crisis Romania?

Romania seemed to be peaking for London. Yet ended up 4th in prelims.

Bea Gheorghisor :

… things that saddened me the most about Romania’s performance. I was surprised to see that there were only three events that shifted the way in which I perceived the general outcome of the qualifications, and those were in chronological order:

1 – Catalina Ponor’s floor mishap (on her third pass she replaced the triple twist with a tuck full);

2 – Larisa Iordache’s fall on floor (she fell on her third pass as well, the triple twist after fantastic landings on the double-double and the full in);

3 – The fact that both Iordache and Ponor underperformed on beam: 14.80 (6.4) and 15.066(6.4) respectively for two pretty wobbly routines.

… Never underestimate Sandra Izbasa (anywhere)

… Diana Bulimar should have been included in the floor line-up

… Never rule out Catalina Ponor (Beam)

… Bellu and Bitang were right to doubt that Larisa will be able to compete on all events in qualifications …

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That’s a must read. Bea is my favourite commentator on Team Romania.

Grace Chiu’s photo was linked by Larisa Iordache – fan site (Romanian)

Romania was OVER-SCORED on those two missed Floor routines. Judging is simply awful in 2012. 😦

Iordache could easily win the AA, I’m thinking. If her heel holds up.

Romania and USA are the best conditioned for the long competition that is the Olympics. China and Russia more likely to fade.