More than 100 gymnasts from 25 countries took part in qualification at the 2018 AGF Trophy, an FIG World Challenge Cup event held Thursday and Friday at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.
More than 100 gymnasts from 25 countries took part in qualification at the 2018 AGF Trophy, an FIG World Challenge Cup event held Thursday and Friday at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina (Uzbekistan) was once again on top of the scoreboard for women's vault. Chusovitina, who turns 43 in June, averaged 14.399 to qualify first over Azerbaijan's Marina Nekrasova (13.983) and Slovenia's Teja Belak (13.400).
China's Lyu Jiaqi (14.633) and Luo Huan (14.333) were 1-2 for China on uneven bars, with Ukraine's Yana Fedorova (12.633) in third.
Luo qualified first in the low-scoring beam event (12.666), followed by Turkey's Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı (12.633) and Chusovitina (12.533).
Croatia's Ana Đerek topped qualification on women's floor exercise (13.000), ahead of Üçtaş Şanlı (12.700) and Greek veteran Ioanna Xoulogi (12.633).
Olympic still rings champion Eleftherios Petrounias headlined the men's field. He earned the top score of the competition with his 15.400 on his speciality. His teammate Vlasios Maras, a former world champion on high bar, led qualification on his best event.
Slovenia's Rok Klavora led qualfication on floor exercise, while China's Weng Hoa impressed on pommel horse with his 15.266. Konstantin Kuzovkov, one of several Russian gymnasts recruited to join the Georgian team, qualified first on men's vault. World championship finalist Ferhat Arıcan of Turkey was the top gymnast on parallel bars.
Competition continues Saturday in Baku with the first day of apparatus finals.
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2018 AGF Trophy/FIG World Challenger Cup
March 15-16, Baku, Azerbaijan
Women's Vault Qualification | E | D | ND | Score | Average |
1. | Oksana Chusovitina |  | 8.933 | 5.4 | | 14.333 | 14.399 Q |
| 9.266 | 5.2 | | 14.466 | |
2. | Marina Nekrasova |  | 8.866 | 5.4 | | 14.266 | 13.983 Q |
| 8.900 | 4.8 | | 13.700 | |
3. | Teja Belak |  | 8.700 | 5.4 | | 14.100 | 13.400 Q |
| 7.700 | 5.0 | | 12.700 | |
4. | Tjaša Kysselef |  | 8.633 | 4.8 | | 13.433 | 13.399 Q |
| 8.366 | 5.0 | | 13.366 | |
5. | Yulia Inshina |  | 8.633 | 4.6 | | 13.233 | 13.183 Q |
| 8.933 | 4.2 | | 13.133 | |
6. | Yana Fedorova |  | 8.800 | 4.6 | | 13.400 | 13.050 Q |
| 8.700 | 4.0 | | 12.700 | |
7. | Naveen Daries |  | 8.833 | 4.6 | | 13.433 | 12.883 Q |
| 8.233 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 12.333 | |
8. | Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı |  | 8.333 | 4.6 | | 12.933 | 12.566 Q |
| 8.200 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 12.200 | |
9. | Claudia Cummins |  | 7.200 | 4.6 | | 11.800 | 12.166 R1 |
| 8.133 | 4.4 | | 12.533 | |
10. | Anna Subbotina |  | 8.700 | 3.5 | | 12.200 | 11.766 R2 |
| 8.733 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 11.333 | |
Uneven Bars Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Lyu Jiaqi |  | 8.533 | 6.1 | | 14.633 Q |
2. | Luo Huan |  | 8.333 | 6.0 | | 14.333 Q |
3. | Yana Fedorova |  | 7.933 | 4.7 | | 12.633 Q |
4. | Lucija Hribar |  | 8.033 | 4.5 | | 12.533 Q |
5. | Anna Subbotina |  | 7.733 | 4.5 | | 12.233 Q |
6. | Marina Nekrasova |  | 7.600 | 4.5 | | 12.100 Q |
7. | Naveen Daries |  | 7.200 | 4.9 | | 12.100 Q |
8. | Maria Smirnova |  | 7.900 | 4.0 | | 11.900 Q |
9. | Angela Maguire |  | 6.733 | 4.7 | | 11.433 R1 |
10. | Demet Mutlu |  | 6.566 | 4.6 | | 11.166 R2 |
11. | Evelina Magia |  | 6.666 | 4.3 | | 10.966 |
12. | Ilayda Sahin |  | 6.300 | 4.5 | | 10.800 |
13. | Helmi Murto |  | 6.766 | 2.5 | | 9.266 |
Balance Beam Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Luo Huan |  | 7.666 | 5.0 | | 12.666 Q |
2. | Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı |  | 7.333 | 5.3 | | 12.633 Q |
3. | Oksana Chusovitina |  | 7.733 | 4.8 | | 12.533 Q |
4. | Angela Maguire |  | 7.400 | 4.9 | | 12.300 Q |
5. | Ioanna Xoulogi |  | 7.133 | 5.1 | | 12.233 Q |
6. | Lyu Jiaqi |  | 6.800 | 5.4 | | 12.200 Q |
7. | Evelina Magia |  | 6.633 | 5.1 | | 11.733 Q |
8. | Yana Fedorova |  | 6.766 | 4.9 | | 11.666 Q |
9. | Valeria Osipova |  | 7.033 | 4.6 | | 11.633 R1 |
10. | Yulia Inshina |  | 6.666 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 11.566 R2 |
11. | Teja Belak |  | 7.433 | 4.0 | | 11.433 |
12. | Adela Šajn |  | 6.633 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 11.333 |
13. | Helmi Murto |  | 7.100 | 4.2 | | 11.300 |
14. | Maria Smirnova |  | 7.600 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 11.200 |
15. | Meitar Lavy |  | 6.333 | 4.6 | | 10.933 |
16. | Claudia Cummins |  | 5.766 | 5.0 | | 10.766 |
17. | Ana Đerek |  | 5.400 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 10.400 |
18. | Anna Subbotina |  | 4.600 | 4.6 | | 9.200 |
Women's Floor Exercise Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Ana Đerek |  | 8.100 | 4.9 | | 13.000 Q |
2. | Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı |  | 8.100 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 12.700 Q |
3. | Ioanna Xoulogi |  | 8.133 | 4.5 | | 12.633 Q |
4. | Yulia Inshina |  | 7.933 | 4.6 | | 12.533 Q |
5. | Tjaša Kysselef |  | 8.200 | 4.3 | | 12.500 Q |
6. | Demet Mutlu |  | 8.066 | 4.4 | | 12.466 Q |
7. | Evelina Magia |  | 7.766 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 12.266 Q |
8. | Yana Fedorova |  | 7.600 | 4.6 | | 12.200 Q |
9. | Claudia Cummins |  | 7.866 | 4.2 | | 12.066 R1 |
10. | Helmi Murto |  | 7.766 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 11.966 R2 |
11. | Anna Subbotina |  | 7.566 | 4.4 | | 11.966 |
12. | Lucija Hribar |  | 7.200 | 4.4 | | 11.600 |
13. | Naveen Daries |  | 7.166 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 11.566 |
14. | Meitar Lavy |  | 7.200 | 4.2 | | 11.400 |
Men's Floor Exercise Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Rok Klavora |  | 8.666 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 14.166 Q |
2. | Kazuma Kaya |  | 8.200 | 5.9 | | 14.100 Q |
3. | Konstantin Kuzovkov |  | 8.533 | 5.5 | | 14.033 Q |
4. | Mu Jile |  | 8.366 | 5.6 | | 13.966 Q |
5. | Bram Verhofstad |  | 8.266 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 13.966 Q |
6. | Kenta Chiba |  | 8.066 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 13.966 Q |
7. | Volodymyr Hrybuk |  | 8.233 | 5.7 | | 13.933 Q |
8. | Heikki Saarenketo |  | 8.133 | 5.7 | | 13.833 Q |
9. | Yerbol Jantykov |  | 8.400 | 5.4 | | 13.800 R1 |
10. | Robert Tvorogal |  | 8.633 | 5.1 | | 13.733 R2 |
11. | Ferhat Arıcan |  | 8.000 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 13.700 |
12. | Matteo Levantesi |  | 8.433 | 5.2 | | 13.633 |
13. | Emil Soravuo |  | 8.133 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 13.533 |
14. | Bart Deurloo |  | 8.266 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 13.466 |
15. | Pavel Bulavsky |  | 8.166 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 13.466 |
16. | Maksym Vasylenko |  | 7.766 | 5.7 | | 13.466 |
17. | Dmitry Govorov |  | 8.100 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 13.200 |
18. | Carlos Edriel Yulo |  | 7.800 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 13.200 |
19. | Antonios Tantalidis |  | 8.033 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 13.133 |
20. | Dariy Morozov |  | 8.100 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 13.000 |
21. | Murad Agharzayev |  | 7.466 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 12.766 |
22. | Lee Chih-Kai |  | 7.366 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 12.666 |
23. | Tseng Wei-Sheng |  | 7.300 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 12.500 |
24. | Stian Skjerahaug |  | 7.533 | 4.9 | | 12.433 |
25. | Tomas Gonzalez |  | 6.100 | 5.8 | | 11.900 |
26. | Abdulaziz Salem Aljohani |  | 7.266 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 11.666 |
27. | Abdulla Azimov |  | 7.033 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 11.633 |
28. | Odin Kalvø |  | 6.300 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 11.600 |
29. | John Matthew Vergara |  | 6.333 | 5.2 | | 11.533 |
Pommel Horse Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Weng Hao |  | 8.866 | 6.4 | | 15.266 Q |
2. | Lee Chih-Kai |  | 8.866 | 6.0 | | 14.866 Q |
3. | Saeedreza Keikha |  | 8.366 | 6.4 | | 14.766 Q |
4. | Andrei Likhovitsky |  | 8.700 | 5.9 | | 14.600 Q |
5. | Wang Junwen |  | 8.166 | 6.2 | | 14.366 Q |
6. | Takaaki Sugino |  | 7.933 | 6.4 | | 14.333 Q |
7. | Nariman Kurbanov |  | 8.700 | 5.6 | | 14.300 Q |
8. | Sašo Bertoncelj |  | 7.733 | 6.1 | | 13.833 Q |
9. | Kazuma Kaya |  | 7.366 | 6.3 | | 13.666 R1 |
10. | Antonios Tantalidis |  | 7.833 | 5.8 | | 13.633 R2 |
11. | Ferhat Arıcan |  | 7.633 | 6.0 | | 13.633 |
12. | Bram Louwije |  | 8.000 | 5.6 | | 13.600 |
13. | Daryi Morozov |  | 7.733 | 5.8 | | 13.533 |
14. | Georgios Christos Chatziefstathiou |  | 7.500 | 5.9 | | 13.400 |
15. | Carlo Macchini |  | 7.833 | 5.5 | | 13.333 |
16. | Robert Seligman |  | 7.333 | 6.0 | | 13.333 |
17. | Filip Ude |  | 7.566 | 5.7 | | 13.266 |
18. | Juho Kanerva |  | 7.733 | 5.3 | | 13.033 |
19. | Robert Tvorogal |  | 8.233 | 4.5 | | 12.733 |
20. | Abdulla Azimov |  | 7.033 | 5.6 | | 12.633 |
21. | Odin Kalvø |  | 7.533 | 4.9 | | 12.433 |
22. | Vasili Mikhalitsyn |  | 7.066 | 5.2 | | 12.266 |
23. | Abdallah Jamei |  | 7.000 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 12.200 |
24. | Andrii Sienichkin |  | 7.200 | 4.9 | | 12.100 |
25. | Roman Shkliarenko |  | 7.233 | 4.8 | | 12.033 |
26. | Casimir Schmidt |  | 6.633 | 5.4 | | 12.033 |
27. | Dmitry Govorov |  | 6.866 | 5.0 | | 11.866 |
28. | Luca Lino Garza |  | 7.333 | 4.5 | | 11.833 |
29. | Rihards Trams |  | 5.800 | 5.9 | | 11.700 |
30. | Ping Chien Hsu |  | 5.466 | 5.7 | | 11.166 |
31. | Saba Abesadze |  | 6.433 | 4.1 | | 10.533 |
32. | Oskar Kirmes |  | 6.033 | 4.0 | | 10.033 |
33. | Murad Agharzayev |  | 5.133 | 4.8 | | 9.933 |
Still Rings Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Eleftherios Petrounias |  | 9.000 | 6.4 | | 15.400 Q |
2. | Lan Xingyu |  | 8.766 | 6.2 | | 14.966 Q |
3. | İbrahim Çolak |  | 8.700 | 6.2 | | 14.900 Q |
4. | Konstantinos Konstantinidis |  | 8.533 | 6.1 | | 14.633 Q |
5. | Kazuma Kaya |  | 8.333 | 6.1 | | 14.433 Q |
6. | Fuya Maeno |  | 8.133 | 5.8 | | 13.933 Q |
7. | Casimir Schmidt |  | 8.566 | 5.3 | | 13.866 Q |
8. | Ilya Yakovlev |  | 8.100 | 5.7 | | 13.800 Q |
9. | Anthony Van Assche |  | 8.533 | 5.2 | | 13.733 R1 |
10. | Oskar Kirmes |  | 7.933 | 5.0 | | 12.933 R2 |
11. | Elias Koski |  | 8.200 | 4.6 | | 12.800 |
12. | Dmitry Govorov |  | 7.666 | 4.9 | | 12.566 |
13. | Rihards Trams |  | 8.300 | 4.2 | | 12.500 |
14. | Reza Farnia |  | 6.766 | 5.7 | | 12.466 |
15. | Saba Abesadze |  | 7.400 | 4.8 | | 12.200 |
16. | Volodymyr Hrybuk |  | 7.166 | 5.0 | | 12.166 |
17. | Odin Kalvø |  | 7.366 | 4.7 | | 12.066 |
18. | Mohammad Moeen Safdari |  | 6.633 | 5.3 | | 11.933 |
19. | Maksym Vasylenko |  | 6.166 | 4.0 | | 10.166 |
Men's Vault Qualification | E | D | ND | Score | Average |
1. | Konstantin Kuzovkov |  | 9.166 | 4.8 | | 13.966 | 14.233 Q |
| 9.300 | 5.2 | | 14.500 | |
2. | Carlos Edriel Yulo |  | 9.233 | 5.2 | | 14.433 | 14.183 Q |
| 9.133 | 4.8 | | 13.933 | |
3. | Tseng Wei-Sheng |  | 8.866 | 5.6 | | 14.466 | 14.133 Q |
| 8.700 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 13.800 | |
4. | Pavel Bulavsky |  | 8.900 | 5.6 | | 14.500 | 14.083 Q |
| 8.566 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 13.666 | |
5. | Jaffar Saleh Alsayigh |  | 8.800 | 4.8 | | 13.600 | 13.983 Q |
| 9.166 | 5.2 | | 14.366 | |
6. | Reyland Capellan |  | 8.866 | 5.2 | | 14.066 | 13.966 Q |
| 9.066 | 4.8 | | 13.866 | |
7. | Maksym Vasylenko |  | 8.966 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 14.066 | 13.933 Q |
| 8.600 | 5.2 | | 13.800 | |
8. | Luca Lino Garza |  | 8.866 | 5.2 | | 14.066 | 13.866 Q |
| 8.866 | 4.8 | | 13.666 | |
9. | Ferhat Arıcan |  | 9.000 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 14.100 | 13.783 R1 |
| 8.366 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 13.466 | |
10. | Emil Soravuo |  | 9.000 | 4.8 | | 13.800 | 13.716 R2 |
| 9.233 | 4.4 | | 13.633 | |
11. | Murad Agharzayev |  | 9.266 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 13.966 | 13.566 |
| 9.166 | 4.0 | | 13.166 | |
12. | Volodymyr Hrybuk |  | 7.933 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 12.833 | 13.366 |
| 9.100 | 4.8 | | 13.900 | |
13. | Dmitry Govorov |  | 8.866 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 13.966 | 13.333 |
| 7.900 | 4.8 | | 12.700 | |
14. | Rihards Trams |  | 8.866 | 4.8 | | 13.666 | 13.233 |
| 8.800 | 4.0 | | 12.800 | |
15. | Ilya Yakovlev |  | 7.833 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 13.333 | 13.199 |
| 8.166 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 13.066 | |
16. | Heikki Saarenketo |  | 7.900 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 13.000 | 12.866 |
| 7.933 | 4.8 | | 12.733 | |
17. | Seyed Mohammad Shafiei |  | 8.400 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 13.000 | 12.816 |
| 8.733 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 12.633 | |
Parallel Bars Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Ferhat Arıcan |  | 8.400 | 6.5 | | 14.900 Q |
2. | Kenta Chiba |  | 8.433 | 6.2 | | 14.633 Q |
3. | Andrei Likhovitsky |  | 8.833 | 5.5 | | 14.333 Q |
4. | Matteo Levantesi |  | 8.400 | 5.9 | | 14.300 Q |
5. | Carlo Macchini |  | 8.966 | 5.2 | | 14.166 Q |
6. | Fuya Maeno |  | 8.233 | 5.9 | | 14.133 Q |
7. | Lan Xingyu |  | 8.000 | 6.0 | | 14.000 Q |
8. | Lee Chih-Kai |  | 8.533 | 5.4 | | 13.933 Q |
9. | Verbal Jantykov |  | 7.833 | 5.7 | | 13.533 R1 |
10. | Mohammadreza Khosronezhad |  | 9.200 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 13.500 R2 |
11. | Carlos Edriel Yulo |  | 8.100 | 5.4 | | 13.500 |
12. | Robert Tvorogal |  | 8.266 | 5.2 | | 13.466 |
13. | Bram Louwije |  | 7.933 | 5.5 | | 13.433 |
14. | Georgios Christos Chatziefstathiou |  | 8.300 | 5.1 | | 13.400 |
15. | Nikolaos Iliopoulos |  | 7.466 | 5.9 | | 13.366 |
16. | Maksym Vasylenko |  | 8.266 | 5.0 | | 13.266 |
17. | Saba Abesadze |  | 8.233 | 5.0 | | 13.233 |
18. | Timur Bayramov |  | 7.833 | 4.9 | | 12.733 |
19. | Seyed Mohammad Shafiei |  | 8.000 | 4.1 | | 12.100 |
20. | Dmitry Govorov |  | 7.500 | 4.6 | | 12.100 |
21. | Hsu Ping Chien |  | 6.766 | 4.9 | | 11.666 |
22. | Alen Dimic |  | 6.200 | 5.1 | | 11.300 |
23. | Rihards Trams |  | 6.900 | 4.3 | | 11.200 |
24. | Elias Koski |  | 6.566 | 4.4 | | 10.966 |
25. | Oskar Kirmes |  | 5.533 | 5.4 | | 10.933 |
26. | Casimir Schmidt |  | 4.966 | 5.9 | | 10.866 |
High Bar Qualification | E | D | ND | Score |
1. | Vlasios Maras |  | 8.266 | 5.8 | | 14.066 Q |
2. | Bart Deurloo |  | 8.233 | 5.7 | | 13.933 Q |
3. | Kenta Chiba |  | 8.300 | 5.6 | | 13.900 Q |
3. | Andrei Likhovitsky |  | 8.300 | 5.6 | | 13.900 Q |
5. | Anton Kovačević |  | 8.200 | 5.7 | | 13.900 Q |
6. | Yerbol Jantykov |  | 8.400 | 5.3 | | 13.700 Q |
7. | Kazuma Kaya |  | 7.933 | 5.6 | | 13.533 Q |
8. | Danil Baturin |  | 8.000 | 5.5 | | 13.500 Q |
9. | Robert Tvorogal |  | 8.366 | 5.1 | | 13.466 R1 |
10. | Nikolaos Iliopoulos |  | 7.600 | 5.7 | | 13.300 R2 |
11. | Bram Louwije |  | 8.200 | 4.9 | | 13.100 |
12. | Maksym Vasylenko |  | 7.933 | 5.1 | | 13.033 |
13. | Hsu Ping Chien |  | 7.933 | 4.7 | | 12.633 |
14. | Dmitry Govorov |  | 8.333 | 4.2 | | 12.533 |
15. | Ferhat Arıcan |  | 7.100 | 5.4 | | 12.500 |
16. | Ümit Şamiloğlu |  | 6.866 | 5.5 | | 12.366 |
17. | Carlo Macchini |  | 6.466 | 5.9 | | 12.366 |
18. | Seyed Mohammad Shafiei |  | 7.800 | 4.5 | | 12.300 |
19. | Matteo Levantesi |  | 6.850 | 5.3 | | 12.150 |
20. | Konstantin Kuzovkov |  | 8.666 | 3.3 | | 11.966 |
21. | Timur Bayramov |  | 7.300 | 4.5 | | 11.800 |
22. | Rihards Trams |  | 6.866 | 4.5 | | 11.366 |
23. | Alen Dimic |  | 6.166 | 5.2 | | 11.366 |
24. | Roman Shkliarenko |  | 6.000 | 5.3 | | 11.300 |
25. | Murad Agharzayev |  | 6.600 | 4.2 | | 10.800 |
26. | Oskar Kirmes |  | 5.933 | 4.0 | | 9.933 |
27. | Elias Koski |  | 5.333 | 4.2 | | 9.533 |
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