On October 21, the gymnastics world championships produced its first gold medal, with Melnikova of the Russian Gymnastics Association winning the gold medal with 56.632 points, the Chinese American Ryan Huang winning the silver medal and another American Kayla winning the bronze medal. China's Wei Xiaoyuan finished sixth.
Wei Xiaoyuan finished seventh in the qualifiers and appeared in the second group in today's final. Wei Xiaoyuan's vault D score was only 4.600, and the final score was 13.200, ranking 20th among the 24 players. On the high and low bars, Wei Xiaoyuan made a mistake and only scored 13.366 points. On the balance beam, Wei Xiaoyuan scored 13.733 points. In free gymnastics, Wei Xiaoyuan D only had 4.700 and scored 12.400 in the end. After four events, Wei Xiaoyuan ranked sixth with 52.699 points.
Hitomi Hatada, who finished fourth in the qualifiers, withdrew from the tournament after being injured in training. In the first group of today's final, Hungary's Basquet, who is ranked 25th in the all-around in the qualifiers, will replace Hitomi Hatada.
Tokyo Olympic team gold medalist Melnikova lived up to expectations, ranking first with 14.533 points on the uneven bars and second place in vaulting, balance beam and free gymnastics, and finally winning the championship with 56.632 points. The U.S. women's player has been monopolizing the gold medal in the event since 2011, and Melnikova finally broke the monopoly of the U.S. women's team today. It was also Melnikova's first gold medal in the all-around at the World Championships.
Melnikova is the third Russian player to win the Women's All-Around world championships, and the fifth time that a Russian women's player has won the world championship all-around. Khorkina won the title three times in 1997, 2001 and 2003, and Mustafin was the all-around champion at the 2010 World Championships.
Chinese-American Ryan Huang won the silver medal with 56.340 points, and she ranked first in both balance beam and free gymnastics, but the vault performed poorly, was deducted points, and eventually won the silver medal. Kayla won the bronze medal with 54.566 points, and her vault scored a game-high 14.600 points, but only scored 12.766 points on the uneven bars, which affected the final result.
Tomorrow at 17:00, the World Championships will be contested for the men's individual all-around final, and the strong dialogue between Hashimoto Daiki and Zhang Boheng will be triggered.