Ferhat, who on Wednesday made it to the Pommel Horse final, collected an impressive 15.200 points, while his compatriot Ahmet Onder finished second with 14.766 points. Ahmet, who had earlier qualified for Rings and Floor on Wednesday, made it to his fourth apparatus finals by qualifying for Horizontal Bar.
Doha is the eighth and final stop on the 2018-2021 FIG Apparatus World Cup series, where some of the top-ranked gymnasts will have one last chance to book their places at the Games.
Two Brazilians and as many Spaniards also made the cut in parallel bars. Caio Souza, who will also contest in the Rings final, and Francisco Barretto Junior made the grade. Spanish duo Nestor Abad and Nicolau Mir also ensured their presence in the final with some excellent efforts.
In the women’s floor exercise, three-time Olympian Vanessa Ferrari stayed on track to book a Tokyo Olympics ticket after she topped the qualification chart with 13.600 points.
For the first time since Doha hosted the high-profile FIG event in 2008, this year’s edition is being held behind closed doors due to the strict Covid-19 protocols.
The finals start at 4pm with three apparatus in MAG (Floor, Pommel Horse, Still Rings) and two in WAG (Vault, Uneven Bars).
QUALIFICATION RESULTS
MEN: Vault: Hidenobu Yonekura (JPN) 14.633; Radivilov Igor (UKR) 14.616; Mahdi Olfati (IRI) 14.433; Adem Asil (TUR) 14.116; Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.037; Jeahwan Shin (KOR) 14.024; Zapata Rayderley (ESP) 14.016; Andrey Medvedev 13.933.
Parallel Bars: Ferhat Arican (TUR) 15.200; Ahmet Onder (TUR) 14.766; Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 14.733; Nestor Abad (ESP) 14.600; Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.500; Caio Souza (BRA) 14.466; Nicolau Mir (ESP) 14.133; Francisco Barretto Junior (BRA) 13.966
Horizontal Bar: Marios Georgiou (CYP) 14.266; Milad Karimi (KAZ) 14.066; Joel Plata (ESP) 14.033; Francisco Barretto Junior (BRA) 13.966; Ahmet Onder (TUR) 13.933; Arthur Mariano (BRA) 13.666; Nicolau Mir (ESP) (11.666); Omar Mohamed (EGY) 10.666
WOMEN: Balance Beam: Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 13.233; Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 13.166; Saraiva Flavia (BRA) 13.091; Diana Varinska (UKR) 13.066; Anastasiia Bachynska (UKR) 12.800; Zeina Ibrahim (EGY) 12.766; Coline Devillard (FRA) 12.466
Floor: Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 13.600; Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 12.800; Lorrane Oliveira 12.700; Diana Varinska (UKR) 12.633; Jana Mahmoud (EGY) 11.966; Anastasiia Bachynska (UKR) 11.900.
Hidenobu Yonekura of Japan topped men’s vault qualification at the Aspire Dome yesterday. PICTURES: Jayan Orma