Sunday, November 1, 2015

World Gymnastics Championships

The World Gymnastics Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland from October 23 - November 1, 2015

The USA women's gymnastics team wins gold for the third consecutive year. China wins silver and Great Britain wins bronze. Simone Biles wins her third straight All Around world title.

Women's team results:


USA - 181.338
Vault - 46.665 Unevens - 45.433 Balance Beam - 43.432 Floor Exercise - 45.808

China - 176.164
Vault - 45.233 Unevens - 45.632 Balance Beam - 42.300 Floor Exercise - 42.999

GBR - 172.380
Vault - 45.049 Unevens - 42.299 Balance Beam - 41.733 Floor Exercise - 43.299

Women's All Around

Simone Biles - USA - gold - 60.399
Vault - 15.833 Unevens - 14.900 Balance Beam - 14.400 Floor - 15.266

Gabrielle Douglas - USA - silver - 59.316
Vault - 15.300 Unevens - 15.033 Balance Beam - 14.400 Floor - 14.583

Larisa Iordache - Romania - bronze - 59.107
Vault - 15.066 Unevens - 14.800 Balance Beam - 14.766 Floor - 14.475

Simone Biles of the USA wins gold on Balance Beam in Individual event finals.
Madison Kocian of the USA wins gold on Unevens in Individual event finals.



The USA men's gymnastics team finished 5th in team competition with 267.853 total.
Japan wins gold with 270.818 total, Great Britain wins silver with 270.345 total and China wins bronze with 269.959 total.

USA Men's All Around results:

Donnell Whittenburg - 8th
Danell Leyva - 17th

Men's All Around results:

Kohei Uchimura - Japan - gold
Manrique Larduet - Cuba - silver
Shudi Deng - China - bronze

Donnell Whittenburg of the USA wins bronze on vault in Individual event finals.