After speaking with one of the judges, Ray Heiderich, I went back to review the finals on YouTube.
The quality of the video is surprisingly good.
FIG still has the regulations wrong on the most spectacular men’s event. Everyone wants multiple release skills in series (like Nemov and Paul Hamm). But what we got at Worlds was mostly complex pirouettes — difficult to evaluate. And not exciting for the general public.
I was impressed with Vlasios Maras from Greece. His Pegan (double front over the bar with 1/2 twist) was the best I’ve ever seen. (And Pegan himself was in the final.) Click PLAY or watch the video on YouTube.
Compare his routine with:
video – Aljaz Pegan, Slovakia
video – Philippe Rizzo, Australia (gold medal – superb Tak 1/2, immediate Def)
The clips narrated by Tim Daggett and Blaine Wilson come from the fantastic WCSN.com World’s coverage, only $4.95 for everything.
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