She knows how to land.
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Oklahoma as a team tries to mark a safe landing position … then move slowly and gracefully into the College girl salute. OU obviously trains it this way.
Category: floor (women)
Europeans Women’s Floor Final
1. Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.100
2. Ellie Downie GBR 14.066
3. Eythora Thorsdottir NED 13.700
full results
Finally. The super talented Angelina Melnikova is rewarded. Russia truly needs powerful tumblers like her.
are Arabians forward or backward tumbling?
MAG Code:
All Arabian elements are in the group of acrobatic elements backward, Example Arabian double front 1⁄2 = same as double back 1/1 (D value). The following Arabian elements (Jump bwd. with 1⁄2 t. to double salto fwd.) have the same value and Code box as the bwd. double salto element with the same amount of twisting: Arabian dbl. str. 1⁄2 (Penev), Arabian dbl. str. (Tamayo), and Arabian dbl. str. 1/1 (Hypolito).
WAG Code:
Arabian elements are considered Forward Elements
There is an argument for both. But FIG should standardize on one or the other. If only Steve Butcher had the FIG job looking at inconsistencies like this. 🙂
The takeoff is more critical than the landing position in my opinion. Arabians are much more a backwards tumbling skill than forwards.
Hattie points out that a backward layout with 1 1/2 twist lands forward like Arabian, but no-one would argue it’s a forward tumbling element.
(via Gigi)
Catlina Ponor – Floor
Cata was (after the competition) deducted for missing the forward tumbling requirement.
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She intended to compete a front layout after the 2 1/2 twist, but didn’t have enough rotation.
Watch her podium training routine (VIDEO) and her old Baku routine (VIDEO) with the same tumbling.
It is embarrassing that the judges didn’t catch it immediately. Romanian Press and fans will be disappointed. But I’ll sleep better knowing that the system worked. They got the score right in the end. Schaefer will compete the Final instead of being wrongly knocked out.
Cintia Rodriguez – Floor
The highlight of the first subdivision for me was watching Cintia have a good all-around competition. She was underscored on Floor.
8.1 E score on this routine?
What most gymnasts do poorly Cintia does superbly. Yet there’s little credit for excellence in form and flexibility.
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Claudia Fragapane – Floor
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Argyro Afrati – Floor
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Spieth Floor is “bouncy”
I’m worried for the Women’s prelims tomorrow.
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