Category: bars

Mai Murakami – Bars

The worlds silver medalist AA is legit top 3 contender on 3 apparatus. But she needs to improve Bars before Tokyo. Though HIT … these releases lack amplitude and are all caught a little close.

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I joked she should go train with Laurent for a while. 😀

Italy at Worlds 2019

Should be one of the favourites.

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Worlds apparatus finalists are set

Unofficial
Vault
1. Simone Biles USA 15.666
2. Shallon Olsen CAN 14.550
3. Yeo Seo-jeong KOR 14.483
4. Alexa Moreno MEX 14.466
5. Oksana Chusovitina UZB 14.200
6. Pyon Rye Yong PRK 14.133
7. Ellie Black CAN 14.124
8. Liu Jinru CHN 14.116

Reserves: Akhaimova, McCallum, Melnikova

Bars
1. Nina Derwael BEL 15.066
2. Simone Biles USA 14.866
3. Elisabeth Seitz GER 14.566
4. Luo Huan CHN 14.466
5. Morgan Hurd USA 14.466
6. Aliya Mustafina RUS 14.433
7. Jonna Adlerteg SWE 14.433
8. Becky Downie GBR 14.400

Reserves: Liu, Andrade, Melnikova

Beam
1. Simone Biles USA 14.800
2. Kara Eaker USA 14.466
3. Zhang Jin CHN 14.100
4. Sanne Wevers NED 14.033
5. Ana Padurariu CAN 13.966
6. Nina Derwael BEL 13.766
7. Ellie Black CAN 13.733
8. Liu Tingting CHN 13.733

Reserves: Boyer, Ting, Murakami

Floor
1. Simone Biles USA 15.333
2. Mai Murakami JPN 14.100
3. Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.033
4. Morgan Hurd USA 13.933
5. Flavia Saraiva BRA 13.900
6. Melanie DJDS FRA 13.900
7. Lilia Akhaimova RUS 13.600
8. Brooklyn Moors CAN 13.500

Reserves: Volleman, Golgota, Mori

Nina Derwal 55.564

Though Belgium was in the very first flight at Worlds, Nina crushed it.

She’s the favourite on Bars. And will easily qualify to the final with 15.066.

Juliette Bossu – Bars

France is one of the teams in the running for top 8.

Bars one of their best apparatus.

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chalking Bars at Worlds

Heart this on Instagram.

Between competitors China used towels on the mats to catch chalk.

Finished now, I thought the team looked better than expected. Calm. Ready. Beautiful form. The weak apparatus is Floor. Vault looks great.

Simone’s podium Bars

So improved!

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USA will put Simone up last on this apparatus. Rock solid Morgan Hurd will lead off on Bars, Beam and Floor. It’s critical that your first competitor hit. They obviously trust Morgan.

I’d put her up first on those 3 apparatus in the team final as well.

Nina – favourite Bar routine all-time?

I loved Nastia’s 10 skill routines for variety. But I might rank Nina’s 8 skill routine as even better.

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The third routine that jumps to mind is Beth Tweddle’s 2010 World Championships set.

Nina Derwael is European champion 2017, 2018. And 2017 Worlds Bronze medalist.