Hickey qualifies to finals at 2026 Osijek World Cup

Gymnastics Ireland's James Hickey qualified to finals at the 2026 Dobro World Cup held in Osijek, Croatia on 9th-13th April.

Hickey qualified to the pommel horse final in 8th place scoring a 14.200 in qualifications. This is the second world cup final of the year for James, who won a bronze medal on Saturday 14th March in Antalya, Turkey.

Teammate Daniel Fox started the day on the rings scoring a 13.333 placing 13th. Rhys McClenaghan finished behind James in the Pommel Horse in 20th with a 13.866. Teammates Enriquez and Montgomery competed in the floor exercise where Montgomery placed 14th scoring a 13.533 and Enriquez placed 19th with a 13.366. Teammate Daniel Fox started the day on the rings scoring a 13.333 placing 13th. Teammate Oisin O'Connell will compete in High Bar qualifications today!

James Hickey on his performance:

"Delighted to make another final! Today was a different sort of experience, but I'm learning a lot out here. Looking forwards to getting out there in the final on Saturday. Glad to have the support from Phoenix gymnastics club and Gymnastics Ireland."

Men's National Coach, Sergey commented on James' Performance: 

"I want to say that today was a challenging day, as the level of competition was extremely high. I want to thank James for defending his spot in the qualifiers with a well-executed routine and I'm grateful to all of our team members and the GI management who supported him."

Well done to all gymnasts, judges, and coaches for some outstanding results.

How to follow finals

Hickey will be competing on Saturday 11th April from 1.30pm.

Finals will be streamed at worldgymnastics.tv

Livescoring can be found here...

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