In 2011, Harutyun Merdinyan was the first gymnast to win a European Championships medal for independent Armenia – a bronze on pommel horse. This medal was followed by five more, including two golds. The last he won at this...
Tag - Worlds 2022
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...
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...
After the qualification, Ellie Black said her big hope was to make the team final because it would get the Canadian team a chance to get more experience in preparation for 2023 when they would try to qualify for the Paris...
The Ukrainian men’s team competed in the qualifications at the World Championships yesterday. The team which put up three inexperienced gymnasts in addition to Illia Kovtun and Igor Radivilov was not expected to make the...
Igor Radivilov competed on rings and vault for the Ukrainian team in the qualifications at the World Championships today. On rings, he scored 13.866 which placed him well out of the final, but he is very likely to make the vault...
Artem Dolgopyat comes to these World Championships as the reigning Olympic and European floor champion, however, the Worlds gold has eluded him so far and his two medals from Worlds are both silver. His main goal this season...