Men's All-around Final Gymnastics: World Championships

This is the man people have come to see. That is phenomenal. That was

unbelievable. A real mark of a man in control. He is the one they all

want to beat. That was incredible. Absolutely unbelievable! Fantastic

way to win a gold medal, everyone on their feet. For the fifth time,

world champion. The superstar gymnast the world will never forget.

Six in a row, my word, what a night it could be. Joining me to witness

this potential greatness is Great Britain's first and only world

champion, Beth Twaddle, and current British gymnast and world all-round

silver-medallist, Dan Keating 's, welcome. We have to start by talking

about Kohei Uchimura. The length of time this man has been at the top of

all-round gymnastics... That's impressive thing. He was amazing to

do a whole period in the last cycle where he won everything and now he's

going for another one, which is unbelievable, unheard of. To last in

the all-round for that long, I can't grasp how he's managed to do that

and stay at that level. That is the key for the competition this

evening, it's not specialising on one piece, it's being the all-round

gymnast. It's having the mental strength to do one piece, then there

is a break before the next one. It's how you control your nerves, steady

yourself, do you let yourself relax completely or comeback? Every

gymnast on that floor will do it in a different way. Somebody who knows

how to do it is you, Dan, in 2009, we can see from this table, you got

silver just behind Kohei Uchimura and since then, Richie Myler has

been at the top of his game. Max Whitlock as well. -- Uchimura. If

you can get a decent score across all six pieces of apparatus you are

in with a shout, if you can hit those routines over six pieces, you

will be up there. We'll be watching the top 24 gymnasts from a

qualification competition that happened at the start of the week.

We have two British gymnast Sear, Dan Purvis and Max Whitlock, who you

saw takings over last year. -- two British gymnasts here. If he can

score over 90 he'll be difficult to beat, including from Uchimura. David

McDaid caught up with Max Whitlock in the run-up to this World

Championships. At the beginning of the year, not

using an excuse, I had glandular fever. The first stage was the

toughest, I didn't know why I was struggling with my routines, it

didn't go to plan but I took the positives out of it, rested up and

it made me itching to get back in the gym. I feel good now, I feel all

right, the competitions I've done now I feel happy with my, my

personal best. In the London open. It gives me a lot of confidence.

Tell us about the personal best. My first competition back, wanted to do

a good job. I got 91.6 all-round. My target for this year is aiming

around the 91 mark. I've done some good routines. Hopefully I can prove

myself at this year's worlds as well. At the end of the day I'm

looking forward to the experience, going back to the same arena,

competing in Glasgow, it'll be amazing. It's some competition. The

all-round is so open, 10-15 gymnasts all up there, it's whoever does the

job on the day. Everyone is so close. Three races up for grabs. Who

will you have to better to get a medal? You've got that man,

Uchimura. Kohei Uchimura has been my idol for many years, he inspires and

motivates me. He is the best gymnast in the world, pretty much, he has

bagged his fifth world title in a row. This year he will go for his

sixth. He's brilliant, really. What a performance, Max Whitlock, silver

medal. You've got silver before, last year, can you be in and around

the podium? I hope so, I mean... I try to aim for that, try not to

think about it too much, all I think about is my job. Hopefully I've got

the potential to do it, if I get my target school, do clean routines,

hopefully results will come. SPEAKS FRENCH. Get my target score. It's

going to be a battle of who can keep their calm to night. Definitely, if

they can keep calm, stay on those six uses of apparatus, he will be in

with a shout of a medal. Let's look at some of the apparatus he did in

the team final. His best piece of apparatus is the pommel horse, he

will be nearly 16 Mark. This is his weakest event, he has managed to

update a little bit this year. Hopefully he can come out with a

decent score and keep the confidence going. This is the triple twist,

he's had this about a year now. The bars are one of his most consistent

pieces, he scores around 15, it'll set him up going into the high bar.

On the floor, as we've seen in the team final, his solid and has a huge

start. He will come out with a massive score, hopefully it'll

finish off the competition nicely. His qualification didn't go 100% to

plan, but he's ended up in a group where his order works really well.

He starts on pommel, the PC is renowned for, it could settle his

nerves. If he gets a great start you'll be feeling confident. He

could end on the floor, it's what they did in the team final, he knows

he can handle the pressure if he's got a score. He will have rings as

his second piece, so he still has plenty of strength. Looking back to

2009, have a look at you. This leads you on the floor, what do you

remember? This was in London. I remember being really nervous, this

was my first piece, I stepped out of bounds twice, but I got a huge score

on pommel horse, around 15.6, 15.7 and I made up for the qualification

mistake when I fell on my dismount. We have to talk about your

team-mate, Dan Purvis, as well, who has qualified for this all-round

competition in third. He won the bronze medal at the repeating

Championships. He is a rock of the British team and tonight he has a

real chance to make an individual mark at these World Championships.

David McDaid had a word with him. The World Championship is normally

pretty good, I've been outside the medal is a few times, but it's great

to go and get in the finals at the World Championships, feel confident

in my routines. He finished third in qualifying in the all-round, it must

give you great belief going into the final? It does, yeah, I've done

quite a lot of all-round events in my career, I've managed European

all-round medals, but never a world medal, it's always been an aim of

mine. Who knows if it's possible or not, but to qualify in third is

already a great achievement for myself and I want to hit my routines

as well as I can. We'll see what happens. I'd love to get in that

medal position. Max Whitlock is second in the world, incredible for

former. It would be amazing to go round with him. I want to enjoy

every minute. You are so reliable, it must be really difficult to

maintain consistency over six apparatus. It is, to be honest, I

have up and downs in training. A lot of times it doesn't go well. It's

the same with every athlete. Fortunately, I have been able to

pull it out. I'm not sure why that is. I'm so happy to be able to do

that. Dan has qualified. In that top eight of gymnast qualifying with the

third highest place, how will it affect his competition? Being with

the big guns, and Max Whitlock being in a different group? Dan has enough

experience not to worry about being in the same group as Max, he'll get

on with his job he's got his personal coach on the floor. Dan is

a gymnast to compete in his own world. To be honest I don't think it

would really affect him who he was going round with. Let's look at some

of the other contenders. Let's talk about the current European champion,

you even I have. -- Belly we'd seen him make small, characteristic

errors. We'll have to see how he starts tonight. Deng Shudi MIDI

Chinese gymnast, so close yesterday. He will try to go out there and pick

up a medal today to get them on the medal board for China. In the

all-round. He has massive start scores were one of the biggest in

the com petition. If he hits 646, he'll be up there. A gymnast from

Cuba who has created noise. It's his first major international, he crept

under the scene, nobody knew what he was capable of. He finished well up

the ranks in convocation. In the training gym everybody has been

muttering, who is this? Where's he come from? He's about 19, 20. We

know from previous conditions he's qualified for the test event for

Rio, it could be good timing for him at 19 years old. Definitely, nobody

has heard of him come he's come on the scene, hitting huge scores, if

he goes clean he'll be nearly 90, 91 mark. He's a name to look out for. A

final word on Uchimura, will he play it safe tonight Coady will we see

the flower we are used to seeing? Bearing in mind he pegged off the

high bar in the team final? He wouldn't be Uchimura if he didn't go

for it, he would be doubting himself if he played safe, he will go for

everything and try to get that sixth gold medal. What will we experience

tonight, Beth? I hope we see that historic moment, he's such an idol

for so many gymnast, even Max really looks up to Uchimura. To be on the

podium with him will be massive again. We will stop talking and get

straight down to the action. The competition has been going on for

quite a while, this is where the gymnast started. Group one, the top

eight qualifiers, started on the floor. Uchimura is there, Dan Purvis

in that group. The second group, Max Whitlock on pommel horse. 15.7 in

the team final, he'll be looking to get to 16. Third group on rings,

keep an eye on Nikolai Kuksenkov. We'll head over to the commentary

box. COMMENTATOR: Starting this men's

all-round final here at the World Championships, Deng Shudi from

China. One of the group of gymnast with

huge difficulty. We saw that 3.5 twists, immediately punched into a

straight somersault. Another super difficult for tourist, immediate

2.5. -- difficult full twist. So aware of how much twisting he's

doing. Legs out of the first tumble. Exactly the right time to punch the

floor for the second. This is beautiful work as well. He shows a

really good body lying in all his work. -- body-line. Very well

controlled, his legs locked together in the twist. Big, full twisting

double back. Shows his ability to do multiple rotations as well as

twist. Gets the two second hold. He just needs this big tumble. To start

him off really well. And he does, very good triple twist to finish.

That was a measure of control. A super start. There was the 1.3

twist, the one and three quarters somersault to roll out. 15.133, not

bad at all for starters. Danell Leyva, a very talented

all-round gymnast, what's he got in the locker? Ooh committee was a bit

short, a very big, ambitious tumble. A double straight with two twists.

His hands went down, that was a big deduction. Controls that second

tumble well. Double Arabian. Having little starters on most of the

landings, that is where the marks go. Little bit off the boil, I

think. He was impressive in team final. You've got to show complete

balance and mastery. The roll-out was good. Whip into...

Very good. 2.5 bunch front, good combinations. -- punch front. He

looks a little more settled now as he builds up to this final. It's

going to be big. Double straight, much better finish than start. He

recovered well. Unsettled, Danell Leyva, but he's got five more

apparatus. You can see it was very expensive. Danell Leyva, 13.733. A

little dent in his ambition. Now the person we've all been waiting to

see, Max Whitlock from Great Britain. He has a marvellous routine

in the locker, can he bring it out here? Good, solid start. Nice rhythm

in different combinations. -- in the front combinations. The second of

those nicely negotiated. Keep the rhythm, picks up beautifully.

Spindle, no problem. He will come back. Into the triple Russian. A

lovely combination. Dismount. He has to go through smoothly and he did. A

fabulous start for Max Whitlock. Super start. Well done, Max just

what everybody wanted. Simple rhythm in that dismount, clean handstand.

Max Whitlock, 16.1. The stuff of dreams, great start.

Daniel Purvis. On the floor. Double twist, double back, so beautifully

performed. A little stutter before the jump,

but it was well controlled tumbling. Really came out of that double front

with such conviction. Lovely building of difficulty here. So

important to have a difficult routine, but one that you can manage

to control as well. Dan has really good lines, good extension through

his work. Little bit of originality, stands up with his legs dead

straight. He really nails this for the team in qualification. It's such

a hard finish. Whip into double Arabian. He nails it again. What a

fantastic start for Dan Purvis. Oleg NIF, European champion, comes

to the floor. Very sharp, very quick. -- Verniaiev. Yes, nicely

done, 3.5 twists into full twist, smooth. He makes it look so easy.

Twisting combinations. They really build. But you have to hit them. And

his foot is out. Undercut... He's just had one error so far.

A light touch, linking to the corner.

More twists, slightly lower out of that. And a triple twist to wrap it

up. Tiny errors. He means business. 2.5 twists, but there you see his

foot is out. 14.975 for Verniaiev. Kohei Uchimura, the defending world

champion. This first apparatus is very important. What will he choose?

He's got so much in stock. Lovely start. 3.5 into one and a half, how

good is that? Full twist... I've lost count on the twist afterwards,

but very impressive. This is so clean. And so efficient.

A shrug of the shoulders. Under control, composure. Double double.

Look at that extension. That is the triple Russian.

Such consummate control. One and three quarters roll-out. Look at

this for composure. Gathering through the flip. Nice triple twist

to finish. Characteristic landing, just a little shuffle.

Lovely tumble, he has so much to choose from. Double twist, another

twisting skill backward. 15.733. What a start.

Max Whitlock on top of the pile-up moment. Kohei Uchimura behind him

and Donnell Whittenburg is in third. Not his strongest apparatus, you

really needs to be accurate in all the strength parts. A good start.

Making sure of the static positions. A safe start for Max Whitlock.

Double front. He has to nail that position first time, you can't

adjust it. He'll swing on, wait for it to come back, there it is. Double

back through the rings. He nails the dismount. There were little problems

in the hold parts. He'll be glad to get that one behind him.

14.516, his hard apparatus out of the way for Max Whitlock. So, Daniel

Purvis started with a good floor, what can he show us on,? -- show was

on pommel horse was to mark ease into the swing, got the rhythm

going. A nice combination here. Keeping the rhythm, this is good.

Tiny flicker of the legs apart. This is going well. Triple Russian, picks

up to travel. Tiny flutters of form, but safely

through, he'll be delighted with that. A good, solid first apparatus

for Dan Purvis. Travels back and forward along the horse. A difficult

one to do first. There is the dismount. Safely through.

Oleg Verniaiev of the Ukraine, he's had a really good year so far, he'd

love to crown it with this title. This is the apparatus that brings

him the biggest challenge, you must be consistent.

First handstand out of the way, nice legs separation, second handstand

short. There will be a deduction. He mustn't use strength. Rescuers the

swing. Triple Russian between the handles. Good swinging.

Quick through the Russian on one handle, it's good work now, but

flutters at the start. Into the handstand shaped... He lost

the rhythm. Come on! There will be no dismount and a big deduction.

Once again, the pommel horse is his nemesis. Travelling... OK in some

parts, but he did lose some rhythm. Here there will be no dismount

granted. That is a deduction. Verniaiev, a very costly 13.566.

Kohei Uchimura, a look of total concentration. Lovely and clean into

the handstand. Not fully extended circles. They are very, very

efficient, look at this. Beautiful rhythm with one hand. Very difficult

to create. Into the Russian. Travelling up and

travelling back. A stock combination these days. And he hops across the

horse. I love the way he does that, great stuff will stop Uchimura still

on song. Deng Shudi of China, all that time

ago we watched his floor routine. Took a long time to focus. Again,

lovely extended shape in the swing. Lovely giant travel across the

length of the horse. Bumped into it, that will be three tenths. And

hesitation. A couple of faults following each other and one for

that. Because there was a hesitation. Listen to that bump as

he makes sure of his hand position. Nicely through the travels. This

will be the transition into the dismount, he holds the handstand

shaped, good and efficient. Might shape, this was particularly

tidied away he finished the routine. Less flourish, good handstand. He

scores 14.4 for pommel horse. Nikolai Kuksenkov of Russia to the

vault. Good stride pattern. The ground off. 2.5 twists, very well

controlled. Really stylish, well taught gymnast.

Blocks off the top, wraps in, he really didn't need the floor well,

the four hit him and that is what caused the step. That's back

Daniel Levy, nightmare of a start for him, 23rd position. -- Daniel

in second place so far after two, Max Whitlock goes to vault. Max has

a hugely difficult vault, needs all the power and all the height. The

twists and a bit of a starter pack but he controlled it. -- bit of a

starter back. Right round on the twists.

He launches himself into the air, puts in defeat twists but just

doesn't quite hold shape for lending.

The judges are so keen on strength positions being held precisely and

prolonged. Those two wearer. Lovely control in the circled cross. Good

start for Daniel Purvis. Two doubles. Into the controlled. So

very good. Times the deal perfectly, lovely.

The wind-up. Double double and just a tiny shuffle, good solid rings

from damp Purvis -- Daniel Purvis. Have a look at this talented

Manrique Larduet. Had some problems on the vault in

qualifying but he is hugely powerful. What a vault that was.

Lodged in the air, 2.5 twists, fantastic vaulting.

Difficulty score of six. Really impressive stuff. that is a very

good score. Super vaulting. Uchimura comes to the rings, he has

looked absolute perfection so far. What a gymnast he is. Beautiful,

into the Maltese. Moves ahead to show control, circle

mastery so far. So difficult. Double pike. There is your cross.

Giant handstand. Here is the wind-up. Once again, the double

double and landed on his feet. Power bars, one of the most improved

apparatus in this Championships. -- parallel bars. That was lovely work.

Immediate somersault. Difficult turn, up into the

handstand. Lovely full turn on one arm while swimming and are

beautifully high straddled front somersault. Control in the handstand

and then dynamically into the next element. I think there was possibly

an error, I expect he intended on to go onto one rail but he has covered

well and up into the double front with a half turn, very difficult

this month. -- dismount. Really experienced rings worker.

Very powerful gymnast. Making absolutely sure he is in the

right position. Kick into the cross. Nicely into the

Maltese. Good strong combination to the gym. Upright into Maltese. You

can use the same moves as long as the way in various. -- varies. To

the cross. Beautifully done. Upright into the straddle. The first

position you hit. Little bit of adjustment in the giant. Lovely.

Double rotation through the rings. As is the enhanced and, sets up four

double, double straight, good dismount, good routine from Deng

Shudi. His swing is quite remarkable. It is

almost a different type of parallel bar work. Just easy swinging.

Good control on the one rail. Very difficult the handstand with the

hands parallel, lovely tight double tap at somersault. And look at the

height on the front somersault. No problem with seeing the landing.

Somersault with a half turn to turn yourself around. And another. That

time from the long swing. Comes up a big front and a half turn, really

good spatial awareness, that was a great routine.

The young Cuban, larger et in fourth place. Larduet.

Oleh Vernyayev, back in ninth at the moment.

Such a slight, light gymnast but hugely powerful as well. Big double

front with half-time, what a fantastic vault for such a slight

day. That was very, very good indeed.

Pumps up into the air, 2.5 somersaults, turns the last half so

he can see the landing. Scored out of six. He pulls the knees apart,

gets in really tight. That will be a bit of a deduction from the judges,

as will that step back. Not much else to take off. Turn eight

Uchimura, took an age to focus. We will see why in a few seconds.

Half-time, 2.5 twists, beautiful work. Super vault. He is quite

pleased with that. Look at this. Half turn. And hangs

it round. Well on his way. STUDIO: Uchimura is on form, seeing

all of the calmness that we predicted and this competition so

far as going textbook. There is his scorer. Bizarrely, it is exactly

what he golden qualification. Bath what he scored.

What a competition this lad is having, Whittenburg, he fell on the

vault but still out there in medal contention and he qualified in 30

First Place, he didn't expect to be in the final, he is having the

competition of his life,. COMMENTATOR: Was second going into

this round. Big wind-up. Caught late but he caught safely. Full turn over

the top. Little bit late. The judges will be sharp on this. But he's

going through. Squat fall. That might be expensive. OK. He is in

control of this apparatus. Just enough. Again, late. He will pay for

this. Here is the wind-up, he must stick it. Double double and he

needed that. There were errors in the routine. Clear deductions.

Larduet. Performing beautifully in these championships. As to hold his

concentration. Very good work. He looks really in

command. Smooth and swings the tap out up to the handstand, lovely half

turn. Double front half turn, fabulous work. Really, the questions

have been whether he can hold his concentration but he has done so

far. It is turning out to be a bit of a

surprise, look at that score. That is his weakest apparatus.

Matching what happened to him and qualification.

He is going over the top. Very nice. In the straight body. That was when

people turn. -- with the full turn. Nicely done.

Half-time but he must get it cleanly. Back on song in thrall. --

in control. Mostly through the full turn. Big

wind-up. Good dismount and he has a decent score. That is a good

routine. He was in fifth going into this piece of apparatus, going for

everything. He was brave. Couple of good

releases in the main group. Puts him up to third.

Larduet will be in the parallel bars final and with scores like that that

is no surprise. Moving up the field rapidly.

Belyavskiy intense at the moment. -- in 10th place. Little waiver, but

brought it under control. Tiny bit bent legs on the straddle

position. Lots of height and fight but you have to keep your likes

tight as well and little flicker of bent knees on the somersault there.

All tiny things that the judges deduct. That was better. Smoothly

lifted into handstand. Legs locked together nicely. Settles well.

Double front, half turn, quite a favoured dismount for many of the

gymnasts. His execution scorer will be very high, I'm sure. He got a

silver at the Europeans on parallel bars last year. Glad to see things

are going his way at this stage of the competition, he has not had much

fun on the previous pieces of apparatus. Very talented, very

clean. Nicely done, spends his way round,

triple twist, credit to him for that.

It is quite a high-scoring piece of apparatus. We can see the gymnasts

in the top group, a lot of them have fallen away but the others will

really build their score. They will do. They have a little more luck

with being consistent on the twisting vaults. He took the half

turn on and went in for the triple twist, there will be a deduction for

not being dead on the red line down the middle.

Great Britain's Daniel Purvis. Place.

As to nail this. Very good in the control area. Lovely 2.5. Just a

little pace forward, that was very good vaulting. That will do, he will

certainly take that on vault. He has had a good steady, solid

competition. Consistent all the way through. You can see the flip on, he

is technically very good. Straight arms. East twists in and by the time

he joins his feet, he is on food either side of the red line, very

good work. -- on -- one foot. On his way back up. As will be this

man. Belyavskiy. Him into ninth. Edging ever closer.

Pablo Bragger from Switzerland. Scores 15.133, interesting start.

Difficult to work with straight arms, the judges look for the over

grip. Nice and smooth. That is the full spin. Somersaults. Nicely done.

Solid handstand, and another one. This time with an extra turn. That

was a nice, smooth parallel bars. Everything you want to see from

parallel bars. We are seeing some very good

dismounts. What do you put that down to? It

used to be a weakness for the Brits, the Dutch, it is focused on a lot.

Talking of the Dutch. What is the inside track on him? He has some big

releases, if he gets this he will be through. He did.

One more big release to come. He has survived putting the full turn in.

Good work. Full turn. Full stops swinging well. Just keep your

rhythm, young man. He can nail this if he needs to. And he does. Almost.

Well done, Berks, you have one happy coach sat next to me. -- barked

barked Bart Deurloo. Shame about that adjustment, but

well done. No appeal? I'm happy with that!

Arthur Mariano from Brazil. What the competition is the Brazilians had in

qualifying. Bowled him. They were delighted and one of the

surprise teams. Very clean, good work, one of the reasons why. Good

rhythm. Straight legs. Smooth. Just a little bit on the way up to

handstand but covered very well. That was really nice. Peaked at the

top of the move. The move finished at its maximum. Another handstand

with lovely control and immediately double pike and that was one of the

best this -- dismounts we have seen. Absolutely. They are determined on

their home territory. They have the people to do it. They have lost a

couple of their key players, their best gymnast got injured in Glasgow

at the end of last year and they are still coming back strong. Lovely.

Good parallel bar work. I like this dismount so much because he finished

with his chest right up, he didn't finish once the seat landed, he

continued the rotation. Very good work. Once the feet landed. Parallel

bars was a challenge and everybody had to meet it. So much potential in

that apparatus. Whittenburg Currently in the silver medal

position spot. At the moment he has dropped down to

fifth. He put in an enquiry which would have been to do with the

difficulty of his routine but it has been rejected. It can only be to do

with the difficulty, of course. It is his weakest apparatus. You are

only allowed to make an enquiry against the difficulty score. You

cannot make an enquiry against the execution. And sometimes the judges

will have another look and decide they should have credited something

more. As it stands, Uchimura head of the

field. There is the Cuban gymnast, Larduet, mention them at the start

of the programme and he is in second, Kuksenkov in third. Max

Whitlock is still to go and is just chopping up the parallel bars. --

chalking. Uchimura remaining so focused. He got that team title that

he saw wanted and now it is time to focus on his individual effort. This

man will be thinking very similar thoughts.

15.783 behind Kohei Uchimura at this stage. What a competition Larduet is

having, two more pieces of apparatus to go. Kuksenkov was there or

thereabouts, could this be his year for the world all-round medal?

LAUGHTER Super. We're just waiting for a

score to come in at the moment. Because of that, Max is having to

wait, he's keeping calm, chalking up the parallel bars, making sure

everything is right. You don't want to wait too long. Absolutely,

there's always that extra bit you can put on the bars, that extra bit

of chalk. But there's only so much you can do to occupy this time,

difficult time to wait. You will notice that Max has a bag of his own

chalk which he brings from his own gym. He is very precise with

everything, Max. Everything has got its place. Mariano's score is about

to be posted. There it is, 14.8. Very good score for parallel bars.

It releases the parallel bars for Max Whitlock. There he is with his

fourth piece of apparatus in this men's all-round world final. Very

accurate, nice double, knees pressed together. Secure in the handstand,

set up the double to keep the swing. Smith.

Good, safe combination. Not adjusting his hands, first-time

accurate, this is good. Upright, a big salto, keeping that rhythm.

That's the thing about this routine. There you go. Good style, good form.

Just shaved the chalk on the top of that wood. Here he is with a nailed

dismount, that's a fantastic effort, he will be close to that score. Well

done, Max! He needs just over 15 to going to second. But he's doing a

job for Great Britain at the moment. He certainly is gone he is greeted

by his coach as he comes off the podium. He looks good, he looks

relaxed, that was as good a routine I've seen for a long time from Max.

Lovely rhythm all the way through, look at the style, the form, the kit

out, good rhythm, good control. Classic parallel bar work. You look

for smooth swing, held handstands and risky combinations. He produced

something very, very special. And this dismount, well... Find his way

around, look at the style on the legs there. Tucks his toes ready for

the landing and nails it. Over 15.783 would be a golden score as it

stands on the fourth piece. He's not going to be far away, you know. They

are having a nice day. Come on! Good old Scott, does a great job. Even

Dan Purvis is on his feet. Amazing. Because we were waiting for the

gymnast's score coming in, everybody watching he gets 15.1. I thought it

would be worth more than that, it was clean, it was difficult. He is

composed, isn't it? He has the high bar and the floor to go, if you were

watching the men's team final, goodness me, what a floor routine

Max did. After four pieces Kohei Uchimura leads ahead of Max

Whitlock. Manrique Larduet is currently in third position. Dan

Purvis in seven. Still, and Albert and Berg, still in amongst it. --

Donnell Whitten Berg. He's got to his first apparatus, the high bars.

What a series he had before that. Danell Leyva, he is still way down

the field in 22nd. Two more pieces to go in this men's all-round final.

Let's have a word with Dan Keating 's and better travel in the

commentary box. We've seen so many of the gymnast we talked about at

the start of the programme, the lead runners, they've fallen away, Beth?

They have, it shows how difficult gymnastics is nowadays, the

difference between perfection and errors is so small. Unfortunately

some of those top runners have fallen along the way maybe by going

for that difficulty that has not paid after night. We'll look at Dan

Purvis's vault now, talk us through this from your perspective. It's one

of his more solid pieces and he's been doing this vault for a long

time now, couldn't have asked for any more, got round to his feet,

only a small want him to step he'll be happy. Happy with seven? -- small

one tenth step. He's got parallel bars coming up, one of his strongest

apparatus. Hopefully he can get 15.4 to pull him up the rankings. A word

on the Cuban gymnast, Larduet. He's having the petition of his life.

Before we came here everybody was talking about him, weren't sure how

he would compete, he's proven a lot of doubters wrong and shown how good

a gymnast years. How impressed are you with Max Whitlock at the moment

from the psychological point of view? He had a tough piece because

he had to wait for so long, still boarded up, he has a great

relationship with his coach, Scott. He stayed out of the way of watching

other people. Max doesn't focus on what anyone else is doing, he only

concentrate on his job. Doing a fantastic job, each piece, he's

taking it piece by piece. Can't ask any more of him, he has to keep his

concentration for the last two pieces. At an interesting stage with

the all-round competition, with deep and ultimate peace to come to finish

on a high. We talked about Max Whitlock's floor, but how will he

feel going into the high bar routine? Nervous, you'll be nervous

before each piece of apparatus, but he's doing so well. He's more

excited now to finish the competition, he is doing so well.

With the floor coming last, he'll be pushing to get a good score to lead

him into the floor. What are the key points to look at in this high bar

routine? Key moments from Max to get through? Trying to hit handstands

out of each of his turns and when he does the dismount he will be trying

to stick it, basically, not giving any temps away. He is warming up,

eyes and relaxed. -- not giving away any temps.

You know what it feels like, Beth, to compete on the bars at this

level. The key to it is to stay as relaxed as possible. It is, stay

relaxed, remember what your coach tells you in training. After time

you will find when these gymnast put their arm up to the judge, your body

goes into autopilot, he'll have done that routine thousands of times.

Hopefully it will pay off. It looks as though... We can see the five

times world champion, looks as though he could be on the right road

to get the sixth title. He could be, but we saw what happened in the

team final, he was right on the last beat and had to go through clean,

you can never speak to see it gymnastics, it's the beauty of the

sport, it literally goes down to the last routine and whether you can

stay on your feet. He is looking as cool as he would want to at the

moment, Kohei Uchimura. With a 50 piece of apparatus, a reminder the

top group are on the parallel bars, the second group on the high bar,

the third on the floor and the fourth group on pommel horse.

So, Larduet will be the first gymnast to go. The Cuban gymnast.

Silver medal place at the moment. He came here to make his mark and a lot

of people are watching. If he can get a medal here, he'll get himself

a place at the Olympics. You have to go back to 1976, Roberto Richards,

the last Cuban to really make an impression on the world scene. Here

we have another. If he does that... It would be well worth it, he's an

exciting young talent, 19 years of age. He put in a score over 15 in

qualification, he's more than capable. We know he's got an

unbelievable floor routine. So, this is to stay on track for a

medal. Nice easy start, half turn over the

top. First release, half turn in the street Tkatchev. Very smooth.

Favouring the Tkatchev group for releases. All of them have been very

accurate. For turn. A very popular combination. He's looking smooth and

clean. He's got to complete that turn. The one arm swing is always so

effective, but you can only do it once. Through the cross, the full

turn. He set up the dismount. Superb, just a tiny Hop/ he really

has put in one competition so far. One apparatus to go. With a landing

like that and thoughts edge to the floor, this gymnast must be very

excited at the moment. Very excited, very excited coach as well. It won't

have escaped the notice of Kohei Uchimura that he is being chased

along here. Two years ago, Kohei Uchimura won gold on the bars at the

World Championships. He needs all his periods here. He'll call upon

it. Look at that shape on one rail, superb. The full turn forwards.

Again. Rock-solid in handstands. Half turn. He's hitting handstands

every time. Keeping the swing smooth from the release is very important.

Very good. Half turn, keeps his rhythm. Look at this, a multitude of

doubles. Suarez, that time, from giant. Different name, different

style. Look at how that handstand is set for the dismount. What a

cracker! Beautiful performance, superb. Five down, want to go for

Kohei Uchimura. Only one way to respond when did people snapping at

your heels are doing well. A much more difficult routine than he

normally performs comedy knows he's got a fight on his hands and it's

bringing out the best him. Is got such difficulty, such a repertoire,

he could select from it. To suit the occasion. Absolutely.

Whittenburg, the powerhouse takes to the floor. Six going into this

rotation. I love that first little hop into a

1.5 twist, immediate punch double front. And then the double straight

back with twist. Such difficult work. Immediate double pike. It's

really breathtaking. The difficulty of this work. Anything the judges

deduct will be the style, feat not fully stretched, the handstand just

a little bit edgy, but in terms of dynamics, it's fabulous. Here we go,

two and a half twist, front full, his feet lock onto the floor.

Very nice and speedy in the one and a half twist and the one and three

quarters. This has been fabulous. Big breath, it's something special,

what have we got here? Half in, half out, in the pike position. Really, a

great tumbling display. I simply cannot believe those landings, one

after another after another. He's not doing easy stuff. Oh no,

absolute mustard, that was, superhot routine. A chance to see Larduet

dismount. Talking of good landings. Superb, 15.333. Great work, really,

he's producing, isn't it? I tell you what, you know, Kohei Uchimura

scored 15.4 in qualification, is got 15.833, he just widens the gap,

giving him... He will need that little gap when it comes to the

floor routine. I think he'll need the gap he finishes on the high bar.

We saw him in edgy on the high by yesterday. Goodness me,

absolutely... What a thought to revisit that is, Chris. Nikolai

Kuksenkov takes to the floor. Great style, not immensely difficult, but

you need precision. Even snapping heels together once he's made the

landing. So far, finding an error on the second double pass. A nice kick

out. Good, simple link. Got to go around three times to get the D

value. Hold the handstand. He's in control

of his routine. Checking where he is, waiting for

the bell. A big Paul. The triple twist. Just a tiny adjustment. He

came from low down, he is building. 14.666 for Kuksenkov. He was fourth

going in, he stays there as it stands at the moment, one more piece

for him. And look at that, 15.266, it seems harsh. I thought so, I

thought it was immensely difficult and he was in control all the way.

Those landings... Yeah, little bit harshly dealt with.

Uchimura ahead of Larduet. Whittenburg third, Kuksenkov fourth.

Max Whitlock is still to go on the high bar. He's deep and ultimate

gymnast to go. -- he is deep and ultimate gymnast. -- the

penultimate. is attention will turn to the high

bar, no doubt he has been going through that move in the training

gym the past few days. I'm sure he will have. He looks very steely

determined, Uchimura. Sometimes the almost looks over casual, as though

it's a bit of a game. It doesn't look like a game tonight, I think

you would very much want to keep hold of this and the record.

Deng Shudi is in fifth at the moment, thereof thereabouts, it's

very, very close between third and seventh. China led the way in the

development of the parallel bars, they were on their own for a long

while, but now the gap has closed. A nice, clean double pike, another

one. Two doubles. He's only four moves in. Lovely control. Almost

lost it. It's the third like double. -- pike double.

Just to mix it up. Tip out with release.

This is nice work here. The Chinese reminding us they are pretty good on

this apparatus. That is double proof, great dismount. Well, Deng

Shudi scored over 15.5 in qualification, he's going to move up

the field. Years, we saw this in the team final, when China came to

parallel bars, they let up the table. SPEAKS FRENCH. Yes, we saw

this. It is really their piece. -- yes, we saw this.

Such a stylish, good gymnast, but we've already seen an error today.

He needs to be really precise here. That was lovely, the scope of

Tkatchev. Straddle with a turn, good swing out of it, he didn't falter at

all. A nice pirouettes. Needs to be on quickly. There we are, full turn

into the hop, over the bar. Those difficulties linked together give

you the bonuses. It's been cleaned so far. And this, the swing that he

does so beautifully. The only gymnast in this comp addition to be

doing it. Up, relatively quiet dismount, full twist in the double

straight. A good outing for him, a steady job. Nice to see him doing

clean work, he's always been capable and hasn't had the best of

competition is. Lovely, straight arms on all his swinging. And this

beautiful pike. You can see the shoulders in a dislocated grasp.

Very difficult. Lovely style, just one twist. When you think we've seen

the young Cuban gymnast at three twist into the dismount. It's the

classic Russian style, to do everything so beautifully and

perfectly. 14.466. It may not be the most difficult, but it was

impressive. 59.33. A huge score, he pops up into

third. -- 15 .933. It's getting very exciting.

He's got some good work, Deurloo. There's the double after the half

twist. If he nails these landings, it's a difficult routine. Will he do

a double twist out of this? He does. One and a half through to the

double. Nice double pike, solid landing.

Full twist. This has always been a problem, will he do three turns

consumer today he did. He is focused and it's looking good. Held the

handstand. He needs to kick this one out. Which he does nicely. One more

double to come. The Arabian approach. He needs to nail it. It's

a good one, just a slip to the side. That was a good Floor Exercise, I'm

delighted for him. Really nice work, very stylish performance, controlled

performance. I was very impressed. 15.2 for Bart Deurloo. Judges were

impressed, too. The biggest score of the day for him. Well, if ever,

there was a key routine in a gymnast's career, this would be it

for Max Whitlock. Good luck, son. Currently in silver medal position.

He needs 15.316 to maintain silver. And this start needs to be perfectly

performed. Oh dear! He went for the full stretch. You have to really go

for catching on straight arms. And he just was a little bit too far

away. You have to go for broke. Dear, dear me. You can see he knew

he wanted to be able to swing out of it. He got his hands over, but not

the part of the hand guards that hangs onto the bar. There are big

test for him now, he's got to control his disappointment and go

through cleanly. He starts in the forward swing, good, dislocation. He

doesn't link the two elements. He has settled a bit. Full pirouette.

The one and a half. Cleanly on with the hand. Good. Into handstand with

the half turn. The pirouette phase performed confidently. The hop with

the full turn. Dismount. Two very good twists, lovely landing. But

that was the element that let him down on day one as well. Max

Whitlock waves to the appreciative crowd. An awful lot of guts and

determination shown there. After his fall. Huge. And what an effort it's

been all the way around. Just one moment. Dan Purvis. He says, come

on, to himself. He's had his own private battles with this apparatus

and in recent years conquered it. Let's see if he can go through as

well as he can. Half turn in the under a semi of the peach.

Peach am a tiny adjustment needed. Tiny hand adjustments. Solid and

determined, this is. Come on. He's set it up nicely. And

he's landed beautifully. Such a consistent man under pressure. Very

impressive stuff. Well done, Dan. You could see the determination in

his face. Dan is in that milling, really, of the gymnasts between

fourth and seventh, it's very, very close. So stylish, such a good

technician. His arms exactly where they should be. He's a lovely lad,

he's a gentleman. 12.833 for Max. He's down in sixth. He probably

didn't get credited with the element. They have to decide whether

you get a momentary, he obviously didn't. -- get a momentary hang. The

Swiss another team who had a mightily impressive championship.

Winding up the full twisting double back somersault over the bar. The

stoop Tkatchev with a half turn. Into handstand. And another

Tkatchev. The one and a half terms. -- turns. He links the two difficult

elements. The forward grip just fulfils that requirement. The hop

full turn. He's built his difficulty, built his dismount, two

twists, just a little hop. Very efficient work. 15.2. Matching his

swinging elements on the parallel bars. Indeed, the Swiss have gone

for style over difficulty and it has paid off this Championships.

Tentative wait for Dan Purvis. 15.4. He's in fifth place. You can never

write that guy off, terrific. Well, Dan really seems to have made the

apparatus he had a problem on a couple of years ago his strength.

The rings and the parallel bars have so improved. That is where champions

come from, make your weakness for strength. Speaking of champions, the

current world and European and now takes to the parallel bars. Oleg

Verniaiev. Fabulous apparatus for him, he has been in the 16s

regularly this year on the Grand Prix circuit. Look at that start,

keen and crisp. Half term, tiny adjustment with the hands. Extended

on one rail. First adjustment he has needed with his hands. This is

lovely work, I tell you. Clean. And he's lost the shape. Such

a pity. Brings it back under control. Look at that. Well, lovely

routine. He's still going to get a good score. One little flicker.

He'll have another go because he's in the parallel bars final. I guess

he would say having already mucked things up, if I had to do a poor

routine, better today than in the final. This is the thing, at every

opportunity to feel the equipment. Especially something like parallel

bars, they have a lot of bounce now. Controlled it beautifully. On one of

the most simple elements, forward over grasp pirouette, he loses his

body shape. You never can tell. Just lacking concentration, do you think,

on something relatively easy? He thought he was home and dry. He was

quite near the end of the bars, he's perfected the length of the flight,

the way he can... In the half term, edging closer and closer. Anyway,

wasn't to be. I like this guy, I think he is going

to be one of the exciting new stars of gymnastics. Lots of energy on the

high bar. Good pirouette, got his hand on nice and early. Again, 1.5

turns. Straight into the two difficult

elements. Plenty of swing, no hesitation. Correcting himself as he

is working. Kicks it up high, two twist is, very explosive. He looks

like he is enjoying himself. That will keep him in the top ten. He was

ninth going into the rotation. Lovely to see, it is exuberant. Just

18 years old, the minimum you can be for this competition. He is

certainly enjoying being here. To make the top 20, you are only

allowed two gymnasts per country, so he is in good company with Uchimura.

Kept Tanaka out as well. That is something he can tell his

grandchildren. He is exciting and he is excited himself. Useful pair of

joint and exuberance. -- useful air of Joy and exuberance.

16 for the parallel bars. With a wobble. Looks like he will retain

his parallel bars world title. now we will have a chat with Beth

and an oil gymnasts are warming up for their final piece of apparatus.

Awful moment to go back to, the high bar routine. Bit too much

adrenaline, his kick was just a little bit too high, so pushed him

over the bar and he was an inch off of catching it and unfortunately he

missed it. Was going so well for him, the courage and determination

to get back up and keep going. He did well to get back up and finish

his routine because he would have been sold disappointed to have that

fall but the competition is not over yet, anything can happen, so

hopefully he can have a positive frame of mind and go to the floor

and have a good routine. He put in a great parallel bars routine with

Daniel Purvis. He would have seen him falling because he was waiting

for his turn, so it might have helped him and he has to do it for

Macs as well, he might think, steady routine and has got a high bar left

now. Uchimura with one piece to go. We

have seen Max fall on the high bar and Uchimura fell on the high bar in

the team final but watching him on parallel bars and he looks so cool.

He looks unstoppable and seen Max have that fall, she will have a sigh

of relief because Max was right on his tail and he knew he had to have

a clean high bar but now he knows that, he can afford a mistake and

will feel more relaxed. This is the classic kind of Olympic competition,

the Olympic rotation for you do finish on high bar and it really is

the blue band event and wraps up the competition in style. It is, he had

the problem in the team. Talking about the mixed rotation, Uchimura

looks so much more calm, for the team he was desperate to pick up the

gold medal because he never had it but he already has five world

all-round titles in his bag, so just seems much more chilled out and

hopefully he can finish this competition with a great high bar

and seal the title. The Cuban is definitely chasing him.

COMMENTATOR: We will now join Whittenburg on the pommel horse. Has

had a great competition. He is currently in fifth position. Good

luck on pommel horse. He is not the right shape for pommel

horse. He is going well. Little bit heavy.

My goodness, he does not want to part company with it. He has spiked

but he is going through. Forwards and backwards. He will get technical

deductions but he will not come off until he needs to. Good dismount,

well done. That is it, has competition is over, all six pieces

of apparatus and he certainly didn't let himself down. He didn't and he

did actually have a fall on the vault, so this is pretty impressive

scoring for tonight. That shape is not the classic pommel

horse ship, has to be extended from the shoulders, little bit piked.

They can deduct for every circle you are doing in that shape.

Nicely settles into the strength element. French gymnasts always very

stylish, good extension through the hips.

Not quite fully down, the shoulders didn't stop in the film straight

line. The swinging is lovely. It's to lock out in this handstand. Just

travelled through the handstand, has another go at it. Manages to block

it out, into the dismount. That was a shame. He just snatched at the

dismount. He was a little bit unsettled. And

then really didn't let himself use all of his swing.

The third group, the second group are over on the floor on the fourth

grade or on the rings. -- fourth group.

Deng Shudi just waiting for the judges as his team-mate went a

little bit earlier. Deng Shudi was in third. They have

been very quiet, the Chinese. They are still there and they are

working, working in the background. They have got big difficulties cause

Andy have struggled to cope with the difficulty in some of the

competitions but he seems much more settled today. He scored 14.7 in

qualification. Now then. It will not be incredibly

difficult, but it will be stylish. Mice have turn, keeps the swing. --

nice half turn. it is not spectacular but it is

precise. Watch the body shape change, here

comes the dismount. Double double. Just piked down. That is a solid

routine, that is a bid for a medal. He has been solid all the way round,

really. Starting to look quite experienced, able to handle himself.

Lovely, good basic swing. Adapted to the more difficult skill. That is

very nice. Over to the floor. Mariano just

chalking up. Brazil usually produce very good floor workers.

Let's see what Arthur Mariano can do. Very nice and swing and double

page to open with. Smooth and stylish in the roll-out.

Lovely control in the handstand. Just brushes the feet on the floor

as he sticks up to handstand again. Mace light work. Double twist front,

it looked from this angle that he was very low. But he got his feet

down well and followed it with another twisting series. And again.

He is very aware of his landings, hours spent practising. Big run.

Full twisting double back, very nice work. Didn't really give much away

as well. On target for home games in Rio. They have really got their act

together, the Brazilians, they gave us a warning a couple of World

Championships and all but this is developing strength upon strength.

The 1.5 into the 1.5. After maintain the height of the two tumbles. 2.5.

Front fool. So difficult to differentiate all

the different twists and they practised them so often.

Will it be good enough for bronze? Incredible work. Danell Leyva, the

crowd pleaser on high bar. Not having a great competition at all.

Can he find a magic touch? This is his favourite apparatus. Trademark

arms to the site, nicely done. He is at home here. Another big wind-up,

another big release. As he found the magic touch at last? Little bit late

there. Back into the swing. He lost the ship, what a shame. The big

release is fine. Swinging out of the pirouette combination and just lost

the tension in the body. He really has been off-colour all day. He is

such an exciting gymnast, such a gritty competitor and yet from the

first moment he just hasn't been At The Races. There is the turn, quite

difficult. Normally his body is one of his strengths. He lost that

they're on the way he came. He will carry on. He will continue the

fireworks before the big finish. I like his high bar. Lots of touch and

flavour. That's nice, back into it. There is the wind-up. Beautifully

done. That's the mentality need at the top level to come back from a

fall and still get the landing. What a dismount. The score is in. 15.

Great all-round competition. Max Whitlock for Great Britain on

the floor. How much has the fault affected him?

Not at all on the first 2.5 twists. Beautifully done.

The trademark coming up. Keeps the rhythm. Beautiful. What mental

strength. To produce this so far. After the fall from the high bar.

Twists his way through. Yet another immaculate pass. Come on. Nicely

through. 1.5 twists. Contact with the shoulders. Triple twist. Nailed.

That is the way to come back, that's why he is world class. What a finish

for Max Whitlock. The Hydro erupts for their favourite gymnast. He

showed his class there, never mind the disappointment.

Max needs an enormous score to go ahead of Deng Shudi. 16.55.

Daniel Purvis wraps up his six pieces of apparatus on the high bar.

Confident, swings well, catches well. Lovely one arm work. Super

dislocation into the hop over the bar. Keep it going. Another with a

half turn. Smooth. He has become a really stylish gymnast. Up.

Dismount. Two twists. He has given everything tonight. He has been

absolutely fantastic. What a show from Daniel Purvis. Mr consistency.

What an incredible performance from both of the British lads. Absolutely

fantastic. I'm so impressed with both of them.

Kazuma Kaya. Eighth highest qualifier. Nine is going into this

piece of apparatus. He finishes on floor.

Very precise on the landings. He has learnt the landing technique. Can he

twist as well as he can somersault. Not difficult. Very precise.

2.5 twists and filled twist, is nice work.

Just the double twist to set up the final. This surely is a gymnast to

watch in the future. Triple twist and is pretty impressive right now.

Seemed to hang in the air as he wrapped it in and continued to

twist. You see the rest of the team watching on. He is an exciting

gymnast. Totally focused at the start. Daniel Purvis is in third at

the moment. When I have, never write him off.

Eibar is one of his best pieces. He really is a fabulous gymnast. He

pressurises himself quite a lot. Have turn, lovely into the straddle.

He has got such rhythm, nothing looks like a struggle. That is mark

of his gymnastics, made a bit of an error. Didn't link the two moves.

Never loses form. Makes it all look easy. Very naturalist Eilish. --

stylish. He certainly fought back every inch

of the way. He has had a goal. I am surprised with how he has come back

from a week start. He will challenge for top place here. But was too

late, was the comeback too late. That's the question.

He thought he was worth a bit more. He loves the competition though.

Larduet needs a good score to go ahead of Deng Shudi. Look at that

start. Beautiful double front. Big tumbling have turn in the second of

the pike. Big stuff. Both somersaults high and the second

one was great. Gates his way to the corner.

Maximise the run-up. Beautiful style.

Talk about excitement, what a future this young man has got.

It is big, it has to be. He almost lost it. Kept it at the end. He did

well to contain all of that power. What an all-round debut this has

been for her at the World Championships.

He says, be that if you can, Uchimura. We have seen the emergence

of a big new start in gymnastics, wherever he finishes today, he has

made his mark on this Championships and the sport. Verniaiev is up in

the medals at the moment. Not enough to go ahead of Deng Shudi. From the

most inexperienced gymnast in the world to the most experienced. Going

for a sixth consecutive all-round title, never been done before, this

is Uchimura to make history. lovely precision in the half-time.

Love it. He had to struggle on and rescue it. Original, risky work.

It is all over, but do it with class. He does it with superb class.

Beautiful. Wonderful stuff. What a moment for that man. He is on top of

the world. The respect that is going around

this arena to witness this live. Something very special, we won't see

the like of him in many a year, I have never seen a gymnast better and

I have been in gymnastics a long, long time. Wonderful, six times

world champion. There are other performances to go but the need to

score 21 to get near it. Today he was pushed, he had to work better

than today than he has in previous occasions.

Larduet score, he has got himself a medal.

Not since Richards of the 70s Cuba have impressed us and he is

impressing as now. He is often the Olympics as well. Fantastic and so

he should be. Cool and calm until the scoreboard

reveals. Is he over 92. Icing on the cake. He

has been magnificent right the way round. The whole world will be

congratulating him soon. The run-up and the preparation might not have

been what he wanted, but has he done it on the night?

92.332. He is number one and let's count them. They are the titles, all

six of them and they are all yours. Fantastic stuff, what a performer.

He is absolutely unique and you can never use that word lightly. He is

unique. What a privilege to be here. There

he is, six times world champion and what a way to finish. Beautiful

dismount. And we will continue our discussion on our programme.

I hope you can join us for an afternoon with the apparatus best

service -- apparatus specialists, these finals in to get more

impressive. From all of us here in Glasgow, goodbye.

The knives are sharpened and the heat is on. It can only mean one thing.

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