AIN gymnast Arsenii Dukhno and Japan’s Manamino Yumo captured gold in the men’s and women’s all-around finals, respectively, at the Junior World Championships in Manila on Saturday.
The 17-year-old Dukhno, who ranked first in qualifications, totaled 82.031 to best silver medalist Ojima Nao of Japan (81.799) and bronze medalist Yang Lanbin of China (81.099). Ojima and Yang qualified third and second, respectively, to the final. Matching his qualifications ranking, Danila Leykin of the U.S. placed fourth.
Born August 5, 2008, Dukhno placed first all-around, and first on floor exercise, vault and parallel bars, in the 16-17 age group at this year’s Russian Junior Championships. He was also first all-around at the 2023 Russia vs. China competition in Kazan, where Junior Worlds rivals Wang Chengcheng and Yang Lanbin placed third and fourth (tie), respectively.
Ojima, who was born February 1, 2008, earned all-around gold, and golds on floor exercise and horizontal bar, at this year’s Junior Asian Championships in Jecheon, Korea.
The 16-year-old Yang won all-around and team gold in the junior division at this spring’s DTB Pokal in Stuttgart, where Manila teammate Wang Chengcheng took all-around bronze. Wang placed ninth in the all-around final in Manila.
Minamino, who qualified third to the all-around final, bettered her qualifications score by 0.30 to total 53.632 and finish ahead of silver medalist Elena Colas of France (53.298). Bronze went to Nishiyama Misa of Japan (53.066), who qualified second.
In a reversal of their qualifications rankings, U.S. gymnasts Lavi Crain and Caroline Moreau finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Born September 14, 2011, Minamino helped Japan win team silver earlier in the week.
Colas, who took all-around gold at the 2024 European Junior Championships and 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival, qualified first to the final. Two major errors on uneven bars and one on balance beam, however, cost her the victory.
Arsenii Dukhno (RUS)
Nishiyama, who turned 15 on September 7, earned team silver in the junior division at the 2024 DTB Pokal in Stuttgart, as well as in Manila.
Men’s All-Around (November 22):
Arsenii Dukhno AIN 82.031Ojima Nao JPN 81.799Yang Lanbin 81.099Danila Leykin USA 79.866Simone Speranza ITA 79.032Sol Scott GBR 78.997Nael Sakouhi FRA 78.932Karl Yulo PHI 78.731Wang Chengcheng CHI 78.365Evan McPhillips GBR 77.866Nathan Roman USA 77.531Elias Breche FRA 77.497Tomasz Le Khac POL 77.432Camila Vera COL 77.264Kakutani Taiki JPN 77.231Florient Olmanst BEL 76.865Volodymyr Golovin UKR 75.999Riccardo Ruggeri ITA 75.797Aaron Enser NED 75.432Dominik Kis HUN 75.132Otger Carreres ESP 74.997Pedro Silvestre BRA 74.965Sami Soleban NED 72.965Jovi Loh SGP 71.099
Women’s All-Around Final (November 22):
Manamino Yume JPB 53.632Elena Colas FRA 298Nishiyama Misa JPN 53.066Lavi Crain USA 52.399Caroline Moreau USA 51.599Milana Kaiumova AIN 51.332Maiana Prat FRA 51.232Jiang Shuting CHN 51.165Sofia Shtykhetskaya AIN 50.899Lucia Piliarova SVK 50.766Eleonora Calaciura ITA 50.732Helena Finc GBR 50.565Alexia Blanaru ROU 50.298Anastasiia Lev UKR 49.365Simone Seed GBR 49.165Mia Proietti ITA 49.132 ITARiva Bon NED 48.399Mie de Wilde BEL 48.099Maria Jvania GEO 48.031Liese Vieuxtemps BEL 47.099Aniela Tudor ROU 46.832Huang Ziyi CHN 46.632Victoria Valeros ESP 46.200Kristina Hrudetska UKR 45.898
Competition continues Sunday with the first half of apparatus finals.
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