World Championships Review – the BAD

We’ve already linked to Perfect 10’s World Championships Review Part 1 – the GOOD.

Now …

THE BAD

US Women’s leotards

Cheng Fei’s new Floor music

Vanessa Ferrari’s Comaneci salto on bars

Vanessa Ferrari… injured, tired?

Ksenia Semenova’s win on bars over Nastia Liukin

Ekaterina Kramarenko’s disaster on vault in team final

Li Shanshan’s fall on her full turn in the beam final

Australian Women’s team performance

Read the details on perfect 10 » World Championships Review, Part 2.

Good list. Happily short.

Overall, Worlds was a surprisingly good competition considering the demands of the new code. I expect the number of falls will decrease as the girls stabilize their routines for the Olympics.

World Champion 2006 Ferrari

I still feel Ferrari is the gymnast to beat for Beijing. Needless to say, the American and Chinese girls will have her in their sights.