Today completed day one of men’s qualification at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Japan leads the way with with a 358.884, and China is not far behind with a 357.027. Great Britain holds the third spot with a 354.417. Also in the top eight after day one are Russia, Switzerland, Brazil, South Korea, and Germany.

In the all-around race, 5-time World Champion Kohei Uchimura holds the number one spot, despite a fall on floor, scoring a 90.564. Great Britain's Daniel Purvis was clean and consistent throughout all six apparatus, earning an 88.956 to land in second. China's Deng Shudi is currently in third with an 88.832.

The day opened with Great Britain and Brazil taking center stage in subdivision 1. Both teams had less than desirable starts to the competition with falls from Great Britain’s Max Whitlock and Brinn Bevan on high bar, and a fall from Brazil’s first-up Caio Souza on pommel horse.

However, the team rebounded quickly and found redemption in rotation 2. Great Britain hit all five floor routines—packed with difficulty, and executed well for a 59.299. Brazil moved to rings, led by 2012 Olympic Champion Arthur Zanetti, who scored a 15.433 with his 6.8 difficulty score. Both teams built on their momentum throughout the competition. On pommel horse, Louis Smith, who won silver on the event at the 2012 Olympics, competed a very clean routine to huge cheers from the home crowd. He earned a giant 15.533, which lands him in the top spot after day one. 

Arthur Mariano of Brazil had a standout high bar performance—earning a 15.30 for second after day one. 2014 World silver all-around medalist Whitlock stunned with his Yurchenko triple on vault and equally as impressive twisting on floor. Whitlock and teammate Nile Wilson tied with a 88.365 all-around but the tie-breaking procedure of dropping the lowest event score puts Whitlock in front. 

In subdivision two, Russia came out on vault to start the competition with a bang. Denis Abliazin competed a Tsuk full in and a Yurchenko half on two and a half twist off for an impressive 15.483. The highlight of Germany’s showing was Fabian Hambuechen’s high bar routine, including a Casina, a Kolman, and a stuck double double layout.

Japan and China put on a show in subdivision 3. China underperformed on pommel horse to start the meet, but continued to rings and got back on track. Liu Hang and You Hao—who both finished in the top three on rings at the 2014 World Championships—executed very controlled routines and landed in the top three after Greece’s Petrounias Eleftherios who sits in first with a huge 15.90. 

Japan’s floor rotation housed an unexpected fall from Uchimura after a long wait before his routine, which he said caused him to stiffen up. However, teammate Kenzo Shirai followed and nailed his routine to earn a 16.10. Shudi showed an impressive floor routine as well, including a back three and a half twist punch front layout half and a stuck triple twist to close. 

Japan’s Tanaka Yusuke put up the highest parallel bars score of the day with a 15.758, and right behind him is Oleg Stepko of Azerbaijan who showed up strong in the last subdivision with a 15.70 on parallel bars.

Routine of the Day

Kenzo Shirai was outstanding on floor earning a 16.1 with a 7.6 D score. As of right now, there are no videos of Shirai's floor routine available in all countries, so we've embedded his routine from podium training below:

Lineups and Predictions

While we still have one more day of men's qualifications, we are already looking forward to the women's team final. Unsurprisingly, we predict USA will take the team title, as they have proved their dominance.

Below are our predictions for USA's lineups:

Vault: Raisman, Nichols, Biles
Bars: Biles, Douglas, Kocian, 
Beam: Douglas, Raisman, Biles 
Floor: Nichols, Raisman, Biles

They Said It

Once again, the 2 per country rule keeps one of the best gymnasts in the world out of AA finals 😢

— Jordyn Wieber (@jordyn_wieber) October 24, 2015

2012 Olympic Fierce Fiver Jordyn Wieber tweeted this, likely in response to Raisman missing out on all-around finals even after coming in fifth overall. Wieber can be included in the list of top gymnasts left out of all-around finals due to the two per country rule. In one of the most memorable moments from the 2012 Olympics, Wieber, the World Champ at the time, got beat out by U.S. teammates Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman and did not qualify to the all-around finals. Watch our Beyond the Routine documentary where Wieber talks all about those Olympics here.