Mustafina: Don’t Congratulate Us Yet

That’s the title of an excellent post by Amanda Turner on IG –
Mustafina: Don’t Congratulate Us Yet.

Team Russia could easily self-destruct. It’s happened before.

Sudden Victory is what I call the 3-up, 3-count Team Final format. … But it’s just as accurately called Sudden Defeat.

Still … you can bet the mortgage that the top 3 teams tonight will be USA, CHN, RUS. … Whomever HITS best will be atop the podium.

Mustafina’s in the zone right now. Magic. I doubt she’ll miss. … But as many have noted, her form twisting is a mess.

Russia's Aliya Mustafina performs her floor routine during the women's artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam October 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS)

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… Perhaps the Women’s NCAA should adopt a 3-up, 3-count Team Finals format. Eight teams would reach the final. There would be a far greater chance of upsets.

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