Men’s Team All-Around
China led Japan in qualification with incredible scores in the rings and the parallel bars. Great Britain were third despite only scoring 40 on the horizontal bars. Ukraine, qualifying fourth, only managed 39 in the horizontal bars qualification. After the first rotation of the final, it was Great Britain in the lead, but that was on an apparatus that they are strong in, ahead of Japan and Canada. A slip on the pommel horse from Hashimoto dropped them behind China and United States, who led following a great vault. At halfway China led USA by 1.2 with Great Britain almost two points behind. They were only separated with Ukraine and Japan by less than 0.2. Ukraine would catapult ahead with a strong round, only trailing China by 0.4 after four completed rotations. The parallel bars would only cement the Chinese lead, giving them an edge of 3.2 over Japan. United States would have a lead of 1.8 from Ukraine with Great Britain a further 2.1 behind. Seemingly, set up for a drama free round, China had three falls on the horizontal bars and as he so often does, Hashimoto put an incredible routine down under pressure to seal gold. United States took bronze with a strong set of pommel horse routines.
🥇Japan 🇯🇵
🥈China 🇨🇳
🥉United States 🇺🇸
I got the top four correct although it took a monumental collapse from China
Men’s Individual All-Around
The top six qualifiers were spread over three nations. Zhang Boheng (China) led with a score of 88.597 whilst Xiao Ruoteng (China) was in fourth. Shinnosuke Oka (Japan) was second on 86.865 with teammate Daiki Hashimoto(Japan) only third with three scores under 14. Jake Jarman (Great Britain) was fifth despite a 12.900 whilst Joe Fraser (Great Britain) qualified in sixth. Fred Richard (United States) would start the final badly, falling off the pommel. Jarman led after the floor routine with 14.9 ahead of Oleg Verniaiev (Ukraine) on 14.833. Boheng was only 20th after the floor after a sloppy routine. Hashimoto would step down from the pommel horse, potentially costing him a medal. After two rotations Oka led Jarman. Neither Boheng nor Hashimoto were in the top ten. Halfway round Oka led on 42.932 ahead of Verniaev on 42.766 and Ruoteng on 42.399. Verniaev would continue to lead after four rotations ahead of Illia Kovtun (Ukraine) and Ruoteng who was tied with Oka. With one rotation remaining Oka led Ruoteng with Boheng behind. Kovtun, Jarman and Fraser would all be ready to capitalise if anyone disappointed. Kovtun would go best of that trio. Ruoteng was first of the leading trio, with a 14.366 to seal the lead. Oka would go back into the lead with a 14.5 and only Boheng able to go above him. Boheng scored 14.633 to only go into silver.
🥇Shinnosuke Oka 🇯🇵
🥈Zhang Boheng 🇨🇳
🥉Xiao Ruoteng🇨🇳
It is going to be a trend that I did not even really consider Oka as a contender.
Men’s Floor
It was Jake Jarman (Great Britain) who qualified in first, helped by his high difficulty. Carlos Yulo (Philippines) executed best to qualify in second ahead of Ray Zapata (Spain). Artem Dolgopyat (Israel) would only qualify seventh. In the final, Zapata went first and scored 14.333. Dolgopyat would follow with a 14.966 to set a big marker. Third up was Yulo. A routine fill with big tumbles saw him go into the lead with a score of 15. Milad Karimi (Kazakhstan) would go into third with a 14.5. Jarman would straight away go into bronze with a 14.933. Illia Kovtun (Ukraine) would come closest but could only come fourth.
🥇Carlos Yulo 🇵🇭
🥈Artem Dolgopyat 🇮🇱
🥉Jake Jarman 🇬🇧
I mentioned Yulo as the likeliest to score over 15 but wasn’t sure he could remain consistent over a busy schedule
Men’s Pommel Horse
Rhys McClengahan (Ireland) and Stephen Nedoroscik (United States) both qualified with 15.2 ahead of Max Whitlock (Great Britain) on 15.166. Nariman Kurbanov (Kazakhstan) started with a massive score of 15.433. Whitlock would follow, but the execution was not as strong as it can be and it was only 15.2. McClengahan would nail his routine to score 15.533. Nedoroscik would go into bronze medal place with a 15.300 and the medals would stay that way. Ultimately, it was the three men who executed best that finished on the podium.
🥇Rhys McClengahan 🇮🇪
🥈Nariman Kurbanov 🇰🇿
🥉Stephen Nedoroscik 🇺🇸
The four I mentioned as the top four finished in those positions. I didn’t get the order though, potentially giving too much credit to Whitlock.
Men’s Rings
This was expected to be all about the Chinese team and they dominated the competition. Zou Jingyuan (China) led qualification from Liu Yang (China). In third qualified Samir Ait Said (France). Jingyuan would open the final with a score of 15.223. Yang would follow, going into the lead on 15.300. Eleftherios Petrounias (Greece) would go to 15.1 when the third starter. None of the other competitors were able to go over 15 which meant the podium stayed that way for the remainder of the competition.
🥇Liu Yang 🇨🇳
🥈Zou Jingyuan 🇨🇳
🥉Eleftherios Petrounias 🇬🇷
I mentioned that China could have two medalists here. Asil could only come fifth
Men’s Vault
Adem Asil (Turkey) would lead after the first vault in qualification as he and Jake Jarman (Great Britain) both went over 15. In the second vault Harry Hepworth (Great Britain) and Aurel Benovic (Croatia) both scored 14.9. Nazar Chepurnyi (Ukraine) would lead the overall vault qualification with Asil missing qualification. 14.899 was the opening score from Chepurnyi and Hepworth went into the lead with a 14.949. Carlos Yulo (Philippines) was the first man over 15 with a 15.116. Artur Davtyan (Armenia) would take the silver medal with a score of 14.966.
🥇Carlos Yulo 🇵🇭
🥈Artur Davtyan 🇦🇲
🥉Harry Hepworth 🇬🇧
I got the top two correct with penalties from Hong in qualifying making him miss out on the final
Men’s Parallel Bars
Zou Jingyuan (China) led qualification scoring the best on execution despite having the joint highest difficulty. There were two Chinese, two Japanese and two Ukrainian gymnasts in the final. Ilia Kovtun (Ukraine) was first up and scored a 15.5. He would hold onto that lead until the sixth competitor, Jingyuan, scored a 16.2. The final spot on the podium was taken by Shinnosuke Ota (Japan) with a 15.3
🥇Zou Jingyuan 🇨🇳
🥈Ilia Kovtun 🇺🇦
🥉Shinnosuke Ota 🇯🇵
I did ignore Ota here. Jingyuan went over 16 but no one else was able to get to the high 15s as predicted
Men’s Horizontal Bar
Zhang Boheng (China) was the only qualifier scoring over 15. He has the highest execution score, tied with Tang Chia-huang (Taiwan) and Shinnosuke Oka (Japan). Chia-huang would fall in the final, limiting his score to 13.966. Oka would follow and score 14.533. Angel Barajas (Colombia) would score the exact same but Oka would maintain the lead due to a higher execution score. Both Marios Georgiou (Cyprus) and Zhang Boheng (China) would fall on the landing, otherwise putting together very strong routines.
🥇Shinnosuke Oka 🇯🇵
🥈Angel Barajas 🇨🇴
🥉Zhang Boheng 🇨🇳
🥉Tang Chia-huang 🇹🇼
I did mention Chia-hung as a contender but otherwise was nowhere near.
Women’s Team All-Around
United States showed their dominance in the qualifying as they had the best score in each rotation to lead by over five points. Italy were in second but separated by less than 0.4 from Brazil and China. Japan seemed to take themselves out of contention pre-tournament when sending home Shoko Miyata without a replacement. It was a strong start from United States and at the end of the first rotation they led by over 1.4 from China who started on their strongest event. At halfway the lead would grow to over three points from Italy who had gone ahead of China. The worst score for United States would come from Jordan Chiles in the balance beam with a 12.733 but they still held the lead with one rotation to go by 2.5 from Italy. Great Britain were third ahead of Canada. Strong routines from both would see Italy lead Britain by a point, with one athlete to go and Brazil a further 1.3 behind. A big vault from Andrade would take Brazil to 164.497 putting pressure on Alice Kinsella. She couldn’t quite get the required number and it was Brazil who took bronze behind Italy.
🥇United States 🇺🇸
🥈Italy 🇮🇹
🥉Brazil 🇧🇷
France disappointed by not qualifying for the final. Italy impressed despite missing a D’amato twin.
Women’s Individual All-Around
Simone Biles (United States) qualified in first almost two points ahead of Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) who had a gap of over 1.5 ahead of Sunisa Lee (United States). Jordan Chiles (United States) would have qualified fourth but fell foul of the two competitors from one country rule. Straight away, Biles and Andrade would show their class with scores over 15. Ellie Black (Canada) sat third with 14.066. Andrade would take the lead in the second rotation with a poor uneven bars from Biles as Kaylia Nemour (Algeria) went into second. Biles would go back into first place on the balance beam just 0.166 ahead of Andrade. Alice D’Amato (Italy) sat in third ahead of Nemour. Instead it was Lee who secured a medal with an impressive floor routine. Andrade would go back to top with a 14.033 only for Biles to seal gold with a 15.066.
🥇Simone Biles 🇺🇸
🥈Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷
🥉Sunisa Lee 🇺🇸
The top three felt like one of the more predictable
Women’s Vault
Simone Biles (United States) dominated qualifying. She scored 15.8 on the first and 14.8 on the second. Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) was the only other competitor with a vault above 14.7 and qualified second. Jade Carey (United States) qualified third whilst Jordan Chiles (United States) was fourth best but missed out on the final. Valentina Georgieva (Bulgaria) was out first in the final and totalled 13.983. An Chang-ok (North Korea) would go top with a 14.216. Biles would almost secure gold with her first vault, a massive 15.7. The second vault was a 14.9 to put her into the lead on 15.3. Andrade scored 15.1 on her first vault with her second vault 14.833. Despite being far above the rest of the field, she could not keep up with the difficulty of Biles. Carey would go 14.733 on her first vault and took bronze when scoring 14.2 on her second vault.
🥇Simone Biles 🇺🇸
🥈Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷
🥉Jade Carey 🇺🇸
Carey was one of the possible contenders I mentioned for third
Women’s Uneven Bars
Kaylia Nemour (Algeria) was brilliant in qualification, with the highest difficulty and execution to score 15.6. Qiu Qiuyan (China) was the only other gymnast to score over 15. Alice D’Amato (Italy) would have the first big score with a 14.733 only for Nina Derwael to go to 14.766. Qiuyan would be the first over 15 in the final, scoring 15.5. Nemour would follow with a marvellous 15.7. Sunisa Lee (United States) was last up and would seal bronze with a 14.8
🥇Kaylia Nemour 🇩🇿
🥈Qiu Qiuyan 🇨🇳
🥉Sunisa Lee 🇺🇸
Nemour was so good. Andrade who I predicted to win bronze didn’t even make the final.
Women’s Balance Beam
Zhou Yaqin (China) was the leader in qualification ahead of Simone Biles (United States). Yaqin was first up in the final and despite a few wobbles scored 14.1. Manila Esposito (Italy) was next to go clear with a 14.0. Alice D’Amato(Italy) would go into the lead with a 14.366. Biles would join compatriot Sunisa Lee (United States) in coming off the beam. Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) was the final competitor on the beam and would score only 13.933, not enough to get to the podium.
🥇Alice D’Amato 🇮🇹
🥈Zhou Yaqin 🇨🇳
🥉Manila Esposito 🇮🇹
I mentioned Esposito as a possible outsider.
Women’s Floor
Simone Biles (United States) led qualification as the only woman to score over 14 despite a 0.1 penalty. Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) would put the pressure on with a 14.166 in the final. Ana Barbosa (Romania) would score a 13.7. Biles was up next and scored two out-of-bounds penalties to leave her total at 14.133. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (Romania) would follow and a penalty of 0.1 would give her the total of 13.7, edged by her team-mate on a tiebreak. Jordan Chiles (United States) would go into fifth with a 13.666. However, the controversy was just beginning as Chiles and Maneca-Voinea both put inquiries in. Chiles would be given an extra 0.1 and receive the bronze medal. However an appeal was then filed with CAS who agreed that the inquiry for Chiles was put in too late, relegating her off the podium.
🥇Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷
🥈Simone Biles 🇺🇸
🥉Ana Barbosu 🇷🇴
I said that Biles was not unbeatable and so Andrade proved. I mentioned Maneca-Voinea as an outside but instead it was her teammate.
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