FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup B
International Gymnix 2010
Montreal (CAN), March 5 – 7, 2010
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, March 8, 2010: With seven medals each, Japan and Canada were most successful at the first FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup of the season. Montreal (CAN) set the stage for the opening event on March 5 -7, 2010.
Ali Al Asi won the Silver on Rings for Jordan, former World Champion Aljaz Pegan took Silver on Horizontal Bar for Slovenia and Finland’s Tomi Tuuha settled for Bronze on Vault.
Canadian Kevin Lytwyn, a strong contender for a spot on the 2012 Canadian Olympic team, competed for the first time at a World Cup meet. With Gold on Rings and Bronze on Floor and Parallel Bars, Lytwyn delivered in spades.
“I was pretty confident about my chances for a medal on rings but there were some pretty strong guys out there,” said Lytwyn.
A mere fourth in the qualifying round, 21 year old Japanese Kohei Kameyama surprisingly topped the rankings on Horizontal Bar, relegating Slovenia’s veteran Aljaz Pegan, leader of the preliminary round, to rank two. Kameyama went on to collect Bronze on Rings and Pommel Horse.
Gafuik, one of just three holdovers from Canada's Beijing Olympic team, won the Gold on Vault. He was pleased with his execution and scores on both vaults, particularly the second one, in which he performed two and a half somersaults in a major competition for the first time.
“Generally speaking, you need to score over 16 points to make it to the finals at world championship events, and I managed to average that over two vaults, so that’s a good sign that on I’m on the right track,” said Gafuik.
Having led the Qualification on Floor, young Shusuke Kikuchi (18) of Japan dominated the Final on Saturday. He won with a .65 margin over teammate Kyoichi Watanabe, capturing a Silver on Vault. But on the Parallel Bars, Watanabe took nothing short of Gold.
2009 World Pommel Horse runner up Krisztian Berki (HUN) prevailed on his favorite apparatus by a considerable 1.15 margin, leaving Silver to Canada’s Ken Ikeda, who in turn seized yet another Silver on Parallel Bars. Teammate Jackson Payne added a Bronze on Horizontal Bar to Canada’s record.
Men
Floor
Gold - Shusuke Kikuchi (JPN) 15.400
Silver - Kyoichi Watanabe (JPN) 14.750
Bronze - Kevin Lytwyn (CAN) 14.650
4. Sakari Vekki (FIN) 14.300
5. Jad Mazahreh (JOR) 13.800
6. Ali Al Asi (JOR) 13.250
7. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) 13.150
8. Marco Mayr (AUT) 12.500
Pommel Horse
Gold - Krisztian Berki (HUN) 15.750
Silver - Ken Ikeda (CAN) 14.600
Bronze - Kohei Kameyama (JPN) 14.100
4. Jackson Payne (CAN) 13.300
5. Kyoichi Watanabe (JPN) 13.100
6. Marco Mayr (AUT) 12.900
Rings
Gold - Kevin Lytwyn (CAN) 14.500
Silver - Ali Al Asi (JOR) 14.350
Bronze - Kohei Kameyama (JPN) 13.700
4. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) 13.150
5. Marco Mayr (AUT)13.000
Vault
Gold - Nathan Gafuik (CAN) 16.025
Silver - Shusuke Kikuchi (JPN) 15.900
Bronze - Tomi Tuuha (FIN) 15.750
4. Jad Mazahreh (JOR) 15.275
5. Ali Al Asi (JOR) 14.850
6. Julian Egermann (AUT) 14.725
Parallel Bars
Gold - Kyoichi Watanabe (JPN) 14.750
Silver - Ken Ikeda (CAN) 14.400
Bronze - Kevin Lytwyn (CAN) 14.150
4. Tomi Tuuha (FIN) 13.000
5. Marco Mayr (AUT) 12.300
6. Jad Mazahreh (JOR) 11.350
7. Ali Al Asi JORDANIE 10.300
Horizontal Bar
Gold - Kohei Kameyama (JPN) 14.200
Silver - Aljaz Pegan (SLO) 14.100
Bronze - Jackson Payne (CAN) 13.950
4. Kyoichi Watanabe (JPN) 13.800
5. Jad Mazahreh (JOR) 12.900
6. Marco Mayr (AUT) 12.650
7. Nathan Gafuik (AUT) 11.650
Detailed results
Men’s Qualifications
Men’s Finals
The women's competition in Montreal was cancelled due to insufficient entries.
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Qualifications
Finals day 1
Finals day 2
Cottbus (GER) is the next stop on the 2010 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series, March 12 – 14.
