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Doha World Cup: Gold on bars and silver on beam for Nina!

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Event finals took place on Friday and Saturday in the Aspire Dome in Doha. Nina confirmed her status of reigning world uneven bars champion by winning the gold. She also added a silver on beam to her collection. Credit: Doha Artistic Gymnastics - Qatar Nina  was third up on the uneven bars. She confidently performed the same exercise she showed at the World Championships last year in the very same arena. She scored 15.033. Her main opponent, the 2017 World Champion Fan Yilin from China was up right after her. Fan showed a 6.5 routine, the same level of difficulty as Nina,  but her execution couldn't match the Belgian's. She won the silver with 14.933. Russia's Anastasiia Iliankova won the bronze with 14.700 (6.3D).  Uneven bars final results: 1. Nina Derwael (BEL) 15.033 2. Fan Yilin (CHN) 14.933 3. Anastasiia Iliankova (RUS) 14.700 4. Jonna Adlerteg (SWE) 14.216 5. Kim Bui (GER) 14.000 6. Martina Rizzelli (ITA) 13.016 7. Yumika Nakamura (JPN) 12.93

World Cup Doha 2019: 3 finals for Team Belgium!

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This week, Doha welcomes the Apparatus World Cup series, the 4th of 8th qualifying World Cups for Tokyo 2020. The Belgian gymnasts qualified for 3 finals with impressive results!  3 gymnasts represented Team Belgium in this World Cup:  Dennis Goossens  competed on still rings and  Jonathan Vrolix  on floor, pommel horse and high bar.   Nina Derwael  competed on uneven bars and balance beam.  In her first competition of the year,  Nina Derwael did not disappoint.  She topped the uneven bars standings with 15.033 and will be the gymnast to beat for the gold on Friday.  Jonathan Vrolix showed impressive work on floor. He opened with a double twist forward immediately followed by a double tuck forward and showed great form overall. He received the highest execution score in an impressive field. He placed 3rd and qualifies for his first World Cup final. Jonathan also competed on pommel horse, where he scored 12.866 (32th). Dennis Goossens   competed on still rings. He w

Great results for our WAG teams in Jesolo and Canada !

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The past few weeks saw both our Juniors and Seniors WAG teams travel abroad for international competitions : the Trofeo Città Jesolo and the International Gymnix! Credit : International Gymnix On 2-3 March,  Stacy Bertrandt , Noémie Louon , Lisa Vaelen and Jutta Verkest represented Belgium in Italy for the Trofeo Città Jesolo. They achieved amazing results, placing 3rd as a team (152.734), behind Russia (165.234) and the United States (163.899). Individually, the all-around final was won by USA's Konor McClain (56.167), followed by Vladislava Urazova (Russia, 55.200) and Elena Gerasimova (Russia, 55.000). Noémie Louon was the best Belgian, with a total score of 51.601 for the 11th place. Stacy placed 15th (50.133), Lisa placed 19th (49.633) and Jutta was 26th with 47.666. Noémie qualified for the uneven bars final and placed 4th with 13.700, just 0.050 from the bronze medal. Stacy competed in the balance beam final but unfortunately fell. She placed 8th, wi