2023 Junior World Championships: Qualification and Team Final.

Antalya is hosting the 2nd World Championships for Juniors. 5 Belgian gymnasts competed in the qualifications. 

On wednesday Giel Vandeberg  and Victor Tournicourt completed their qualifications. Their main goal was to gain experience. Competing alongside the Japanese team surely was an inspiring experience. Giel finished 77th with a total of 71.333. He also received the price for the best execution score on floor. Victor finished on the 93th place with 68.432. 

On thursday the Belgian girls completed their qualifications. Chloé Baert, Hanne Degryse and Yelena Devreker finished 10th as a team with a total score of 97.231. Yelena qualified for the all-around final with a score of 48.732. So did Hanne with 47.365.  She showed excellent execution on floor exercise and just misses the final. Her E-score of 8.233 is, just like Giels, the highest of the field. For Chloé these World championships were her first big international competition. She gained important experience for the future, scored 46.433 and finished 39th. 

Japan won both the men's and women's team title. On the mens side China won the silver and Italy finished third. On the womens side team USA finished second and Italy took the bronze medal. 

Team final men:

1. Japan, 164.831

2. China, 161.229

3. Italy, 159.598

4. Armenia, 159.161

5. France, 157.696

6. USA, 157.530

All-around qualification men:

1.BARAJAS Angel (COL) 81.464

2. TSUNOGAI Tomoharu (JPN) 81.366

3.YANG Chunjie (CHN) 79.965 

4. BRUGNAMI Tommaso (ITA) 79.899

5. KAMIYAMA Haruto (JPN) 79.830

6. QIN Guohuan (CHN) 79.698 

7. POWELL Winston (GBR) 79.432 

8. HE Xiang(CHN) 79.431

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77. VANDEBERG Giel (BEL) 71.333

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93. TOURNICOURT Victor (BEL) 68.432

Team final women:

1. Japan, 104.230

2. USA, 102.198

3. Italy, 101.996

4. Canada, 100.331

5. Argentina, 99.363

6. China, 98.231

7. Germany, 98.029

8. Romania, 97.964

9. Great-Britain, 97.263

10. Belgium, 97.231

All-around qualification women:

1.YAMAGUCHI Sara (JPN) 52.065

2. PEROTTI Giulia (ITA) 51.598

3. NAKAMURA Haruka (JPN) 50.399

4. STASSI Isabel (USA) 49.832

5. GADDI Caterina (ITA) 49.798

6. GOTTHARDT Marlene (GER) 49.498

7. ESCAURIAZA Leire (ESP) 49.433

8. TSAPRAILIS Zoe (CAN) 49.232 

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14. DEVREKER, Yelena (BEL) 48.732 

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27. DEGRYSE, Hanne (BEL) 47.365

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39. BAERT, Chloe (BEL) 46.433

Tomorrow the all-around finals are scheduled in Antalya. The men start at 13:30 while the womens final with Yelena and Hanne will start at 17:00 Belgian time.

The finals will be streamed on the FIG youtube channel. 

You can view it via the following link.