Competition to ensure safety paris 2024 On Saturday (February 17), on the first day of the International Gymnastics Federation's Cairo World Cup Finals, the gymnastics competition officially opened with five different gymnasts taking the title.
Republic of Korea Ryu Sung Hyun, the 2019 Junior World Floor Champion, won the first men's title of the day in the floor exercise, where he displayed impressive twisting ability. He began his routine with a unique front full to front triple full combination. His 14.070 was good enough for the gold medal.
Cuban diorge escobar13.900, Bulgarian eddie penev He finished in the top three with a score of 13.800.
Penev was particularly pleased with the result after starting the day as the first substitute, but due to Japan's absence, Wataru Tanigawa And in the final, mistakes by other players gave Penev the opportunity to pick up valuable points towards qualifying for Paris in 2024.
The men's pommel horse final was a star-studded affair with several accomplished athletes still chasing Olympic spots, including Jordan. Ahmad Abu Al Soud, 2022 World Silver Medalist for this event.
He performed admirably under pressure and won the gold medal with a score of 15.070, the only one of the day to exceed 15.000.Korean Ho Eun Second place was tied with Kazakhstan with 14.930 points. Zeinora Idrisov For bronze it is 14.800 points.
But it was heartbreaking Philip Houdet, the 2008 Olympic silver medalist, fell off the apparatus mid-routine. This mistake cost him full points. He finished in 6th place with a score of 13.470. Houdet is another pommel horse specialist who has yet to earn a spot in Paris.
The list also includes the Tokyo 2020 pommel horse silver medalist. Li Zhikai He finished 11th in the preliminaries and missed out on advancing to the finals. He will aim to make a comeback at next week's Cottbus World Cup to keep his Olympic dreams alive.
The first day of the men's competition ended with a still ring, with Jeong Ryong Il of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea winning the gold medal with a score of 14.600. Armenia's Vahgun Davtian and Italy's Salvatore Maresca matched with 14.500 points. Davutyan won the tiebreaker and took second place, with Maresca third.