Armenian gymnast Hamlet Manukyan has won gold on pommel horse at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, becoming the first Armenian ever to win a world title in artistic gymnastics, reports Zartonk Sports. He scored 15.300 in Saturday’s final.
His teammate Mamikon Khachatryan won bronze in the same final with 15.000, putting two Armenians on the world podium. Italy’s Gabriele Targhetta took silver with 15.233.
Manukyan, 19, entered the final as the top qualifier and is the reigning European champion on the apparatus. Khachatryan was the silver medalist on pommel horse at the 2025 World Championships.
Two more Armenians reached apparatus finals in Rotterdam. European rings champion Artur Avetisyan competes in the rings final later today, while Olympic medalist Artur Davtyan qualified second for the vault final, which takes place on Sunday, October 25.
