1. United States 172.296
2. Italy 166.861
3. China 166.628
4. Japan 162.196
5. Great Britain 160.830
6. Romania 159.497
7. Netherlands 159.096 

10:17 am. Hillary Heron PAN FX: Biles, small step forward. So much power! Double layout, little bounce. Double wolf turn, tiny bobble. 1.5 to front full. Finishes with a Double pike, high set, small bounce back. Excellent! Breaks down in tears at the end, amazing. What a superstar. 13.033

Levi Jung-Ruivivar PHI UB: 13.200

10:13 am. Sanne Wevers NED BB: Back handspring mount to wolf jump full, great. Double L turn, little bobble. Side aerial to back handspring, nice. Front aerial, littlest bobble. Full L turn to inverse full turn. Clean double spin to split leap. Think she wanted to connect all four of those? Gainer full, tiny step. 13.766

Aleah Finnegan PHI UB: 12.566

An Chang Ok PRK FX: 11.666

10:00 am. Lieke Wevers NED BB: Back handspring mount. Side aerial to back handspring. L turn 1.5. Double spin. Side somi. Front aerial. Split jump to wolf jump. Gainer full with a hop. 13.366

9:59 am. Nakamura Haruka JPN VT: Yurchenko full, nice form, big hop back. 13.066

Emma Malabuyo PHI UB: 12.500

Naomi Visser NED BB: 13.300

Filipa Martins POR FX: 12.633

9:57 am. Okamura Mana JPN VT: Tsuk full, pikes it down a bit, hop forward. 13.033

9:55 am. Ushioku Kohane JPN VT: Yurchenko double full, a bit messier than the one we just saw but nothing too bad, hop back. More power than the Kishi’s so she makes up a bit there. 13.866

9:54 am. Kishi Rina JPN VT: Excellent Yurchenko double full! I’d call it a stick. She did take a tiny step after into the salute but she showed that she hit it first and THEN took a step. Amazing. 14.033

Georgia-Rose Brown NZL UB: 13.666

Tisha Volleman NED BB: 12.500

9:52 am. Luisa Blanco COL FX: Triple wolf turn to start. Double tuck with a bounce back. Switch full. Front double full, a little wild on the landing but not too bad. Switch leap to tour jeté half I believe. Dobule pike with a big bounce back. Awwww, she’s crying! Out of happiness. 12.633

9:46 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. Japan 121.231
7. Netherlands 118.664

9:43 am. Ushioku Kohane JPN FX: 1.5 through to double pike, a bit deep with her chest down but pulls it back, hop. Popa. Front double full to front full, great landing! Switch leap to tour jeté full, a little rushed in her leaps. Scrappy I’d say. But gets them around. 2.5 to front pike hop forward and her toes go OOB. 12.566

9:42 am. Sanna Veerman NED UB: Hop change to straddle Jaeger, Downie to Pak, very nice. WOW, Seitz to Bhardwaj!!! I lost my mind. I was like, van Leeuwen…half? WAIT. SEITZ!!!!!! Not expecting that. Van Leeuwen with minor leg form. Toe full, some ankle separation, to full-in, great landing. What a QUEEEEN! 14.400

Filipa Martins POR BB: Back handspring mount, nice. Side aerial to back handspring also strong. Switch leap to switch half. Full Y turn. Think she had a wolf jump to sissone after that. Front aerial. Tour jeté 1/4 I believe? Double full with a slight step. 12.600

9:40 am. Kishi Rina JPN FX: Full-in with a great landing. Front full to rudi, really nice. Double tuck with a small bounce. Switch ring to split ring leap half into the corner before the double pike, chest down and a step forward. Love that she simply dies at the end. 13.600

Lieke Wevers NED UB: 12.566

9:39 am. Aleah Finnegan PHI VT: Yurchenko 1.5, really strong, and an excellent landing! 13.733

9:36 am. Luisa Blanco COL BB: Double wolf turn. Bhs loso loso, nice lift on those. Small check at the end. Front aerial, little check. Switch leap to split half. Switch ring, big wobble and chest down but fights through. Side aerial, wobbles back. 1.5 dismount landed on her toes, steps into the salute which is the third time I’ve said that in about as many minutes. 12.766

Georgia-Rose Brown NZL VT: 13.233

Emma Malabuyo PHI VT: 13.266

Okamura Mana JPN FX: 13.200

9:35 am. Naomi Visser NED UB: Stalder Tkachev to mixed grip to Ezhova, really crooked but figures things out. Stalder full to Chow to Pak, nice. Good van Leeuwen. Nice toe full to full-in, good landing! Steps into the salute. 14.266

9:34 am. Levi Jung-Ruivivar PHI VT: Yurchenko 1.5, really nice, and she basically stuck it! Just takes a small step back into the salute. 13.600

Tisha Volleman NED UB: 12.766

Hillary Heron PAN BB: 12.166

9:32 am. Nakamura Haruka JPN FX: Front double full to front tuck, lands with a foot OOB. Double pike, bounce back. Switch to tour jeté half. 1.5 to front full was nice. Memmel turn, not the most controlled but not bad either. 2.5 to front pike. 13.266

9:30 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. Japan 81.165
7. Netherlands 77.232

9:27 am. Levi Jung-Ruivivar PHI FX: Whip to double tuck, small hop back. 1.5 to front full, some minor leg form and a step forward OOB. Memmel turn, sweet. Switch leap to switch half. Double pike with a tiny bounce back. 12.433

9:25 am. Ushioku Kohane JPN BB: Layout stepout mount with a slight break at the hips. Bhs loso is solid. Side aerial, chest forward. Side somi. Got the wolf turn around nicely. Switch to split jump. 2.5 with a hop. 12.866

Sanna Veerman NED VT: 13.600

Georgia-Rose Brown NZL FX: 12.233

9:23 am. Filipa Martins POR UB: Toe full, arches over slightly, to Maloney to Pak, very clean. Great handstand before the van Leeuwen, clear hip to blind change to piked Jaeger, nice and floaty, double layout with a small step back. 13.800

9:22 am. Luisa Blanco COL UB: Toe full to Maloney to Pak, van Leeuwen is really nice, form in general is great, full-in stuck with a little hip check. Fantastic! 12.833

Tisha Volleman NED VT: 13.133

Nakamura Haruka JPN BB: 13.600

9:20 am. Kishi Rina JPN BB: Double wolf turn. Side aerial. Pretty solid on both. Bhs loso is also great. Switch ring. Side somi with some bobbles. Front aerial to jumps, a bit of a wobble coming out of them. Split ring leap, form could be a bit better. Great double pike! 13.500

Lieke Wevers NED VT: 13.300

Hillary Heron PAN UB: 11.766

9:18 am. Emma Malabuyo PHI FX: Double layout, not to her knees but gets close though she is able to hold them up. 1.5 to front full to stag was really nice. Switch ring to tour jeté full, a little rushed there. Switch half. Small hop back on the double pike. 13.100

9:15 am. Okamura Mana JPN BB: Layout stepout mount with a bobble. Switch leap, very nice extension. Side aerial loso, chest kinda far down but she pulls it back and holds on. Front aerial to split jump to straddle jump. Wolf turn 1.5, side somi, maybe a little squatty when she lands it, but whatever. Switch ring with a great landing. 2.5, punches forward a bit.

Naomi Visser NED VT: 13.233

An Chang Ok PRK UB: 13.433

9:13 am. Aleah Finnegan PHI FX: Arabian double front was GOOOORGEOUS. The height! To stag jump. Fantastic. 2.5 to front tuck, another great landing, just steps back. Switch ring to tour jeté full. Split jump full. L turn with maybe a slightly low leg. Front double full with minor leg form and a step forward. She is so fantastic. 12.733

9:10 am. Rotation 1 Standings

1. United States 42.366
2. Great Britain 41.966
3. Italy 40.833
4. Romania 40.799
5. Japan 40.432
6. China 40.099
7. Netherlands 37.099

9:08 am. Georgia-Rose Brown NZL BB: 12.333

Sanna Veerman NED FX: DNS

9:06 am. Nakamura Haruka JPN UB: Full-twisting layout Gienger, aka the Def, amazing. Inbar full to the piked Deltchev, aka the Nakamura, named for her. Fabulous. Inbar half to piked Jaeger. Handstand was great before the Pak, toe shoot, toe full was slightly late, to full-in, small hop. 13.600

9:05 am. Luisa Blanco COL VT: Yurchenko 1.5, really strong! Small hop to bring her feet together basically.

9:04 am. Hillary Heron PAN VT: Didn’t get to see this, but she got a 13.800 for her first vault and a 13.500 for the second to average a 13.650!

Okamura Mana JPN UB: 13.266

Naomi Visser NED FX: 12.233

9:02 am. Emma Malabuyo PHI BB: Long wait for her. Double wolf turn. Standing arabian, stumbles back and grabs the beam. Bhs loso is pretty good! Front aerial. Split jump to straddle jump. Split ring jump. Side aerial. Switch leap. All good after that beam grab. Dismounts with a 1.5, hop forward. 12.233

8:59 am. An Chang Ok PRK VT: Yurchenko double full, excellent landing! Chest forward. Mostly strong in the air. 14.066

Second vault is the Cheng, lots of form in her hips and knees but again the landing was strong. 14.300

14.183 average.

Kishi Rina JPN UB: Toe-on to Maloney to Pak, clean van Leeuwen, stalder to blind change to big straddle Jaeger, toe full, full-in nearly stuck on her toes. 13.566

Lieke Wevers NED FX: 12.300

8:56 am. Aleah Finnegan PHI BB: Standing arabian, really low landing, and she’s too far to one side, falls. Bhs loso loso, mostly solid, small check at the end. Switch leap to split leap, maybe the back leg could be higher? Switch ring. Front aerial with a break t the hips. Split jump to straddle jump. Side aerial to back handspring to 1.5 dismount. Great finish! 11.466

8:55 am. Filipa Martins POR VT: Yurchenko double full! 14.133

Ushioku Kohane JPN UB: 12.833

Levi Jung-Ruivivar PHI BB: 11.866

8:53 am. Tisha Volleman NED FX: Quad turn to an almost triple turn, kind of weird in how she gets it around? Double tuck with a hop back. 1.5 to front full with a step. I’m just so happy she’s at the Olympics. Memmel to illusion. Double L turn to full turn. Fun little hitch kick into the switch half. Triple spin. 12.566

8:52 am. Something weird was happening with the replay they uploaded, they were playing random routines from the prior subdivision? I loathe Peacock.

8:50 am. My third subdivision where I’m tuning in hours later and “live” blogging because I missed the first round during my long Covid sleep. 🙂 

Article by Lauren Hopkins