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And both races should be available on BBC

Baku Grand Slam Results - Day 1 Men's 60Kg 1.) "Neutral" Ramazan Abdulaev 2.) "Neutral" Gamzat Zairbekov 3.) Kim Won Jin & Romain Valadier Picard Men's 66Kg 1.) Yashar Najafov 2.) Takeshi Takeoka 3.) David Garcia Torne & Denis Vieru Women's 48Kg 1.) Assunta Scutto 2.) Leyla Aliyeva 3.) Shirine Boukli & "Neutral" Sabina Giliazova Women's 52Kg 1.) Kisumi Omori 2.) Distria Krasniqi 3.) Reka Pupp & Odette Giuffrida Women's 57Kg 1.) Nora Gjakova 2.) Eteri Liparteliani 3.) Timna Nelson Levy & Priscilla Gneto

Yeah - could well be the case. Can't see a start list for Il Lorbardia yet, but at the moment PCS are showing both Yates brothers on the start list for Giro dell'Emilia on 30-Sep so they could end up doing both.

Unfortunately not. He's currently the 10th ranked GBR rider and whilst he will pick up 70 points for the win, this will take his total to 616, but that would only be enough to move him up to 9th, around 40 points behind Max Poole. If he could get a top 10 finish in the road race then it would probably be enough to get him into the top 8 and become a ranking rider, but the overall impact on GBR score likely to be minimal - maybe something in the region of +10 or +20. Realistically in order for the Europeans to have any impact on GBR's ranking points, it would require Ethan Vernon to secure a top 5 finish. At the same time, there is a chance that GBR could still move into a top 5 position, but it is dependent on performance of France. France are not defending any points from the Europeans but their only ranking rider listed on the entry list is Christophe Laporte. If he can get top 10 finish, then he will bank decent points total. The real movement in the French score likely to come from Valentin Madouas who is taking part in the Tour of Luxembourg. He is defending 180 points having won 2 stages of the tour last year and ultimately finishing in 3rd overall. If he doesn't match that, then there is a chance that France will drop below GB in the next rankings. Personally I think that whether GB get into top 5 and secure full team of 4 is likely to come down to the Yates brothers and which races they take part in over the next couple of weeks.

Starting order for men's world championships: Floor Pommel Rings Vault P-Bars Horizontal Bar Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Asa above, = Apparatus Specialists = Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for women's world championships: Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Subdivision 7 Subdivision 8 Subdivision 9 Subdivision 10 = Apparatus Specialists = Individual All-Around Athletes

I've developed a bit of an unhealthy obsession with these rankings so can give my opinion for what it is worth. The truth is that whilst it is possible, it is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to close the gap. The Ukrainian team do not have any points from 2022 European Championship so anything they win this week will help increase their total. Valeriya Kononenko played her part today after she finished the time trial in 10th place and picks up 3 points. In addition, assuming that they finish, they will also pick up points from the mixed team time trial. Worst case scenario, as there are only 8 teams competing, they will pick up 10 more points Later in the week, 4 of your ranking riders will take part in the road race - Maryna Altukhova, Yuliia Biriukova, Valeriya Kononenko and Olha Kulynych. The ideal scenario would be for one of those riders to secure a top 10 finish and bank at least 50 points but realistically that isn't going to happen. I think they'll be pleased if one or more of them can finish in the points with a top 30 finish. So, at the moment it looks like Ukraine will come away from the Europeans around +15 points which would mean that they would need to compete in some of the remaining UCI Tour events to make up the deficit if they were to hoping to move up the rankings.

Yup - points are available for every race and stage so there is still time to increase points total but there is only about 4 weeks left before the ranking cut off.

Agree on Tarling - he is definitely in with a shout at a medal and has a great chance of taking top spot on the podium. If he does medal, it should be a pretty safe bet that he would also secure his place on the GBR team for Paris assuming he stays injury free over the winter.

Sorry - had mistakenly thought there was host spot for team. French women should make the cut but less likely that the men will.

Women's Vault Darya Yassinskaya & Amina Khalimarden Nazanin Teymurova Julie Erichsen Hillary Heron Katrina Jurevica Bilge Tarhan Gulnaz Jumabekova Women's Uneven Bars Yelyzaveta Hubareva Jana Mahmoud Julie Erichsen Magdalini Tsiori Zarith Imaan Khalid Hillary Heron Ameera Hariadi Derin Tanriyasukur Women's Balance Beam Nazanin Teymurova Yelyzaveta Hubareva Marie Roenbeck Wong Hiu Ying Angel & Chan Cheuk Lam Marta Pihan-Kulesza Mariana Parente Tina Zelcic Women's Floor Nazanin Teymurova & Samira Gahramanova Elvira Katsali Hillary Heron Darya Yassinskaya Tran Doan Quynh Nam Marie Roenbeck Mariana Parente

Men's Vault Shek Wai Hung Ondrej Kalny Tseng Wei-Sheng Dominick Cunningham Neofytos Kyriakou Audrys Nin Reyes Juancho Miguel Besana Sebastian Sponevik Men's Parallel Bars Ahmed-Riadh Aliout Lin Guan-Yi Stefanos Tsolakidis Audrys Nin Reyes Ricards Plate Sebastian Sponevik Fabian De Luna Quentin Brandenburger Men's Horizontal Bar Tin Srbic Ivan Dejanovic Neofytos Kyriakou & Marios Georgiou Ricards Plate Lin Guan-Yi Juancho Miguel Besana Ahmed-Riadh Aliouat

I've started, so may as well finish... Qualification Pathway Criteria 5 - The highest ranked eligible athlete on each apparatus will secure a quota place for Paris by name. Qualification will be based on scores from apparatus finals results. If no eligible athlete qualifies for the final, the quota will be determined by qualification results. Athletes from NOCs who have already secured team qualification are ineligible as are individual athletes who have qualified for All-Around competition under criteria 4. Men's Floor Dominick Cunningham & Eamon Montgomery Filip Lidbeck & Kim Vanstroem Neofytos Kyriakou Enkhtuvshin Damdindorj Guilherme Campos Akseli Karsikas Men's Pommel Horse Rhys McClenaghan - Starts as favourite for the quota Shiao Yu-Jan Matvei Petrov Harutyun Merdinyan Filip Ude Ahmad Abu Al Soud Dmitrijs Mickevics Radomir Sliz Men's Rings Artur Avetisyan & Vahagn Davtyan - I am expecting the quota to go to one of these two with Davtyan possibly starting as favourite. Nikita Simonov Vinzenz Hoeck Eleftherios Petrounias Lin Guan-Yi Sokratis Pilakouris Fabian De Luna

My understanding is that if you participate at World Champs as an apparatus specialist, then you will only compete in the one event - so for example Rhys McClenaghan is qualified as a pommel horse specialist and will only compete on pommel horse. Any athlete qualifying for Olympics as an apparatus specialist will be allowed to compete on all apparatus in Paris.

For the women's team I think we can probably expect and to come through safely for quota. Behind them I can see and also qualifying. On the men's side, should be a definite along with . and should also have enough quality in their squads to qualify.

Athletes eligible under Criteria 4 but not included in the women's team event are: Rifda Irfanaluthfi Aleah Finnegan & Kylee Ann Kvamme Emma Yap & Nadine Joy Nathan Aida Bauyrzhanova Dildora Aripova Milka Elpitiya Reece Cobb & Madeleine Marshall Olivia Kelly Karla Navas & Lana Herrera Ginna Escobar Betancur & Yiseth Valenzuela Alai Perea Lynnzee Brown Makarena Pinto Adasme & Franchesca Santi Ana Karina Mendez Stella Diaz Muniz Kaylia Nemour & Lahna Salem Jana Abdelsalam & Sandra Elsadek Maria Tronrud & Mari Kanter Barbora Mokosova Emma Slevin & Halle Hilton Anna Lashchevska & Ilona Krupa Lucija Hribar & Zala Trtnik Camille Rasmussen Lena Bickel & Caterina Cereghetti Sevgi Kayisoglu & Bengisu Yildiz Athanasia Mesiri Filipa Martins & Mafalda Costa Thelma Adalsteinsdottir & Margaret Les Kristinsdottir Lihie Raz Christina Zwicker Celeste Mordenti Valerija Ratobilska Kaja Skalska

Qualification Pathway Criteria 4 - Qualification is open only to those NOCs who do not have a full team qualified through Criteria 1 or Criteria 2. Individual quotas will be awarded to the 8 highest ranked eligible men's All-Around athletes and 14 women's All-Around athletes, based on the All-Around qualification scores. Athletes eligible under Criteria 4 but included in the team event on the men's side are: Carlos Edriel Yulo Van Vi Luong Yeh Cheng & Lee Chih Kai Usukhbayar Erkhembayar Yogeshwar Singh Mikhail Koudinov & Ethan Dick Isaac Nunez Joel Alvarez Andres Josue Perez Gines Santiago Mayol Rodrigo Gomez Diorges Escobar Hillal Metidji Hamza Hossaini Artur Davtyan & Gagik Khachikyan Elias Koski & Oskar Kirmes Sofus Heggemsnes & Harald Wibye Ilias Georgiou & Michalis Chari Ricardo Rudy & Askhab Matiev Ivan Tikhonov Gytis Chasazyrovas Sebastian Gawronski & Kacper Garnczarek Adam Steele Jose Nogueira Petar Vefic Yordan Aleksandrov & Kevin Penev Daniel Bago Marcus Stenberg Valgard Reinhardsson

We're a couple of weeks away from the 2023 World Championships where the next raft of quotas will be awarded so may be good time to look at the runners and riders: Qualification Pathway Criteria 2 - 20 teams will compete for full quota of 5 gymnasts at Paris. Quotas awarded to the 9 highest ranked teams not already qualified based on their team qualification score. Qualification Pathway Criteria 3 - The NOCs of the 10th, 11th and 12th ranked teams not already qualified will each secure 1 individual athlete quota. Again, this is based on the team qualification score. The teams competing for the quotas under these criteria are confirmed as: Women's Team Men's Team

manage to fend off 4 match points - including coming back from 0-40 down - to somehow see off in the doubles to top the group and qualify for Malaga Cam Norrie has the rather dubious honour of being the only member of the GB squad that didn't record a win this week.

A lot of action across both the men's and women's tours on the roads this week: Men's Events La Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 1.) Sepp Kuss 2.) Jonas Vingegaard 3.) Primoz Roglic Tour of Slovaquie 1.) Remi Cavagna 2.) Stefan Kung 3.) Milan Vader Grand Prix de Wallonie 1.) Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez 2.) Dylan Teuns 3.) Jasper De Buyst Giro della Toscana - Memorial Alfredo Martini 1.) Pavel Sivakov 2.) Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro 3.) Felix Grosschartner Gran Pemio citta di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini 1.) Marc Hirschi 2.) Pavel Sivakov 3.) Tadej Pogacar Kampionenschap van Vlaanderen 1.) Jasper Philipsen 2.) Dylan Groenewegen 3.) Fabio Jakobsen Super 8 Classic 1.) Mathieu Van Der Poel 2.) Anthony Turgis 3.) Florian Vermeersch Memorial Marco Pantani 1.) Alexey Lutsenko 2.) Marc Hirschi 3.) Pavel Sivakov Women's Events Tour de Romandie 1.) Demi Vollering 2.) Katarzyna Niewiadoma 3.) Marlen Reusser Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l'Ardeche 1.) Marta Cavalli 2.) Erica Magnaldi 3.) Anastasiya Kolesava Grisette Grand Prix de Wallonie 1.) Marta Lach 2.) Sylvia Persico 3.) Victoire Berteau AG Tour De La Semois 1.) Karlijn Swinkels 2.) Clara Koppenburg 3.) Noemi Ruegg

FIG World Challenge Cup - Paris Results Men's Vault 1.) Harry Hepworth: DD 5.600 Ex 8.850 & DD 5.600 Ex 9.350 Total: 14.700 2.) Leo Saladino: DD 5.600 Ex 9.050 & DD 5.200 Ex 8.650 Total: 14.250 3.) Jose Lopez: DD 5.200 Ex 9.150 & DD 5.200 Ex 8.950 Total: 14.250 Men's Parallel Bars 1.) Lukas Dauser: DD 6.600 Ex 8.650 Total: 15.250 2.) Mitchel Morgans: DD 6.100 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.650 3.) Cameron-Lie Bernard: DD 6.300 Ex 8.300 Total: 14.600 Men's Horizontal Bar 1.) Tang Chia-Hung: DD 6.300 Ex 8.650 Total: 14.950 2.) Arthur Mariano: DD 5.600 Ex 8.750 Total: 14.350 3.) Bernardo Miranda: DD 5.200 Ex 8.700 Total: 13.900 Women's Balance Beam 1.) Marine Boyer: DD 5.700 Ex 7.900 Total: 13.500 (Penalty -0.1) 2.) Kaylia Nemour: DD 5.600 Ex 7.900 Total: 13.500 3.) Flavia Saraiva: DD 5.500 Ex 7.950 Total: 13.450 Women's Floor 1.) Melanie de Jesus dos Santos: DD 5.500 Ex 8.150 Total: 13.650 2.) Jade Barbosa: DD 5.600 Ex 7.800 Total: 13.400 3.) Alexa Moreno: DD 5.800 Ex 7.500 Total: 13.300

PanAmerican/Oceania Continental Championships - Day 2 Men's 81Kg 1.) Francois Gauthier Drapeau 2.) Guilherme Schmidt 3.) Medickson Del Orbe Cortorreal & Adrian Gandia Men's 90Kg 1.) Rafael Macedo 2.) Louis Krieber Gagnon 3.) John Jayne & Mariano Coto Bersier Men's 100Kg 1.) Shady Elnahas 2.) Leonardo Goncalves 3.) Nathaniel Keeve & Thomas Briceno Men's +100Kg 1.) Andy Granda 2.) Rafael Silva 3.) Marc Deschenes & Freddy Figueroa Women's 70Kg 1.) Elvismar Rodriguez 2.) Aoife Coughlan 3.) Luana Carvalho & Celinda Corozo Women's 78Kg 1.) Mayra Aguiar 2.) Moira De Villiers 3.) Maria Swan & Vanessa Chala Women's +78Kg 1.) Beatriz Souza 2.) Idalys Ortiz 3.) Sydnee Andrews & Brigitte Carabali

Sarajevo European Open Results - Day 2 Men's 81Kg 1.) Jarne Duyck 2.) Lukas Wittwer 3.) Botond Toth & Lukas Vennekold Men's 90Kg 1.) Tim Schmidt 2.) Toni Miletic 3.) Adam Borchashvilli & Guy Gurevitch Men's 100Kg 1.) Nikola Pljevaljcic 2.) Oliver Barratt 3.) Ruslan Nasirli & Boris Georgiev Men's +100Kg 1.) Marvin Belz 2.) Mircea Croitoru 3.) Wesley Greenidge & Vito Dragic Women's 70Kg 1.) Alina Lengweiler 2.) Aleksandra Samardzic 3.) Gioia Vetterli & Frieferike Stolze Women's 78Kg 1.) Emma Reid 2.) Jovana Pekovic 3.) Petrunjela Pavic & Vicky Verschaere Women's +78Kg 1.) Sara Maric 2.) Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi 3.) Larisa Ceric

FIG World Challenge Cup - Paris Results Men's Pommel Horse 1.) Max Whitlock: DD 6.900 Ex 8.550 Total: 15.450 2.) Rhys McClenaghan: DD 6.400 Ex 8.500 Total: 15.100 3.) Edoardo de Rosa: DD 6.400 Ex 8.600 Total: 15.000 Men's Rings 1.) Courtney Tulloch: DD 6.200 Ex 8.500 Total: 14.700 1.) Salvatore Maresca: DD 6.200 Ex 8.500 Total: 14.700 3.) Vinzenz Hoeck: DD 6.100 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.650 Men's Floor 1.) Koga Hiramatsu: DD 5.900 Ex 8.800 Total: 14.700 2.) Benjamin Osberger: DD 5.600 Ex 9.050 Total: 14.650 3.) Luke Whitehouse: DD 6.900 Ex 7.850 Total: 14.650 (Penalty -0.1) Women's Vault 1.) Alexa Moreno: DD 5.400 Ex 9.000 & DD 5.200 Ex 8.550 Total: 14.075 2.) Georgia Godwin: DD 5.000 Ex 8.800 & DD 4.800 Ex 9.100 Total: 13.850 3.) Coline Devillard: DD 5.400 Ex 8.850 & DD 4.2 Ex 9.150 Total: 13.800 Women's Uneven Bars 1.) Melanie de Jesus dos Santos: DD 6.300 Ex 8.400 Total: 14.700 2.) Rebecca Andrade: DD 6.400 Ex 8.200 Total: 14.600 3.) Kaylia Nemour: DD 6.600 Ex 7.500 Total: 14.100

In the much anticipated pommel horse showdown between Max Whitlock and Rhys McClenaghan the bragging rights went to Whitlock. He took gold with a score of 15.45 against McClenaghan's 15.1. Whitlock upped his degree of difficulty to 6.9 (against 6.8 in qualifying) whilst McClenaghan had D score of 6.6 (up from 6.4 in qualifying). Historically I think McClenaghan has offset a lower degree of difficulty by outperforming on the execution but he wasn't able to do that today with Whitlock scoring 8.55 against McClenaghan's 8.5. With both athletes looking close to their best, the pommel horse is shaping up to be a great competition when the World Champs come around.