Show time.
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End of rotation #1 the top 4 teams all HIT. China looked quite good on Vault. (We cannot compare the team scores as the Vault number is so much higher than any other apparatus.)
… the bad news. Two of the Aussie girls fell on Beam. Laurne Mitchell … sob.
rotation 2 – two of the Chinese make mistakes on Bar warm-up, including He Kexin. They won’t miss in the meet.
Gak. Jiang misses Pak in the competition. China drops to 3rd, at this point. They can’t afford to count a fall.
Double Gak. Gymnast #2 for China, Huang, falls on kip after Pak. I can’t believe this. (Long conference with Nellie Kim and judges reviewing the video. )
As Romania hit bars, they just might move into the top 3. The Romanian Beam is so solid. Confident.
He Kexin HIT and STICK. … I held my breath during the Pak.
USA on Beam. Raisman solid. Aggressive. But nearly fell. Strong Patterson dismount.
Dementeyva FALLS on Yurchenko. Yikes.
Alicia hits front pike on Beam mount. Fantastic. Redemption. … But later nearly falls on front pike. Whew.
Killer Bar routine from Mustafina. STICK. Second highest score after He Kexin. … Unfortunately it’s OVER for
Double Yikes. The ticking time bomb, Nabieva, fell twice on Bars. … Can Russia afford to keep her on the A team? … I swear Rodionenko and Alexandrov are getting greyer by the day.
Awesome. Mattie Larson HITS double layout after falling on it in warm-up. … Blast. Then missed the punch out of the backward layout 2 ½ … AND fell on double pike dismount. Disaster.
All of the top 3 teams have had falls now. Russia 3. China 2. USA 1. … If I haven’t lost count. … Those who HATE the sudden victory format are going to go on a rampage.
I still love it.
Raisman has so much POWER tumbling. It’s scary. HITS. … I don’t see how the USA can lose this thing now.
… I’ll QUIT this terribly erratic LIVE blogging and just watch the Finals …
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