… oh, that’s why China is so weak on Horizontal Bar.
The strategy is to WIN Pommel and P Bars, where they can build a bigger gap between themselves and the rest of the world.
… They are looking vincible. Lu Bo had a fall. … Chen Yibing some pretty big form breaks.
Teng Haibin is a POMMEL GOD, yet had to save a near fall.
Zhang Chenglong HITS a ‘perfect’ pommel routine. 14.336 … But only a 5.4 difficulty score. The judges were far too severe in Execution deductions.
NO CHINESE IN POMMEL FINALS !!! …
That must be a first EVER.
None in Floor finals either, but that’s no first. It often a surprisingly weak apparatus for them.
Note: One Chinese gymnast took a 0.5 overtime deduction on Floor. … That’s a surprising mistake for a defending Olympic champion team.
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