Summary

  • Click the 'watch live' icon to tune into live BBC coverage

  • World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia

  • You can catch up on all the week's action here for up to 30 days on iPlayer

  • Have a question? The team at Ask Me Anything are here to answer, click here to find out more

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  1. The biggest gymnastics competition in the world is back!

    The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships kicked off on Sunday 19 October in Jakarta, Indonesia, and will go on until Saturday 25 October.

    The men's qualifications are now complete, and five British gymnasts have made it to the finals.

    The women's qualification stages go on until Tuesday, and everyone's finals will start on Wednesday, where BBC Sport will be broadcasting live coverage.

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    Follow live coverage as the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia:

    Friday, 24 October

    BBC Two, iPlayer, BBC Sport Website

    07:30-12:30 BST – Apparatus Finals, day 1

    Saturday, 25 October

    BBC Two, iPlayer, BBC Sport Website

    07:45-12:30 BST – Apparatus Finals, day 2

    You can catch up on all the week's action here for up to 30 days on iPlayer.

  2. 'It's a good rivalry' - Jarman and Hepworth in vault battle at Worlds

    Katie Stafford
    BBC Sport Journalist

    Britain's Jake Jarman hugs Britain's Harry HepworthGetty Images

    Great Britain's Harry Hepworth and Jake Jarman hope to use their "good rivalry" to push each other to success at the World Artistic Gymnastic Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

    Hepworth, who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and reigning vault world champion Jarman will compete on the world stage for individual medals despite being close Team GB team-mates.

    "It's a good rivalry," Hepworth told BBC Sport. "It's not toxic in any way and I think that's what has helped us get to where we are now.

    "We just push each other. We are both doing insanely difficult vaults and understand how hard it is to perfect them."

    Jarman will bid to defend his title by building on his performance at May's European championships, which saw him score a near-perfect 15.2 for his first vault.

    He hopes to contain his "excitement" this time round, which he admits affected the execution of his second vault in that competition and cost him his third European vault title.

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  3. Team GB

    Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth, Luke Whitehouse & Joe FraserGetty Images

    Jake Jarman and Harry Hepworth are part of a strong six-man team that will compete across all six apparatus in Jakarta.

    Three-time European floor champion Luke Whitehouse features, along with Olympian and former parallel bars world champion Joe Fraser, 10-time major championship medallist Courtney Tulloch and Alex Yolshin-Cash, who will compete at his first senior world championships.

    Ruby Evans, Abigail Martin, Alia Neve Leat, and Shantae-Eve Asiedua AmankwaahGetty Images

    In the women's team, Olympians Ruby Evans and Abi Martin will be joined by British all-around champion Alia Leat and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, who are making their senior world debuts.

    Martin is one to watch for all-around, while Evans prefers floor and vault.

  4. Who to watch

    Kaylia Nemour of Algeria and Angelina Melnikova.Getty Images

    There are no team events this year, which is always the case the year after an Olympics.

    American superstar Simone Biles isn't taking part this year, but there are plenty of other incredible athletes to look out for.

    The focus will be on Olympic gold medallists Kaylia Nemour of Algeria and Angelina Melnikova.

    Veteran gymnasts Leanne Wong, Joscelyn Roberson and Skye Blakely are joined by 17-year-old Dulcy Caylor for Team USA.

    Oka Shinnosuke and Hashimoto Daiki.Getty Images

    In the men’s event, Japan and China will likely face off again in the all-around final with Olympic all-around gold medallists Oka Shinnosuke and Hashimoto Daiki.

    They’ll face the likes of former world all-around champion Zhang Boheng and two-time Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist Carlos Yulo of the Philippines.

    Other contenders in the men’s event include American Asher Hong and 2025 European all-around winner Adem Asil of Türkiye.

    Ireland's Olympic pommel horse champion Rhys McClenaghan will miss the competition after undergoing shoulder surgery.

    Including Israeli gymnasts, defending world floor champion Artem Dolgopyat, will not compete after hosts Indonesia denied them entry to the country because of the country's military offensive in Gaza.

  5. Everything you need to know about the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

    Ask Me Anything

    What are the different events at an Artistic Gymnastics competition?

    Artistic gymnastic tournaments are split into four main parts:

    1. Qualifications
    2. The team finals (although there aren't any team events this year)
    3. The all-around finals
    4. The individual finals

    In each of these parts, men and women do different events, and they take place in a special order, called the Olympic order.

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    The men's events are slightly different - they compete on six apparatus, and the order is different, too:

    • Floor
    • Pommel horse (men-only)
    • Rings (men-only)
    • Vault
    • Parallel bars (men-only)
    • Horizontal bar (men-only)

    Ruby Evans of Great Britain competes on the balance beamGetty Images

    For the women, there are four events:

    • Vault - this is the only apparatus where the gymnast will perform two routines, and the scores for these will then be averaged out
    • Uneven bars (women-only event)
    • Beam (women-only event)
    • Floor