The World Championships Women’s All-Around Live Blog

/ October 6, 2017

Welcome to the live blog for the women’s all-around final at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada!

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9:02 pm. MORGAN FREAKING HURD IS THE 2017 WORLD ALL-AROUND CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ELLIE BLACK WINS THE SILVER AT HOME TO BECOME CANADA’S FIRST ALL-AROUND MEDALIST IN HISTORY!!!!!!

AND ELENA EREMINA WITH A GREAT DAY GETS THE BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO SAD FOR MAI MURAKAMI. BUT THIS IS A GREAT PODIUM AND MAI WAS SO CLOSE.

8:54 pm. Morgan is literally just chillin. Still has Murakami to go.

Murakami FX: Double double, a little short into the stag, double layout with a slight hop back, 2.5 to front full with a little skid, she could still get on the podium! Needs over a 14.333 Hit her final pass.

Ellie, Morgan and Mai all hug. Coaches all high fiving too.

8:50 pm. Godwin BB: I saw nothing of this it’s too crazy in here.

Crisan FX: Hit what I saw.

8:46 pm. Moors UB: Toe full, a little late, Maloney to bail to Ray, good, just some slight leg form going on, clear hip to blind change to Markelov is nice, great handstand before giants into Moors dismount with a little bounce back. She looks very happy and gives a big wave to the crowd.

8:45 pm. Derwael VT: Hit FTY, nice.

De Jesus Dos Santos FX: Double layout full, low with a step. Front full to stag. Double back with a weird and low stumble back and OOB.

Wang UB: Hit routine, including Ray dismount.

Martins BB: Hit what I saw.

Varinska VT: Hit FTY, not bad.

8:39 pm. Fidelis UB: Muscled a handstand on on the low bar, extra swing on the high bar, then crashed her pak.

Boyer BB: Fell on something. Side aerial to split leap to side somi, fall. Ugh. Second of the routine.

Eremina FX: Full-in with a step. Hit 1.5 to 2.5 (messy) to punch front. Messy triple but good landing.

Melnikova VT: Just an FTY. Smart.

8:35 pm. Hurd FX: I’m dying. And no, if you’re watching the live stream that is not me screaming. Only internally. Double double with a step back. Piked full-in with a bounce back. Front double full with a step forward and OOB. Nice high double pike to finish. OUR GIRL HIT ALL FOUR IN A WORLD ALL-AROUND FINAL NO BIG FREAKING DEAL.

Lee BB: Good save on side somi. Hit the dismount. Hit routine from what I saw.

Alt VT: DTY, a little low with a step

Seitz UB: Maloney to her release, I didn’t see what it was, Jaeger, Downie is great to pak, hit the rest.

8:31 pm. Ellie Black has a two-tenth lead over Morgan Hurd going into the final rotation!!! It’s 41.699 to 41.499. And Elena Eremina is in third with a 41.199, a three-tenth lead over fourth-place Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos! Mai Murakami in fifth with a 40.466 after a fall on beam.

8:30 pm. Crisan BB: Full turn, bhs bhs layout, hit! Wobble on side aerial, side somi, hit the double tuck.

Ellie got a 7 E for a routine with 300 wobbles/mistakes and hands down and a near fall when people are getting 6-range scores for better? I’m on Team Ellie but okay balance beam judges.

8:28 pm. Derwael FX: Double pike, 1.5 to front full with a little skid forward. Memmel to illusion is lovely. Great extension on her leaps, double tuck with a little bounce forward. Love her ending choreo as always. Great work.

8:23 pm. Black BB: This just feels like Ellie’s night. I know she’s gonna destroy this beam right now. Crowd is already crapping themselves. Oh god I’m so nervous!!!! Switch leap mount to switch leap to switch half, slight adjustment. Double spin, break at the hips but saves it. Punch front pike, low with a hop back. Okay, I was wrong about her destroying this beam set but good fights? Layout series with a little bounce when she lands the layout. Weird cat leap into nothing. Chreo? Punch front tuck with a step forward and her hands down and a big wobble, she keeps wobbling multiple times and the crowd basically dies every single time. UGH about the hands down though. Double pike is good.

8:21 pm. Sugihara FX: International Lady of Mystery. No bloody nose tonight! 1.5 through to triple, a tiny bit short, to stag. Hit second pass, front double full to punch front. Hit third pass. Switch ring to split leap. Double tuck stuck cold. Good day from her so far!

Godwin UB: Weiler to Weiler half to Maloney to pak, to toe on to van Leeuwen, good. Caught Jaeger, I’m just so glad we’re finally seeing her at worlds and in a final!!! Double pike, good finish.

8:19 pm. Hermans UB: stalder full to Maloney to pak, short handstand before flexed feet van Leeuwen, piked Jaeger, last handstand right on the bar before toe-on to full-in, looked close to stuck from here and she’s super smiley!

8:16 pm. Martins UB: Maloney to pak, shaposh to bail, caught release and hit the dismount.

Melnikova FX: Opening spins are lovely but then sat double arabian. LAWD. 😦 One of her better double layouts though. Almost stuck piked full-in. Wolf hop into the corner, double pike, hands down. Two falls again.

De Jesus Dos Santos BB: Nailed punch front mount and then punch front after that. Hit jumps, layout series a little piked with her chest down, short switch half to bhs, front aerial, switch ring with a bobble, hit double pike dismount with a step back.

8:15 pm. Those wobbles added up for Morgan in an already tight beam judging. Just 12.666.

Perez VT: UGH, crashed DTY. 😦

8:14 pm. Boyer UB: Hit the beginning but on her Ray, got no amplitude to the high bar and missed it by a mile. Back up for the dismount, hit.

Moors VT: AWW, crashed the handspring front layout full. It’s new for her.

Eremina BB: Hit mount, solid bhs loso loso, switch to split jump to ring jump is nice. Short on messy triple as always.

Steingruber FX: Double layout full with a small hop. Double layout, hop backwards OOB. Front through to double tuck, and double pike to finish is good.

8:08 pm. Seitz VT: Solid FTY.

Hurd BB: Excuse me while I pee my pants I’m so nervous. Standing full, tiny adjustment. EEEEEEEE. Side aerial to switch leap to split leap, wobble on loso, wobble on front aerial, misses connection to jump series, nervous wobble on punch front. She’s being super tentative. Much better switch ring than qualifications though.

Alt FX: Hit first pass, bounced OOB on double tuck after that.

Fidelis VT: Hit FTY. Nothing out of this world.

Lee UB: Hit routine! Really nice actually.

8:05 pm. Tinkler VT: DTY, some leg form in the air, but great landing.

Mori UB: Toe full to Ricna, Ray, bail to toe shoot, stalder half to Endo half, double layout with a hop.

Murakami BB: Hit mount, slight adjustment on bhs loso, leap into side aerial, double turn, put her hands down and FELL GOD DAMMIT WHY MAI WHY GODDAMN. Hit jump series after that. Hit the double pike dismount with a big hop back.

Varinska FX: 1.5 through to triple full, slightly short and twists are very ankles-crossedy. Big bounce back on second pass, short. Front tuck through to double full, messy but hit.

8:01 pm. At the halfway point, Ellie Black and Morgan Hurd are tied in first with a 28.833, and Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos and Mai Murakami are tied in third with a 28.466. THIS IS ALL I’VE EVER WANTED.

Elena Eremina fifth with 28.066, Tabea Alt sixth with 26.9, and Nina Derwael and Marine Boyer tied in seventh with a 26.599.

7:56 pm. Moors FX: Crowd went nuts. Podkopayeva with a bounce back. 2.5 to barani instead of into the the front full to stag, smart. Double attitude turn down to the floor, switch ring to Ferrari I think, I couldn’t see from this angle, split jump full to stag ring jump, 2.5 to punch front, perfect. SHE IS THE BEST EVER THE CROWD IS LOSING THEIR LIFE.

Sugihara BB: LOOOOONG ASS WAIT. Double Y, and she got it!!!! Side aerial, switch ring with a little wobble, ring leap, triple full a little short.

7:53 pm. Black UB: Maloney to Hindorff, legs are a little messy, Shang is much better form-wise, piked Jaeger to pak with messy legs, van Leeuwen, tucked Moors, stuck. Gets crazy applause. Arena is going INSANE.

Wang FX: Double double short with a step. Hit second and third passes but I didn’t see what, aside from the third pass ending in a barani. Double pike with a stumble back to finish.

7:51 pm. De Jesus Dos Santos UB: I always wanna just write DJDS for her because her name is so long but I feel like that’s disrespectful and she deserves all of her letters. Hit what I saw including inbar half to front giant full (arched over and she has to swing around to get back into place, hit full-twisting double layout.

Fidelis FX: Lovely 1.5 to double arabian. Stumbled forward 2.5. Good landing on double pike.

Melnikova BB: I didn’t see her wolf turn but Spencer next to me laughed so I’m guessing it was great. Full L to full pirouette. Switch ring, layout series, punch front, not bad not bad, hit side somi, double pike basically stuck, I love that she can do beam now. (Spencer said she did a single wolf turn and then just stood up for the second one LOL #ChilesStyle almost)

7:47 pm. Steingruber BB: Switch leap mount, punch front tuck with a little bounce, solid bhs loso, wobble on punch front pike, switch to side somi with a little adjustment, switch half, gainer pike dismount.

Seitz FX: Front tuck through to double tuck tuck. Double pike with a bounce. Double full, just crosses ankles at the end. Hit the last pass.

Eremina UB: Layout Takchev to pak, tries to connect it to van Leeuwen but she bends her knees on the toe-on. UGH. Kip casts and does the van Leeuwen on its own, piked Jaeger with flexed feet, short handstand before toe full to full-out with a step.

7:44 pm. Hurd UB: I loooooove this light blue Morgan is in. Meant to say that earlier but it’s VERY pretty. Inbar full to Tkachev, my heart is pounding. Ricna to pak with some leg sep but she catches. Ray to high, toe on to inbar half to front giant half, stalder full to full-in stuck!!!!!!!!! Crowd goes nuts.

7:43 pm. Hermans VT: FTY, some loose knees, but she hits with a small bounce back.

Tinkler FX: Double layout full-in, a little messy and low with a hop forward. 😦 Double double is good though, just a tad low. Front layout to front full with a step. Double pike is low with a step forward. Not her best but she looks happy to get through it!

Alt BB: GORGEOUS layout mount. Perfect side aerial loso. switch to swithc half, wobbled on something after that. Wobble on.a switch ring as well. Double pike looked stuck from here.

7:40 pm. Murakami UB: Toe full, Maloney to Gienger, blind change to piked Jaeger, straddle Jaeger, toe full to bail to toe shoot, handstands are all at least 0.1 short but overall this is really nice. Big full-in with a hop.

Martins VT: FTY, not bad.

7:38 pm. Varinska BB: Step back on bhs bhs layout series, piked in the layout. Switch ring, split the beam and slipped right off. UGH. I’m gonna type UGH a lot tonight, get used to it. So many faves. So many faves not being the best they can be. Hit jump series, front aerial with a bobble, step back out of side aerial, sheep jump, double full with a deep knee bend and small hop on the landing.

Boyer VT: FTY, clean and stuck! NCAA 10.

7:36 pm. Lee VT: FTY, really no block at all but she gets it around, it’s just close to the table. Hop.

7:35 pm. Godwin VT: FTY, legs a little loose, small hop.

Crisan UB: Hop change, muscles up handstand, then rests on the bar before starting her swing again. Maloney, no skill out of it, Tkachev to pak, messy stalder full, hit the dismount.

Derwael BB: Nailed loso mount. Wobble on bhs loso, and then she falls. UGHHH. Lovely wolf turn and choreo into it. Also really nicely controlled double wolf turn after that. Steingruber dismount with a hop.

Perez FX: Whip whip through to tucked full-in with a hop. Hit second pass. Double full third pass. Double pike with a lunge back.

Mori VT: FTY with a bounce in place.

7:31 pm. Right now after the first rotation, Nina Derwael leads with a 14.966 followed by Mai Murakami and then Ellie Black.

7:25 pm. Martins FX: Nice double back to start, lovely Memmel turn. She is ALWAYS GOOD. Front full to stag. 2.5 with a stumble forward OOB. UGH, too bad, she was nailing everything before.

7:24 pm. Wang BB: Off on punch front mount, big wobble on punch front pike, then off again on the layout flight series. 😦 Switch ring, she apparently hurt her ankle the other day on floor but is okay enough to compete I guess. Front aerial, and then she literally just walks forward to get to her final stance before the dismount. Good choreo LOL. Double full with a hop.

7:23 pm. Melnikova UB: Inbar full, Komova II to pak, messy van Leeuwen, piked Jaeger, way short on handstand before toe full and only gets it halfway around, has to adjust before the dismount. Welp.

7:21 pm. Boyer FX: Second time there’s been an issue with the music starting and they had to BEEP twice. And it’s been what, five routines? 2.5 to front full stuck. Memmel to illusion, looks like she came out of the Memmel a tad early. Double tuck with a wild bounce back. Messy stumble out of a turn after that. Double pike low with a step forward. Switch leap to tour jete half.

7:19 pm. Fidelis BB: Off on bhs arabian. Bhs loso loso, big wobble and then another fall. Hit the rest, wobble on her switch ring, step on the double pike dismount.

Steingruber UB: Clear hip to Maloney to big pak, clean van Leeuwen, looked like she maybe hit her foot? giant full to Gienger with leg separation, front giant to double front with a step.

7:18 pm. Lee FX: Omg she hit her opening leap in the corner and then stumbled it back OOB and almost fell LOLLLLL GOD I love her. I missed her first pass but she hit the double pike and then stuck the 2.5. She’s a joy to watch.

7:17 pm. Seitz BB: Hit punch front and bhs “layout” which is a pike as always. Side somi. Front aerial, side aerial, gainer pike with a bounce.

7:15 pm. Alt UB: Toe full, Maloney to pak, good, van Leeuwen to ALT I, aka the Zuchold half, yay! Chow half, stalder half to piked Jaeger, ALT II dismount, aka stalder tuck front half. Good work!

7:14 pm. De Jesus Dos Santos VT: DTY, a tiny bit short, crossed ankles, little bounce on the landing.

7:12 pm. Mori FX: I missed the beginning but she hit from what I could see. Tucked full-in is solid. Short on double full.

7:10 pm. Tinkler BB: Switch leap mount, good flight series, good jump series, so far so good. Hit the dismount.

Eremina VT: Put up the sign for the DTY but just did a Yurchenko 1.5 and it was…literally as perfect as she’s ever done it. Very clean and straight on the landing, looked stuck or close to it.

Varinska UB: Hit first skill to pak to Maloney to cear hip full, HUGE Tkachev half to Jaeger, toe full to full-in great.

7:09 pm. Derwael UB: Downie, Ricna half to Ezhova, lovely. Perfect Chow to Bhardwaj, van Leeuwen, toe full to full-in stuck, effortless and literally incredible.

Hurd VT: Excellent DTY. Little bounce.

7:08 pm. Perez BB: Switch to switch half to back tuck, fall. UGH. Hit bhs loso, side aerial, double pike with a step.

Godwin FX: Big double layout, hit. Hit the second pass too. Good double tuck. Double pike with a step back.

Murakami VT: WOW. WOW WOW WOW. Lovely big DTY. Basically stuck.

7:06 pm. Hermans FX: Solid piked full-in. Lovely 2.5 to punch front. Excellent job!

Crisan VT: FTY, good, just a small bounce back. Announcer goes “that was Ragan Smith!” despite JUSt announcing she was out.

7:04 pm. Moors BB: Hit punch front mount! Switch to switch half. Hit front handspring punch front. Full attitude turn with no problems. Hit something after that then a ring jump with a little hop. Danced out of adjustment on on side somi.  Another good leap series afterwards. Rudi dismount. AMAZING. AMAZING.

Black VT: Handspring front layout full with a small hop.

Sugihara UB: Caught Jaeger, hit full-in dismount. Hit routine!

7:02 pm. Ragan Smith is hobbling out of the training gym on crutches so it doesn’t look super serious, no immediate hospital visit. Still sucks but could always be worse.

7:00 pm. The first news of the meet is that Ragan Smith is OUT. Ragan was reportedly training on vault in the warm-up gym when she fell and injured her ankle. The two top contenders for the title won’t compete. What a terrible year.

Article by Lauren Hopkins

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  3. So bummed for Ragan right now! I was so looking forward to this for her!

    In other news, somebody should go find Morgan and tape every single joint she has. Fingers, toes, everything. She could pull this off if she hits everything…

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        • The two per country rule still exists. So three up three count wouldn’t change the fact that only two per country and qualify for AA and event finals. It only changes team competition.

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        • Wait, but only two per country, but if it had been the “old” way, like when we (US) had Aly, Gabby, and Jordyn, if Aly or Gabby had gone down injured, as long as Jordyn was in the top 24, she could have been subbed in, right?

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        • ‘Three up three count’ refers to team competition where there are three gymnasts who compete per apparatus and all three scores count unlike a few years ago when they had four up and the lowest score was dropped.

          I’m not remembering any instances off the top of my head where a gymnast was subbed with someone who was 2-per-countried out, only with a teammate who qualified reserve. Based on what the situation sounds like, Ragan got injured RIGHT before competition started, so regardless of the rules it would be nearly impossible to have the 3rd gymnast compete in her spot just because of the time frame. Ioana and the other alternates were in the training gym doing warmups as well (in the event something like this happened) so she was prepared to sub at the last minute. As far as I know, the gymnasts who don’t make the finals/reserve spots wouldn’t be warmed up and ready in this situation but perhaps if this happened the day before and the US had another AAer maybe things could’ve been different but it sounds too last minute to have anyone else thrown in the mix.

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    • I like that Morgan competes in glasses though. I’d never be able to do it looks so cute and different. They’re probably less of an injury hazard than they first appear. Glasses lenses usually pop out rather than break and she has them so securely on her head, I think she’s safe from the frames. It would take an very unusual type of fall for her to get hurt from them.

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  11. jfc another injury. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more to come. At least Crisan, a Romanian made it to a final this year. Catalina who? lmao

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    • I think it’s a combination of technology and the fact that the average age of finalists has been going up. We see this kind of camaraderie all the time with the men, but it’s a recent trend with the women. I like it. At the end of the day they know better than anyone what a tough sport this is.

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  15. who can the athletes have on the comp floor with them? personal coach + x # of federation representatives? I forget exactly, but I know RUS always seems to have either Masha or Aliya or someone with their competing athletes, and CHN also usually has a team member assisting….

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  17. This gotta be one of the weirdest most unpredictable, injury taking down the top competitions in recent years. it’s free for all!!!!

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  19. Really didn’t like the attitude of Nina’s coach after she fell off beam. She basically told her “I told you so in warm up… There is no explanation for this”, talking to her as if she was a disgusting piece of trash, while Nina stayed there and said nothing. Broke my heart twice as much as the fall.

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    • Belgium welcomed two coaches that were accused of psychological abuse in their home countries ( France and Netherlands). There is even a book writem by some dutch gymnasts about this guy… terrible! Heart breaking. In Belgium they think is good to be ” thid tough”. Not all gyms are like this, there are nice ones. But it is fact their cooperation accept certain types of coaches behaviour like this. Not surprised!

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      • I was just watching the livestream at first, not reading anything really and just saw her vault and was like “oh, that was a beautiful piked vault”. I didn’t even know it was supposed to be a layout until I just read this comment. Hahahaha.

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      • LOL yep. It looks just like Mustafinas front full vault -tho from- a different entry- from vault world finals in 2010 THAT WASNT credited for a layout… crazy.

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    • It’s not, but it’s not any less laid out than Paseka’s Cheng and at least her form is decent. Not saying that makes it okay for Ellie to pike it but I’ll watch her pretty pike full over Paseka’s demented pike Cheng any day.

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  22. Ellie Blacks bar dismount is an utter joke. You cop can tell me all day its highly rated, etc etc. I dont care. its a 1996 compulsory cousin dismount joke!

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  25. murakami. We were rooting for you! WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU! but you never know, maybe everybody else might fall with her so not all hope lost

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  31. How did Ellie score higher than Morgan she touched the damn beam leg up in air, catching, grabbing with her baseball mitt hands> Higher d score?

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    • even Lauren wrote : Ellie got a 7 E for a routine with 300 wobbles/mistakes and hands down and a near fall when people are getting 6-range scores for better? I’m on Team Ellie but okay balance beam judges.

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      • Morgan’s routine is actually worse than I remembered upon reviewing. Wobble on her tuck full, large wobble on layout series, large wobble on front aerial, wobble on her front somi, balance check on her full turn, tiny balance check on her ring jump and a step back on dismount.
        Ellie had a small check on a leap, wobble on an overturned full turn, foot adjustment on front, hands down on the front somi and small hop on dismount.
        This doesn’t take into account other deductions, but wobble-wise, Morgan had a lot more than Ellie.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZksIwoo5lag (Morgan at 1:26: 38, Ellie at 1:42:35)

        I never realized what a weird word ‘wobble’ is if you say it over and over. Wobble, wobble, wobble…

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  34. If Ellie wins this competition, it’s a joke. I hope the other top 4 kill it on floor. I know she has nothing to do with her scores, but that beam score is a complete laugh. She grabbed the freaking beam and then had a major wobble. Nope.

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  39. Betcha anything Ellie is gonna win!!!! Piked vault called a layout, ridic bar dismount, crazy over score compared to others on beam… WATCH ELLIE BLACK AA CHAMPION … wack. lol

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  47. Regardless of beam scoring, the fact that Hurd outscored Black on floor with that routine is laughable.
    Also GOD DAMMIT MAI THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS!

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    • Oh really? Laughable is Blacks vault called a layout. Laughable is Blacks bar dismount from 96 compulsory. Laughable is Blacks beam score… crack is wack. Laughable is Blacks 3 only tumbling, finishing with a double twist ( okay Ncaa) and her struggly leaps. Dont get me started, dont even get me started SNL.

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      • Like I said, looking at floor alone I don’t see how Hurd outscored Black by that margin. Morgan’s floor was riddled with landing and chest position deductions, Black wasn’t a whole lot better but she was cleaner overall. Plus she can actually peform

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        • Morgan’s floor is usually riddled with low chest but NOT TODAY. Her double double was sky high. Her full in was much better too and her double pike was almost flawless. She took landing deductions but those were literally her only deductions.

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        • And Morgan can perform. Like please! Just because her routine isn’t sassy doesn’t mean it isn’t great. Her choreography is INCREDIBLE

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        • The vast majority of comments I’ve heard/read about Morgan have been very positive when it comes to her floor performance/dance/expression. Like that’s one of the main things she is known for, even by people who don’t love her overall.

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        • I feel like all the trashing about black/Hurd performances at this point is really childish and vain. At the end of the day, I think that international judges are the most qualified to determine the winner. To the amateur eye, it is really easy to assume that one gymnast did better than the other, while you might not see all the subtilities of the D scores. I was there and I think both girl were fabulous and equally deserved to win. As a canadian, I was very very proud of Black and of how she hold herself together after that scary mistake on beam and of how she basically had the performance of her life on all three other events. Hurd was fabulous too, very clean bar set,great vault, a couple of mistake on floor but with an otherwise very difficult routine. I was really happy for her, she’s amazing!

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        • So many amateurs with zero training who think they know what they’re talking about when they’ve never judged a meet in their life. It’s so ridiculous and annoying.

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      • Morgan’s floor looks like it was choreographed by someone who loves to watch dance but doesn’t actually know anything about dance. It’s a bit like my toddler niece pretending to be a ballerina. Morgan moves gracefully but the actual movements don’t create any pleasing lines or interesting shapes. A bit similar to watching Skinner, I wanted to scream LINES! Have some! Morgan has a natural musicality, which Skinner doesn’t, but there’s no technique or elegance in the dance she’s doing. Visually this routine rubs me the wrong way. It’s not the worst, just looks very amateur. I feel bad I can’t see what everyone else is seeing but I just can’t.

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        • Or maybe not. Watching a replay from a different camera angle and distance, her routine looked quite pretty to me for the first time ever. I hated it at nationals, didn’t like it in prelims or while watching yesterday’s feed, but I found a lot to appreciate in it a minute ago. Now I don’t know what to think. Maybe it comes off better from a wide view. Up close her positions look so hunched and choppy but from farther back (where an audience would be watching), it’s very nice. I still want to wrench her shoulders back to give her upper body the proper carriage, but it’s a much better routine than I realized.

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    • Morgan had 0.4 higher difficulty on Elsabeth so it’s not that surprising. Plus Elsabeth’s leaps left much to be desired. Morgan’s landings weren’t all there but those were literally her only deductions, nothing else. It’s easy not to see errors of your favourite gymnast. At the end of the day Morgan should have won and she did.

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      • For the record, Murakami is my favorite (that turn though… *cries*). I just don’t see any performance quality in Morgan’s floor, whereas Black was giving it everything. Since Murakami fell is was Morgan’s to lose, and I get that floor sort of “made up” for beam. I just take issue with the individual floor score, if that makes sense

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        • If Mai had just not fallen out of that turn on floor – she would have medaled at the very least! Such a bummer! 😦

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        • You don’t see any performance quality but I see amazing choreography that is well executed. Dance doesn’t have to be sassy/jazzy/hiphoppy. Morgan’s routine is arguably one of the best out there at least for the Americans. There’s a lot to criticize in her floor work but the routine just isn’t one of them

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    • Black’s D-score is a 5.0. She starts at a disadvantage. Morgan definitely had bad landings but she doesn’t get e-score deductions for leaps, whereas Black does. Do I think Morgan’s floor score was too high? Yeah. But do I think Black’s should have beaten hers? I don’t know, maybe she should up her difficulty. If you’re doing the bare minimum in difficulty, you better do it perfectly. We’ll never see the receipts though, so we’ll never know the real breakdown from the judges unfortunately.

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        • She usually does a triple, but I’m guessing she wanted to play it safe when she had a real chance of winning /medalling

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        • I think her coach clarified that, after he saw the standings post-beam, he had her water down some things so that she would definitely hit the routine. Seems smart from a strategy POV but was a little strange to see a double in a world AA final. Although, bronze went to a gymnast with only 3 tumbling passes so… this was a different sort of world competition.

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        • I read comments from the Russian coach that ppl kept getting injured on the vault – meaning it might be suspect like the floor – , no water during training, no fruit available for the gymnasts like in most meets, and podium training was strictly limited to 3-5 minutes total. That is pretty unsafe overall. Combine that with that crazy smoke intro’ing the gymnasts and weird lighting, it was a setup for a bad worlds. I think everyone was a little nervous, but seriously do not understand the overscoring of Ellie Black! It was so obvious! Honestly cannot understand why an elite gymnast in the AA finals of a world gymnastics champ is throwing 3 tumbling passes, ending w a DTY that she could do as a 10 year old, with sloppy “dance”, and get that score. It’s what sours ppl on gymnastics. At Morgan has beautiful form and difficulty worthy of a world champ

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      • That prize was cringy. Where does that come from? Who decides? On which criteria? Looks like a beauty pageant kind of thing and that’s not a compliment. The only good thing is the money, that’s what makes me happy for them.

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        • Some years I get it, but other times (like Moors) it really does seem more like a beauty contest. Like I bet they’ve never given it to a woman with a more muscular body type and short hair. It’s almost always the long, lean, pretty ones (I know Shawn won it once, and she does have that athletic body type, but that’s more of the exception than the rule).

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        • Zamolodchikova and Carly Patterson also won it in the past. I don’t see any real pattern in who its awarded to in either body type, performance style or country. It’s gone to gymnasts from Mexico, Romania, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, as well as the USA, Russia and China. I’m surprised we’re not happy about this one. Everyone’s been raving about Brooklyn Moors’ gorgeous floor all week. If it’s a beauty pageant, it’s for the beauty of the routines, not the physical gymnast and Moors’ floor is beautiful. I’m glad to see her recognized.

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    • I agree with you. Aiko was a beacon of beautiful, consistent gymnastics in a splat infested AA. She was the silent contender just doing her thing. Looking forward to big things from her!

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