2018 FIG WORLD Challenge Cups, All

After Challenge Cup No. 6 (Guimarães (POR), the  No 7 in July in Mersin/TUR, the No. 8 in September inSzombathely/HUN, and No. 9 in Paris/FRA now the last one, the No.10's event of this circuit 2018 will finish November 22 -25 in Cottbus / GER.

For "Members of  GYMfamily" and all its readers and users worldwide, the European Gymnastics Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL" offers a special World Cup Summary of the entire season of all the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cups ...:
- from the 1^st World Cup in Melbourne (Feb 2018) on up to the 10^th Challenge Cup (November in Cottbus) ...

* 2018  - last Challenge Cup:

2018- NOV 22 - 25:
♦♦  10^th Indiv. World Cup, "43^rd Turnier der Meister" (Cottbus/GER)
* The winners of the men in Cottbus came from 4 different countries.
The most successful was Ukraine with victories of Igor Radivilov (vault) and Oleg Verniaiev (parallel bars).
* On women's side Brazil was the most successful nation with 3 golden ranks:
Rebecca Andrade won on vaulting table and also on balance beam.
Her compatriot Flavia Saraiva was the best gymnast with her amazing floor exercise!.
Belgium's World Champion Nina Derwael was unbeatable on uneven bars
The German hosts did not reach a podium place this year at home ...!

* RESULTS / Overview:

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With six of the ten titles, host country Turkey dominated the FIG World Challenge Cup in Artistic Gymnastics in Mersin, held 6-8 July. Turkish gymnasts won 13 medals overall, including three of the four women's events, at the Mersin Gymnastics Hall. The competition continues Turkey's streak of success in the sport following last year's historic world championships in Montreal, where two gymnasts made apparatus finals, and record results at the recent Mediterranean Games in Spain, where the Turkish men won the team silver and Ibrahi̇m Colak and Ahmet Onder won individual gold medals.
* FIG VIDEO IMPRESSIONS  &  MEN's HIGHLIGHTS in Mersin:

* Youtube (188)

WOMEN --: Dipa Karmakar, the only Indian gymnast to make a world and Olympic final, made a successful comeback after nearly two years by winning the gold medal on Women’s Vault. Karmakar, 24, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she placed a historic fourth on Vault. In Mersin, she opted not to attempt the risky handspring double-front she competed in Rio, instead performing a McIntosh (handspring layout front full) and double-twisting Tsukahara to average 14.150. Indonesia’s Rifda Irfanaluthfi won the silver, her first World Challenge Cup medal, over Turkey’s Goksu Uctas Sanli.

* FIG VIDEO IMPRESSIONS  &  WOMEN's HIGHLIGHTS in Mersin:

* Youtube (203)
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► WCha CUP RESULTS, All
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2018 - MAY 31- JUNE 03:
♦♦  5^th Indiv. World Cup, "Koper" (SLO)

At the fifth so-called "14^th WORLD CHALLENGE CUP" of the 2018 season in Koper, Slovenia, which is all about the wins on the individual apparatus, all male winners came from from Asia: Four Japanese wins were achieved by Takumi SATO (bottom), Kohei KAMEYAMA ( Horse), Kazuyuki TAKEDA (rings) and Takaki SUGINO (horizontal bar). Two successes went to the account of the emerging gymnastics nation Vietnam, by LE, Thanh Tung (vault) and DINH, Phuong Thanh (parallel bars). Two third places were won by the Swiss Benjamin Gischard (ground, jump). Unfortunately Moreno Knatter and Oliver Hegi messed up their final finals after promising performances in the preliminary ...

On the other hand, Giulia STEINGRUBER (valt, floor exerc.) landed a Swiss double, as the second only being beaten by Celine van GERNER (NED) on the beam and also the bar final (5th). Barbora MOKOSOVA from Slovakia was the best at this device ...

* R E S U L T S, ALL:
►► WOMEN's RESULTS, all;
►► MEN's RESULTS, all
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2018-MAR 21-24:
♦♦  3^rd Indiv. World Challenge Cup, "Doha" (QAT);              
       * Participants: >> Women (59);    >> M e n (100)

♦  R E S U L T S  - Update complete, Saturday, March 24 :
♦ Qualification (MAR 21/22) & APPA. FINALS (MAR 23/24)

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