Victory for Zonderland, Petrounias, Poliashov and Varinska in Melbourne

The 6^th – in the series of 8- individual World Cup qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games was held last weekend in the Australian city of Melbourne.

Olympic Champions Epke Zonderland (NED) and Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) earned valuable points as they both won their signature event, high bar and rings respectively. Zonderland now has the maximum score of 90 points for 3 victories and ties Hidetaka Miyachi (JPN). The highest average score will determine who gets the Olympic spot. For Petrounias, it was his first win so he needs to win both remaining events, in Baku and Doha, and make sure his average is higher than that of China’s Liu Yang. Russia’s Vladislav Poliashov upped his total to 90 points as well, getting a slight advantage over You Hao (CHN).

Jade Carey (USA) was the only gymnast to win two gold medals in Melbourne, earning the top score on vault and floor. Her Olympic spot seems secured now. Ukraine’s Diana Varinska won bars ahead of Georgia Godwin (AUS) and Daria Spiridonova. EYOF beam winner Ondine Achampong (GBR) made celebrated her senior debut with the silver medal ahead of Anastasia Bachynska (UKR). Italians Vanessa Ferrari and Lara Mori continue to battle on floor, finishing second and third at this competition.

The Chinese delegation couldn’t participate in Melbourne due to Australian government travel restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Results (top 3)

Men

Floor

1.       Sunghyun Ryu (KOR) 14.933

2.       Kirill Prokopev (RUS) 14.600

3.       Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.200

 

Pommel horse

1.       Stephen Nedoroscik (USA) 15.400

2.       Saeedreza Keikha (IRI) 15.033

3.       Kohei Kameyama (JPN) 14.833

 

Rings

1.       Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.066

2.       Mahdi Ahmad Kohani (IRI) 14.500

3.       Ali Zahran (EGY) 14.200

 

Vault

1.       Jeahwan Shin (KOR) 14.866

2.       Jorge Vega Lopez (GUA) 14.783

3.       Andrey Medvedev (ISR) 14.550

 

Parallel bars

1.       Vladislav Poliashov (RUS) 15.200

2.       Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.166

3.       Phuong Thanh Dinh (VIE) 14.933

 

High bar

1.       Epke Zonderland (NED) 14.900

2.       Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.500

3.       Mitchell Morgans (AUS) 14.233

 

Women

Vault

1.       Jade Carey (USA) 14.866

2.       Coline Devillard (FRA) 14.249

3.       Shoko Miyata (JPN) 14.149

 

Uneven bars

1.       Diana Varinska (UKR) 13.733

2.       Georgia Godwin (AUS) 13.633

3.       Daria Spiridonova (RUS) 13.533

 

Beam

1.       Urara Ashikawa (JPN) 13.300

2.       Ondine Achampong (GBR) 13.166

3.       Anastasia Bachynska (UKR) 12.933

 

Floor

1.       Jade Carey (USA)

2.       Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 13.700

3.       Lara Mori (ITA) 12.900

 

The World Cup series qualifying for the Olympics continues in Baku (AZE) from 12 to 15 March, followed by the last event in Doha (QAT) from 18 to 21 March.