07. October 2019  
Stuttgart, GER  
WCh

49th MEN's WORLDS of Artistic Gymnastics - Qualification

According to the qualification rounds of the women, now the men will also be in the significant Olympic qualification starting Sunday + Monday (6-7 October).
Since the last Worlds (2018, Doha) so far only the medal trio China, Russia, Japan for the Olympic Games 2020 is fixed:
The other 9 of the total eligible countries are now being rehearsed in Stuttgart. As with the women, this is also about 8 team final places, the entry of the 24 best all-around-fighters in the individual final and each of 8 finalists on the individual apparatus.
* Team Russia leads after day 1, but also after day 2, followed by China and Japan. Also Ukraine, Great Britain, Switzerland, USA and China Taipeh are qualified for the teamfinal on Wednesday ...
* Because the team of the Netherlands fell back to 19th place, Team Germany scored with only half a pointin fromt of Italy in the last moment the Olympic qualification on 12th place ...
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♦♦ 49th WCh Men, Artistic Gymnastics  (Qualificationen)

* MONDAY, October 07
* S C H E D U L E:
(- from 10 am local time on:   > LIVE-RESULTATE  (LONGINES)
                       (Subdivisions)  → STARTLIST Sub 5 - 8
10:00-13:00        Men's Sub 5 - (USA-JPN3-CAN-Mix14-Mix8-Mix23)
13:00-16:00        Men's Sub 6 - (CHN1-BEL-Mix5-FIN-Mix17-AUS)
 
* Short comment after Subdivision 5:
As expected, the young Japaneses (bronze medal 2018) pushed in the meantime behind Russia on 2nd place (258.026), followed by the USA squad (250.358), who had problems especially on the floorand even on the pommel horse did not convince. Thus, the Team Germany ranks at the moment still in 7th place.
* Short comment after Subdivision 6
That was not yet the appearance of the still-current Team World Champion CHINA, even though they are just ahead of JAPAN (+0.228) in 2nd place. Some weaknesses in the pommel horse - there only the 5th Rank - surprisingly fail two Chinese previous year's champion in the finals: the two-times pommel horse champion XIAO, Ruoteng and on parallel bars ZOU, Jingyuan, that is, at this time leads Lukas DAUSER still in the points standings !! Possibly the judges on p-bars has judged in ZOU a touch of the right holme with the thigh after a "Tippelt" as "fall on the apparatus" ...? How else is the 12th place of the otherwise dreamy title holder to explain ... ??!
The medal trio of the previous year Russia - China - Japan is almost 10 points (!) ahead of the "rest of the gym world" in front and should make the medals again among themselves;
Germany now on rank 8, but two more groups follow !.
>> Intermediate results after Sub 6

16:30-19:30     Men's Sub 7 - (UKR-KOR-Mix22-GBR-Mix18-Mix11)
19:30-22:30     Men's Sub 8 - (NED-Mix16-Mix3-ROU-Mix15-SUI)
* Short comment after the last Subdivision:
With a mini-difference of just half a point in front of Italy, the gymnastics team Germany on rank 12 still saved the longed-for Olympic qualification!
After the Swiss team impressively passed the 6th place - the same position as in the previous year at the World Championships in Doha - last year's eighth, the Dutchmen around Epke Zonderland, this time dropped back to 19th place only. Thus Team Germany came this time "with the horror and a black eye of it" and creates the desired whereabouts within the "Olympic Family".
Reason for temporary joy, yes - but: Urgent structural considerations are needed as far as the entire support system of the German Olympic Sports is concerned. Just a mere internal discussion on the topic of the competition in terms of competition is simply not enough!

* R E S U L T S :
* Teamfinal - (ranks 1. - 8.)
1. RUS - 259,928;    2. CHN - 258,354;     3. JPN - 258,026;     4. UKR - 253,528;
5. GBR - 252,409;    6. SUI - 251,400;       7. USA - 250,359;     8. TPE - 250,093;  

* Olympic qualification  (9. - 12.)
9. KOR - 249,651;   10. BRA - 247,236;   11.. ESP - 246,727;  12. GER - 246,508;
  >> Qualification, Men's Teams
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* FIG VIDEO SUMMARY - 2. Tag der Männerqualifikation


*Youtube (0366)

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* Individual qualifications:
Pablo BRÄGGER from Switzerland achieves an outstanding 9th place and is qualified for the all-around final, his compatriot Oliver HEGI underlines with 11th rank of the cleared list the team unity of the Swiss team. Germany's Andreas TOBA qualifies as the 12th of the adjusted qualifier list as the only German as well as for the all-around final
>> Men's All-around qualification

*Olympic individual qualification (FIG info) --:
On 12 and 13 October, the three highest placed eligible gymnasts in each apparatus final in Stuttgart will also book their Olympic tickets with a maximum of three gymnasts per country for all apparatus.
The specialists have another opportunity to qualify with the current Apparatus World Cup series that ends in March 2020. The four women's and six men's winners on each apparatus – a ranking decided by taking the best three results of each participant in the series – will be Tokyo-bound (on the condition that these gymnasts have not actively participated in the qualification of their respective teams).
There will be the possibility of gaining extra individual places for the competing countries via the 2020 All-around World Cup series – these will be available to the top three countries in this four-stage series running in March and April of that year.
The final qualifying opportunity will come at the continental championships in spring 2020 when there will be two individual places at stake for each of Africa, America, Europe and Asia and one place for Oceania.

* Apparatus qualifications:
> Floor exercise;          > Ppmmel horse;   > Still rings;
> Vault (2); > Vault (1)   > Parallel bars;      > High bar.
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* SUNDAY, October 06
♦ MEN's Qualification - DAY 1  * Subdivisions 1 - 4

Russian men romp to early lead at Stuttgart Worlds
* fig-report --: European champion Nikita Nagornyy and world champion Artur Dalaloyan led the Russian Federation to first place as men's qualification began Sunday at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Germany. Teams in Stuttgart consist of up to five gymnasts, with up to four competing each event in qualification and the top three scores counting toward the team total. At stake are spots in team, All-around and event finals, as well as coveted Olympic berths for team and individuals.
* Russians rule day one
With the top team totals on all six apparatus, the Russians easily held on to first place at the halfway point of the qualification at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Hall with a team total of 259.928, more than 9 points ahead of their closest challengers. Nagornyy hit six routines to post 87.333 to lead the All-around standings. He earned his best score, 14.900, on both Floor Exercise (where he tumbled a sky-high triple back) and on Vault (Dragulescu). Dalaloyan (86.531) trailed his teammate but earned the team's highest score, 15.133, on Vault with a stuck Blanik (piked handspring double front). Dalaloyan is the leader on Vault over Le Thanh Tung (VIE) and Nagornyy and is currently third on both Floor Exercise and Horizontal Bar.
Two-time Olympian Denis Abliazin, absent from the team in 2018, returned to the lineup in Stuttgart and contributed to Russia's top score on Still Rings, 14.600 (currently sixth).

* Chinese Taipei shock Stuttgart
Just 17th at the 2018 Worlds, the team from Chinese Taipei posted 250.093, second only to Russia on day one, putting them on the cusp of qualifying a full team to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo (JPN). 2016 Olympian Lee Chih Kai is third in the All-around (84.481) and he and Shiao Yu-Jan are second and third, respectively, in the Pommel Horse standings. Tang Chia-Hung, sitting in sixth All-around, leads Horizontal Bar qualification with 14.933.

* Germany falls to fifth
Teams from Brazil and Spain shared the spotlight with the host Germans in the fourth and final subdivision of the day. Germany was forced to count a fall on Parallel Bars, but Lukas Dauser thrilled the packed arena with his 15.033, currently the highest score on the event. With the audience cheering their every move, the Germans regained momentum until their final event, Vault, when several poor landings dropped them to fifth. Andreas Toba was the top individual, currently in fifth All-around.
Brazil also lost valuable points on Horizontal Bar in the first rotation with multiple falls, but Arthur Mariano saved the team total with a beautiful routine that included a Winkler (full-twisting layout Jaeger) and stuck layout double-double dismount for 14.600, second behind Tang. The team trailed Spain and Germany until Caio Souza's 14.633 on Parallel Bars in the final rotation pushed them into third, keeping their Tokyo hopes alive.

Spain, 11th in 2018, is also still in the hunt for Tokyo after finishing fourth with an inspired performance throughout the night. Nicolau Mir is currently fourth on Floor Exercise.

* FIG VIDEO Summary - Qualification DAY 1 ...:

* Youtube (00654)
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* R E S U L T S, TEAMS, DAY  1:
1. RUS - 259,928;  2. TPE - 250,093;  3. BRA - 247,236;  4. ESP - 246,727;
5. GER - 246,508;   6. ITA - 245,996;   7. FRA - 245,127;   8. TUR - 244,652;
   >> Intermediate Results after sub 4 of 8
        >> Intermediate results all-around

* SCHEDULE: Sunday, Oct. 06:   → STARTLIST Sub 1- 4
10:00-13:00        Men's Sub 1 - (ITA-TPE-KAZ-Mix21-Mix19-Mix2)
13:00-16:00        Men's Sub 2 - (NOR-Mix9-Mix7-HUN-Mix12-FRA)
16:30-19:30        Men's Sub 3 - (RUS2-BLR-Mix6-TUR-Mix4-Mix20)
19:30-22:30       Men's Sub 4 - (Mix1-Mix13-Mix10-ESP-GER-BRA)
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