Welcome to the live blog for the second subdivision in the women’s qualifications at the 2024 Olympic Games, held in Paris, France.
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7:12 am. Team Standings
1. United States 172.296
2. Italy 166.861
3. China 166.628
4. Great Britain 160.830
5. Romania 159.497
7:08 am. Angela Andreoli ITA BB: Punch front mount, great! Front handspring front tuck, leg comes up on the wobble but good save. Korbut. Gets through the wolf turn without issue. Switch leap to split jump half, a little low, small check. Front aerial. Dismounts with a full-in, chest down and a step, but this was fantastic! 13.366
7:06 am. Sarah Voss GER VT: 14.000
Alice D’Amato ITA BB: 13.866
Ou Yushan CHN FX: 13.666
7:05 am. Sunisa Lee USA UB: Nabieva to Bhardwaj, good! Van Leeuwen, blind change to straddle Jaeger to Pak to Maloney to Gienger, very nice! Blind full, and dismounts with a full-in, small hop forward. Fantastic! 14.866
7:04 am. Helen Kevric GER VT: 14.066
Elisa Iorio ITA BB: 12.966
Qiu Qiyuan CHN FX: 13.166
7:03 am. Weiler half to Maloney, leg separation, to blind full to huge piked Tkachev to Pak, minor leg form. Arched over on the handstand before the van Leeuwen, minor leg form again. Toe full, a little rushed, to double double dismount, little bounce in place. 14.433
7:00 am. Lihie Raz ISR VT: Yurchenko double full, form in the air throughout, comes up quite a bit short, big step to the side off the mat. 13.666
Second vault is a Tsuk full, chest down, big hop back. Mostly good in the air! 13.233
13.449 average.
Hezly Rivera USA UB: 13.900
Jordan Chiles USA UB: 14.266
Manila Esposito ITA BB: 13.966
6:56 am. Zhou Yaqin CHN FX: Quad spin, casual! Double tuck, clean, bounce back. Triple full to punch front. Switch ring to split ring leap. Lovely! 2.5, little wobble on the landing. Split jump full. Great routine! 13.466
Kaylia Nemour ALG VT: Did the Yurchenko double full! 14.000
6:52 am. Rotation 3 Standings
1. United States 128.731
2. Italy 125.663
3. China 125.963
4. Romania 122.498
5. Great Britain 121.698
6:48 am. Helen Kevric GER FX: Whip whip through to triple full, some leg form in the air and a bounce back. Memmel to illusion with pretty nice control. Full-in with a big bounce back OOB. Switch to switch half, lovely. Great 2.5 to finish. 13.066
6:43 am. Simone Biles USA VT: Yurchenko double pike, superb in the air, kind of a leap back on the landing but it was stupendous. 15.800
Second vault is the Cheng, some leg form in the air, goes slightly low and long, not terribly bad in that sense though! A similar large leap back that we saw on her first vault. 14.800
15.300 average.
6:42 am. Elisa Iorio ITA UB: 14.366
Qiu Qiyuan CHN BB: 13.533
Ou Yushan CHN BB: 13.533
Lihie Raz ISR FX: 12.833
Sarah Voss GER FX: 12.866
6:39 am. Jade Carey USA VT: Cheng, some noticeable form in the air, but the landing is great, small bounce, OOB I think. 14.666
Goes for the Yurchenko double full, very minor form, excellent landing. 14.200
14.433 average to move ahead of Jordan Chiles.
6:38 am. Alice D’Amato ITA UB: Toe full to Maloney to Tkachev, lovely work. Downie to Pak, very clean. Van Leeuwen. Blind change to front giant to front full, some body line form, to double front, little bounce on the landing. 14.666
6:37 am. Manila Esposito ITA UB: 14.166
Zhou Yaqin CHN BB: Front handspring front tuck to split jump to wolf jump. Clean full turn. Switch ring. Side somi is lovely, to a tuck jump full, wobbles there. Switch leap, balks the skill out of it, dances before the front aerial to split ring jump to Korbut, gorgeous. Triple full, tiniest bounce. 14.866
Kayla Nemour ALG FX: 13.166
6:35 am. Jordan Chiles USA VT: Yurchenko double full, beautiful in the air, huge amplitude, big hop back. 14.333
Second vault is the Lopez, which was GORGEOUS. Everything about it. Fantastic landing. Not as big as her first vault but still incredible stuff. 14.100
14.216 average.
6:32 am. Sunisa Lee USA VT: 14.133
Giorgia Villa ITA UB: 13.666
Pauline Schäfer GER FX: 12.366
6:30 am. Luo Huan CHN BB: Switch leap mount. Lovely layout series, leg up wobble but not severe. Switch to split ring jump to back handspring. Switch ring with a wobble. Onodi to stag ring jump, gorgeous. Side aerial. Front aerial to split jump to straddle jump, little bobble. Full turn. Double pike, really deep on the landing but overall this was a huge success. 13.733
6:24 am. Rotation 2 Standings
1. United States 83.932
2. Italy 82.465
3. China 83.831
4. Romania 81.532
5. Great Britain 81.365
6:21 am. Ou Yushan CHN UB: 13.966
Lihie Raz ISR BB: 12.300
Helen Kevric GER BB: 12.133
6:18 am. Simone Biles USA FX: Triple double, big step back OOB. Front full through to double double, excellent. Little bounce. Switch, low back leg, to tour jeté full. Double wolf turn. Biles with a big step forward. Switch full. Double layout, chest a little forward but otherwise great in the air. Not her best landings but overall a great routine! 14.600
6:17 am. Zhang Yihan CHN UB: Blind change to front full to layout Jaeger, lovely. Tkachev to Pak, gorgeous. Maloney to Gienger, super glued legs. Blind change with slight arm bend to the front 1.5 right into the full-in dismount, incredible. 14.700
Kaylia Nemour ALG BB: 13.200
6:14 am. Jade Carey USA FX: Full-twisting double layout, great landing. Double layout, hop back OOB. Switch leap through to switch full to Popa. Full-in, ends a bit short with her chest down and a bounce OOB. Tour jeté half. Front tuck through to back tuck, she definitely bailed on that last pass which was smart quick thinking, but still bounced to her back after it and crashed on the edge of the floor mat. So sad. 10.633
6:12 am. Angela Andreoli ITA VT: Yurchenko 1.5, some soft form throughout but just a small hop forward.
Sarah Voss GER BB: 12.233
Jordan Chiles USA FX: 13.866
6:09 am. Qiu Qiyuan CHN UB: Inbar half to the Healy Ling combination to layout Jaeger, incredible. Beautiful handstand before the inbar full, a little check, connects it to the Downie, clean Pak, lovely van Leeuwen, and a flared full-in with a small hop. 15.066!
Alice D’Amato ITA VT: She did the Yurchenko double full but looks like it didn’t go super well? 13.200
6:08 am. Elisa Iorio ITA VT: Yurchenko double full, pikes down quite a bit and has a leap back. 13.766
6:06 am. Pauline Schäfer GER BB: Switch leap mount to switch leap to split ring, the latter connection was a little slow but her leaps are so lovely. Break at the hips on the bhs loso. Switch ring. Goes for a double spin but has a WILD break at the hips, massive wobble but an amazing save. Side somi half, small wobble. Front aerial to split jump to stag ring jump. Side aerial with a break at the hips. Gainer dismount with a hop forward. 13.366
Manila Esposito ITA VT: Yurchenko double full, minor knee form, small hop. 14.133
Luo Huan CHN UB: 13.900
Sunisa Lee USA FX: 13.100
6:00 am. Rotation 1 Standings
1. United States 42.366
2. Great Britain 41.966
3. Italy 40.833
4. Romania 40.799
5. China 40.099
5:57 am. Simone Biles USA BB: Switch mount, switch leap to switch half to back pike, great combo. Triple wolf turn, solid. Front aerial to split jump to straddle jump. Bhs loso loso, flawless. Solid side aerial. Full-in dismount, hop back, absolutely amazing. 14.733
Angela Andreoli ITA FX: 13.500
5:55 am. Lihie Raz ISR UB: 12.833
Elisa Iorio ITA FX: 12.800
5:53 am. Sunisa Lee USA BB: Triple wolf turn got a bit spotty at times. Front aerial, wobble before the split jump to back handspring. Switch to switch half to split ring jump, wobble at the very end but connections were nice. Side aerial loso, good. Switch ring, wobble. Gainer full with a great landing. 14.033
5:52 am. Zhou Yaqin CHN VT: Yurchenko full, really clean, stuck it! Not a ton of power but that was nice. 13.033
5:50 am. Kaylia Nemour ALG UB: Inbar full to inbar layout Tkachev (aka the Nabieva!) to Pak, lovely. Komova II to stalder full, right to handstand, to stalder Tkachev to mixed grip to Ezhova to van Leeuwen, incredible. Short handstand before the toe full, some hip form, connects to the double layout, excellent landing. Just out of this world. 15.600
Qiu Qiyuan CHN VT: 13.233
Hezly Rivera USA BB: 12.633
Alice D’Amato ITA FX: Lovely Memmel turn. Double double, good! Small hop back. Triple full, small hop back. Double wolf turn. Switch leap to tour jeté half. Front double full, hop forward. Switch ring. Lovely work! 13.700
5:48 am. Zhang Yihan CHN VT: Tsuk double full, some knee form in the air, really powerful though! Step forward.
Sarah Voss GER UB: 13.466
Helen Kevric GER UB: Inbar full, a little late, to Chow half, inbar half to piked Jaeger, really big. Downie, Pak, minor form on both. Clean van Leeuwen. Full-out dismount with a small bounce. 14.600
Jordan Chiles USA BB: 13.600
5:46 am. Ou Yushan CHN VT: Yurchenko full, very clean in the air, big hop back. 13.000
5:44 am. Manila Esposito ITA FX: Triple wolf turn, nice. Double layout, excellent landing. Switch full. Memmel to illusion, looked like she didn’t have the correct finish on the latter. Switch ring to tour jeté half. 2.5 to front layout, small hop forward. Double pike, some leg separation, hop back. 13.633
5:40 am. Again pretending it’s the wee hours of the morning back when I was sound asleep having Covid-fueled nightmares so I can “live” blog the second subdivision.
Athletes are marching out! I wonder what will happen?!
Article by Lauren Hopkins
“7:03 am. Weiler half to Maloney, leg separation, to blind full to huge piked Tkachev to Pak, minor leg form. Arched over on the handstand before the van Leeuwen, minor leg form again. Toe full, a little rushed, to double double dismount, little bounce in place. 14.433″
This was Simone Biles, right? (No name listed above.) 🙂 Just checking!
Thanks for the live blogging!!!
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