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I do like Maddie as the Bar specialist for Rio. This way Simone mostly likely won’t have to compete Bars in team finals.
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Ashton Locklear is almost as good a choice. If Madison is injured or ill before the Games, certainly Ashton will replace her.
Most gymnasts would kill for a routine this strong. 🙂
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The Ferrari, now age 25, will be in Rio for her 3rd Olympics. She seems to have timed her comeback from injury perfectly scoring 58.950 winning her 7th Italian National title. She’s the greatest Italian gymnast all time.
Italy is still using bonus points, I understand. That’s surprising. Most nations eliminate those in the Olympic year.
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Are you allowed to straddle glide your kip on the high Bar? 🙂
I’ve heard she was convinced to go back to her 2006 Floor music. The year she won the World AA Championships.
Very smart routine.
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15.75 with 9.25 E-score. Execution score could certainly have been higher. I’d love judges to have to account for those deductions.
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The All Around just updated their stats for the year.
1 Simone Biles (USA) 62.900
2 Aly Raisman (USA) 60.650
3 Lauren Hernandez (USA) 60.450
Vault
1 Simone Biles (USA) 15.800
2 Maria Paseka (RUS) 15.700
3 Un Jong Hong (PRK) 15.633
Bars
1 Ashton Locklear (USA) 15.850
2 Fan Yilin (CHN) 15.734 w 0.1 bonus
3 Madison Kocian (USA) 15.700
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I don’t believe either Ashton or Madison would beat that routine with the same judges.
Beam
1 Simone Biles (USA) 15.700
2 Sanne Wevers (NED) 15.650
3 Madison Kocian (USA) 15.550
Floor
1 Simone Biles (USA) 16.100 (6.9)
2 Aly Raisman (USA) 15.700
3 Maggie Nichols (USA) 15.200
See the full ranking.
Several have noted that Russian and some American scores are higher than they should expect in Rio.
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1 Angelina Melnikova 57.625
2 Seda Tutkhalyan 57.075
3 Evgeniya Shelgunova 56.050
4 Tatiana Nabieva 54.975
5 Aliya Mustafina 54.900
6 Natalia Kapitonova 54.150
Those numbers aren’t filling me with confidence for Rio.
Nabs can still pull together a Bars routine when she needs it. 🙂
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Here’s the routine that confirmed Brit’s 2nd Olympic qualification. Keep watching for the emotional scene following the dismount. 🙂
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