♦ TEAM FINAL (Wedneday, Oct 09)--: * Among the top 8 nations that qualified for Wedneday's men's team final, this trio also stood out in the final: RUSSIA in front of CHINA and JAPAN, that was the order not only after the preliminary fight: For the first time the world champion after the political changes is RUSSIA, which since then has been runner-up four times and this time, after a straight-down in the last round by SUN, Wei the 12-times serial champion CHINA who, at the same time, took the newly created award of the "most difficult gymnastics team" seriously.

JAPAN's young team confirmed the bronze medal of the previous year and seems to be well on its way with his perspective cadres to be able to do serious gymnastics at home in Tokyo 2020 again.

♦ The USA and the UK confirm their ranks 4 and 5 from the previous year.
♦ The Swiss in the previous year 5th, now 6th, because the surprise team from Chinese Taipei has smuggled past, and after all, the "old warriors" from Ukraine have improved from last year's 9th place in the team final this time and were eighth.
♦ The German men sat in the audience today as they just slipped past the disaster of a failed Olympic qualification as 12th of qualifying ...
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Wednesday Oktober 09

♦ MEN's  TEAM FINAL

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Russians end 25 years of frustration

In Stuttgart, the Russian men finally achieved the world team title that had eluded them since 1994, when the first team from independent Russia took silver behind China.
Nikita Nagornyy, the top individual from qualification, led Russia across all six apparatus. From his triple back mount on Floor Exercise, stuck Dragulescu vault, nailed set on Parallel Bars and gold medal-clinching routine on Horizontal Bar, Nagornyy turned in the performance his team needed to top their Chinese rivals.
The Russians outscored their team total in qualification by 1.798 points. 2016 Olympian Ivan Stretovich returned from shoulder injury to set the team up on four events, while two-time Olympian Denis Abliazin contributed a strong score on Still Rings. Even a small break by two-time Olympian David Belyavskiy on Pommel Horse (14.000) and major error from defending world All-around champion Artur Dalaloyan on Parallel Bars did not dampen the team's momentum. The team had the top totals on Floor Exercise, Still Rings, Vault, and Horizontal Bar on Wednesday.
A year ago in Doha (QAT), Nagornyy's final routine on Horizontal Bar left the team just 0.049 behind the Chinese. This time, his nailed routine was enough to win comfortably, 261.726-260.729.

Chinese settle for silver

For the Chinese, the 12-time men’s team world champion, losing the title on the last event could only result in disappointment. The Chinese team brought the same squad to Stuttgart that edged Russia last year. China grabbed an early lead after the second rotation thanks to their spectacular team performance on Pommel Horse, with an average score above 14.500. The team led Russia by more than a point headed into the final rotation following Zou Jingyuan's brilliance on Parallel Bars, which earned the only score above 16.000 seen so far in Stuttgart, 16.383.
But the team title was suddenly in doubt in the last rotation, after Sun Wei, the first Chinese gymnast in the Horizontal Bar lineup, missed his layout Tkatchev release move for 12.766, opening the door for the Russians. Deng Shudi's 13.841 and Lin Chaopan's 14.500 was not enough to surpass Russia. 2017 world All-around champion Xiao Ruoteng, who competed four events in the team final, refused to blame Sun for the loss. Xiao, the runner-up in the All-around last year to Dalaloyan, said his team will regroup and go for gold in Tokyo,
The Chinese men, along with the gold medal-winning U.S. women, were honoured with the inaugural "Fujitsu Infinity Award", for showing the most team spirit and inspiring Gymnastics.

Japan retains bronze

Hosts of the next big global matchup in Tokyo in 2020, the Japanese men were happy to win bronze again with 258.159.
Kazuma Kaya led Japan to the second-best totals on Pommel Horse and Still Rings. Yuya Kamoto earned the highest score of the day on the latter, 14.766. Kamoto struggled to hit his handstands on Parallel Bars, but Daiki Hashimoto's fall on Floor Exercise was Japan's only missed routine of the day.
Kakeru Tanigawa, whose mistake-filled outing in qualification left him out of the All-around finals, hit three events for the team, including a 14.533 on Pommel Horse. His elder brother, Wataru, contributed on two events. Japan, competing for the first time since 2007 without two-time Olympic and five-time world champion Kohei Uchimura, hopes to close the gap next summer in Tokyo.

US, Great Britain trail medallists

Following four falls in qualification, two-time Olympian Sam Mikulak bounced back to hit six routines for the fourth-placed U.S. team. Mikulak posted a 14.666 on Floor Exercise and 15.200 on Parallel Bars, events where the U.S. had the third-best team total. Weak routines on Pommel Horse (sixth) and Still Rings and Vault (fifth) dropped the U.S. out of medal contention, more than 3 points behind Japan.
Great Britain suffered multiple falls from Joe Fraser on Horizontal Bar, Giarnni Regini-Moran on Floor Exercise, and Olympic champion Max Whitlock on Pommel Horse to place fifth. Chinese Taipei, in its first world team final, finished sixth, and Tang Chia-Hung earned the best score of the day on Horizontal Bar (14.916). Switzerland, seventh, benefited from raucous crowd support, while Ukraine finished eighth.

* ROTATION 1:
1. RUS- 43,833;    2. JPN - 43,399;  3. CHN - 43,333;   4. USA - 42,700;
5. GBR - 41,999;   6. TPE - 41,165;  7. SUI - 40,699;   8. UKR - 39,633.
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* ROTATION 2
1. CHN - 87,166;  2. JPN - 86,831;  3. USA - 86,266;  4. GBR - 85,898
5. RUS- 85,665;   6. SUI - 82,365;   7. TPE - 81,431   8. UKR - 80,898
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*ROTATION 3
1. JPN - 130,705;   2. CHN - 130,482;   3. RUS - 129,397;  4. GBR - 128,864
5. USA - 128,481;   6. SUI - 124,598;    7. UKR - 123,197;  8. TPE - 122,546
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* ROTATION 4:
1. CHN - 174,481;   2. JPN - 174,037;    3. RUS - 173,829;  4. USA - 171,813;
5. GBR - 168,512;   6. UKR - 165,429;    7.SUI - 164,531;  8. TPE - 163,978.
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* ROTATION 5:
.1. CHN - 219,622;   2. RUS - 218,228;   3. JPN - 216,194;   4. USA - 212,612;
5. GBR - 201,378;   6. SUI - 207,197;  7. TPE - 206,878;   8. UKR - 205,328.
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* ROTATION 6:
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For the first time in history and in continuation of the former Soviet traditions (- between 1954 and 1991 8x world champions -)
RUSSIAN MEN's TEAM became world champion for the very first time, since the last gold of the USSR from the year 1991!
CHINA - the 12-time champion, 7-times in the new millennium - brings this time the silver medal!
JAPAN defended the bronze medal from 2018 (Doha) with a young future team!

* FINAL STANDING

  RUSSIA               - 261,726
  CHINA                 - 260,729
JAPAN                   - 258,159
      4. U S A                 - 254,578
      5. GREAT BRITAIN  - 251,611
      6. CHINESE TAIPEI - 248,243
      7. SWITZERLAND   - 247,038
      8. UKRAINE            - 246,593
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