We’ll have MAG floor and WAG vault, then a break for everyone to cry and get their colored circles, and then the remaining three event finals for the first day.

Intros for men’s floor, Sharamkou accidentally tried to watch right off the edge of the stage instead of using the stairs, so this final might actually be pretty clean. But he didn’t do it, so the augury might be murky.

Men’s Floor

Doi – Japan – triple double tucked, stuck, excellent – back 2.5 to double front, lands OOB with a slide back – 2.5 to side, hop forward – back 1.5 to randi, hop – scale – double double tucked, also stuck. 14.366

Berkovich – Israel – triple tuck, steps back OOB – back 1.5 to double front, another step forward OOB – 2.5 to front lay, hop – hitch kick – randi, bounce back – double pike, pretty open, but short landing with a stagger. 13.500

Richard – US – front full to double front pike, little hop – double double lay, little hop again – back 2.5 to lay, hop – DLO 1/1, some pike, another pause – FTDT, stuck. Simone and Casimir up in the crowd like, “I’ll allow it.” 14.633

Dolgopyat – Israel – double double lay, little hop – front to double front pike, leans through a stick-cover – double double tuck, a couple small bounces – back 2.5 to double front, small movement – arabian in 1/2 out, chest lower with a hop forward. 14.466

Tim said elegant but it sounded like Elliot. So now that’s what that is.

Sharamkou – WG1 Belarus – back 1.5 to double front, hop – double double lay, chest down and a little hop – whip to 2.5 side pass, nice stick – DLO 1/1, larger bounce back – double double tuck, bounce back. 14.000

Yulo – Philippines – back 2.5 to double front pike, little hop – eeesh front double full to double front, lands entirely OOB and sits it down – back 2.5 – DLO 1/1, nice position, hop back – DLO is perfect and stuck. 13.233

Dukhno – WG2 Russia – double double lay a little short with a hop – front 2/1 to double front, giant leaping bound forward OOB, most artistic part of the final – front full to randi, hop back – DLO 1/1, little hop back. 13.666

Jarman – GB – triple double layout, little hop – back 2.5 to double front, under with a bounce back – lunge on 3.5 side pass – triple double tucked, little hop – 3/1 side pass, larger bounce back – double double tuck final pass, little bounce. 14.600 goes into silver.

Have to mute Peacock when they get into the mode of ravenously counting non-American deductions.

FINAL
1. Richard
2. Jarman
3. Dolgopyat

WAG Vault

Yeo – KOR – VT 1 – handspring rudi, strong form overall, chest down a bit with a hop to the side. 14.600 is a big one.

Yeo – KOR – VT 2 – DTY is crashed, super short, lands hands and knees. 12.833.

13.716 final.

Fontaine – CAN – VT 1 – DTY, not her best landing, bounce back and then additional stepping – didn’t get her usual amplitude. 14.000

Fontaine – CAN – VT 2 – Lopez, good open position for credit, large bounce back, some direction. 13.766

14.083 final, into first.

Blakely – US – VT 1 – DTY, solid power, large bounce back from her as well – nice twisting form, some direction. 14.100

Blakely – US – VT 2 – Lopez, hits it, a bit more pike down toward the end than Fontaine had, medium hop back, more control on landing. 13.833

14.166 final, now she’s into first.

Martin – GB – VT 1 – DTY, hits it but a larger bounce back and then an additional step, came in a little under-rotated, legs crossed. 13.600

Martin – GB – VT 2 – no last-minute Cheng today, goes for a Lopez, not as much height as the last two, pretty big bounce back. But solid. 13.433

13.716 final, which ties Yeo but she’ll go in behind because Yeo has the better-scoring single vault to take the tiebreak.

Black – CAN – VT 1 – Tsuk 1.5 for her first vault, very clean, small hop forward. 14.066

Black – CAN – VT 2 – Goes for the handspring front lay full, pretty solid landing bounce up in place, little hop. Light hip angle throughout, and they downgrade to piked, otherwise she would have been in first. Ready for Ellie to punch a wall about it.

13.966 final, into 3rd place.

Andrade – Brazil – VT 1 – high DTY, very strong, smaller hop back than the other DTYs, some direction. 14.400

Andrade – Brazil – VT 2 – Lopez, great height and open shape, medium bounce back, very clean. Will lead. 14.133

14.466 final, into first.

Pease – US – VT 1 – Cheng first vault, better direction than in the AA, landed fine, chest down, bounce back, knees etc. 14.366 is a better score for her for the Cheng, a vault that can’t get downgraded to piked because there’s no piked 1.5 in the code.

Pease – US – VT 2 – fluffing out scrunchie to indicate 2nd vault, some of her best pop on the DTY but that one was much farther off direction, lands fully over the line with a hop back.

14.233 final puts her in 2nd with one to go.

Mata – Mexico – VT 1 – handspring rudi, very good – nice power, a little bit more pike and less distance than Yeo’s, but well completed. 14.366.

Mata – Mexico – VT 2 – only does an FTY here so probably doesn’t have the D to get into the medals, struggles to control with a large bounce back and then another hop forward. 13.100

13.933 final, which is 6th place.

FINAL
1. Andrade
2. Pease
3. Blakely

On to the pommel horse final, Targhetta opens with a massive hit, coming in as the 3rd best qualifier. His qualifying score was 14.833, and here he is on 15.233. The children of the horse have arrived.

Kilan van der All-Around follows, not quite the same D but very strong leg positions for 14.733.

John assesses that pommel horse is decided based on “how much like a helicopter.” Same. That’s my novel about Chengs on vault. How much like a helicopter. Hashimoto in the third spot got D scored for 13.466.

Kurbanov up 4th, doesn’t do full difficulty on dismount, so he’s down on D score from qualification but comes up with 14.933, into 2nd place.

Patty Hoopes is doing the YMCA. So, we’ve reached that portion of worlds. Alright, now let’s get Simone out here doing the chicken dance.

Khachatryan was the #4 qualifier, also improves on his Q score and comes in with a 15.000 here. Down one tenth on Targhetta in D, and slightly lower on E.

Hur in the 6th spot has the difficulty edge on Targhetta and Khachatryan but got a 0.3 ND to put him down in 14.833 and out of the medals. At least he delivered the correct reaction upon seeing an annoying ND.

Hoopes goes in with a 6.1 D score, but the 8.833 execution will put him on 14.933 and into 4th on the E score tiebreak compared to Kurbanov’s 14.933.

Manukyan finishes the final, and is like “alright losers, eat this.” The amplitude and leg positions deliver a superior E score of 9.4 to give him 15.300 and gold.

FINAL
1. Manukyan – 15.300
2. Targhetta – 15.233
3. Khachatryan – 15.000

UNEVEN BARS

Nemour – Algeria – inbar full to Nemour, no 1/2 turn, to pak to maloney to stalder full to stalder tkatchev 1/2 to yezhova to stalder shap 1/2 – DLO, hop back. Changed the composition today, did not do the Nemour 1/2 or the DLO 1/1, which is probably a sound call.

15.333 and 7.0 D, so that’s that.

Blakely – US – stalder 1/1 to toe tkatchev piked – stalder tkatchev piked to pak – toe full to van leeuwen, good leg form and finish positions in that combo – toe higgins to front giant to double front 1/2, step back. Solid one. Step on dismount but better vertical positions.

14.600 is a big bars score for Blakely. 6.2/8.4 E. She’s like, I did not expect it to be that high…

Visser – NED – stalder tkathev piked to pak – short hs on low – maloney to clear hip 1/2 to yezhova, some straddle – stalder full to shap 1/2, legs together well – shorter cast hs on high and toe full, connects to FTDT, lean back step-salute

14.366 is currently 3rd.

Iorio – Italy – stalder tkatchev piked to pak – maloney to stalder, attempts stalder full but gets caught 1/2 turn around and ultimately has to hop off. Alas. Just resumes on low bar with shap 1/2 – finishes front giant full and double front, big lunge back.

12.500 for Iorio.

Perotti – Italy – inbar 1/2 to front stadler 1/2, small hesitation – into maloney – attempts connected stalder tkatchev piked and falls. Italy was like, nope nope nope nope. Resumes with a pak – van leuwen, small leg break – toe full, a little past, into FTDT, small hop.

13.266 into 4th place.

Kevric – Germany – inbar full to stalder shap 1/2, great height – short cast hs – inbar 1/2 to piked jaeger – stalder tkatchev piked to pak – van leeuwen, small leg break – FTDT, great stick.

14.833 puts Kevric comfortably into 2nd.

Glotova – WG2Russia – small arch in first hs – stalder 1/2 to piked jaeger – toe full to stalder tkatchev piked to pak – maloney to gienger, leg separation on catch – FTDT, a little short, with some leg separation into the air, hop forward. Won’t get the E score of the other contenders.

14.233 goes behind Visser and into 5th

Colas – France – inabr 1/2 to front stalder 1/2 to maloney to stalder full – great – Ricna to pak – van leeuwen, legs together – toe full, slightly past, into FTDT, tried to hold the stick but ends up with a pretty big lean forward and step salute.

14.533 is 4th place, the lean forward made the difference.

FINAL
1. Nemour – 15.333
2. Kevric – 14.833
3. Blakely – 14.600

Nemour came through with a fully connected one to win, not that she really needed all of it, but she didn’t break a connection this time. Blakely has four medals from four events so far. This is the most surprising one because she qualified in last and looked likely to be bumped out of the final entirely as we went through qualification. US women had one total event final medal last year and have three through the first day of EFs this year.

Rings final finishes out the first day of event finals. Avetisyan equals his qualification score on 14.233, with a handstand hesitation before dismount and no stick bonus for his double double dismount, nearly stuck but a little step.

OK, but which rings specialist do they not call Lord of the Rings, though?

Petrounias gets the stick on the double double layout-ish, with some major tucking of knees in the second salto. 14.333 puts him a tenth ahead of Avetisyan.

Oka does a very clean routine in the 3rd spot with a stick on the double double layout. 14.033, high E score but doesn’t have the D and is into 3rd place. Originally they didn’t give the stick bonus, which is now updated to a 14.133.

Kosak finishes double double tuck with lunge back, has to control some swing in final handstand, 13.800 is well down on the qualification score and in 4th.

Glen Cuyle understood the assignment of event finals and tried to upgrade to a triple back dismount, but it was not close and he rolls back out of it. 12.833.

Petrounias giving little shoulder massages all around as they wait.

Lan Xingyu qualified in 1st with 14.733 and destroyed the rest of the competitors thus far here as well with a 6.0 D score. 14.766 puts him in first place, didn’t get the stick bonus on the double double layout with a little chest down hop, which took his E score lower than a couple others, but he has the significant D advantage.

Zaika is up 7th, gets the dismount today, medium step back on the DLO 1/1 with lots of pike in the air, which ends up taking away the quality on the rings themselves. 14.100 and out of the medals. Tim is v sad.

Tulloch finishes the final, gets the triple back to his feet kind of, but very deep landing and looked like hands touch, again seemed like he swung out the rings really late to release for his dismount. 13.366

FINAL
1. Lan – 14.766
2. Petrounias – 14.333
3. Avetisyan – 14.233

China and Armenia are now tied atop the men’s medal standings with three. The US leads the women’s medal standings with five already, the next most is China with two.