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Armenia claims first World gold on closing day of #WGC2022
November 6, 2022News
Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena was lit on the closing day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.
Starting on vault, European success came quickly as Armenia’s Artur Davtyan provided his signature excellent execution to score 15 or more for both vaults, thus holding off a strong challenge by the Philippines’ Carlos Yulo. The first World title for independent Armenia is a fact:
Since the fall of the Soviet Union this is the first gold for Armenia in a world championships. We got third on pommel (on Saturday) and now we have gold. It is thanks to our coaches and to our unity. We have been through a lot of difficulties and we’ve been working hard to try and improve continuously. Thankfully, we were able to achieve this gold medal. The most important thing is to avoid injuries, to try to stay healthy and compete uninjured. Unfortunately, in Armenia there are not very good conditions – we have no training centres or facilities. If it wasn’t so hard maybe we could have achieved this earlier.
For Igor Radivilov, this year has been absolutely awful due to the war in Ukraine and the siege of his hometown Mariupol which killed his grandparents. A tiny redemption came at Europeans in Munich this summer where he dedicated his bronze on vault to his grandparents. In Liverpool, he clinched the bronze as well, claiming the team is doing everything they can to bring the Ukrainian flag as high as they can on the international stage. Mission accomplished.
On beam, Marine Boyer (FRA) was first up but couldn’t quite control her nerves as she settled for the unfortunate 4th. Japan’s Watanabe Hazuki performed cleanly to be crowned the new World Champion.
On parallel bars, Olympic Champion Zou Jingyuan (CHN) gave another masterclass for a massive score of 16.166. Olympic silver medallist Lukas Dauser (GER) followed suit. With 15.500 for a great routine, he clinched the silver medal.
Home crowd favourite Jessica Gadirova got the whole M&S Bank Arena to their feet on she gave it her all on floor. As the reigning European Champion on this apparatus, expectations were high. The 18-year-old star certainly didn’t disappoint, electrifying the venue with her natural dance, impressive leaps and difficult tumbling. 14.200 secured her the gold medal, only the second British woman, after Beth Tweddle, to achieve this feat:
We knew as a team that a medal was up for grabs for me, so we had to make a very hard decision to pull out of vault, so I could have the best chance on floor, and it definitely paid off. When I focus on the dance it takes my mind away from the crowd and the tumbles and the leaps, and it makes me feel alive. That’s what I am, I love to perform and floor is one of my favourite pieces to do. It gives me such an amazing feeling.
Congratulations to all medallists!
Vault
GOLD Artur Davtyan (ARM) 15.050
SILVER Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.950
BRONZE Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.733
Beam
GOLD Watanabe Hazuki (JPN) 13.600
SILVER Ellie Black (CAN) 13.566
BRONZE Miyata Shoko (JPN) 13.533
Parallel bars
GOLD Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 16.166
SILVER Lukas Dauser (GER) 15.500
BRONZE Carlos Yulo (PHI) 15.366
Floor
GOLD Jessica Gadirova (GBR) 14.200
SILVER Jordan Chiles (USA) 13.833
BRONZE Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 13.733
BRONZE Jade Carey (USA) 13.733
High bar
GOLD Brody Malone (USA) 14.800
SILVER Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 14.700
BRONZE Arthur Mariano (BRA) 14.466
Full results are available on the FIG website: gymnastics.sport!
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