Worlds 2019: Men's qualifications: 18th place for Team Belgium

Monday afternoon the Belgian men completed their qualifications in Stuttgart. Just like the girls, they were in search of an olympic team ticket. A bad start in the first rotation cut their chances short right away. 

The men started their competition on pommel horse. Jimmy Verbaeys was off to a good start on the most difficult apparatus to start on. He scored 13.200. Unfortunately Noah Kuavita, Luka Van den Keybus and Maxime Gentges all fell. Luka scored 11.433 while Maxime saved a few tenths by adding extra difficulty after his fall (12.066). Noah got 10.933.

On rings Maxime scored 13.200 for a good routine. Noah and Jimmy added 12.733 and 12.566 to the team total while Luka got 12.300. On vault Noah received an excellent 14.400 for his handspring double front. Luka scored 13.900 for his Yurchenko double twist. Daan added another half twist and scored 14.166. Jimmy made a mistake and got 12.366.

The men then moved on to the parallel bars where Noah once again got the highest score of the team (13.866). Luka showed a clean routine for a score of 13.566 and Maxime got a 13.533. Jimmy was not far behind with 13.333. On high bar Noah impressed with his stuck triple piked dismount (13.566). Jimmy and Luka both showed clean and well controled routines, that scored 13.533 and 13.500. Daan displayed some impressive skills but fell on his first release to get 12.000.

On floor, the final apparatus, Luka was impressive with clean work and excellent landings. He scored 14.133. Jimmy went clean too and got 13.566. Daan showed a nice double double for a score of 13.433, while Noah received 12.933. 

The team, which hoped to get 245 points, scored 240.360 for the 18th place. Their ranking means they unfortunately didn't qualify a full team to the Games. This team, although experienced, is still quite young and there's room for improvement.

Russia was the best team out there with 259.928 to qualify into first, ahead of China (258.354) and Japan (258.026).

Here are the 12 teams that qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The top 8 will compete in the team final on Wednesday :

1. Russia 259.928
2. China 258.354
3. Japan 258.026
4. Ukraine  253.528
5. Great Britain 252.409
6. Switzerland 251.400
7. USA 250.359
8. Chinese Taipe 250.093
9 . South Korea  249.651
10. Brazil  247.236
11. Spain 246.727
12. Germany 246.508

All-around qualifiers:
1. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 87.333

2. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 86.531
3. Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 85.831
4. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 85.731
5. Sun Wei (CHN) 84.899
6. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 84.598
7. Lee Chih Kai (TPE) 84.481
8. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 84.299

Floor qualifiers:
1. Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) 15.033

2. Chaopan Lin (CHN) 14.933
3. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 14.900
4. Ruoteng Xiao (CHN) 14.833
5. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 14.733
6. Hansol Kim (KOR) 14.666
7. Carlos Edriel Yulo (PHI) 14.633
8. Dom Cunningham (GBR) 14.600

Pommel horse qualifiers: 

1. Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.266
2. Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) 15.200
3. Chih Kai Lee (TPE) 14.966
4. Jingyuan Zou (CHN) 14.958
5. Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 14.883
6. Yu-Jan Shiao (TPE) 14.683
7. Cyril Tommasone (FRA) 14.666
8. Kazumo Kaya (JPN) 14.633

Rings qualifiers:
1. Ibrahim Colak (TUR) 14.858

2. Arthur Zanetti (BRA) 14.700
3. Samir Ait Said (FRA) 14.700
4. Elefherios Petrounias (GRE) 14.700
5. Marco Lodadio (ITA) 14.666
6. Denis Abliazin (RUS) 14.600
7. Nick Klessing (GER) 14.566
8. Artur Tovmasyan (ARM) 14.566. 

Vault qualifiers:
1. Hakseon Yang (KOR) 14.933

2. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 14.716
3. Wai Hung Shek (HKG) 14.666
4. Igor Radivilov (UKR) 14.666
5. Thanh Tun Le (VIE) 14.633
6. Marian Dragulescu (ROU) 14.624
7. Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 14.616
8. Dom Cunningham (GBR) 14.566

Parallel bars qualifiers:
1. Lukas Dauser (GER) 15.033

2. Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 15.033
3. Joe Fraser (GBR) 15.000
4. Ruoteng Xiao (CHN) 14.966
5. Ferhat Arican (TUR) 14.933
6. Wei Sun (CHN) 14.800
6. Onder Ahmet (TUR) 14.800
8. Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 14.800. 

High bar qualifiers:

1. Chia-Hung Tang (TPE) 14.933
2. Sam Mikulak (USA) 14.866
3. Tin Srbic (CRO) 14.833
4. Arthur Mariano (BRA) 14.600
5. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 14.433
6. Chaopan Lin (CHN) 14.433
7. Tyson Bull (AUS) 14.366
8. Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 14.366

On Tuesday, the best 8 teams from the women's qualifications will battle for the medals at 14:30.

You can find all the results here.