200
7. Halle Hilton IRL - 11.966
8. Laura Casabuena ESP - 11.533

Women's Floor Exercise Final
1. Sabrina Voinea ROU - 13.800
2. Angelina Melnikova AIN - 13.400
3. Kaia Tanskanen FIN - 13.366
4. Lisa Vaelen BEL - 13.333
5. Ming Van Eijken FRA - 13.233
6. Abigail Martin GBR - 13.166
7. Ruby Evans GBR - 12.800
8. Yali Shoshani ISR - 12.233

 

[Passion]

Men's Floor Exercise Final
1. Artem Dolgopyat ISR - 14.466
2. Yahor Sharamkou AIN/BLR - 14.200
3. Nicolas Diez FRA - 14.133
4. Luca Giubellini SUI - 13.666
5. Botond Molnar HUN - 13.600
6. Cameron Lynn GBR - 13.366
7. Sebastian Sponevik NOR - 13.300
8. Emil Soravuo FIN - 11.933

Men's Pommel Horse Final
1. Nariman Kurbanov KAZ - 15.066
2. Hamlet Manukyan ARM - 14.800
3. Gabriele Targhetta ITA - 14.733
4. Zeinolla Idrissov KAZ - 14.633
5. Alexander Yolshin-Cash GBR - 14.433
6. Kilan Van Der Aa BEL - 14.400
7. James Hickey IRL - 14.066
8. Mateo Zugec CRO - 13.233

Men's Still Rings Final
1. Glen Cuyle BEL - 14.466
2. Kaneta Kiichi JPN - 14.400
3. Joe Fraser GBR - 14.200
4. Nikita Simonov AZE - 13.833
5. Nicola Cuyle BEL - 13.766
6. Daniel Villafane ARG - 13.733
7. Robert Kirmes FIN - 13.466
8. Lin Guan-Yi TPE - 13.066

Men's Vault Final
1. Thomas Grasso ITA - 14.016
2. Tseng Wei-Sheng TPE - 13.916
3. Sebastian Sponevik NOR - 13.883
4. Sergio David Kovacs ESP - 13.749
5. Luca Giubellini SUI - 13.566
6. Josue Armijo CHI - 13.549
7. Joona Reiman FIN - 13.266
8. Endo Mikito JPN - 12.949

Men's Parallel Bars Final
1. Joe Fraser GBR - 14.533
2. Angel Barajas COL - 14.333
3. Florian Langenegger SUI - 13.900
4. Samuel Zakutney CAN - 13.600
5. Kevin Carvalho FRA - 13.533
6. Hung Yuan-Hsi TPE - 13.266
7. Anthony Mansard FRA - 13.166
8. Yan Zabala COL - 12.033

Men's High Bar Final
1. Carlo Macchini ITA - 14.433
2. Kevin Carvalho FRA - 14.366
3. Tang Chia-Hung TPE - 14.366
4. Anthony Mansard FRA - 14.233
5. Angel Barajas COL - 14.200
6. Unai Baigorri ESP - 13.433
7. Joe Fraser GBR - 13.433
8. Noe Seifert SUI - 13.266

 

[Aeris]

They need to put a straddled Yezhova into the code, so that there’s something to downgrade it to. It’s absolutely hideous.

The deductions should be punishing it enough if they're being taken - .3 leg sep, .1 amplitude, .1 body not fully turned when grasping the bar.

Straddled Ezhova would deserve to be a D skill in its own right if someone did it, because that means they are maintaining the straddle position throughout the turn and regrasp of the bar. Not easy.

 

[makam]

I think my question got lost, but could someone submit an "L" leap/jump so that you don't get penalized for shitty switch halfs? "I totes meant for it to look like that!" Even if it was down a letter or two, the fewer deductions should compensate.

 

[Aeris]

Do you mean on beam? And by L leap you mean with a half turn? It's possible, but there are cat 1/2 and tuck 1/2 to milk already if people want some B skills with easily achievable shapes. Cat leap full is also a C and not too demanding. Personally I would try for a cheesy side stand series of 3 B's (all become C and get .3 cv total).

 

[KathySantoni]

So nice to see the French women place. Also all the Italian men, has there been any updates in the going man that got injured doing the triple back off Rings?

 

[MaryClare]

So nice to see the French women place. Also all the Italian men, has there been any updates in the going man that got injured doing the triple back off Rings?

Lorenzo Bonicelli. As of a couple of weeks ago, he was out of intensive care and had been transferred to a spinal unit to begin his recovery

 

[MaryClare]

Polish gymnast Natalia Pudelko is coached in the US by Natalia Yurchenko, who was in Paris with her

 

[RedBirdie]

Pudelko competed at level 10 national (junior E) this year. She's also tried to qualify elite in the US, but never came close. She's high school class of 2027, so in the same cohort that's currently being recruited for NCAA.