2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series
2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series is a topic that has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Since its emergence, it has generated debates, controversies and has been the subject of numerous studies and research. Its impact on society has been profound, and its relevance remains as current as in its beginnings. In this article, we will explore in detail the different facets of 2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, from its origins to its current situation, as well as its possible implications for the future. Through a deep and objective analysis, we will try to shed light on this topic that has influenced so much in different aspects of modern life.
| FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series | |
|---|---|
| Location | various — see locations |
| Date | March 7 – September 2, 2021 see schedule |
The 2021 FIG World Cup circuit in Artistic Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in 2021. A number of events were originally scheduled to take place in 2020 and serve as opportunities for gymnasts to earn points towards Olympic qualification. However, the organization of many events was heavily affected by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in either cancelation or postponement of some events to 2021.
One of the Apparatus World Cup series competitions (Doha), as well as the Stuttgart, Birmingham, and Tokyo All-Around World Cups will be counted towards Olympic qualification through the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series route.
Schedule
Events highlighted in green will serve as Olympic qualification events.
World Cup series
| Date | Location | Event | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
June 23–26, 2021 |
 Doha
|
FIG World Cup 2021 | C III – Apparatus |
World Challenge Cup series
| Date | Location | Event | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27–30, 2021 |  Varna
|
FIG World Challenge Cup | C III – Apparatus |
| June 3–6, 2021 |  Cairo
|
FIG World Challenge Cup | C III – Apparatus |
| June 10–13, 2021 |  Osijek
|
FIG World Challenge Cup | C III – Apparatus |
| September 2–5, 2021 |  Koper
|
FIG World Challenge Cup | C III – Apparatus |
| September 9–12, 2021 |  Mersin
|
FIG World Challenge Cup | C III – Apparatus |
Events canceled
| Date | Location | Event | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 25–28, 2021 |  Cottbus
|
FIG World Cup 2021 | C III – Apparatus | |
| March 4–7, 2021 |  Baku
|
FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup, AGF Trophy 2021 | C III – Apparatus | |
| March 20–21, 2021 | Stuttgart
|
EnBW -DTB-Pokal FIG Individual All-Around World Cup | C II – All-Around | |
| March 27, 2021 |  Birmingham
|
FIG Individual All-Around World Cup | C II – All-Around | |
| May 4, 2021 |  Tokyo
|
FIG Individual All-Around World Cup | C II – All-Around |
Series winners
| Apparatus | Apparatus World Cup | World Challenge Cup |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | ||
| Men | ||
| Floor Exercise | — |  Illia Kovtun
|
| Pommel Horse | Illia Kovtun
| |
| Rings |  Vinzenz Höck
| |
| Vault | Nazar Chepurnyi
| |
| Parallel Bars | Illia Kovtun
| |
| Horizontal Bar | Tin Srbić
| |
| Women | ||
| Vault | — |  Csenge Bácskay
|
| Uneven Bars | Diana Varinska
| |
| Balance Beam | Ana Đerek
| |
| Floor Exercise | Ana Đerek
| |
Medalists
Men
World Cup series
Apparatus
| Competition | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha | Floor Exercise |  Artem Dolgopyat
|
 Rayderley Zapata
|
 Antonios Tantalidis
|
| Pommel Horse |  Saeid Reza Keikha
|
 Nariman Kurbanov
|
Kohei Kameyama
| |
| Rings | Eleftherios Petrounias
|
 Arthur Zanetti
|
Mehdi Ahmadkohani
| |
| Vault | Hidenobu Yonekura
|
Igor Radivilov
|
Andrey Medvedev
| |
| Parallel Bars | Ferhat Arıcan
|
Petro Pakhnyuk
|
Caio Souza
| |
| Horizontal Bar |  Marios Georgiou
|
Arthur Mariano
|
Milad Karimi
|
World Challenge Cup series
Women
World Cup series
Apparatus
| Competition | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha | Vault |  Oksana Chusovitina
|
 Coline Devillard
|
Nancy Taman
|
| Uneven Bars | Rebeca Andrade
|
Anastasia Bachynska
|
Lorrane Oliveira
| |
| Balance Beam | Diana Varinska
|
Zsófia Kovács
|
Rebeca Andrade
| |
| Floor Exercise |  Vanessa Ferrari
|
Lara Mori
|
Lorrane Oliveira
|
World Challenge Cup series
Medal table
Overall
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Croatia | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 |  Russia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 |  Canada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 |  Romania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 |  Belgium | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Albania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 16 | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Cyprus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
 Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 22 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Syria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (33 entries) | 61 | 59 | 60 | 180 | |
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Albania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Syria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (28 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | |
Women
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Croatia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 25 | 23 | 24 | 72 | |
See also
References
- ^ Official news from the Executive Committee – September 2020. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "USA's Hurd, Mikulak will compete at 2020 American Cup". USA Gymnastics. December 16, 2019. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ @gymnastics (June 3, 2021). "#ArtisticGymnastics: The FIG can now confirm that the Apparatus World Cup in Doha will take place from 23 to 26 June" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Pandemic – New postponements or cancellations of World Cups". International Gymnastics Federation. January 11, 2021.
- ^ @FIG_media (January 25, 2021). "#ArtisticGymnastics - The Apparatus World Cup in Baku Flag of Azerbaijan (4-7 March 2021) is cancelled due to the health crisis" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Turnen: EnBW DTB-Pokal 2021 abgesagt". EnBW DTB Pokal (in German). January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics World Cup in Birmingham cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns". British Gymnastics. February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "Artistic All-Around World Cup in Tokyo cancelled". International Gymnastics Federation. March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Kovtun and Derek triumph with World Challenge Cup Series titles". International Gymnastics Federation. September 15, 2021.