10 thoughts on “The Best Women’s Scores in 2019”

1. Vladislava Urazova as the number 1 RU and highest non US score is amazing as just a jr…

   Iwith her, melnikova and mustafina, they have a good chance of getting the silver team again

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2. Thanks a lot for the review. Nonetheless, the ranking would be more reliable only based on the results of international competitions. For example, Riley McCusker had nearly 3 points less at Panams than at US classics, and the best international score for McCallum is 55.9 instead of 57.7 … The domestic score of Sky Blakely is comic (more than 3 points compared to international scores). At National competitions, scores are so inflated (even D. scores, think of Eaker’s beam) that it’s pointless to take them in account. Ironically, the only gymnasts that are better scored internationally than at home are Melnikova and Andrade…

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   • Yes, I agree. The fact that the top 12 American women (except for Wong at American Cup) had their highest scores at US domestic meets, means those scores are overly inflated, and to me shouldn’t count against the others (who also probably have inflated scores). Only considering international meets is a great idea. But definitely not a complaint to those who put this together. Well done!

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     • I’m pretty sure there was an article posted on this website that proved that domestic overscoring was negligible, at least in the USA. That was a few years ago, though- it would be interesting to compare it to now.

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       • This year it was evidently too inflated

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       • Yeah, it’s still negligible…there are a few instances where a home score is vastly higher than an international score, but a lot of the time it’s because internationally, the gymnast had errors that she didn’t have at home. Someone brought up Riley as an example, but they were incorrect about her international results…she got a 57.9 at home and a 57.05 internationally WITH a bad vault (at Pan Ams QFs). Every country is grossly overscored at home to the point where internationally, the “rankings” are still more or less the same (for those who get international experience), so the U.S. overscoring doesn’t matter and doesn’t affect “rankings” like these when Russia, China, Romania, and others are also scoring higher at home than they are abroad. It becomes moot, which is why the bulk of these rankings mirror the same rankings we see in major international finals.

         The fact is that Simone, Sunisa, and Riley are the top three domestic AND international in 2019. People get all up in arms about domestic scoring, though really only for the U.S., which is laughable, because Vladislava Urazova’s top domestic AA is more than 2.5 points higher than her top international score, and yet she is getting praise in these comments for her 57+ and the Americans are getting hate from the same people praising Vlada. Meanwhile, Simone’s top domestic score is 0.234 higher than her top international, Sunisa’s is 1.03 higher (and that’s because she had a fall on beam in her top international performance – worlds QFs – compared to a fully hit day at home…without that fall at worlds, she would’ve scored pretty much exactly the same as she did at the worlds selection camp), and Riley’s is 0.85 higher.

         The U.S. overscoring basically remains insignificant when comparing hit performances at home vs. hit performances internationally. Obviously if you compare someone’s fully hit domestic performance to a disastrous international one, the results are going to be wildly different (e.g. as a previous comment tried to do with Riley’s pretty brilliant U.S. Classic performance compared to her Pan Ams AA final performance where she had a fall on top of numerous other mistakes), but when comparing hit-to-hit, there’s very little difference for the Americans in terms of how they score.

         Also, just a note about Kara’s beam…I think every gym fan said all throughout 2018 that her rings were going to be downgraded at worlds. But then they weren’t! She was awarded almost her fully-intended start value in Doha last year and got a 14.466 as her top score. She then was also credited with her rings at International Gymnix and Pan Ams, where she received her international high of a 15.266 on this event. International judges credited her rings for a full year, giving her no incentive to change her routine construction, so that’s not so much a “home scoring” issue but rather a D panel issue, which is a totally different thing entirely.

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   • We also post just the international results! I only had so much in me for one weekend.

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3. Cracking result for Urazova
   Can’t wait to see her.

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4. I hope they take good care of Urazova.
   Like considering her health and pacing etc. I want her to do well and not be burned out quickly into her senior career.

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   • Same. I just remember how excited I was for Melnikova in 2016 and then she went from like this fabulous junior to so overworked and unable to perform. KEEP VLADA SAFEEEE.

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