2013 World Championships

2013 World Championships Men's Floor Final

2013 World Championships Men's Floor Final

Sep 24, 2013 by Jennifer Teitell
2013 World Championships Men's Floor Final
Welcome to your home for the 2013 World Championships Men's Floor Final. This page will be updated throughout the week with breaking news and pertinent information specific to men's floor. The final will be held Saturday, October 5th.





Men's Floor Final

Kenzo Shirai of Japan won the gold on floor exercise with a crazy routine that ended with a stuck quadruple twist. Shirai scored a 16.00 and his routine earned a 7.400 difficulty rating. Jake Dalton of the USA won the silver medal with great routine that ended with a stuck triple twist for a score of 16.000. King Kohei Uchimura of Japan won the bronze medal with a 15.500. 

In the men's floor exercise final, Dalton performed an Arabian double layout to begin his routine. With a stuck triple twisting dismount, Dalton pumped his fists as he left the podium. His 15.600 resulted in the silver medal, finishing behind Japan's Kenzo Shirai. This is the first U.S. men's floor medal since Paul Hamm won the event in 2003. Also in the floor final, Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma), mounted with a front double full to double front and dismounted with a piked Arabian double front. His 15.366 tied him for fifth place with Diego Hypolito of Brazil.

"I am waiting for it to settle in," said Dalton right after the event. "I'm still a little nervous and shaky from competing, but it is a great feeling (to medal) and was fun to be out there. My dismount sometimes gives me trouble, and sticking it at the end was a key for me. This is one of the best (I've done), and I am going to keep it going forward." USAG


 Men's Floor Final Results


D     
E
1 SHIRAI Kenzo JPN
16.000
7.4 8.600
2 DALTON Jacob USA
15.600
6.7 8.900
3 UCHIMURA Kohei JPN
15.500
6.4 9.100
4 PURVIS Daniel GBR
15.400
6.5 8.900
5 HYPOLITO Diego BRA
15.366
6.9 8.466
5 LEGENDRE Steven USA
15.366
6.8 8.566
7 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER
15.300
6.5 8.800
8 MORGAN Scott CAN
14.833
6.4 8.433


UPDATE 10/1: Announcing the Finalists! qQualification competition has concluded in Antwerp. The following 8 men have advanced to the 2013 World Floor Finals:

Floor



Score D E
1 SHIRAI Kenzo JPN
16.233
7.400 8.833
2 HYPOLITO Diego BRA
15.600
6.900 8.700
3 UCHIMURA Kohei JPN
15.333
6.400 8.933
4 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER
15.266
6.300 8.966
5 PURVIS Daniel GBR
15.266
6.500 8.766
6 DALTON Jacob USA
15.166
6.500 8.666
7 MORGAN Scott CAN
15.100
6.400 8.700
8 LEGENDRE Steven USA
15.09
6.800 8.391



Event History
Past Men's World Floor Champions
2011  Kohei Uchimura (Japan)
2010  Eleftherios Kosmis(Greece)Zou Kai (China)
2009  Marian Dragulescu (Romania)
2007  Diego Hypolito (Brazil)
2006  Marian Dragulescu (Romania)
2005  Diego Hypolito (Brazil)

Past Men's Olympic Floor Champions
2012 - Zou Kai (China)
2008 - Zou Kai (China)
2004 - Kyle Shewfelt (Canada)
2000 - Igor Vihrov (Latvia)
1996 - Ioannis Melissanidis (Greece)



2013 World Floor Title Contenders:
Max Whitlock, Great Britain
2013 European Champion
 
Kenzo Shirai, Japan
Routine features quadruple twist and a 7.4 difficulty score
 
Denis Ablyazin, Russia
2012 Olympic floor silver medalist

Daniel Purvis, Great Britain
2010 World Floor Bronze Medalist

Jake Dalton, USA
2012 Olympic floor finalist placed fifth

Kohei Uchimura, Japan
2011 World Floor Champion & 2012 Olympic floor silver medalist

Diego Hypolito, Brazil
2009 and 2010 World Floor Champion 
2011 World Bronze Medalist


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