PARIS – The 2024 Paris Olympic Video games are in full swing for males’s gymnastics.
After three qualifying subdivisions, the lineups for the boys’s group, all-around, and occasion finals are set. It was an explosive day of competitors, with unbelievable performances from numerous nations throughout each occasion.
As anticipated, Japan and China have already taken off forward of the competitors, cementing themselves because the gold medal contenders. Main the pack with a 263.028, the Chinese language group had a robust first displaying in Paris. With knockout performances from Zou Jingyuan on parallel bars, the place he’s the defending Olympic champion, and rings and Zhang Boheng on excessive bar, they’ve proven the world that they would be the group to beat within the ultimate. As anticipated, Jingyuan placed on a masterclass and dropped a 16.200 on parallel bars, virtually a degree increased than second place parallel bars qualifier Zhang. Barring any main errors, he’ll waltz into one other Olympic title.
Japan, in the meantime, additionally had a tremendous meet. Boasting a group common of 15.0165 on parallel bars and 14.55775 on pommels, their consistency shines, however there have been some shocking moments as effectively. Defending Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto fell on excessive bar however recovered effectively and certified third within the all-around regardless of lacking out on occasion finals. That top bar mishap was avenged by Takaaki Sugino, who pulled out a wonderful set and put down a 14.733 as a replacement, simply qualifying for the ultimate. Shinnosuke Oka certified second to the all-around ultimate and also will be one to look at.
After the powerhouses, the competitors for third will come right down to america, Nice Britain, and Ukraine.
The large story from the U.S. in qualifying was Brody Malone’s struggles. Usually Mr. Constant and at all times dialed in, Malone is not going to function on this Video games’ all-around ultimate after 4 falls (two on excessive bar, the place he’s the 2022 world champion, in addition to one on each pommel horse and flooring). As an alternative, it is going to be Paul Juda and Frederick Richard within the all-around ultimate. Juda stepped up and delivered, main off 5 of six occasions and delivering each time. Can’t overlook Stephen Nedoroscik, both, particularly as the one U.S. man to make an occasion ultimate. The pommel horse specialist silenced any doubts about his spot on the group with an enormous 15.200 – tied for the very best rating of qualifying on the occasion and qualifying second by tie break to the ultimate.
Nice Britain additionally introduced the warmth, led by enormous scores on flooring and vault from 2023 world vault champion Jake Jarman and Harry Hepworth. Jarman and 2019 world parallel bars champion Joe Fraser will each compete within the all-around ultimate. Two-time defending Olympic pommel horse champion Max Whitlock confirmed everybody that he needs to retire on high, placing up an enormous 15.166 on pommels to qualify third.
Lastly, Ukraine had a stellar meet with room for enchancment. The nation’s vault rotation was one of many highlights, that includes two caught Dragulescus that catapulted each Nazar Chepurnyi and Igor Radivilov to vault finals in first and fourth, respectively.
The remaining groups all had their very own highs and lows. Italy held sturdy regardless of Carlo Macchini’s nasty fall on excessive bar, ending in sixth. This can be their first Olympic group ultimate since 1996. Switzerland and Canada spherical out the highest eight. This can be Canada’s first Olympic group ultimate in males’s gymnastics after the group narrowly beat Turkey and The Netherlands by lower than a degree. 2023 Pan American Video games champion Felix Dolci and teammate Rene Cournoyer additionally certified to the all-around ultimate. Turkey’s Adem Asil was on hearth, scoring a 14.866 on rings and sticking a piked Dragulescu chilly, touchdown him the very best particular person vault rating, earlier than heartbreak struck when he counted a fall on his second vault, placing him as second reserve for the ultimate. The 2022 world rings champion will nonetheless function in that ultimate.
Exterior of the groups, the person athletes had been additionally vastly profitable. Standout performances embrace Samir Ait Mentioned of host nation France on rings with an enormous 14.966, qualifying him to the ultimate in third behind China’s Zou and defending Olympic champion Liu Yang. Eleftherios Petrounias was additionally magical on rings, displaying why his reign because the Lord of the Rings has endured for therefore lengthy.
On pommel horse, two-time reigning world champion Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) bested each Nedoroscik and Whitlock, establishing what ought to be probably the greatest competitions of finals.
Lastly, Carlos Yulo of the Philippines had an unbelievable meet. Two clear vaults and a scaled-down flooring routine have snagged him spots in two occasion finals. A clear pommel horse set paired with no main errors propelled him to ninth in all-around qualifying. He’s acknowledged he intends to contend for the rostrum with upgrades.
Within the finals, scores reset to zero. The stage has been adequately set for fierce battles to happen throughout the board, and all of it begins with the group ultimate on Monday at 5:30 p.m. CEST/11:30 a.m. EDT.
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