Hashimoto, Kaya and Olympic vault champion Shin Jeahwan (KOR) will be the only Tokyo medalists competing again in Japan next week. The defending world champions competing next week are Carlos Yulo (PHI) floor, Ibrahim Colak (TUR) rings, Arthur Mariano (BRA) high bar.
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China’s Tokyo Olympians are also opting out of this worlds, but their “B” team includes Zhang Boheng, Weng Hao, Huang Mingqi and Hu Xuwei who should be a major factor during the event finals. The team’s best chance for a medal will be by Vladislav Poliashov and Ivan Stretovich. None of the members of the Olympic gold winning Russian team are participating in Kitakyushu. Olympic All-around champion Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) The host team of Japan has the strongest roster in the men’s side including recently crowned Olympic all-around and high bar champion Daiki Hashimoto, Tokyo Olympics team silver medalist and pommel horse bronze medalist, Kazuma Kaya and two-time Olympic all-around champion and six-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura who is competing as a high bar specialist. Murakami has announced that she will retire after this world championships. The only two female world gold medalists at the event are Schafer and Murakami who won the 2017 balance beam and floor titles, respectively. Though, Andrade, DiCello, Wong and China’s Qi Qi are also capable of a podium performance.
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The top floor contenders are recent Tokyo Olympics floor bronze medalists Melnikova and Murakami. Other notables with potential for the beam podium include Pauline Schafer (GER), Urara Ashikawa (JPN), Urazova, Andrade, McClain, Wong and DiCello. Just like in Tokyo we can expect China to dominate balance beam. The reigning Olympic vault champion Andrade is expected to take the title on that event, while on bars the top podium contenders are the Chinese and the Russian gymnasts along with Downie. Melnikova took home the all-around and floor bronze medals, while Downie was the silver medalist on uneven bars. Melnikova, Li and Becky Downie (GBR) are the only gymnasts in the field who medaled at the last world championships two years ago. China’s Li Shijia trained on bars and beam only during the podium workout however, teammate Wei Xiaoyuan is capable of a strong all-around performance given that she manages the nerves in her first major senior international competition. Both DiCello and Wong could challenge for the all-around podium. women will be represented by Olympic alternates Kayla DiCello and Leanne Wong as well as eMjae Frazier and Konnor McClain.
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In the next competition I will be back”, the Tokyo all-around silver medalist Andrade said regarding choosing not to compete on floor and the all-around. “I am listening to my body, respecting it.
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Unofficially, Andrade, Murakami and Urazova will not be competing in the all-around, which leaves Melnikova as the clear favorite for the all-around title. On the women’s side there are only four Tokyo Olympic medalists participating at these world championships, and they are Rebeca Andrade (BRA), Angelina Melnikova (RUS), Vladislava Urazova (RUS) and Mai Murakami (JPN). Simone Biles (USA) and Nina Derwael (BEL) opting to skip the event means that none of the defending champions on the women’s side will be present in Kitakyushu. On both the men’s and the women’s sides, many of the Tokyo Olympic medalists have opted out of this event nevertheless, the two rosters include plenty of notable names. The event was awarded initially to Copenhagen however, it was later appointed to Kitakyushu after Denmark withdrew from hosting. The 50 th FIG World Gymnastics Championship is set to begin Monday, October 18 in Kitakyushu, Japan where more than 300 gymnasts from 56 nations are expected to contend for 12 individual world titles.ĭue to the global pandemic and the postponement of the Olympic Games, Kitakyushu becomes the first world championships to be held in an Olympic year since 1996.