Subdivision 3
NED – PUR – CRO – MGL – PRK – CHN
The arena was not full, surprisingly. The crowd was LOUD, however.
China’s Team score of 362.698 should put them ahead of Japan. And everyone.
Deng Shudi leads the AA with 90.630.
The bigger story was North Korea. Starting on P Bars the rotation was a disaster. H Bar got worse. One injury. On Floor only 3 gymnasts competed effectively eliminating them from the Team competition as 4 scores / apparatus count. That means, I assume, that North Korea cannot qualify to the Rio Olympics.
Ri Se-gwang couldn’t finish his Floor routine. I’d heard he was injured coming into this competition from Asian Games. 😦
Though he could barely walk, Ri Se-gwang somehow landed a pike Dragalescu and his eponymous Vault. He’ll make the Final. With a week recovery, he could yet challenge for the Vault title.
Epke nailed his easy (7.2) Horizontal Bar routine. As usual.
Both Croatians should qualify to the Pommel Final. Seligman CRO hits for 15.466. Ude CRO for 15.533.
USAG streamed the Chinese session for the USA only. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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