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Nail-biting qualification round sees Dolgopyat and Petrounias in the lead
July 24, 2021News
The gymnastics competition at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics finally kicked off today! The men, divided over 3 subdivisions, fought for their chance to shine in the team, all-around and apparatus finals.
Two European Champions topped the ranking on their speciality: Greek star Eleftherios Petrounias on rings and Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat on floor, securing the lead early in the day and not letting go anymore:
I felt great today. I was very anxious at first and my whole body seized up but I did the best job I could and I’m happy with that. I try not to look at what’s happening around. What was important to me was to do the best job I could on floor and that’s what happened
The World Champion gymnasts of the Russian Olympic Committee finished third. Only 3 tenths separate the top 3 though. The team final on Monday promises to be an epic battle between host nation and top qualifier Japan, the excellent Chinese team and the Russian stars. European and World all-around Champion Nikita Nagornyy led the team, placing second all-around and qualifying to the floor, vault and high bar finals. We’ll see teammates Denis Abliazin again on rings and vault and David Belyavskiy on pommel horse and parallel bars. Special shoutout goes to Artur Dalaloyan who tore his achilles tendon just over 3 months ago and competed on all 6 apparatus today, showing off superhuman strength and dedication, even qualifying to the all-around final.
4 men lined up representing Turkey and they were on fire. Ferhat Arican and Ibrahim Colak made the final on their speciality, parallel bars and rings respectively. Ahmet Onder placed 8th all-around and on vault while Adem Asil will compete in the all-around rings and vault finals. More highlights today came from Irish trailblazer Rhys Mcclenaghan who scored 15.266 on pommel horse, British talent Joe Fraser with his 5th place all-around and a 15.400 on parallel bars, Samir Ait Said who wants to put his Rio injury behind him by taking his spot in the rings final, Ray Zapata excelling on floor, Lukas Dauser showing off a phenomenal p bars set, Artur Davtyan's magical vaulting and many others.
With all the glory moments sadly also come some heartbreak. Most notably for superstars Epke Zonderland (NED), the 2012 apparatus Olympic Champion, and Kohei Uchimura (JPN), 2012 and 2016 Olympic all-around Champion, who failed to make the high bar final. The Olympics are over for them. Zonderland even announced his retirement.
Qualified to the team final
1. Japan 262.251
2. China 262.061
3. Russian Olympic Committee 261.945
4. USA 256.761
5. Great Britain 256.594
6. Germany 249.929
7. Switzerland 249.193
8. Ukraine 247.492
Top 10 advancing to the all-around final
1. Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 88.531
2. Nikita Nagornyy (ROC) 87.897
3. Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 87.732
4. Sun Wei (CHN) 87.298
5. Joe Fraser (GBR) 86.298
6. Artur Dalaloyan (ROC) 85.957
7. Kitazono Takeru (JPN) 85.948
8. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 85.665
9. Brody Malone (USA) 85.298
10. Sam Mikulak (USA) 84.664
Qualified to the apparatus finals
Floor
1. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 15.200
2. Nikita Nagornyy (ROC) 15.066
3. Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) 15.066
4. Rayderley Zapata (ESP) 15.041
5. Kim Hansol (KOR) 14.900
6. Yul Moldauer (USA) 14.866
7. Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 14.866
8. Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.766
Pommel horse
1. Lee Chih Kai (TPE) 15.266
2. Rhys Mcclenaghan (IRL) 15.266
2. Kohei Kameyama (JPN) 15.266
4. Alec Yoder (USA) 15.200
5. Max Whitlock (GBR) 14.900
6. Sun Wei (CHN) 14.833
7. Kaya Katuma (JPN) 14.833
8. David Belyavskiy (ROC) 14.733
Rings
1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.333
2. Liu Yang (CHN) 15.300
3. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 15.066
4. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 14.933
5. Arthur Zanetti (BRA) 14.900
6. Adem Asil (TUR) 14.800
7. Denis Abliazin (ROC) 14.800
8. You Hao (CHN) 14.800
Vault
1. Shin Jeahwan (KOR) 14.866
2. Artur Davtyan (ARM) 14.866
3. Nikita Nagornyy (ROC) 14.783
4. Adem Asil (TUR) 14.766
5. Denis Abliazin (ROC) 14.733
6. Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.712
7. Caio Souza (BRA) 14.700
8. Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.466
Parallel bars
1. Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 16.166
2. Lukas Dauser (GER) 15.733
3. You Hao (CHN) 15.666
4. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.566
5. Sam Mikulak (USA) 15.433
6. Joe Fraser (GBR) 15.400
7. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 15.333
8. David Belyavskiy (RUS) 15.325
High bar
1. Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 15.033
2. Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.766
3. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.633
4. Brody Malone (USA) 14.533
5. Nikita Nagornyy (ROC) 14.466
6. Kitazono Takeru (JPN) 14.433
7. Tyson Bull (AUS) 14.433
8. Bart Deurloo (NED) 14.400
Find the full results on the FIG website: https://live.gymnastics.sport/schedule.php?idevent=15571
The Olympics continue tomorrow with the women’s qualification round.
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