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Jarman takes floor silver as Richard wins first world title in Rotterdam

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Jake Jarman missed a successful defence of his world floor title by 0.033 points as American Frederick Richard won gold on the opening day of apparatus finals in Rotterdam on Saturday.

Richard scored 14.633, with Britain's Jarman taking silver on 14.600 and Israel's Artem Dolgopyat third with 14.466. It was Richard's first world title and made him the first American man to win the event since Paul Hamm in 2003.

USA Gymnastics said Richard received an execution mark of 8.833 and a tenth of a point in landing bonus. Those details proved decisive in a final settled by less than four hundredths, leaving the 2025 champion with silver this time.

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade collected her third world vault title with an average of 14.466, following her victories in 2021 and 2023. Claire Pease took silver with 14.233 and fellow American Skye Blakely bronze with 14.166.

Blakely then added another bronze on uneven bars, where Algeria's Kaylia Nemour retained her title with 15.333. Germany's Helen Kevric was second on 14.833, ahead of Blakely's 14.600. The two apparatus medals extended a productive championships for Blakely after her all-around victory on Friday.

Armenia claimed two pommel horse medals. Hamlet Manukyan won with 15.300, ahead of Italy's Gabriele Targhetta on 15.233, while Mamikon Khachatryan secured bronze with 15.000.

China's Lan Xingyu regained the rings title with 14.766. Greece's Eleftherios Petrounias took silver on 14.333 and Armenia's Artur Avetisyan bronze on 14.233. Britain's Courtney Tulloch finished seventh with 13.366.

The championships conclude on Sunday, 25 October, with the remaining five apparatus finals: men's vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, and women's balance beam and floor.

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