2014 Cottbus World Cup

Day One Recap from Cottbus 2014

Day One Recap from Cottbus 2014

Mar 13, 2014 by Karen Psiaki
Day One Recap from Cottbus 2014



Things didn’t go as planned for Brandon Wynn of the USA, who fell on his rings dismount and earned a disappointing 14.633. Howev
er, his score landed him in 8th place and secured him a spot in the finals, so we’ll see the reigning bronze medalist on rings again on Saturday. He’ll be joined by Denis Abliazin and Aleksandr Balandin of Russia, Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece, Igor Radiolov and Oleg Vernaiev of Ukraine, and Japan’s Koji Yamamuro.

American Josh Dixon also had an interesting experience on the floor exercise. The competitor just before him scratched at the last minute, leaving Dixon with ten seconds to make his way onto the floor and begin his routine. He managed to overcome the mental stress and scored a 14.3 for his routine, but unfortunately it was not enough to earn him a spot in the event finals. He finished in 14th place overall. Daniel Keatings (GBR) also had a disappointing day on floor exercise, where he fell after under-rotating his final tumbling pass. He earned a 13.633 for the routine and landed in 24th place. Teammate Frank Baines just missed out on the floor final after tying with Spain’s Christian Bazan with a 14.7 for eighth place. Bazan will compete in the finals alongside Diego Hypolito (BRA), Abliazin, Kieran Behan (IRL), Claudio Capelli and Pablo Braegger of Switzerland, and Filip Ude of Croatia.

On pommel horse, it was Krisztian Berki (HUN) who took the top qualifying spot with a 15.6, just 0.033 ahead of Kohei Kameyama of Japan. There was a three-way tie for the 3rd qualifying spot between Robert Seligman (CRO), Oleg Vernaiev (UKR), and Keatings, all of whom earned 15.000. Joining them in the finals will be Filip Ude (CRO), Abdulla Azimov (UZB), and Nikolay Kuksenkov (RUS).

On the women’s side, Sophie Scheder (GER) hit a beautiful uneven bars routine to earn a 14.80 and take the top spot going into finals. Her teammate Kim Bui took the third qualifying spot with a 14.200, while Natalie Vaculik (CAN) qualified in fourth with a 14.066. Canada’s other competitor, Aleeza Yu, will also be in the final. She qualified with a 13.3 to take the 7th qualifying spot. The bars field will be rounded out by Anna Rodionova (RUS), who scored a 14.566, Noemi Makra of Hungary, Ana Martins of Portugal, and Marta Pihan-Kulezsa of Poland.

On vault, Germany’s Janine Berger and Kim Bui took the top two qualifying positions with a 14.533 and a 13.949 respectively. Noemi Makra (HUN), Paula Plichta (POL), Hiu Wong (HKG), Kirsten Beckett (RSA), Jasmin Mader (AUT), and Marina Nekrasova (AZE) will join them in the finals on Saturday. 

Tune in HERE on Thursday at 4:00pm CET, 11:00am EST for live updates during day two of qualifications.

Results / Finals Qualifiers

Men's Floor



Pommel Horse



Still Rings



Women's Vault 



Uneven Bars