
Welcome to the live blog for the women’s all-around at the 2015 World Championships women’s team final! This will be a mix of updates from Lauren Hopkins watching the stream and Kensley Behel in the arena. Refresh every 3-5 minutes or so, and most recent updates will appear on the top.
9:09 pm. Final standings are available on our results page!
8:53 pm. Literally everything is freezing for me now. The stream, the live results…bless you FIG for always having the internet connections my parents had in 1997. How’s AOL these days?
Anyway, Simone Biels is the THREE TIME WORLD AA CHAMPION, second time it’s been done, FIRST time it’s been done back-to-back-to-back!!! #HISTORY
8:49 pm. Simone Biles FX- Has the house to HERSELF. As it should be. Double layout full, tiny bounce and crazy screams. Biles to stag, and she leaps suuuuper far out of bounds. If anything, today – like the first day of nationals – shows that Simone is mortal just like everyone. Double double, small hop. Full-in tuck, bounce. Great job despite the OOB. 15.266
8:46 pm. Giulia Steingruber FX- Opens with full-twisting double layout, legs a bit apart but hit! Double layout, tucked full-in, both great. Finishes well! Great job. 14.5, and a 57.333 AA
8:45 pm. Just saw Gabby’s double arabian to stag in the replay, the one pass I missed when my feed froze. Excellent! 14.583, and she finishes with a 59.316!
YOU STILL MAD, EVERYONE WHO WHINED AND WHINED AND WHINED ABOUT MAGGIE? Now who’s the “rightful” AAer? Guess what, in a country with this much depth, MULTIPLE PEOPLE WILL DESERVE ALL-AROUND SPOTS IN FINALS. Maggie deserved to do AA! Gabby deserved to do AA! Aly deserved to do AA! Hell, even MyKayla Skinner would’ve been like 5th in this final.
8:40 pm. MY FEED FROZE JUST AS IORDACHE STARTED I HATE THIS LIFE. I guess I’ll just wait in suspense of her score. I’m sure Kensley will get it!
Gabby Douglas FX- Tucked full-in to stag, hits. Double pike, small bounce. Double tuck, nearly stuck. I must have missed her first pass but I’m PRETTY SURE it was amazing. Also, she showed her PERSONALITY in this routine! The other night she went for sassy but just looked pissed, lol. #RBFprobs
Well, Larisa is crying…and she gets a 14.8!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE IS CRYING HAPPY TEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:37 pm. Amy Tinkler VT- DTY, looks better than Harrold’s. Big wave to the crowd. 14.866, 54.098 AA
Ellie Black FX- 2.5 through to double tuck, perfectly stuck. BOSS. Front double full to punch front, good. 1.5 through to double pike, tiny hop to the side. I can hear another commentator – BBC maybe? – freaking out. Hilarious! 14.425
Lieke Wevers got a 13.366 on floor and finished in the all-around with a 55.632.
8:36 pm. Ruby Harrold VT- DTY, very sloppy and a big hop back. She looks tired. 14.633, 54.699 AA
Carlotta Ferlito UB- Stalder to Maloney to bail to Ray, stalder half to front giant to really straddled Jaeger, double arabian dismount. Not bad! 13.6, 55.74 AA
8:34 pm. I hear Lieke’s floor music but WE’RE NOT WATCHING LIEKE’S FLOOR. We’re watching Shang put on her shoes.
Mai Murakami finishes with a 57.132.
Lorrane Oliveira VT- Huge DTY! Great work. 15.166, AA 55.031
8:32 pm. Elisabeth Seitz BB- Bhs layout is super piked and there’s a big wobble. She’s either wobbling or checking on everything. Jumps are good. Stuck gainer layout. 13.433 and a 55.765 finish
Wang Yan finishes with 55.741
8:28 pm. Seda Tutkhalyan FX- Double layout hop forward. 2.5 to punch front pike. Her music sounds like a 1970s game show theme song. I’ve never really noticed it before? 1.5 to layout half to split jump. Double pike with a tiny hop. 13.566 and a 55.432 finish
Pauline Schaefer VT- Handspring layout half, great job 14.633, AA is 54.965
Shang Chunsong VT- FTY, not bad, short and piked, 13.866 …finishes AA with 58.265
Isabela Onyshko finishes with 55.332 after a 14.4 on bars
8:24 pm. Standings after three…
- Biles 45.133
- Douglas 44.733
- Shang 44.399
- Iordache 44.307
- Teramoto 42.898
- Steingruber 42.833
- Jurca 42.766
- Black 42.333
- Seitz 42.332
- Onyshko, Wevers 42.266
8:22 pm. Giulia Steingruber BB- Hits all jumps at the beginning. Off on bhs layout. WELL, I think our Gabby Douglas is going to get a silver! Punch front pike. Switch to side somi. Gainer dismount. 13.333
Anyone kind of wishing Shang Chunsong would just casually bust out a DTY on vault and pull in for bronze? Right now it looks like it could very well be Larisa if she hits bars!
8:20 pm. Ruby Harrold FX- Double arabian, stumble forward. Front double full, step forward. 1.5 to front full, stumble back. Memmel, double tuck with a step back to finish.
8:18 pm. Gabby Douglas BB- I missed the beginning due to this terrible feed. Switch to switch half, punch front tuck, little hop. Full L turn. Switch ring, check, front aerial, jump series, all good. Double pike, chest down, little hop in place. Just saw the beginning and it was all hit! YAY. 14.4
8:16 pm. Elisabeth Seitz UB- Maloney to Ricna, nice! Jaeger, Downie to pak, van Leeuwen, full-in. Hit routine! 15.233
8:13 pm. Simone’s eyelashes are INSANE right now.
Ellie Black BB- Double spin, check but holds it. Punch front pike, great. Bhs layout, bounces out of it and leg comes up. AND MY FEED FROZE. The FIG stream hates Ellie Black apparently. Hopefully I’ll catch some slo-mo stuff. Yeah, off on tuck full. SIGH. That’s about all you need to know there!
8:12 pm. Wang Yan VT- Tsuk double, chest down, slight pike, loose in knees, step out to the side.
8:10 pm. Lieke Wevers BB- Switch to sissone, side aerial to side aerial, lovely. Front aerial with a pause going into the sheep, shady connection. 1.5 L turn, bends knee on final half rotation. Double spin. Back handspring. Lovely choreo. Side somi. Perfectly stuck gainer layout dismount. 14.2
8:09 pm. Laura Jurca UB- Hindorff, hop front giant half, clear hip full to Gienger, pak, clear hip half to clear hip to toe on to toe shoot, full-in with a hop. Not the cleanest of sets but she did her job.
8:08 pm. Asuka Teramoto UB- I missed the pirouettes but saw Gienger, inbar to stalder half to Jaeger, legs come apart in a handstand, full-in nearly stuck
8:07 pm. Carlotta Ferlito VT- Yurchenko 1.5, big hop forward
8:06 pm. Larisa Iordache VT- DTY, big, hop back. Mostly nice body line, just crosses her legs a bit. 15.066
8:05 pm. You know that mistake from Simone means she will absolutely MURDER the floor. #Revenge
8:03 pm. Shang Chunsong FX- 3.5 to punch front is messy from the start and she takes a big step out to the side but stays up. 1.5 through to triple full to punch front pike, also a bit messy. 2.5 to punch layout half. Double pike, step back. 14.533
8:02 pm. Sorry, I think I said Seitz fell on bars earlier, but it must have been floor? She’s on bars now and seems to be doing well based on what I can see in the background!
8:00 pm. Seda Tutkhalyan BB- Hits layout series, but layout full is nowhere close to being in line with the beam and she basically just lands on the floor. Misses connection between front aerial and sheep jump. Switch ring, check. Double pike with a hop. 12.4
Pauline Schaefer FX- Double layout (short), double tuck (bounce back), triple spin, front double full (gorgeous), stuck double pike to finish. Stunning routine!
7:57 pm. Simone Biles BB- Wolf 2.5 about as perfect as it can be. Switch to pike, good. Barani, excellent. Sails through bhs loso loso. Oh my GOD, wobbles on her punch front tuck and puts her hands down. Gabby’s probably like doing the Pennsatucky praise Jesus hands right about now. She fought like HELL to stay on. Switch to switch half to back pike, hit. Front aerial to wolf jump, small check. she seems really nervous after that mistake. Full-in, chest down and a hop back. Still a relatively great score, though…14.4
7:55 pm. Amy Tinkler FX- Love her music. Double double, step out of bounds. Big double layout, small bounce back. Lots of sass in this routine. She’s great. 1.5 through to 2.5, steps forward. Double pike, bounce back. 13.966
Flavia Saraiva VT- FTY, not very dynamic, but clean! 14.233
7:50 pm. Right now the standings look a little bit like this…
- Biles 30.733
- Douglas 30.333
- Shang 29.866
- Steingruber 29.5
- Tutkhalyan 29.166
- Black, Jurca 29.033
7:47 pm. Larisa Iordache FX- Goes for double double, and it’s a little messy but she hits, step forward. Piked full-in stuck cold, albeit again, messy. Hops around her pirouette at the end. Triple full, not all the way around, struggles to hold herself up. Oh my god, that Memmel to illusion is a disaster. Raised leg on the illusion is fully bent. Sticks double pike.
7:42 pm. Mai Murakami BB- Love her mount. Bhs bhs layout with great rhythm. Really nicely done. Switch to back tuck, side aerial, double spin overshoots a bit but she holds it, front aerial to sheep, a little pause between. double pike, small hop. 14.033
7:41 pm. Tea Ugrin FX- Full-in with a small step, triple full, Memmel turn, front aerial, really nice double tuck to finish. 13.733
7:40 pm. Gabby Douglas UB- Inbar full to huge piked Tkachev to pak, beautiful. Inbar to inbar half to Endo half to Chow, also great. Pings off for great double layout, just a small hop back. 15.033
7:37 pm. Ellie Black UB- Clear hip to Shang, nice! Jaeger to pak, aaaand my feed froze. Didn’t see the rest. Looks happy waiting for her score, though! I hear Tea Ugrin’s music in the background. Her floor is crazy good. 14.0
Shang Chunsong BB- Bhs bhs layout, jump series hit, switch half, bhs loso, front tuck, double spin, front aerial to sheep jump, side aerial, stuck triple full! Fantastic job. 14.7
7:35 pm. Wang Yan FX- Double double, chest down but otherwise a great landing. 1.5 through to triple full to punch front, may have saw a foot go out on the triple but not sure. 2.5 to punch front and she gets no punch and sits it. SIGH. She was out anyway after the beam fall. BUT STILL. Double pike, bounce back. 13.5
7:34 pm. Lieke Wevers UB- Piked Tkachev to pak, nice bail to toe full to toe shoot, front giant to double front, clean with a step! 14.333
7:33 pm. Pauline Schaefer BB- Switch ring, bhs loso, front aerial, side somi, double spin, wobbles, full spin, side aerial (FALL, NOOOOOO!), switch to sheep, gainer layout dismount. 13.133
7:32 pm. Isabela Onyshko VT- Beautiful stuck FTY! Where did that come from? 14.233
7:31 pm. Seda Tutkhalyan UB- Wonder if she’ll bring the Bhardwaj? Nope, Maloney to pak, van Leeuwen, toe on to toe full to Tkachev, front giant to double front, small hop back. 14.3
Elisabeth Seitz VT- FTY, split on the top and a hop back, but lands down the middle. 14.133
7:30 pm. Amy Tinkler BB- I missed the very beginning. Saw from the gainer layout to loso, my favorite flight series, and she has a fall! NO. Struggling a bit from this point on, including on side aerial. Triple full under-rotated and landed about a quarter shy. 12.233 but she looks happy and is cheering people on
7:29 pm. Ruby Harrold BB- Very sassy. Switch sissone, switch half, punch front, illusion (wobble), oh, and a fall on her bhs loso. Side aerial,s witch ring, took off weirdly into her roundoff to double tuck. 12.433
7:28 pm. Simone Biles UB- Her gold eyeshadow. GURL. Love it. Weiler half to Maloney (leg sep), toe full to Tkachev, clean. Piked Tkachev to pak, also lovely. Toe shoot. Toe on to full-in, tiniest hop to the side. 14.9
7:27 pm. Asuka Teramoto VT- Handspring Rudi, one of her better ones this week! Chest down and some form issues but that should be a big score. It’s crazy that Japan has three 15+ vaults in their lineup! 15.166
7:25 pm. Giulia Steingruber UB- Toe on to Maloney to pak, not bad! Clean van Leeuwen. Girl is doing some WORK on this event. Toe full to Gienger, front giant to double front is cowboyed with a hop forward but overall that’s a great bars routine for her. 13.9
7:24 pm. Lisa Verschueren VT- Big and clean near-stuck FTY. Very nice work. 14.133
7:23 pm. Just saw a closer look at Ellie Black’s vault and she was VERY piked. But otherwise a huge vault.
7:17 pm. A look back at Laura Jurca’s floor routine. Her hand clap at the beginning kills me every single time. Hits first pass. 2.5 to front tuck is great. I missed a bit of the interior, didn’t see 3rd pass. Double tuck to finish. 13.9
7:13 pm. Ooh, a look at Rune Hermans on floor! Love her and this routine. She’s fabulous. I caught it from the 2.5 to punch front tuck (step back), and she had a huge smile on her face the whole time. 13.6
Tea Ugrin BB- front aerial, split jump to wolf jump, full turn, bhs loso, switch ring, switch half, side aerial, switch side, side somi, double tuck with a step back. 13.766
Carlotta Ferlito BB- front aerial to messy sheep jump, bhs bhs layout with a check, switch to back tuck, great. Side aerial is steady. Switch ring, deep landing. Double pike, deep landing but strong finish. 14.441
7:12 pm. After the first rotation…
- Biles 15.833
- Steingruber 15.6
- Douglas 15.3
- Shang 15.166
- Black 15.033
- Tutkhalyan 14.866
7:11 pm. They’re showing Iordache on beam on the stream right now, and I’m glad because she had a fantastic routine! She went up first in her rotation.
7:08 pm. Wang Yan BB- Grigoras, switch ring tiny bobble before sheep jump, no connection. Roundoff layout, hands down and she falls. Punch front tuck. Front aerial to split jump. Full turn. Switch to wolf jump. Triple full with a step.
7:06 pm. Ellie Black VT- Beautiful handspring front full. Right down the middle, small hop forward. 15.033
Shang Chunsong UB- Holds first handstand before Shang to pak, beautiful. Shaposh to Gienger, giant half, Ono to Healy to Jaeger, excellent. A few handstands that are a little too quick and don’t hit the mark, but she hits a gorgeous stuck full-in. Excellent. 15.166
7:04 pm. Pauline Schaefer UB- Open Jaeger, clear hip to bail to Ray, Moors dismount, almost stuck. 13.433
Lisa Verschueren FX- Double tuck (bounce), 1.5 to front full (bounce), double wolf spin, double pike to finish (chest low, small bounce back). 13.666
Lieke Wevers VT- Just an FTY and she’s way short on the landing. Shocker, because usually she’s gorgeous here. Hops forward, chest down. 13.733
7:01 pm. Seda Tutkhalyan VT- DTY, messy. Big hop back. 14.866
Flavia Saraiva BB- Off on first flight series (my feed froze and I missed it), but she hits her bhs layout. Very nervous and wobbly today. Front aerial to front aerial, misses connection to side smi and she falls but catches herself with her hands and pulls herself back up. Double pike, hop. 12.266
7:00 pm. Some chat between Aimee and Simone after her vault. “You should’ve taken your time with it!” “I know.” Now Gabby is wearing SImone’s pants. GREAT.
6:59 pm. Simone Biles VT- Amanar, big and clean, just a step forward. 15.833
6:57 pm. Giulia Steingruber VT- Excellent handspring Rudi. There are moments where her body is a tiny piked but for the most part it’s great and her landing is also excellent. 15.6
6:55 pm. Larisa Iordache BB- bhs tuck full step, roundoff back layout (piked), double spin nice, switch, shy on switch half, front aerial, split to wolf, side somi, triple full dismount. GOOD! 14.766
Ruby Harrold UB- Maloney to wild Bhardwaj, van Leeuwen (leg sep) to Zuchold to toe full, toe shoot, toe half to Jaeger, double front chest down and tiny step. 14.533
6:53 pm. Love these leos and think they should’ve been the team finals leos, tbh.
Gabby Douglas VT- Big and clean stuck DTY. She’s totally trying to hide a smile! Damn, in the replay she is DEAD center. Just the tiniest foot movement. 15.3
6:50 pm. I’m listening to the commentary for the first time today and I love the accent I’m hearing right now because I feel like I’m watching the old Nickelodeon show “Guts.” Remember Moira? She was like the coolest lady.
6:45 pm. Huge cheers for Larisa Iordache, who looks to be in good spirits. Everyone else looks a touch nervous. Obviously huge cheers for Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler as they come out and salute. Final group coming out now and we have insanity for Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas. Everyone up there in the top group has won an international championship in the past year, except Lieke Wevers, though she gets introduced as the Euro Games bronze medalist. Still awesome!
6:43 pm. Athletes are coming out now, in reverse Olympic order. In case you didn’t know, the all-around rotation order is determined by qualification rank. The top 1-6 are start on vault, 7-12 on bars, 13-18 on beam, and 19-24 on floor.
6:40 pm. We’re just getting underway here waiting for the meet to start! Hope you enjoy our updates!
Article by Lauren Hopkins
what is wrong with this beam ? I has to be cursed or something like that 😦
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No mistakes for Seitz: 15,233 (6,6)
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Thanks, it was actually her floor where she had a fall.
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Seitz vault FTY 14.133
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Would love for Shang to medal. Side note, that blue leo is gorgeous.
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Shang’s leo has been the best thus far! That color is stunning, just the right amount of sparkle! Love seeing Chinese gymnasts in colors other than red/yellow/white
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I wish Shang would casually bust out a DTY every damn day! Thank you so much for this!
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There was no way Gabby wouldn’t get silver, not with the over scoring she’s been getting. That BB score was too high with that missed connection and wobbles. Oh well she had a nice vault and bar set for her
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Glad I’m not the only one who thinks that. Gabby is great – but that beam was not her best and her D score should have been much lower with her basically missing most connections.
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Eh, in comparison to the rest of that messy beam rotation? I don’t think she was overscored. 4/6 six people in that roatation had a major mistake so by that point I think the judges (and her) were just happy she stayed on. She didn’t have a major wobble but plenty of .1 adjustments and wobbles. She got an 8.3 in execution which is really not that great, especially since Gabby has the potential for a 6.5 routine that could go 15+.
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Gabby brings it when it counts
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Gabby is rebranding herself as Miss Consistency. (Imo, based on her conservative routines and Tim Dagget saying at P and G’s that she’s worried about people thinking of her as inconsistent). It’s a strategy that makes her successful. And boring.
With the exception of her fall in qualifications, I think she has hit every competition routine this year. For the U.S. team only Maggie has been that solid.
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I think you’re right! Now Gabby needs to not just hit, but hit it out of the park. She was overall clean, but she is capable of being one of the top three beam workers in the U.S. (and probably one of the best in the world) but I think her winning silver here will seal the deal for her confidence. This whole comeback she’s clearly been worried about what people think of her, but now that she has this win under her belt I think she will be even more determined.
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I am particularly very proud and happy for Iordache. She would have been silver with a just a bit better beam routine. She did a wonderful job! And congrats to the Americans of course
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Me too, Larisa seems so genuine and it was great to see her do so well. I agree that she should have been silver, she would have been too if Gabby’s beam had been scored fairly. It was at least 3 tenths too high
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If Shang had a better vault she would’ve gotten a medal. Great competition for her today! Congrats to Simone and Gabby despite silly mistakes!
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Not Simone’s best day on beam and an OOB on floor, but still a little over a point ahead of Gabby. If Gabby gets her Amanar back, it’ll be closer. Very happy for Iordache as well. Nice to see some redemption today. She seemed really happy to medal.
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I am very happy with the top 5 results. Shang last year is in 5th place and this year is in 4th. Congrats to her. And great redemption for Iordache.
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Your standings are missing Seda for some reason. She was 15th, ahead of Onyshko. Poor girl, she was doing so well until the standing full on beam. Also sorry for Flavia.
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Some random thoughts:
I’m very impressed with the girls’ (apparent) attitudes. They look genuinely supportive and happy for each other. particularly Shang. She came so close to medalling, after hitting all four events, and still kept smiling.
Yay for Murakami! Way to show your team coordinators you belong at worlds!!
Why was Iordache’s beam score so low? I wish they would show D scores on the live feed. Sigh.
I miss Musty.
With only the top three competitors breaking 59, it does go to show that the fight for the podium is largely determined by which U.S. girl qualifies, which is determined by who performs well enough leading up to worlds to even have the chance to compete aa in quals. Though team finals are a cake walk for the U.S., the months leading up to worlds must be so much more stressful and exhausting!
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Poor Flavia! All year I’ve been secretly rooting for her as the underdog, to at least finish in the top half and maybe even sneak her way into the top 10… but nope, last place 😦
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Meant to ask in my earlier post, does anyone know what was the deduction for Simone grabbing the beam? Is that 5 tenths? More? Less? If anyone knows, I’d appreciate if you’d she. TIA!
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Yes, it’s a .5 deduction for grabbing the beam, but I’m pretty sure they take off additional deductions as well for the form break like her bending her leg when she was trying to save it and stuff.
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Thanks, Lee! Appreciate you clarifying. I thought it was .5 but wasn’t sure.
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Don’t you love how Simone and Aimee are annoyed that she took that step on her Amanar? Is there any other gymnast/coach combo in the world that would have looked that dejected and annoyed by Simone’s vaulting?
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Hahaha I loved Aimee…”YOU SHOULD HAVE WAITED.” That was awesome.
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Anyone else befuddled by the commentary? Sometimes I hear the faint echo of another voice and then there was often silence, which I’m not sure was due to the commentator having nothing to say or what.
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Yes, the commentator was completely useless, wasn’t she 😦
I think the echo of the other voice was that of the usual BBC commentator who must have sat next to her – I recognised his voice!
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Do you really think Shang has no chances to have DTY? This was the worlds she really had a chance to medal since no Mustafina and Yao Jinnan. Her vault really holds her back. And Congrats Simone! Next year would be much exciting! And I feel bad for Guilia, I really thought she can medal after a solid qualifications but she always fall on beam and her bars are not great.
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Haha, it´s quite funny, youbdislike so much Russian girls that you skipped Tutkhalyan from the final standing !
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Yes, exactly, it wasn’t a typo, I clearly dislike the Russians despite giving them so much praise during qualifications.
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Just looked and there were other mistakes besides Seda missing. Why didn’t you catch those? Oh, because you’re so obsessed with Russia and biased you literally don’t know anything else going on in gymnastics. 🙂
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The difference is that I know you ( more exactly I read you at times) and you don’t know me (and never read me previously) ! So everybody who noticed that Seda is missing is obsessed with the Russians ?That point reveals your deep lack of objectivity (not mine). Your answer just confirms that you dislike the Russians >^..^<
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If I didn’t like the Russians I wouldn’t report on them at all. I report on everything they do as much as I do for every other team. With Seda in the AA, I reported on everything I saw on the live stream and even screamed NOOOOOO when she fell on her layout full. Because I love Seda. Multiple errors happened throughout the blog in terms of scores because it’s impossible to live blog skills, wait for lags when I refresh the update, and then post scores. I miss a lot, not just Seda. Grow up.
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Seda has never hit that beam set. Anybody who posts 12.7 in an aa final deserves to be omitted from the discussion simply to be polite . After all , it is not a pity party nor a blame game .
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Answer to Dasha’s Dacha : I agree with you and propose to omit immediatly from this list : Ruby Harold, Amy Tinkler, Flavia Lopez Saraiva … And what to do with that Brenna Dowell and her 11.333 ???Just erase her to be polite !!!
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…IT’S CALLED A TYPO, YOU FREAK.
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Anna – Do whatever you like . Most of us will scan the results & see X has low marks /position .If we really are concerned we can look for a routine description .There are other blogs like RRG & Our Russian Season that go into more detail & offer a more emotional response regarding Russia. Seek & you will find.
I thank Lauren for the coverage .
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Sorry, Seda hit perfectly thiat routine in European Games in Baku. Why are ou putting her down in such a way ? And thanks a lot for your advice but I’m not looking for a Russian blog, just for an impartial one.
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I’m happy for Ganny (and thrilled for Simone onbvs!) but I still think Maggie should’ve been allowed to try to qualify. If that’s “whining,” so be it, I want all the good gymnasts to get a shot.
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Anna. Seda does not just fall , she throws herself off the beam .They are all dangerous & that is why she is receiving low marks elsewhere. Judges are trying to tell her she is in danger of breaking her back. They have to stop that routine , she simply does not have the brain for it . Also check her 5/2 lay at RCup . I am the only one stating it , but many are thinking it . She has no control.
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Also for the record I am not unhappy about Dowell’s 11. That is another neck break prevention.
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Again , Flavia is being pushed too far , too fast .Amy Tinkler has had big tumbling for 2 years & Tunney has show elsewhere she has spatial awareness.
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