It’s the final day of finals. Then things are final. Once again, it will be men’s vault and then beam, then a break for ceremonies, then the final three finals.

On MAG vault, Jake Jarman and Artur Davtyan come in with the top qualifying score of 14.633, just ahead of Nazar Chepurnyi. On beam, Zhang Qingying and Qiu Qiyuan qualified 1-2, followed by Saraiva.

Tim is looking forward to vault and high bar. And none for parallel bars, bye.

MAG Vault

Sponevik – Norway – VT 1 – Opens with a Dragulescu, hop back and then a small extra step – some knee separation, some feet and direction, hit. 14.333

Sponevik – Norway – VT 2 – handspring randi, very strong in the air, good twisting shape and direction, medium bounce back. 14.400

14.366 average.

Dukhno – VT 1 – Kas 2/1 is hit, good height, lunge back, slight knee position softness. 14.400

Dukhno – VT 2 – TTY is hit, a little less control than the Kas, larger lunge back, clean position in the air, very small shin separation, slight under rotated on landing. 14.300

14.350 average is just behind Sponevik.

Hepworth – GB – VT 1 – hits the piked Dragulescu (RSG2), great amplitude, tucks around the 1/2 twist, large lunge back and slide. They do not give the piked shape and go only 5.2 D for a 14.200

Tim and John are outraged, outraged I tell you, about the downgrade. Nobody tell them about what’s been happening on beam.

Hepworth – GB – VT 2 – really struggles with his handspring front triple, gets it around to his feet, but a deep knee landing and a large lunge forward and then another stumble step. 13.933

Average 14.066 and into third.

Jarman – GB – VT 1 – Kas 2.5 is hit well, comfortably completed, bounce out with a lunge. Big 14.900

Jarman – GB – VT 2 – does a strong Dragulescu as well, around clearly, hop to the side. 14.400

14.650 average is into first.

Davtyan – Armenia – VT 1 – Sticks his Dragulescu, everybody else get out, great landing – little bit of cowboy to take, little bit of chest position, very little else. 14.900

Davtyan – Armenia – VT 2 – handspring randi, magical. Stuck, chest up, better E than the stuck Dragulescu. 14.900

14.850 is now in first place.

Yulo – Philippines – VT 1 – piked Dragulescu lands super super short, lunge forward, hand down, out of the area – felt like he went so hard to maintain the actual pike position that he couldn’t do the vault. 13.333

Yulo – Philippines – VT 2 – lovely handspring randi, great twisting form, medium bounce back. 14.433

13.883 average.

Chepurnyi – Ukraine – VT 1 – Dragulescu, medium step back, good high completion, some knees and direction. 14.300

Chepurnyi – Ukraine – VT 2 – Kas 2/1, similarly well completed in the air but a lunge to the side and an arm wave, but great twisting position in the air. 14.400

14.350 average ties Dukhno in 4th place, everything is the same.

Kawakami – Japan – VT 1 – Yurchenko double pike is a problem, bounces back and can’t keep the bounce to his feet, sits it down. 13.200

Kawakami – Japan – VT 2 – tries the TTY, not quite around with a deeper landing and lunge to the side – 13.466

13.333 average.

FINAL
1) Davtyan – 14.850
2) Jarman – 14.650
3. Sponevik (!) – 14.366

Beam Final

Nemour – Algeria – loso mount to loso loso, right on – bhs bhs layout 2 feet, secure, connects to split jump – side aerial, no trouble – switch, pauses before switch 1/2, adds a straddle to have a dance combo – aerial to straddle to korbut, good – wolf double, hit – double pike, deep but hit, little hop

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