Olympic Team Finals Live Blog

Welcome to the live blog for Team Finals at the 2016 Olympic Games!

While Lauren is rocking her position at NBC, I (Joe) will be posting all updates as they happen during today’s competition. Refresh your browser every 3-5 minutes and the most recent rotation will appear on the top. Have a question? Tweet us @thegymterdotnet and we’ll try to get to you.

Final Results:

  1. USA- 184.897
  2. RUS – 176.688
  3. CHN – 176.003
  4. JPN – 174.371
  5. GBR – 174.362
  6. GER – 173.672
  7. NED – 172.447
  8. BRA – 172.087

Rotation 4:

Vault:

GBR:

Claudia Fragapane – Decent DTY. 14.700

Amy Tinkler – Nice DTY, small hop on landing. 14.933

Ellie Downie – GORGEOUS DTY with a stuck landing!! She’s so happy! 15.133

RUS:

Angelina Melnikova – DTY. Nice in the air, legs crossed a bit. Hop back. 14.900

Aliya Mustafina – DTY legs crossed with a tiny hop forward. 15.133

Maria Paseka – Amanrar with some form issues but a near stuck if not stuck landing! 15.700

Uneven Bars:

GER:

Kim Bui – 14.900

Sophie Scheder – 15.466

Eli Seitz – 15.533

BRA:

Lorrane Oliveira – 14.166

Jade Barbosa – 14.391

Rebeca Andrade – 14.900

Balance Beam:

NED:

Eythora Thorsdottir – 14.266

Lieke Wevers – 14.266

Sanne Wevers – Side aerial to side aerial. Front aerial to BHS. Missing a bit. L turn to full turn to double turn, small balance check. Split leap to hop full. Switch leap to full twisting back handspring. Gainer layout dismount. 15.250

JPN:

Mai Murakami – 13.833

Aiko Sugihara – Switch leap to back tuck. BHS LOSO. Split jump to side aerial to two jumps. Missed the middle. Dismounts with a 2.5 twist! 14.300

Asuka Teramoto – Onodi, nice. Sissone to side somi. Switch half. Switch leap to side aerial. Split leap to wolf jump. Triple twist dismount! Great routine!!! She’s celebrating. 14.466 not quite enough to get on the podium, but they’re so happy!

Floor Exercise:

CHN:

Shang Chunsong – 3.5 to front pike (closer to 3.25). 1.5 to triple twist to punch front tuck. 2.5 to front half. Gorgeous quad turn. Double pike to close! Double wolf to pose. Very nice! 14.700

Wang Yan – Double double, tiny hop back! So good. 1.5 to triple to punch front, great! 2.5 to punch front half. Ends with a double tuck, tiny hop back. GREAT routine! So happy! 14.733

Mao Yi – 3.5 to punch front lands oob and falls. 1.5 to triple. 2.5 to front half. Double tuck to end, lands a little short but stands it up. 12.633

USA:

Laurie Hernandez – Little wink before she starts. DLO small hop back. Double arabian to stag, very nice! Front full to double front full to front tuck, hop back. Double pike dismount. Nice routine. 14.833

Aly Raisman – 1.5 to double arabian front layout! Tiny bounce. Double L turn. Piked double arabian to stag, awesome. DLO STUCK. And double pike STUCK to end. Everyone celebrating! 15.366

Simone Biles – DLO 1/1 with a small hop back. She’s smilin’. Some shimmy. Biles, tiny hop forward. Double wolf, better than qualifications. Double double STUCK! Ends with a full in tiny hop back. The USA does it! Her team going CRAZY. Group hug! Aly kisses her on the forehead. 15.800


This crowd is rocking. Everyone! Brazilian fans, USA fans, Chinese fans, everyone is having a great time.


  1. USA – 138.898
  2. CHN – 133.937
  3. JPN – 131.772
  4. RUS – 130.955
  5. GBR – 129.596
  6. BRA – 128.630
  7. NED – 128.365
  8. GER – 127.773

Rotation 3:

Vault:

BRA:

Lorrane Oliveira – 14.566

Jade Barbosa – 14.933

Rebeca Andrade – Nice amanar! Steps OOB, though. 15.400

GER:

Sophie Scheder – 13.933

Pauline Schaefer – handspring half off. Nicely done. 14.266

Tabea Alt – DTY. 14.800

Uneven Bars:

JPN:

Asuka Teramoto – Toe full to gienger. Inbar half to straddle jaeger. Inbar to stalder full to bail to straddle shoot. Dismounts with a full in. So nice. 14.866

Aiko Sugihara – 14.600

Yuki Uchiyama – Inbar to inbar full to komova II. Straddle shoot. Straddle jaeger. Dismounts with a nice full in. She loves it!! 15.000

NED:

Céline van Gerner – 14.400

Eythora Thorsdottir – 14.733

Sanne Wevers – 14.533

Balance Beam:

USA:

Aly Raisman – Missing a bit of the beginning. Slight wobble on RO LO. Side aerial. Punch front to jumps. L turn to full turn. Dismounts with a STUCK double arabian!! 15.000

Laurie Hernandez – Punch front pike. Front aerial to split leap to wolf. BHS LOSO LOSO, nice. Full turn. Sheep jump, wobbles. Punch front tuck to wolf. Side aerial. Switch leap to switch half. Switch ring leap. Dismounts with a nice double pike, hop back. 15.233

Simone Biles – 2.5 wolf turn, NICE. Split jump to pike. Barani, low chest, but stands it up. BHS LOSO LOSO, wobbles but stays on. Punch front tuck to sissone. Switch leap to switch half to back pike. Front aerial to wolf jump. Full in dismount, hop forward. 15.300

CHN:

Wang Yan – Punch front pike. Switch leap to sheep jump. RO Layout, wobble. Punch front tuck. Front aerial. Switch half. Front aerial to wolf. Full turn. Dismounts with a triple twist. Step back. 14.466

Shang Chunsong – BHS BHS LO to split jump to straddle jump. NICE. Switch half. BHS LOSO, nice. Punch front tuck to wolf, SUPER NICE. Double turn, great. Front aerial to sheep jump. Side aerial. Triple twist dismount, and she STICKS it!!!  Fantastic. 15.066

Fan Yilin – Missed everything but her triple twist dismount, just a tiny step. Long wait for her score, so some connections must be in question. 15.066

Floor Exercise:

RUS:

Angelina Melnikova – DLO, hop back. Gorgeous in the air. Double L to Y turn. Double wolf to double turn. 14.266

Seda Tutkhalyan – Nice DLO. Whip whip to double pike, hope back. 1.5 to front full. Double wolf to full turn. Dismounts with a double tuck, slips but stands it up. 13.766

Aliya Mustafina – Middle of routine. 1.5 to front full, hop in place. Triple turn. Ends with a double tuck, hop back. 14.000

GBR:

Amy Tinkler – DLO 1/1 kind of piked. Double double, low landing. Double tuck (I think), double pike. 14.466

Ellie Downie – 1.5 to double arabian. Pike double arabian. 2.5 to punch front. Double pike dismount. 14.133

Claudia Fragapane – DLO 1/1 triest to connect it to a wolf jump. Double piked arabian and stumbles OOB, both feet. Triple twist to stag, nicely done. DLO, lands OOB. 14.166


  1. USA – 93.365
  2. CHN – 89.339
  3. RUS – 88.923
  4. JPN – 87.306
  5. GBR – 86.831
  6. GER – 84.774
  7. NED – 84.699
  8. BRA – 83.731

Rotation 2:

Vault:

NED:

Lieke Wevers – 13.933

Vera van Pol – Yurchenko 1.5, a little underrotated and takes a step back. 14.100

Eythora Thorsdottir – DTY. 15.000

JPN:

Mai Murakami – 14.833

Asuka Teramoto – Handspring Rudi, lacks height and distance. Couple steps forward. 14.933

Sae Miyakawa – 15.066

Uneven Bars:

CHN:

Shang Chunsong – Missed the beginning. Falls on gienger. Giant half. Ono to healy to straddle jaeger. Dismounts with a full in, near stuck landing. 14.333

Fan Yilin – Middle of routine. Gienger, very close to bar. Inbar half to ono to healy, giant full to double layout dismount, step back. 15.733

Tan Jiaxin – I saw a nice shang. Her pirouettes were a little off. Dismounts on a DLO, hop in place. 14.941

USA:

Simone Biles – 14.800

Gabby Douglas – Inbar full to pike tkatchev to pak salto. Endo to straddle half to Chow half. Dismounts with a DLO, maybe a tiny step. 15.766

Madison Kocian – Inbar full to komova to to pak to chow. Straddle jaeger. Straddle full to STUCK full in!! 15.933

Balance Beam:

GBR:

Ellie Downie – Punch front tuck to wolf jump. Standing arabian and falls off. Switch leap to switch half. Double turn, large wobble. BHS LOSO. 2.5 dismount. 13.366

Claudia Fragapane – Standing arabian. Split leap to sheep jump.BHS tuck full (maybe layout), large wobble. Missed the middle. Double pike dismount. 14.333

Becky Downie – Punch front tuck, a little low in the air. Side aerial to LOSO, nice. Switch leap, pause, switch half.Split jump to full turn, wobbles. Side somi. Switch ring leap, needs more ring. Double pike dismount, under rotated but stands it up. 14.166

RUS:

Angelina Melnikova – Double wolf turn, but stands up. BHS BH LO falls off. Punch pike. Sheep jump. Punch front tuck. Wolf turn and stands up again. Side somi. RO double pike, a few steps back. 13.033

Aliya Mustafina – Double turn, perfect. Split leap, sisone to side somi. Switch half, wobble. Onodi to side aerial Front aerial, front aerial, BHS. Double tuck dismount. 14.958

Seda Tutkhalyan – RO layout, wobble. Split leap to switch half. RO layout full, so nice. Front aerial to sissone to wolf. Switch ring, wobble. Full turn. Dismounts with a double pike, hop back. 14.766

Floor Exercise:

GER:

Eli Seitz – 13.833

Kim Bui – 13.466

Pauline Schaefer – DLO, tiny hop back. Semenova to double turn, steps out on the latter. Double front full. Stuck double pike. Gorgeous choreo. 14.375

BRA:

Jade Barbosa – 14.266

Rebeca Andrade – Second pass is a 2.5 front full. Y turn. Double tuck, hop back. Crown loving it. Nice ferrari, hop back. Ends with a double pike, and falls to her knees. 13.966

Flavia Saraiva – front full to double front full. Full in, couple of small hops back. Double pike, step back. Ends with a double tuck, STUCK. 14.500


  1. USA – 46.866
  2. RUS – 46.166
  3. GBR – 44.866
  4. CHN – 44.332
  5. GER – 43.100
  6. JPN – 42.474
  7. BRA – 41.999
  8. NED – 41.666

Rotation 1:

Vault:

USA:

Laurie Hernandez – DTY, a little off to the right and a small hop. Lacks a bit of distance, but good vault. 15.100

Aly Raisman – Amanar, little leg separation in the air but lands nearly in the center. Just has to bring her legs together on the landing. 15.833 

Simone Biles – HUGE Amanar. Perfect in the air, just a hop forward on the landing. 15.933 (only a tenth better than Aly??)

CHN:

Mao Yi – DTY. 14.833

Tan Jiaxin – DTY, nice in the air but large hop back. 14.766

Wang Yan – Tsuk double. Lacks height and distance. Low landing but fully rotated. 14.733

Uneven Bars:

RUS:

Angelina Melnikova – inbar full to komova II to pak. shap half. Piked jaeger.Dismounts with a full in. 15.133

Daria Spiridonova – inbar full to komova II to pak. Toe on shap half. Piked jaeger. Full in, step back. Very nice. 15.100

Aliya Mustafina – Missed the beginning. Inbar half to pike jaeger. Toe on full, stuck Mustafina dismount. 15.933

GBR:

Ruby Harrold – 14.833

Ellie Downie – 14.633

Becky Downie – Chow. Piked tkatchev. Missed the middle. Sticks her full in dismount. 15.400

Balance Beam:

BRA:

Daniele Hypolito – 14.133

Jade Barbosa – Middle of the routine. L turn. Side aerial, nice. Punch front. Switch leap to back tuck, little wobble. Dismounts with a double pike large step back. 13.033, must have fallen.

Flavia Saraiva – BHS LOSO LOSO, nice. RO layout, she’s on. Switch leap. Switch ring leap. Punch front tuck, a little hesitation before her leaps. Front aerial front aerial side somi, wobbles. Dismounts with a double pike. 14.833

GER:

Eli Seitz – Dick mount. Punch front tuck, nicely done. BHS back pike, stuck. Side somi. Front aerial to sissone. Double turn, small wobble. Side aerial. Switch leap to split leap. Gainer layout. Very good routine! 14.000

Tabea Alt – 14.600

Pauline Schaefer – Switch ring, gorgeous. BHS LOSO. Split jump to wolf jump. Full turn. Front aerial. Side somi. Double turn, perfect. Side somi half, small wobble. Side aerial. Switch leap. Sheep jump. Not too many connections in this routine. Ends with a gainer layout. 14.500

Floor Exercise:

JPN:

Aiko Sugihara – 14.100

Mai Murakami – 14.466

Sae Miyakawa – Full twisting DLO, one foot steps OOB. punch front lay to double front, near stuck! Double double, low landing, but lands well. Double layout to end a little short. 13.908

NED:

Lieke Wevers – 13.833

Céline van Gerner – 1.5 to front full. Double tuck, step back. So. Much. Artistry. 13.933

Eythora Thorsdottir – 13.900