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Apparatus Finals day 2 highlights
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best Simone interview EVER
Scott Bregman talks to the greatest of all time after her 4th World Championships tile.
EXCLUSIVE Q&A: SIMONE BILES ON FOOD CRAVINGS, HER BOYFRIEND AND LATE-NIGHT HOSPITAL TRIPS
Ana Padurariu – silver medal Beam
Men’s World’s wrap-up
Itβs Artur Dalaloyanβs World and the rest of us are just living in it. Seriously. Artur dominated the 2018 World Championships in a way that no one has since Kohei Uchimura in 2013. (But with more medals, since there was no team competition in 2013). …
This is one of Russiaβs strongest ever teams. …
Then thereβs the other big story- tiebreaks.
Arturβs exciting AA victory came at the expense of defending champion Xiao Ruoteng, who had a great day of his own after a slightly bumpy start on floor, recovering well enough to place 2nd behind Artur by, wellβ¦ 0.000. They exactly tied with 87.598 …
But this wasnβt the only gold medal determined by a tiebreak in Doha, and it wasnβt even the only one involving Ruoteng. He ended up on the other side of things when he won a tiebreak for the Pommel Horse title against Max Whitlock. …
So, what else happened to the Chinese team?
After qualifying in 2nd place behind Russia, they rallied in the team final and took the gold despite some errors- including a very last minute scare- reclaiming the title they last won in 2014. …
So of course we have to talk about Sam Mikulak …
MAGnastics – 2018 World Championships Summary
#VOTE #YouCantTakeOurYouthAway
Morgan Hurd is featured in a music video trailer encouraging young Americans to vote.
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The full version will be released November 5th at 10am EST on Apple Music. The day before the election.
Worlds finals day 2 recap
JUST THE GOOD STUFF: EVENT FINALS DAY 2
Simone Biles (USA) added gold and bronze medals in finals, tying the all-time record of 20 career world medals .
Five gymnasts take titles as Doha Worlds end …Gymnasts from 17 nations won medals in Doha.
The 49th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships take place 4-13 October 2019 in Stuttgart (GER).
Syria competes at Worlds
In a hopeful sign for eventual stability of the war torn nation,Β Syrian gymnast Areej Alkhayat did compete at World Championships 2018.
Israel, Egypt compete in Qatar
In advance of the competition there were many concerns regarding Israel’s participation. Happily, there were no safety issues.
https://twitter.com/cherity1313/status/1056850820816347136
Amongst other problems with the international video feed, it was clear that every effort was made not to show Israeli athletes. That was disappointing.
In addition, the women from Egypt did compete. The Egyptian men did not.
Egypt is one of those nations participating in the Saudi led economic blockade of Qatar. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have not competed at Worlds in some years, in fact.
https://twitter.com/hissaalhitmi/status/1058359352774541312
Likely Egypt will be invited to compete with full teams at Worlds 2019 in Germany for continental participation.
Ali al-Hitmi:
“…Β Qatar is a nation which believes in peace and safety of all. A capital destination for sport and is capable of hosting major international tournaments in the best possible way …β
Nina & Beth
Many compare 2018 World Champion Nina Derwael with the great Beth Tweddle who won Bars at 2006 and 2010 Worlds.
Both competed the most connected releases of the day. Both were astonishingly consistent.
Beth did many different routines.
Click PLAY or watch her 2012 Olympics set on YouTube. Fantastic. If only she’d stuck the dismount.
Nina is still improving. Having won Worlds I’m guessing she’ll be training upgrades in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. She’ll certainly be able to qualify in the AA even if Belgium does not get there as a team.
World Champs Ri Se Gwang, Zou Jingyuan & EPKE
Vault
1. Ri Se Gwang PRK 14.933
2. Dalaloyan Artur RUS 14.883
3. Shirai Kenzo JPN 14.675
results
Some felt Dom Cunningham who finished 4th could have deserved Bronze. Kenzo was not deducted for stepping over the line on his stuck landing vault 2. There’s no deduction for landing ON the line.
P Bars
1. Zou Jingyuan CHN 16.433
2. Verniaiev Oleg UKR 15.591
3. Dalaloyan Artur RUS 15.366
results
Zou’s P Bars was the single best routine of the competition. I had him at 9.8 E-score.
Some, including myself, would have been happier if the Bronze had gone to Sam Mikulak 15.233.
H Bar
1. Zonderland Epke NED 15.100 (Exe. 8.300)
2. Uchimura Kohei JPN JPN 14.800 (Exe. 8.400)
3. Mikulak Samuel USA USA 14.533 (Exe. 8.433)
results
Jon Horton and others point out that the E score panel did not do their job. Though Epke deserved to win, there’s no way his E-score should be close to Kohei or Sam.
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