The FIG Apparatus and World Challenge Cups 2022

♦ ... this Weekend :

(9) FIG World Challenge Cup Szombathely  (HUN);  (30. 09. - 02.10. 2022)

 ♦♦ The ninth and penultimate FIG World Cup of the post-Olympic year - amazingly after Paris again without any participation of the German-speaking nations (women) Switzerland and Germany, Austria is also represented only in the men's field ...?
... a pity, because here also interesting overseas competitors from Australia, Canada, Japan and the USA get urgently needed competition experience shortly before the World Championships. In any case, there is an acute lack of international comparison opportunities, especially in the all-around!
►WCha participation in Szombathely

* Saturday/Sunday, October 01/02:
 ♦ - Day 2/3: The  F i n a l s
Just recently elected "Styrian Sportsman of the Year", therefore arriving late to the World Cup, Austria's Vizenz HOECK now landed his 5^th Worlcup success on still rings in Hungary, in the same place as his first success two years ago!
On floor, Illia KOVTUN from the Ukraine won and the horse winner was the Kazakh Nariban KURBANOV with the highest score of the day of (6.3)= 15.300 points.
The winner on vault was the Taiwanese TSENG, Wei-Sheng (14.599), on parallel bars Illia KOVTUN won his second victory and on high bar there was a Hungarian double success: Krisztofer MESZAROS (14.166) ahead of Krisztian BALAZS (14.133).
►  Final results, Men
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On the first day of the women's final, the Hungarian hosts celebrated an uneven bar victory by Zoja SZEKELY ahead of Sydney Turner (CAN) and ahead of Addison FATTA (USA). The latter had previously won the vault final, beating Slovenia's Teja Belak and Hungary's Greta Mayer.
On the second day of the final there was a Finnish success on beam by Maisa KUUSIKKO (12.866) and on floor Katelyn JONG secured the second US success (13.500) and thus prevented the second host nation victory by Greta Mayer in second place.
►  Final results, Women
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* Day 1: Friday, September 30
♦ Qualifications   ► MEN's results;   ► Women's results 
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(8) FIG World Challenge Cup Paris (FRA); (24. - 25. September 2022)

 ♦♦  S U N D A Y (September 25)
* WCha MEN's  Results:
At the 8th FIG World Cup in Paris there were two victories for Ireland in the men's event:
On floor Eamon MONTGOMERY won (5.9)=14.250) and on pommel horse Rhys McClenaghan with the highest score of the day of (6.4)=15.100).
Also two victories went to Turkey: Adem ASIL won on rings with (6.3)=14.800 points ahead of Austria's specialist Vinzenz Hoeck (6.0)=14.700 and also on vault (6.3)=14.800.
Best gymnast on parallel bars was the Brasilian Caio SOUZA (6.0)=14.700 and on high bar won Brody MALONE from USA (6.0)=14.650 won.
♦FINALS:  ►FLOOR exerc.; ►POMMEL horse; ►STILL rings
      * Quali:   ► Floor exerc.;        ► Pommel horse;     ► Still Rings
♦ FINALS: ► V A U L T;        ► PARALLEL bars;  ► HIGH bar
* Quali.:         ► V a u l t;            ► Parallel bars;         ► High bar
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 * WCha WOMEN's Results:
The USA gymnasts dominated almost the entire scene in Paris at this Challenge Cup:
Jade Carey - runner-up at Stuttgart 2019 - won ahead of compatriot Jordan Chiles on vault.
Shilese Jones beat Brazil's star Rebeca Andrade on parallel bars.
and Jordan Chiles from the Tokyo Olympic silver team won on floor ahead of Shilese Jones.
In front of a large crowd in the Accor Arena, the future Olympic hall of 2024, they celebrated the French host victory of the European finalist of Basel (2021) Marine Boyer on beam.
♦  FINALS:  ►V a u l t;  ►Uneven bars;  ►Balance Beam;  ►Floor exercises
     * Qualif.:    ► V a u l t;    ► Uneven bars;    ► Balance Beam;      ► Floor exercises

♦ Four 2022 "Apparatus World Cup Events":

(4) FIG Apparatus World Cup "AGF Trophy" Baku (AZE); March 31 - April 03

* f i g-preview --: In heady pursuit of 2022 FIG Apparatus World Cup series titles, some of Artistic Gymnastics’ most illustrious names are headed to Baku (AZE) March 31 - April 03 for the competition that will determine series champions on nearly every apparatus.
Following events in Cottbus (GER), Doha (QAT) and Cairo (EGY), more than 140 gymnasts representing 34 different nations are blowing into the “city of winds” on the Caspian Sea this week for the fourth and final leg of the 2022 series.
World Cup series rankings on each apparatus are based on a points total, which has been established by a gymnast’s placement at previous World Cup events. The top three finishes at World Cup events count toward the ranking.
Only two gymnasts have already mathematically sealed 2022 titles. With their third consecutive victories on men’s Vault and Parallel Bars in Cairo earlier this month, Artur Davtyan (ARM) and Illia Kovtun (UKR) assured themselves the crowns — and the 5,000 CHF bonus that comes with winning them. Everything else remains to play for — and from five continents, gymnasts are coming to play.
The organizers of this last of four Apparatus World Cups of the 2022 circuit expect about 150 participants from 35 different countries.
In the tournament, the traditional “AGF Trophy” will be presented to the gymnasts who received the highest execution score.
The venue is the Milli Gimnastika Arenasi (National Gymnastics Arena) in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. ► Participating Nations
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♦ R E S U L T S  (Winner)
  → FINALS:   April 02/03
 Victories in the fourth World Cup of the season went to winners from nine different nations:
Only Ukrainian athletes Nazar Chepurnie (vault) and Illja Kovtun (parallel bars) secured two wins for their country.
* CONGRATULATION all winners:
* WOMEN:
VT - Oksana Chusovitina (UZB);   UB - Lorette Charpy  (FRA)
BB - Sarah Voss            (GER);   FX - Julia Soares      (BRA)
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* MEN -:
FX - Artem Dolgopyat    (ISR);  PH - Nariman Kurbanov    (KAZ); 
SR - Salvatore Maresca (ITA);  VT - Nazar Chepurny      (UKR);
PB - Illia Kovtun           (UKR); HB - Joe Fraser              (GBR).

♦ RESULTS - Overview

♦ WOMEN's  FINALS: April 3
* Qualification, Apr 1	►VT	►UB	►BB	►FX

♦ MEN's FINALS: April 3
* Qualification Apr 1	►FX	►PH	►SR	►VT	►PB	►HB

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(3) FIG Apparatus World Cup, Cairo (EGY);  2022, March 17 - 20

* fig preview --: The third of four events in the 2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup series, Cairo will showcase the talents of a rising Egyptian team taking full advantage of the event in its backyard.

Twenty-fourth at the 2019 World Championships, the Egyptian women are aiming to qualify a full team to the Paris 2024 or Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. To help them achieve their goal, the national federation has enlisted the help of French coaches Eric and Cecile Demay, who were responsible for French national teams in the 2000s and 2010s, including the team that finished 11^th at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Good results in Cairo represent a small step toward their objective. Egyptians competing this weekend include Zeina Sharaf, one of two Tokyo 2020 Olympians from Egypt, veteran Nancy Taman, fourth on Vault at the 2021 World Championships, and Jana Mahmoud, a promising 17-year-old who made Uneven Bars and Balance Beam finals at last year’s Doha World Cup. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Omar Mohamed (EGY) and Still Rings star Ali Zahran (EGY) helm the efforts of the six-man Egyptian contingent.
The second World Cup to be held in the Egyptian capital during the past two years has attracted tremendous interest from gymnasts in Africa and the Middle East. Gymnasts representing Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Jordan, and Qatar, including Tokyo 2020 Olympian Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA), a standout on the Uneven Bars, are set to take part.
World Cup stalwarts Daniela Batrona (UKR), Oksana Chusovitina (UZB), Artur Davtyan (ARM), Illia Kovtun (UKR), and Alexander Myakinin (ISR), all of whom have won at least one World Cup gold so far this season, are present in Cairo. In all, gymnasts from 33 nations are set to compete, the most of any World Cup event this year.
     ► Nominative Roster Set for Cairo / EGY     * Source: The Gymternet

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CONGRATULATION all winners:
→ WOMEN:
VT - Tjasa Kysselef (SLO) (UZB);  UB - Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA) →
BB - Yulia Kasianenko      (UKR);   FX - Dorina Boeczoego (HUN)
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* MEN -:
FX - Artem Dolgopyat  (ISR);        PH - Rhys MC Clenaghan (IRL)
SR - Vahagn Davtyan (ARM);       VT -  Artur Davtyan             (ARM)
PB - Illia KOVTUN       (UKR)       HB -  Carlo McChini            (ITA).

* Qualification RESULTS (Overview)

♦ WOMEN's  FINALS: Mar20
* Qualification, Mar 18	►VT	►UB	►BB	FX

♦ MEN's FINALS: Mar 20
* Qualification Mar 18	►FX	►PH	►SR	►VT	►PB	►HB

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(2) FIG Apparatus World Cup, Doha  (QAT);
      Aspire Dome;  2022, March 02 - 05

► Qualification 1^st DAY  ► Qualification 2^nd DAY   (May 02/03)
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!!  2022-03-03 --:
GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL breaks off the sports coverage of the World Cup in Doha against the background of acts of war by Russia and Belarus ...!
We support the position of FIG,  EG but also the measures and demands of SWISS OLYMPICS and the Swiss Gymnastics Federation ...!
- the Editors!

► GYMmedia: Our point of view ...:

After the qualification rounds at the 2nd FIG Annual World Cup in Doha (QAT), in which 6 Russian and 3 Belorussian athletes competed and presented themselves with exceptional performances and fought for 13 final places, we keep a report on them selected for sporting content Finals inappropriate in relation to the unspeakable suffering inflicted on the people of Ukraine under the same Russian and Belarusian flags. So we finish our coverages from now on!!
As specialist GYM journalists we also support the demands of   F I G,  E G and also SWISS OLYMPIC and Swiss Gymnastics Federation and thus stop any further reporting of events with representatives of causal warfare actions until further notice!
This is not aimed at the athletes, officials and people in the sport who, like us, are stunned...!
- the editors
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CONGRATULATION all winners:
→ WOMEN:
VT - Oksana Chusovitina (UZB);   UB - Victoria Listunova ( -- )
BB - Vladislava Urazova  ( -- );       FX - Maria Minaeeva      (-- )
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* MEN -:
FX - Artem Dolgopyat (ISR);   PH - Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ); 
SR - Vahagn Davtyan (ARM);  VT - Artur Davtyan (ARM);
PB - Illia Kovtun        (UKR);   HB - Alexander Myakinin (ISR)

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05-March-2022 --: Unfortunately, the provocative performance of some Russian gymnasts in Doha, with the symbolism of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Ivan Stretovich, Ivan Kuliak ... ), also damaged the outstanding performances of the Ukrainian Illia Kovtun or the vault victory of the exceptional 46-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, whereas the vast majority of the gymnastics family vehemently protested!!

* 04. 03. 2022--:

FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus

FIG Executive decided today in an emergency meeting ...:

• Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials, including judges, are not allowed to take part in FIG competitions or FIG-sanctioned competitions from 7 March 2022 until further notice.

► FIG PRESS RELEASE
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♦♦  ....  f i r s t  WC 2022→

(1)   FIG Apparatus World Cup:
    * German Website: →  45^th Turnier der Meister
      Cottbus (GER);          24. - 27. Februar 2022
* WC Summery --:
Winner on the men's side of the first fnal day in Cottbus (GER) were Yahor SHARAMKOU (BLR) on floor - beating the Olympic champion Dolgopyat (ISR) - veteran Filip UDE (SLO) won on pommel horse and Ibrahim COLAK from Turkey on the still rings.
The winner at the final day in Cottbus were Artur DAVTYAN (ARM) on vault, Illia KOVTUN (UKR) on parallel bars and Brody MALONE (USA) on high bar.
Women's best on vault was Tjasa KYSSELEF (SLO) and winner on uneven bars the Dutch Tisha VOLLEMAN. Ukrainian Daniela BATRONA (uneven bars) and Spain's Alba PETISCO (floor) were the winners at final day.
!! The Cottbus hosts did not play the national anthem of co-aggressor Belarus in the war against Ukraine at the award ceremony for the men on floor exercises and dispensed with all Belarusian symbols and flags! So the German organizers acted according to a
► press release from the World Gymnastics Federation FIG

→ Results (Overview)   * Update:  - after Final Day II

♦ MEN's FINALS:
* Qualification:	► FX	► PH	► SR	► VT	► PB	► HB

♦ WOMEN's  FINALS:
* Qualification:	► VT	► UB	► BB	► FX

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→ .. more events 2022

(8) FIG World Challenge Cup, Paris (FRA);  24. - 25. September 2022

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(9) FIG World Challenge Cup, Szombathely (HUN);  30. Sept. - 02. Oct. 2022

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(10) FIG World Challenge Cup, Mersin (TUR);  07. - 09. October 2022

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