Giorgia Villa and Carlos Yulo claim wins on final day of Baku World Cup

Italy's Giorgia Villa and former world champion Carlos Yulo were among the winners on the final day of the third round of the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup in Baku on Sunday (12 March).

After taking uneven bars second on Saturday, Villa went one better on the balance beam with a score of 13.966.

France's Marine Boyer - fourth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and last year's World Championships - had greater difficulty in her routine than Villa, but her execution was not as good and she had to settle for second with 13.866.

Boyer made amends in the floor exercise, scoring 12.833 to edge out Villa's team-mate Arianna Belardelli (12.800).

Yulo was superb on vault, the apparatus on which he won the 2021 world title.

The Filipino star was almost perfect on his first attempt, just taking a small hop forward on landing his piked handspring double front, as he scored 15.033.

He took a bigger step on landing his second vault, but 14.833 gave him a winning average of 14.933 ahead of Britain's Harry Hepworth (14.816).

Reigning Asian champion Nariman Kurbanov came out on top in the pommel horse with a routine high on difficulty and execution.

The Kazakh's mark of 15.300 was easily the best on the day with Ireland's reigning world champion Rhys McClenaghan a bit ragged at times as he took second with 14.933.

Alexander Myakinin took the final event of the weekend, the horizontal bar, with an excellent routine.

The Israeli upped the difficulty slightly from qualification, but his execution was greatly improved as he scored 14.200 to take victory.

Japan's Matsumi Kazuki (14.033) was second ahead of Croatia's Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Tin Srbic (13.666).

Kitazono Takeru, a Tokyo 2020 team silver medallist and five-time Youth Olympic champion at Buenos Aires 2018, fell on a Kolman attempt but still managed to finish fourth with 13.266.

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Results from apparatus finals at Baku World Cup, Sunday 12 March 2023:

Men's

Vault

1. Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.933 (15.033; 14.833)
2. Harry Hepworth (GBR) 14.816 (14.766; 14.866)
3. Shek Wai Hung (HKG) 14.716 (14.866; 14.566)

Pommel Horse

1. Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ) 15.300
2. Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) 14.933
3. Matvei Petrov (ALB) 14.766

Horizontal Bar

1. Alexander Myakinin (ISR) 14.200
2. Matsumi Kazuki (JPN) 14.033
3. Tin Srbic (CRO) 13.666

Women's

Balance Beam

1. Giorgia Villa (ITA) 13.966
2. Marine Boyer (FRA) 13.866
3. Anna Lashchevska (UKR) 13.433

Floor

1. Marine Boyer (FRA) 12.833
2. Arianna Belardelli (ITA) 12.800
3. Sevgi Kayisoglu (TUR) 12.566