Best of the best gymnasts are currently traveling to Great Britain to participate in the highly awaited international gymnast championship. Acting as a qualifier for the upcoming 2024 Olympics Games, the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 is scheduled to kick off upcoming Saturday, October 29th.
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The World Artistic Gymnastics Championship is an international tournament for artistic gymnastics organized by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The event has taken place every year since 1903. Over sixty editions of the championships have been held as of 2019. Within this, over forty countries earned medals in both men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics events.
The upcoming event in 2022 will serve as a qualification event for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. As usual, it will include both men’s and women’s competitions. Furthermore, the top three teams in both the men’s and women’s team finals will receive five quota spots for Paris and qualify for the team competition.
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 will have a $350,000 prize purse. The upcoming event will feature 4,281 male athletes and 2,158 female athletes. The event will include an Ironman Village near the venue area, as it does every year. There, participants can do on-the-spot registration, buy Ironman merch, store bikes, and more.
When will be World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 held?
- Start Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022
- End Date: Sunday, November 6, 2022
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championship is slated to initiate on coming Saturday, October 29, 2022, and run till Sunday, November 6, 2022. Women’s qualification will begin on day one at 03:00 p.m. ET.
World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 Schedule:
Date | Session | Time (ET) |
Saturday, October 29, 2022 | Women’s Qualification | 03:00 p.m. |
Sunday, October 30, 2022 | 04:30 a.m. | |
Monday, October 31, 2022 | Men’s Qualification | 04:30 a.m. |
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | Women’s Team Final | 01:30 p.m. |
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Men’s Team Final | 12:40 p.m. |
Thursday, November 3, 2022 | Women’s Individual All-Around Final | 01:45 p.m. |
Friday, November 4, 2022 | Men’s Individual All-Around Final | 01:00 p.m. |
Saturday, November 5, 2022 | Apparatus Finals | 08:30 p.m. |
Sunday, November 6, 2022 | 08:30 p.m. |
Where will the event be held?
- Venue: Liverpool Arena
- Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
The upcoming World Artistic Gymnastic Championship 2022 will be held at the Liverpool Arena (alternatively known as “M&S Bank Arena”). The indoor arena is located in Liverpool, England, UK.
How to watch World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 on TV?
- NBC Sports – US
- BBC Sport – UK
The upcoming World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 will be live broadcast by NBC Sports in the US. Additionally, artistic gymnast fans from the UK can enjoy the event on the BBC Sport channel.
How to Live Stream the event?
In addition to the live broadcast, NBC Sports and BBC Sports will live stream the forthcoming World Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2022 event in their respective area via their digital distribution platform. In the US, the event will be available on Peacock. Whereas, BBC iPlayer will live stream the event in the UK. Additionally, the Olympic official online TV platform will live stream the event internationally.