Scores were lower than I would have hoped in the Men’s Floor Exercise Final. And I was disappointed that superbly artistic Brandon O’Neill from Canada did not qualify for the Final.
But congratulations to Diego Hypolito who seems always to qualify and often surprises me with a strong performance when it counts.
… Diego Hypolito regained his title on floor. The Brazilian was the world champion in 2005, then finished second to Romania’s Marian Dragulescu last year. But Dragulescu and Olympic floor champ Kyle Shewfelt both missed worlds with injuries.
“I’m very sad the other people are sick, and I hope they get better for the competition next year,” Hypolito said.
But nothing could take away from Hypolito’s happiness on this day. Not only was he the world champion, he won on big sister Daniele’s 23rd birthday. Daniele, a member of Brazil’s women’s team, rushed down from the stands to congratulate her brother.
“I gave her my flowers,” Hypolito said. “I will buy her something, but I couldn’t go out from the hotel.” …
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