Day two of qualifications has wrapped up in Cottbus, with the field now set for all event finals.

There will be some big names competing in the men’s vault final on Sunday. Denis Abliazin (RUS) and Oleg Vernaiev (UKR) tied for the top qualifying spot with a pair of 14.833’s for their high-flying vaults, while Diego Hypolito (BRA) took the fourth spot with a 14.633. Also making the finals were Tomi Tuuha of Finland, Rayderley Zapata Santana of Spain, Andreas Toba of Germany, Igor Radivilov of Ukraine, and Michael Fussenegger of Austria. It will be a close battle for the title, as all qualifiers scored between a 14.4 and 14.8 for their qualifying vaults.

Moving on to parallel bars, there was one notable face missing from qualification today. Brandon Wynn (USA) was forced to scratch after he suffered a foot injury on rings yesterday. He chose to skip parallel bars in order to save himself for the rings final, where he will surely challenge for a medal. Fellow American Chris Brooks scored a 14.733, which was good enough to land him the 7^th qualifying spot for Sunday’s final. Qualifying just ahead of him was Frank Baines (GBR), who scored an even 15.0. The top qualifying spot went to Vernaiev, whose 15.766 dominated the rest of the field by almost 0.5 points. Also competing on Sunday will be Mitja Petkovsek (SLO), Frenchmen Hamilton Sabot and Cyril Tommasone, Vasileios Tsolakidis (GRE), and Koji Uematsu (JPN).

The high bar brought many spills and thrills, as it usually does. Both gymnasts from the USA will be competing for a medal on Sunday alongside other big names such as Andreas Bretschneider and Andreas Toba of Germany, Daniel Keatings (GBR), and Vernaiev. American Josh Dixon was able to redeem himself after a disappointing floor qualification, scoring a 14.4 to take the 7^th qualifying position. Teammate Chris Brooks earned the top spot with a beautiful routine that scored a whopping 15.4 and placed him 0.6 ahead of the second place qualifier. Rounding out the field will be Oliver Hegi of Switzerland and Petrix Aguiar Barbosa of Brazil.

Like the high bar, the women’s balance beam offered lots of excitement as well as falls. The top qualifying spot went to Andreea Munteanu of Romania, whose back handspring- back handspring- full twisting layout wowed the crowd and the judges. She received a 14.8, which was nearly 0.8 points above second place qualifier Katarzyna Jurowska of Poland. Both Canadian women, Aleeza Yu and Natalie Vaculik, qualified to the finals with scores of 14.033 and 13.566 respectively. Germany will also send two competitors to the finals, with Cagla Akyol placing 4^th and Sophie Scheder in the 7^th spot. Scheder left out the side-somi split jump combo she performed during podium training, instead performing just a side somi, and earned a 13.466 for her routine.  This was enough to place her in the finals, just ahead of 8^th place qualifier Maria Kharenkova (RUS). Daria Spiridonova of Russia fell twice during her routine and failed to advance to the finals, while teammate Anna Rodionova scratched from the balance beam competition. The remaining spot in the balance beam final instead went to Noemi Makra of Hungary with a 13.733.

  
On women’s floor exercise, Natalie Vaculik (CAN) wasn’t able to land her two-and-a-half twist on her feet and therefore failed to qualify to the finals. However, fellow Canadian Aleeza Yu had better luck, scoring a 13.5 to qualify into the finals in fifth place.  Joining Yu in the finals will be Munteanu, who earned a 14.0 for the top qualifying spot, Marta Pihan-Kulezsa of Poland, Kharenkova, Kim Bui and Akyol of Germany,  Sasa Golob of Slovenia, and Kirsten Beckett of South Africa.

Finals for women’s vault and uneven bars, men’s floor exercise, pommel horse, and still rings will take place Saturday, March 15^th at 2:00pm CET. Tune in for live updates HERE.


Results/Finals Qualifiers

Beam


Women's Floor



Men's Vault


Parallel Bars



High Bar



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