28. Mai 2022  
Sønderborg, DEN  
Wheel Gymnastics

14th WORLDS WHEEL GYMNASTICS 2022

After Cincinnati (USA) 2016 and Magglingen (SUI) 2018, the 14th World Championships in Wheel Gymnastics were planned for May 2021 in New Jersey but had to be canceled and postponed due to the pandemic.  After four years, the International Rhoenrad Feration (IRV) is finally able to organise a World Championships in Wheel Gymnastics again: This will now take place from 2022 May 25th to 28th in Sønderborg (DEN), which today is considered the most important Art Nouveau town in Denmark.
Despite difficult and very challenging training conditions, 93 athletes have qualified for the championships and traveled to Sønderburg / Denmark. In the aftermath of Covid conditions and its lockdowns, no nation is able to send a full contingent. of participants, but with 22 gymnasts the German delegation will be the biggest, followed by Japan (12 athletes), Switzerland and the US team (both with 11 gymnasts).

Opening Ceremony of the 14. WHEEL GYMNASICS World Championships 2022

All in all, gymnasts from 13 nations will be present. The organizers welcome wheelers from Bulgaria and Ghana for the first time. For many junior gymnasts, these championships will be the first occasion to compete at an international level in a real time event. After the qualifications for the elite (Wednesday) and the juniors (Thursday), the first decisions will be made on Thursday (May 26) in the young discipline Cyr Wheel. On Friday all-around champions in wheel gymnastics will be determined and on Saturday (May 28th) the individual finals of the elite and juniors will take place in the wheel gymnastics disciplines..
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♦♦    WCh  R E S U L T S 

♦  Saturday 28 May  → ... last final day:

* On the final day of these World Championships, Germany’s women once again dominated with World Championship titles in all the three individual final disciplines, with Japan and Austria splitting the gold medal in three: Karina Peisker (GER), Birgit Halwachs (AUT) and Aya Horiguchi (JPN) are the three new straight line world champions. Lilia Lessel created the best spirals and Sarah Metz brought Germany the third daily title in the women's vault
♦ WOMEN's, Indiv. Finals, Elite:  ► Straight line;   ► Spiral;    ► Vault

* The men's final titles went to three nations: Switzerland with Simon Rufer won the straight gymnastics, Germany provided the spiral world champion with Malte Schröter from Magdeburg and Japan with Ryuichi Goto the vaulting champion.
♦ MEN's, Indiv. Finals, Elite:       ► Straight line;    ► Spiral;    ► Vault

* The Worlds Team ranking saw Germany in first place in the elite division, followed by Japan and Switzerland, closely followed by Austria.
  ►► TEAM Ranking

♦ Juniors-WCh, Indiv. Finals
* Girls:   ► Straight line;    ► Spiral;    ► Vault
* Boys:  ► Straight line;    ► Spiral;    ► Vault

* Although Germany's juniors also won the team ranking: Here, however, the young guard from Israel moved up strongly (!) and took second place with a deficit of only -0.3 points, followed by Switzerland and the girls & boys from the USA.
  ►►  TEAM-Wertung

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♦ Friday 27 May
 ►  WOMEN's Gym Wheel All Around Finals
       ► Juniors All-around, Girls
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 ►  MEN's Gym Wheel All Around Finals
      ► Juniors All-around, Boys

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♦ Thursday 26 May
► WOMEN's Cyr Wheel All Around Final
► MEN's Cyr Wheel All Around Final
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♦ Juniors Semi-Finals:
* Girls    ► Straight line;  ► Spiral;  ► Vault;  ►► All-around
* Boys   ► Straight line;  ► Spiral;  ► Vault;  ►► All-around
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♦ Wednesday 25 May
08:00 – 18:45 Gym Wheel All Around Semi-Final Elite
♦ RESULTS, Elite - Semi finals:
* Women`s  ► Straight line;  ► Spiral;  ► Vault;  ►► All-around
* Men's        ► Straight line;  ► Spiral;  ► Vault;  ►► All-around
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