Vladimir Zaglada feels Afan might be ranked with the best Soviet / Russian Floor workers ever. High praise.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (AA Finals)
I don’t think I’d call her the second coming of Omelienchik, however. 🙂
Tumbling is VERY good, but not best in the world.
Choreography subtle and classy, but not out of the ordinary. Leap is clean.
The highlight for me are her turns.
That was linked from a nice wrap-up post by Bea Gheorghisor – Summer Universiade: Women’s All Around Report:
… The competition for the bronze medal was decided between Germany’s Kim Bui and Canada’s Elisabeth Black. Both very interesting but also very different gymnasts: Bui had to rely mostly on her execution scores rather than the difficulty of her routines while Elisabeth had the big tricks and was thus more prone to error. …
… the strategy of execution versus difficulty did win Bui the bronze medal: on floor, she was rewarded with a total of 13.50 while Elisabeth Black fell on her second pass, on a double tuck, and only received a 12.450 for her difficult routine (which includes a 2 1/2 to double full as first pass). …
Gymnastics Canada posted an interview with Ellie on Facebook.
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