
This year’s Asian Championships begin tomorrow in Zunyi, China, where nations across the region will battle for team and individual spots for this year’s world championships.
What’s at Stake?
All of the continental championship meets this season most importantly serve as qualifiers for world championships, which will take place this autumn in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Unlike last year, nations can only attend worlds in 2026 and 2027 if they qualify teams or individual athletes. For MAG, the continent is allotted five teams and six individual all-around spots based on this week’s competition.
Of course, medals are also up for grabs here, including for team, all-around, and apparatus competition, which is the primary goal for the junior athletes who are also competing.
Who’s Competing?
A full list of competitors is below, with seniors in the left column. The junior start lists aren’t yet live, but we’ll add once they’re up on June 18!
| AUSTRALIA* |
Marcus Casamento
Joseph D’Souza-Bullman
Conor McGillivray
Lachlan Smith
Blair Stewart |
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| BANGLADESH |
Md Rafil Ahamed
Shishir Ahmed
Rajib Chamka
Wohai Mong Marma
Abu Saeed Rafi |
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| CHINA |
Li Hongyan
Liu Yang
Tian Hao
Yang Haonan
Zhang Boheng |
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| HONG KONG |
Cheung Ching
Ng Ka Ki |
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| INDIA |
Tapeswaranath Das
Swathish Kaitheri Puthalath
Tapan Mohanty
Satyajit Mondal
Yogeshwar Singh |
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| IRAN |
Mahdi Ahmad Kohani
Mohammadreza Hamidi
Hooman Jafari
Amirabbas Mojahed
Mahdi Olfati |
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| JAPAN |
Maeda Fusuke
Hasegawa Tsuyoshi
Miwa Teppei
Tanigawa Wataru
Tsukiyama Shoma |
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| JORDAN |
Zaid Al-Khalidi
Ahmad Habeeb
Saleem Naghouj |
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| KAZAKHSTAN |
Ilyas Azizov
Nurtan Idrissov
Roman Khegay
Dmitriy Patanin
Diyas Toishybek |
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| MALAYSIA |
Muhammad Sharul Aimy
Muhammad Bariq Mat Daud
Ng Chun Chen
Wilson Yeoh Wei Sin
Luqman Al-Hafiz Zulfa |
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| MONGOLIA |
Enkhtuvshin Damdindorj
Usukhbayar Erkhembayar |
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| NORTH KOREA |
Choe Wi Song
Oh Myong Do
Pak Song Hyok |
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| PHILIPPINES |
Miguel Besana
Justine Ace de LEon
Zachary Nuñez
Carlos Yulo
Eldrew Yulo |
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| QATAR |
Mehrdad Ghadimi
Al-Harith Rakan |
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| SINGAPORE |
Barr Badulattif Abdul
Jovi Loh
Cameron Pefianco
Asher Pua
Alfonso Tan |
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| SOUTH KOREA |
Hur Woong
Kim Jaeho
Lee Junghyo
Ryu Sunghyun
Seo Jungwon |
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| SRI LANKA |
Virula Ambuldeniyage
Thenuka Bandara
Yashen Gunasekara
Pradeep Menikalage
Nadila Nethviru |
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| TAIWAN |
Chuang Chia-Lung
Hung Yuan-Hsi
Lee Chih-Kai
Shiao Yu-Jan
Tang Chia-Hung |
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| THAILAND |
Suphacheep Baobenmad
Weerapat Chuaisom
Witsawayot Saroj |
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| UZBEKISTAN |
Alisher Boysarov
Khabibullo Ergashev
Utkirbek Juraev
Ravshan Kamiljanov
Abdulaziz Mirvaliev |
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| VIETNAM |
Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien
Nguyen Phuoc Hai
Nguyen Van Khanh Phong
Tran Dinh Vuong
Trinh Hai Khang |
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*Australia is competing kind of as an exhibition and will not be eligible for world championships berths here having already qualified in Oceania
When’s It Happening?
Here’s the complete schedule. All times are local to Zunyi.
| THURSDAY JUNE 18 |
| 10:00 am |
Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparats Qualifications Subdivision 1 (Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) |
| 2:30 pm |
Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparats Qualifications Subdivision 2 (Australia, Iran, Jordan, Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka) |
| 6:30 pm |
Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparats Qualifications Subdivision 3 (China, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Taiwan, Uzbekistan) |
| FRIDAY JUNE 19 |
| 10:00 am |
Junior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparats Qualifications Subdivision 1 |
| 2:00 pm |
Junior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparats Qualifications Subdivision 2 |
| 6:00 pm |
Junior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparats Qualifications Subdivision 3 |
| SATURDAY JUNE 20 |
| 3:00 pm |
Senior & Junior Apparatus Finals Day 1 (FX, PH, SR) |
| SUNDAY JUNE 21 |
| 3:00 pm |
Senior & Junior Apparatus Finals Day 1 (VT, PB, HB) |
How Can We Follow Along?
You can stream the competition live on AsianGymTV.
Live scores and official result PDFs will be available via China’s scoring system.
Article by Lauren Hopkins