2023 Worlds - Event Finals Day Two

Great Britain's Jessica Gadirova has withdrawn from her remaining finals, meaning that she will be replaced in the Balance Beam final by Netherlands gymnast Sanne Wevers and by compatriot Alice Kinsella on the Floor Exercise. We start with the Men's Vault final: Khoi Young - such a personality. Love the American men's tops. SOLID Handspring front 2.5 twists! Excellent roundoff half on front layout double twist. Paul Juda - Yurchenko double pike, slightly bent in the landing and stepped out to the side; big hop forward on the Kasamatsu 1.5. Kevin Penev - great flight and small jump forward on the Kasamatsu 1.5; Shewfelt - well-performed hop on the landing out of bounds. Jake Jarman -  massive and well-executed first vault - the Yonekura; Loved the reaction of the first three gymnasts watching Jake vault; Dragulescu vault, just a massive step back. Harry Hepworth - beautifully performed Dragulescu just a hop sideways out of bounds; handspring front 2.5 twists and jars the landing. Artur Davtyan - oooppphh did not get the correct angle on the vault and piked and compressed landing to almost under the vaulting table; the crowd is spurring Davtyan on; SENSATIONAL Handspring front 2.5!! Igor Radivilov - Dragulescu - well performed with a small hop on landing; massive step on the landing of the second vault Tsukahara entry with two rotations in the pike position. Nazar Cherpunyi - Solidly performed Dragulescu; Double twisting Kasamatsu - slightly low in the landing and step out of bounds. Great Britain's Jake Jarman wins the Vault title over American Khoi Young with Ukraine's Nazar Chepurnyi winning bronze. 

Women's Balance Beam: Red, white, and black leotard with diamantes for Urara Ashikawa; purple and black leotard with diamantes for Simone Biles and Shilese Jones, unitard with black red, and tan for Pauline Schaefer-Betz and purple and gold leotard with diamantes for ZHANG Qingying. Ashikawa - roundoff back handspring mount, side aerial to back layout, switch leap to ring jump, side somi, slight bobble on the turn, lovely triple twist dismount. Schaefer-Betz - Slight bobble on the mount and misses a connection, back handspring layout, fall onto the beam, lovely turn combination, Schaefer, side aerial, layout Gainer somersault dismount. ZHANG Qingying - Switch leap to switch half to Korbut flip, roundoff layout, sits down on the beam on her leap, Yurchenko, lovely jump sequence, double pike dismount. Taking a bit of time to work out her score. Simone Biles - Looks so calm waiting for the score of ZHANG Qingying, solid mount, triple wolf turn, back handspring layout-layout, solid dismount!!!! Yellow leotard with white color and silver diamantes for Rebeca Andrade, black and orange leotard with diamante for Sanne Wevers and lovely green patterned with white and yellow leotard for ZHOU Yaqin. ZHOU Yaqin - candle mount, front handspring to front tuck to jumps, ring jump, side somi, tuck jump to full turn, step on triple twist dismount. Sanne Wevers - such beauty and artistry on the beam. Inquiry on ZHOU Yaqin's difficulty score - no change on the score. Shilese Jones - switch leap to switch leap with half turn, standing Arabian, back handspring back handspring to layout on two feet slight bobble, crashes her double pike dismount. Sanne Wevers has also appealed against her difficulty score - which remains unchanged. Rebeca Andrade - switch leap to mount, slight bobble on jumps, solid acro series, stuck double pike dismount. U.S.A.'s Simone Biles wins the Balance Beam title over China's ZHOU Yaqin and Brazilian Rebeca Andrade. 

Men's Parallel Bars: Kazuma Kaya - solid routine to begin this final. Illia Kovtun - overbalance on handstand, another small overbalance, stuck dismount. SHI Cong - another great routine! Yul Moldauer - started beautifully and had a fumble in the middle of the routine, but recovered strongly with low and just a step on the dismount. Asher Hong - what a lovely routine, was low in the landing of his dismount but was solid. Matteo Levantesi - having some form issues with his handstands and overbalances, Bhavsar, double pike somersault dismount with a massive step forward. Lucas Dauser - SENSATIONAL!!!!! Kaito Sugimoto - another fabulous routine. Who will take the title? Germany's Lucas Dauser wins the Parallel Bars title over China's SHI Cong with Japan's Kaito Sugimoto taking the bronze medal. 

Women's Floor Exercise: Same leotard as Andrade for Flavia Saraiva with mostly orange leotard with black and white diamantes for Naomi Visser, white leotard with black and diamantes for Sabrina Maneca-Voinea. Kinsella is wearing a navy, red, and white leotard with beautiful silver diamante patterning. Shilese Jones - sorry I got invested in this routine - solid, and beautiful dance. Flavia Saraiva - solid double straight, slight step back on the second last line and bobble on her final tumbling line but an expressive dance and entertaining choreography. Naomi Visser - unfortunately I missed her routine but whip back somersault to triple twist somersault to front tuck somersault, 2.5 back to straight front forwards, double tuck to finish. Successful challenge to Flavia Saraiva's score. Simone Biles - leaps out of bounds on her second last pass. Alice Kinsella - slight bobble on the landing of her second pass, lovely double pike to finish. Andrade - SOLID!! Just a couple of bobbles on the landings of her final 2 passes. ZHOU Yaqin - such a lovely routine to watch. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea - Solid routine for Sabrina! Simone Biles takes the Floor title over Brazilians Rebeca Andrade and Flavia Saraiva who finish second and third respectively. 

And now for the final Final - Men's Horizontal Bar: Artur Nory Mariano - Liukin, Yamawaki, off on the Tkatchev, remounts and finishes solidly with a small hop the dismount. Milad Karimi - Cassina, Kovacs into Kolman, Tkatchev sequence, STUCK LANDING!! Tin Srbic - Straight Tkatchev, to traditional Tkatvhev, Kolman, stuck dismount, and a beautifully executed routine. Paul Juda - Yamawaki, Kovacs, Tkatchev, straddled to piked Tkatchev, stuck dismount!! Successful inquiry for Tin Srbic - his score increases by 0.200. Daiki Hashimoto - crazy good routine! Sorry, I was mesmerized by his performance. Felix Dolci - Fall on Cassina. Another fall on straddled Tkatchev. Kenta Chiba - Close to the bar on the first release, Yamawaki, hop back on the dismount. The final gymnast is China's SU Weide - small hop on the dismount but it was a great routine! Japan's Daiki Hashimoto wins the Horizontal Bar honours over Crotian Tin Srbic with Chinese gymnast SU Weide winning the bronze. 

MEN'S VAULT:

1. Jake Jarman (GBR) (15.400, 14.700) 15.050
2. Khoi Young (USA) (15.033, 14.666) 14.849
3. Nazar Chepurnyi (UKR) (14.833, 14.700) 14.766
4. Igor Radivilov (UKR) (14.900, 14.600) 14.750
5. Paul Juda (USA) (14.600, 14.500) 14.550
6. Artur Davtyan (ARM) (13.966, 15.133) 14.549
7. Harry Hepworth (GBR) (14.533, 14.333) 14.433
8. Kevin Penev (BUL) (14.166, 14.200) 14.183 

WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM:

1. Simone Biles (USA) 14.800
2. ZHOU Yaqin (CHN) 14.700
3. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 14.300
4. Sanne Wevers (NED) 14.100
5. Urara Ashikawa (JPN) 14.066
6. ZHANG Qingying (CHN) 13.100
7. Shilese Jones (USA) 12.933
8. Pauline Schaefer-Betz (GER) 12.800

MEN'S PARALLEL BARS:

1. Lucas Dauser (GER) 15.400
2. SHI Cong (CHN) 15.066
3. Kaito Sugimoto (JPN) 15.000
4. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 14.733
5. Illia Kovtun (UKR) 14.633
6. Asher Hong (USA) 14.466
7. Matteo Levantesi (ITA) 13.866
8. Yul Moldauer (USA) 13.133

WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Simone Biles (USA) 14.633
2. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 14.500
3. Flavia Saraiva (BRA) 13.966
4. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROU) 13.766
5. Shilese Jones (USA) 13.666
6. Naomi Visser (NED) 13.300
7. ZHOU Yaqin (CHN) 13.300
8. Alice Kinsella (GBR) 12.666

MEN'S HORIZONTAL BAR:

1. Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 15.233
2. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.700
3. SU Weide (CHN) 14.500
4. Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.433
5. Paul Juda (USA) 14.100
6. Arthur Nory Mariano (BRA) 13.533
7. Kenta Chiba (JPN) 12.700 
8. Felix Dolci (CAN) 11.100