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Nina had the highest E-score. Simone the highest D-score.
A mic drop is the gesture of intentionally dropping one’s microphone at the end of a performance or speech to signal triumph. Don’t do that … unless you are the G.O.A.T.
And you add it to your choreography at the end of the 4th apparatus. 5th AA title.
Then it’s very cool. 😊
Mykayla Skinner suggested it to her, getting the idea from a fan.
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1. Simone Biles, USA 58.999
2. Tang Xijing, CHN 56.899
3. Angelina Melnikova, RUS 56.399
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Now that Simone won in the same arena, let’s look back at the 1989 Stuttgart World Champion.
Dvora Meyers:
Thirty years ago, the Soviet squad, one of the greatest women’s gymnastics teams ever assembled, won the team gold medal at the 1989 world championships in Stuttgart.
… Soviet gymnasts showcased difficulty that was years ahead its time and they performed with style to spare. Their floor rotation was one for the ages—Olga Strazheva performed to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” Olesya Dudnik to Gershwin’s “Second Rhapsody,” and Natalia Laschenova’s to Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King.”
The star of the team was Svetlana Boguinskaia, who won both the all-around and floor titles …
For Svetlana Boguinskaia, the best part of winning was the microwave.
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Proud of her team. Happy with the decision to go for her harder vault last apparatus. That final landing hurt so she’s having the injury evaluated.
Proud to finish 4th AA in the World. And — it’s the 3rd anniversary of doing the Worlds AA Final with Brooklyn (14th hitting 4/4)
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1. Simone Biles, USA 58.999
2. Tang Xijing, CHN 56.899
3. Angelina Melnikova, RUS 56.399
4. Ellie Black, CAN 56.232
5. Nina Derwael, BEL 56.033
6. Elisabeth Seitz, GER 55.999
7. Flavia Saraiva, BRA 55.732
8. Sunisa Lee, USA 55.632
Ellie was on crutches for Awards. She decided to go for her harder Vault — Rudi — in an attempt to challenge for the podium. And was successful. But that final landing hurt so she decided not to put weight on her ankle.
It was landed well by James Bacueti from Australia in the qualification round.
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2019 Worlds Stuttgart
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And STICK.
While the teams were qualifying for Tokyo, gymnasts in those nations are back home with the goal to make it to the Olympics themselves.
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