The second stage of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is taking place in Cottbus (Germany) , the largest international traveling circuit reserved for individual specialties. At the end of the four-event series, two Paris 2024 Olympic passes will be awarded on each apparatus. The discussion does not concern Italy , which has already qualified with both teams (five places per gender). Among other things, there were no Azzurri in the race today, given that the second stage of Serie A takes place in Ancona. The first finals were played on Teutonic soil today , tomorrow the event will conclude with the last five final acts .
The great technical result of the day bears the signature of Algerian Kaylia Nemour on the uneven bars. The silver medalist showed off an exercise with a 7.0 D Score and obtained a superb score of 15.433 . Great blaze of the North African ahead of the independent athlete Alena Tsitavets (14,100) and the Belgian Maellyse Brassart (13,700).
The British Harry Hepworth triumphed on floor exercise with an excellent 6.8 exercise rated with an overall of 14.900. The Israeli Artem Dolgopyat paid a tenth of a penalty and so the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion had to settle for second place (14.866, 6.4 the starting point). Third was South Korea’s Sunghyun Ryu (14,366).
On the pommel horse three athletes faced each other head-on for the victory. The Kazakh Nariman Kurbanov prevailed with 15.433 (6.7 D Score) against the Jordanian Ahmad Abu Al Soud (15.300) and the South Korean Woong Hur (15.300). Azerbaijani Nikita Simonov won the rings with 14.700 (6.2), narrowly beating the Frenchman Samir Ait Said (14.666) and the Armenian Vahagn Davtyan (14.600).
