Who should have had the higher E-score?
Click PLAY or watch Maddie on YouTube. (9.166)
Click PLAY or watch Gabby on YouTube. (9.266)
Both are great. Gabby has excellent handstands. Madison fewer elbow bends. There’s not much to separate them.
Category: bars
Olympic Bars finalists
Unofficial. Maximum 2 / nation. (official list)
Kocian: 15.866
Mustafina: 15.833
Douglas: 15.766
Spiridonova: 15.683
Seitz: 15.466
Scheder: 15.433
Lopez: 15.333
Shang: 15.300
Rebeca Andrade – Bars
After 3/5 qualifying subdivisions Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade leads the AA with a 58.732.
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Elizabeth Seitz – Bars
Germany killed it on Bars. Seitz at 15.466 will almost certainly qualify to the final.
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Aliya will defend her Olympic Bars title
Click PLAY or watch her qualifying routine on YouTube.
I was happy to see her hit after another strange Beam routine with fall.
The Gebeshian – Bars
Element description: A hecht mount with a 360 degree turn with repulsion off the low bar to the high bar.
Element value: D
Note: Gebeshian is Armenia’s first ever female gymnast to compete at an Olympic Games.
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That’s one of 11 possible new elements that have been submitted to FIG.
via Gymternet Clan
Larissa Miller – Bars
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Sadly the fan favourite fell on Floor dismount.
Simone, Gabby, Aly to compete the AA
As expected, Simone and Gabby will compete the AA for USA. It looks like Aly Raisman will as well over Laurie Hernandez.
That means Laurie will not compete Bars in prelims.
Most likely line-ups in prelims:
Floor: Gabby, Laurie, Simone, Aly
Vault: Laurie, Gabby, Aly, Simone
Bars: Aly, Simone, Gabby, Madison
Beam: Gabby, Aly, Laurie, Simone
Click PLAY or watch Gabby’s Bars from podium on Facebook.
Lexy Ramler – Seitz in combination
This is impressive. Seitz is the toe-on Shaposh with a 1/1 to mixed grip.
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predicting the Rio Bars Final
This should be the most tightly contested final.
Becky Downie, Great Britain
Daria Spiridonova, Russia
Fan Yilin, China
Madison Kocian, USA
Elisabeth Seitz, Germany
Aliya Mustafina, Russia
Tan Jiaxin, China
Sophie Scheder, Germany
Click PLAY or watch Becky Downie on YouTube. High risk, high reward.
related – The Four-Year Fan Guide: Bars
