REPORT - Men's Horizontal Bar Finial

The finalists did not have any Kolman or Kovacs which would be a crowd favorite, so the execution was a key to decide a medal. The first competitor, ZHOU Xaiodong of China, was the most consistent: Adler half to layout Tkachev; Tkachev; stalder full to mixed grip; Endo full to mixed grip; giant full to mixed grip; layout double double dismount. He kept the first place and took his second gold medal. Bae Ga Ram of Korea had excellent el-grip elements such as Rybalko, Endo full to el grip, giant full to el-grip, el-grip Endo and won the silver medal. Shunta Kitagawa missed his Adler-full and had two big steps forward and grabbed only the bronze medal.

by Toshiaki Fujii