Summary

  • Use play icon at top of the page to watch live coverage

  • China's Zhang Boheng wins shock gold

  • Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto, of hosts Japan, has to settle for silver

  • Ukraine's rising star Illia Kovtun claims bronze

  • GB's Joshua Nathan finishes ninth, producing best pommel horse routine of competition

  • Individual apparatus finals over the weekend

Live Reporting

  1. Who's competing for Great Britain at the Gymnastics World Championships?

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    16-year-old Ruby Stacey is competing at her first World Championships

    Olympic champion Max Whitlock and the British team that competed at the Tokyo Games are all resting.

    Georgia-Mae Fenton and 16-year-old Ruby Stacey, taking part in her first major championships, will take part in today's women's all-around final. Becky Downie, the 2019 bars world silver medallist, narrowly missed out on qualification for the beam and uneven bars finals on her competitive return.

    The six-strong men's team features four-time European medallist Courtney Tulloch, 2016 Olympian Brinn Bevan, 2018 European floor champion Dom Cunningham and the current British all-around champion Joshua Nathan.

    They are joined by major championship debutants Hayden Skinner and Joe Cemlyn-Jones.

    World Championships do not usually take place in Olympic years but last year's event was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Gymnasts will compete for all-around and individual apparatus titles but there is no team event this year.

    Great Britain squad in full

    Men: Brinn Bevan, Dom Cunningham, Courtney Tulloch, Joshua Nathan Hayden Skinner and Joe Cemlyn-Jones.

    Women: Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ruby Stacey

  2. How can I watch the Gymnastics World Championships?

    All times BST and subject to change

    BBC iPlayer

    The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships take place in Kitakyushu, Japan from 18-24 October - and you can watch the finals live on the BBC.

    The BBC's coverage on TV, iPlayer, the Red Button and the BBC Sport website and app starts on 21 October. You can also catch up on any of the action for up to 30 days via BBC iPlayer.

    Friday, 22 October

    09:55-13:25 Men's all-around final - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    15:00-16:45 Highlights - BBC Two

    Saturday, 23 October

    08:05-12:40 Apparatus finals: Men's floor, women's vault, men's pommel horse, women's uneven bars and men's rings finals - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    Sunday, 24 October

    08:20-12:50 Apparatus finals: Men's vault, women's beam, men's parallel bars, women's floor and men's high bar finals - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    16:00-18:00 Highlights - BBC Two

  3. How to get into gymnastics

    BBC Sport

    Three exercises that look easier than they are!

    Artistic is probably the most well-known form of gymnastics. Women tackle four activities, with men taking on six. These include the vault (run and spring over box), the rings (hoops suspended from the ceiling), the bars (parallel frames to swing between) among others. These activities involve you balancing and performing moves.

    Rhythmic involves performing a routine to music whilst waving a ribbon or balancing a hula-hoop round your hands, feet or neck.

    Acrobatic is the most energetic of all the types of gymnastics. You perform a routine combined of jumps, lifts or lunges, either in pairs or in a group.

    Not sure what style of gymnastics is for you? With 15 different types, all with varying levels of difficulty, there is bound to be one to suit you.

    British, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Gymnastics have tools to help you find the gymnastic activity that suits you.