Floor Exercise:

Giamni Regini-Moran (GBR) kicked off the competition with a stellar floor routine that included a double-double and finished with a triple twist. His score of 14.700 surpassed not only his own qualifying mark, but also the top qualifying score, by 0.3 points! No one was able to outdo the Brit, who took home the gold medal. Joining him on the podium were teammate Gaius Thompson, who claimed silver with a 14.500, and Swiss gymnast Sascha Alexander Coradi, whose 14.466 was good enough for bronze.
 

Fourth place went to Jonathon Vrolix (BEL) with a 14.308, and there was a tie for fifth between Silas Kipfer (SUI) and Valentin Starikov (RUS), both of whom earned a 14.233. Seventh went to Rick Jacobs (NED), who opened with a piked double Arabian and included lots of twisting elements, finishing off with a triple twist. Unfortunately, he stepped out of bounds on the final pass and was only rewarded a 13.400 for his efforts. Finally, Nicola Bartolini (ITA) finished in eighth with a 13.166 after a fall on his triple twist dismount.

 

Pommel Horse:

While the floor competition was underway, gymnasts also took to the pommel horse for what turned out to be a high-scoring final! Sergei Eltcov (RUS), who qualified in second, started off the rotation with a strong score of 14.025. This mark far surpassed both his own qualifying score (13.633) and teammate Kirill Potapov’s top qualifying score of 13.700. His score held the top spot until Nile Wilson (GBR), the newly-crowned AA gold medalist, surpassed him with a 14.200 – by far the highest mark seen among all the junior competitors this championship, and good enough for gold! The bronze went to Simone Bresolini (ITA) with a 13.916. 

Potapov entered the final with the top qualifying mark, but despite earning another solid score of 13.733, some small form breaks prevented him from surpassing the leaders. He finished in sixth place behind Germany’s Nils Dunkel (13.833) and Bulgaria’s David Huddleston (13.783). Eyal Glazer (ISR) took seventh with a 13.700, a true testament to the high scoring of this final. It was a disappointing day for Vladyslav Gryko (UKR), who fell on a back scissor to handstand and had to settle for a 12.633 and eighth place.

 

Still Rings:

Due to multiple ties in the qualifying round, there was a nine-man final on rings today. 

Coming right off of his gold-medal performance on the pommel horse, Wilson led off and earned a 13.433, placing seventh overall. The gold went to Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT), who scored a 14.433 and held a commanding 0.333-point lead over second-place finisher Brinn Bevan (GBR). Hoeck’s routine included an Azaryan to cross, Jonasson, back uprise to Swallow, Nakayama, and double-double dismount. Glazer (ISR) took the bronze with a 13.966. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS), who qualified to the final in fifth, finished in fourth place with a 13.900. Fifth place went to Marios Geogriou (CYP) with a 13.716, and sixth went to Vigen Khachatryan (ARM) with a 13.600. Rounding out the field were Italy’s Andrea Russo (13.033) and Russia’s Nikita Nagornyy (12.633).

 

Vault:

The vault final proved that sometimes the best is saved for last! Nikita Nagornyy (RUS), who competed eighth, claimed the gold with an average of 14.900 after nearly stuck both his Roche and his Tsuk 2.5 twisting vaults. Regini-Moran took silver with a 14.733 for his STUCK double twisting Yurchenko and clean Tsuk 2.5 twist. There was a tie for the bronze between Florian Landuyt (BEL) and Zachari Hrimeche (FRA), both of whom earned a 14.466 average score. Despite falling on his Tsuk 2.5 twist and landing rather low on his double twisting Yurchenko, Bartolini (ITA) still managed an average score of 13.950 for fifth place. Thompson finished in sixth with a 13.849, Dalaloyan (RUS) finished seventh with a 13.816, and Khachatryan (ARM) rounded out the field with a 13.783 after a fall on his front handspring 1.5 twist.

 

Parallel bars:

On the parallel bars, Nile Wilson added another gold medal to his collection as he took the title with a 14.800. His winning routine included a back uprise salto to support, Healy, Kenmotsu, Tippelt, and a double pike dismount. Just behind him was teammate Brinn Bevan with a 14.733. Trailing by 0.566 was bronze-medalist Eduard Yermakov (UKR), whose 14.166 was just barely enough to edge out Potapov’s 14.100 for the podium spot. Fifth through eighth places went to Huddleston (13.233), Ahmet Onder of Turkey (13.200), Starikov (13.175), and Frank Rijken of the Netherlands (12.366), respectively.

 

High Bar:

Competing in his fourth event final, Nile Wilson stood on top of the podium yet again as he claimed his third individual gold of the day and his fifth gold medal of the championship. His routine, capped off with a laid out double double, earned a score of 14.166, which was 0.333 points ahead of silver medal winner Hrimeche (13.833). Joining the Brit and the Frenchman on the podium was Coradi of Switzerland, with a 13.666 and the bronze medal. 

 

Tin Srbic (CRO) finished in fourth with a 13.600, while fifth went to Onder (13.333) and sixth went to Adrian Nestor Pfiffner (SUI) with a 13.300. Following in distant seventh and eighth places were Gaius Thompson (12.466) and Potapov (10.833), who fell on both his Kovacs and his Kolman releases.

 

This concludes the competition for junior men. The seniors will finish up this afternoon with event finals starting at 3:00pm EEST (8:00am EST).

 

Results via Sofia Gymnastics