Illia Kovtun often competes better in the finals than in the qualification. Today was no exception and he gained over 0.6 compared to his qualification score which was enough to finish 7th. Kovtun placed 15th in the...
Tag - all-around final
Finland’s Maisa Kuusikko became the first Finnish gymnast to compete in the all-around final. Not only that, but she finished in the 13th place after qualifying to the final in 29th. For the 17-year-old Kuusikko this was...
In 2017, Ellie Black won all-around silver at the home World Championships in Montreal. This year, she did not quite have difficulty and preparation to be a medal favorite in the final, so her main goal was to enjoy the...
Belgian Maellyse Brassart finished 30th in the qualification of the World Championships and initially did not make the all-around final. As the first reserve, she made the final when Flavia Saraiva (BRA) withdrew to protect her...
In 2017, Rebeca Andrade came to the World Championships in Montreal as one of the favorites for the all-around gold. Her second (out of three) ACL injury led to her withdrawing from the competition. Five years later she has...
Artur Dalaloyan is enjoying his newfound fame in Russia after not only winning the first MAG AA gold for Russia since 1999 but also adding a whole stack of medals to that gold. He gave this interview to R-Sport the next day after...
Angelina Melnikova won the 2018 Russian Championships, placing first on both days of competition and leading by more than three points ahead of Angelina Simakova. Melnikova did not have a single fall at this competition and...
Angelina Melnikova won the all-around today by a landslide but she of course was asked about her thoughts on the comebacks of Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova who were already getting into the medal fight without even reaching...
Viktoria Komova has finished in the all-around at the Russian Championships in third place after two Angelinas – Melnikova and Simakova. She told TASS that she knew she couldn’t fight for the first place as her...
Aliya Mustafina finished third on the first day of competition in Kazan but had a slightly worse day in the all-around final – she did a 1.5 Yurchenko instead of a DTY and fell and then didn’t get her acro series...