The World Cup gymnastics in Liverpool is over. In a final day without Belgians, Brody Malone surprised the world champion all-round on the horizontal bar. See all the winning exercises on the beam and floor in the women and the bridge, jump and high bar in the men.
World champion all-round is surprised at horizontal bar
The American Brody Malone has caused a surprise on the horizontal bar. He beat the dead top favorite Daiki Hashimoto with the perfect exercise. The Japanese got a lower difficulty, good for 14,700 points. That’s 0.100 less than its 22-year-old rival. Brazilian Arthur Mariana (14,466) completes the podium.
Zou swings to gold on the bridge
Zou Jingyuan has won the world title at the bridge for the third time in Liverpool. The Chinese achieved an exceptional score of 16,166 points, beating again his runner-up of the Tokyo Olympics, the German Lukas Dauser (15,500 points). The bronze medal went to Carlos Yulo from the Philippines, who had just won the silver medal in the vault.
Hazuki Watanabe is the primus on the beam
Hazuki Watanabe is the primus on the beam. The Japanese reached 13,600 points and defeated Canadian Elsabeth Black (13,566) and her compatriot Shoko Miyata (13,533). The brand new world champion all-round, the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, fell and took eighth and last place in the final.
Gold for Artur Davtyan on the jump
Thanks to two near-perfect jumps, Armenian Artur Davtyan takes the gold medal in vault. In Liverpool he scored 15,050 points. The Armenian thus dethroned the reigning world champion, Carlos Yulo (14,950 points). Ukrainian Igor Radivilov won the bronze medal (14,733 points).
After two European titles, now world title for Gadirova
Britain’s Jessica Gadirova has won her first world title on the floor. With a score of 14,200 points, she blew away the competition. The American Jordan Chiles (13,833 points) and Jade Carey (13,733) are the numbers 2 and 3.
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