Zeinolla Idrissov

The penultimate competition in this year’s apparatus world cup series takes place this weekend in Cairo, where a number of leaders in the rankings thus far are expected to compete.

In the WAG field, Kaylia Nemour – who currently leads beam and is in second place on bars – will be a highlight here. Without the top Russians in play, she should easily take over the top bars spot, while Teja Belak will be looking to bump into the lead on vault.

The current MAG leaders expected to compete here include Yahor Sharamkou of Belarus on floor, Zeinolla Idrissov of Kazakhstan on pommel horse, and Angel Barajas of Colombia on parallel bars and high bar. On vault, Sebastian Sponevik of Norway is currently in second place 15 points behind Nazar Chepurnyi, but with Chepurnyi – who won gold in Cottbus and Baku – missing the last two competitions, Sponevik could have a shot at taking over. On rings, meanwhile, we should see Artur Avetisyan of Armenia and Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece improving their rankings (which are currently fifth and seventh, respectively) to fit into the top three, but neither has enough points at the moment to surpass current leader Nikita Simonov of Azerbaijan, who will not be in Cairo.

The competition will begin with qualifications on April 3 and 4, and you can watch finals live on World Gymnastics TV on April 5 and 6. I don’t have a link for live scores yet, but the Egyptian federation is generally quick to post result PDFs on Facebook and Instagram. I’ll update when I know more!

A full list of athletes expected to compete is below.

Article by Lauren Hopkins