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Posted 4.11.2022 in News

Liverpool Lowdown: Stage set for Saturday's individual finals

Following four nights of captivating team and all-around finals, it is now time for the apparatus specialists to shine at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Five golds will be handed out on Saturday across an action-packed four hours – here’s everything you need to know…

13.34-14.09 - Men’s Floor

The action gets underway on the floor, where Carlos Yulo is looking for his second World Championship gold on the apparatus and third overall.

The 2019 champion qualified comfortably ahead of the chasing pack, scoring 15.266 to mark himself out as the man to beat.

Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat disappointed in qualifying to miss out on the showpiece but the bronze medallist from Tokyo last summer, Korea’s Ryu Sung-hyun, will compete after qualifying in sixth.

Nicola Bartolini defends his crown having triumphed in Kitakyushu last year but there will be no next instalment of the battle between Daiki Hashimoto and Zhang Boheng after last night's all-around final following the Chinese gymnasts withdrawal. Benjamin Osberger is his replacement.

Hashimoto’s compatriot Ryosuke Doi qualified in second, just ahead of Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi, while the home challenge is provided by Giarnni Regini-Moran.

14.09-14.54 – Women’s Vault

The surprising absence of reigning world and Olympic champion Rebeca Andrade leaves the door ajar for a host of top-class contenders.

Andrade paid for a hand slip on her second attempt in qualifying, with American duo Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles taking advantage to qualify as the top two.

Carey, a two-time silver medallist on the vault in this competition, recorded a 14.733 in Thursday’s all-around final, behind only Andrade on the night.

Yeo Seo-jeong and Shoko Miyata, who took gold and silver respectively at this year’s Asian Championships, will provide a challenge while 2019 Pan-American champion Ellie Black is looking to add her second medal of the week.

Jessica Gadirova is going for a third after historic podium places in the team and all-around, and she makes up a three-strong European challenge alongside France’s Coline Devillard and Belgium’s Lisa Vaelen.

15.20-16.02 – Men’s Pommel Horse

Reigning champion Stephen Nedoroscik is looking to go back-to-back and qualified with 15.233 – the same score as Rhys McClenaghan, who edged out the American with a higher execution score on Monday.

McClenaghan is looking to become Ireland’s first ever gymnastics world champion and upgrade the bronze he took home from Stuttgart in 2019.

Harutyun Merdinyan won bronze four years earlier and enters as the European champion having edged out Dutchman Loran de Munck, who also competes here, in Munich.

Filip Ude’s fifth World Championship final comes 15 years after his first, with the 2014 silver medallist insisting he has ‘nothing to lose’ as he prepares for the showpiece at the age of 36.

Asian champion Abu Al Soud Ahmad, of Jordan, claimed the final qualifying spot while Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov, who took silver in Doha, secured his berth with an impressive 15.033.

Ryosuke Doi completes the line-up for his second final of the afternoon.

16.02-16.48 – Women’s Uneven Bars

Two-time champion Nina Derwael is looking to complete her hat-trick as she continues her return to competitive international action.

This competition marks the Olympic champion’s post-Tokyo comeback and she was straight back into her stride in qualifying, scoring 14.700.

That was only bettered by Luo Rui, who won bronze at last year’s World Championships, while 2021 champion Wei Xiaoyuan and silver medallist Rebeca Andrade are also back for more.

Shilese Jones recorded the best bars score in the field on her way to all-around silver on Thursday night while European champion Elisabeth Seitz will also hope to challenge.

Dutch duo Sanna Veerman and Naomi Visser complete the line-up.

16.48-17.29 – Men’s Rings

The hosts’ best chance of gold arguably comes in the last event of the day as Courtney Tulloch takes to the rings.

Tulloch was one of three to lead the way on 14.666 in qualifying, alongside European silver medallist Adem Asil and Zou Jingyuan, who went on to better that in the men’s team final.

You Hao won World Championship silver on rings in 2015 while Yuya Kamoto goes in search of his first individual medal at this event having won two as part of the Japanese team.

Vahagn Davtyan and Artur Avetisyan form a two-strong Armenian presence in the final, with Donnell Whittenburg flying the American flag.

The World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 will be one of the largest international sporting events ever to be held in the city. Over 500 gymnasts from more than 70 countries will compete at the M&S Bank Arena from 29 October to 6 November 2022. Tickets are available at www.2022worldgymnastics.com/tickets