Category: Gymnastics

World Champs Liu Tingting & Simone Biles

Beam
1. LIU Tingting CHN 14.533
2. PADURARIU Ana CAN 14.100
3. BILES Simone USA 13.600
results

Disappointing final. Only Tingting and Ana hit close to their best routines.

Floor
1. Biles Simone USA 14.933
2. Hurd Morgan USA 13.933
3. Murakami Mai JPN 13.866
results

The most controversial final. Some felt Angelina Melnikova 13.833 should have been in the medals. Some felt Flavia Saraiva 13.766 should have been top 3.

Day 1 Finals recap

Spencer things:

Kenzo didn’t win!?!

CARLOS YULO, our new favorite Filipino hummingbird, took bronze, the first medal ever for the Philippines

Alexa Moreno took bronze! Her Rudi and Tsuk 2/1 showed the second-best execution of the final, enough for Mexico’s first ever WAG medal

gold medal to Xiao Ruoteng over Max Whitlock

Hooray for Lee Chih-Kai! … It’s a bronze medal for everyone’s favorite flair monster

Nina things

With a silver medal, Simone has now completed the gym slam, with a worlds medal on every event

Elisabeth Seitz getting her medal on bars—finally a bronze

And, like, rings was a thing

Bebop and Rocksteady took first and second place, as expected

JUST THE GOOD STUFF: EVENT FINALS DAY 1

Stuttgart World tickets selling out

October 4-13, 2019

Though tickets are expensive, organizers expect 80,000 spectators for the final Olympic team trial.

Check what is left available.

via GymCastic

new Nile Wilson book in November

To be published Nov 30, 2018. Preorder price £13.50.

Nile has over a million subscribers for his vlog on YouTube so should have a natural market for Christmas presents.

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Individual Apparatus Finals – Day 1 replay

You might be able to watch the archived version. If it doesn’t work, try it again with a VPN.

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World Champs Dalaloyan, Xiao Rutoeng, Petrounias

Floor
1. Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 14.9
2. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) 14.866
3. Carlos Yulo (PHI) 14.6

You could argue that Yul Moldauer (USA) 14.566 should have been Bronze.

Yulo is the biggest happy surprise of Worlds 2018. Congratulations Philippines. 🙂

Pommels
1. Xiao Rutoeng (CHN) 15.166 ***
2. Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.166 ***
3. lee Chih Kai (TPE) 14.966

Second ever Worlds medal for TPE.

Max hit 3/3 in Doha. He lost the tie break due to having lower E-score.

Click PLAY or watch the Gold on YouTube.

Rings
1. Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) 15.36
2. Arthur Zanetti (BRA) 15.100
3. Marco Lodadio (ITA) 14.900 

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Petrounias was doubtful to compete Worlds. He has shoulder surgery scheduled in 3 days.

Zanetti was fantastic. You might argue he was even better than Petrounias. There’s not much to separate the very best Ring men.

Click PLAY or watch Zanetti on Twitter.

World Champions Biles & Derwael

Vault
1. Simone Biles (USA) 15.366
2. Shallon Olsen (CAN) 14.516
3. Alexa Moreno (MEX) 14.508

North American #NAFTA podium. The first Worlds Vault medal for Canada. The first Worlds medal ever for Mexico. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch Simone on Twitter.

Bars
1. Nina Derwael BEL 15.200
2. Simone Biles USA 14.700
3. Elisabeth Seitz GER 14.600

The best line-up of any apparatus this year.

Nina has been unbeatable all season. A deserving World Champion.

Click PLAY or watch Nina on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/pipinoko168/status/1058380922397937664

Nobody in the world — aside from Valentina, I’m guessing — questions whether Nina deserves Gold. But judges gave her 8.7 E-score. That’s too high compared with Simone’s 8.5 E-score. Aliya was cleaner than both yet was only awarded 8.633.

new Gym in Victoria B.C.

Very well equipped. It’s one of the Inspire Sports clubs that has a number of locations in China.

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