Uncle Tim:
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Max Whitlock went for his harder pommel horse routine today (7.2 vs. 6.6), hoping to give himself more leverage against the leaders. The plan worked. He scored a 15.633, which was 0.225 better than his score in prelims.
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Sam Mikulak schooled the boys on how to stick on floor. 15.366.
… Sergio Sasaki and his teammate Arthur Oyakawa threw the hardest floor routines in the all-around finals. Sergio opened with a front double pike to barani, which he followed up with a back 1.5 to punch double front.
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After watching Kohei hold an inverted hang for so long, I started paying attention to inverted hangs. Sergio Sasaki did 4 of them.
This, in my opinion, should receive a deduction for poor composition. According to the Code, “Contemporary gymnastic exercises are characterized by transitions between elements of swing and strength or the reverse.” An inverted hang isn’t an element of strength or swing. 14.600
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Based on the screenshot alone, what would you give this vault in execution?
A 9.333 in execution? Yeah, no, but that’s what Kohei Uchimura got.I like Kohei a lot, but I also have to recognize the fact that Kohei bonus exists. At times, the Code of Points is more a suggestion rather than a rule.
… Final Results: 1. Kohei Uchimura, 91.990 2. Ryohei Kato, 90.032 3. Fabian Hambuechen, 89.332 4. Max Whitlock, 89.031 5. Sergio Sasaki, 88.959 6. Sam Mikulak 88.548 7. Daniel Purvis, 88.106 8. Andrey Likhovitskiy, 87.423 9. Lin Chaopan, 86.864 10. Zhou Shixiong, 86.631
There’s much, much more on – 2013 World Championships All-Around Recapped
I like how Uchimura lands. Chest low.
Good technique on landing SHOULD mean bringing all the massive impact forces to zero. He’s one of the best that ever lived at doing that. We should study the best of the best at landing, and start requiring that technique.
They land like cats.
Two of the worst landers in history: Sacramone and Legendre.
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