Almost everyone is predicting He Kexin will win bars at the Olympics.
At Tianjing 2008 Chinese Gymnastics National Championships Event Finals her teammate Yang Yilin matched her start value, but did not score nearly as high: 16.725 (7.7 A)
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Compare that routine with He Kexin in Finals 17.325 (7.7 A) – with 3 obvious deductions – video. Seems too high.
Are the Chinese judges are already “pushing” for specific girls on each apparatus? There’s no need to over score He Kexin on bars. That kind of strategy could easily backfire.
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