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Akash Modi repeats as NCAA Champion
1. Akash Modi – Stanford 87.900
2. Yul Maldauer – Oklahoma 87.600
3. Allan Bower – Oklahoma 87.300
4. Sean Melton – Ohio 86.400
5. Colin Van Wicklen – Oklahoma 85.050
6. Alec Yoder – Ohio 84.950
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… Moldauer (87.60) and Bower (87.30) were involved in yet another fantastic all-around competition. Their battle with Modi was vintage collegiate gymnastics.
Bower was leading going into the final rotation, with all three gymnasts able to win it. Modi emerged the winner by the slimmest of margins. Only 0.6 points separated the three. The contest ended exactly the way it should haveβ¦ In the final rotation! It was the last time the three would ever compete together in the collegiate ranks, and it was perfect! …
Oklahoma Makes it 3 Straight; Modi Wins 2nd All-Around Title
Though Men’s NCAA uses FIG scoring with some bonus points, you’d never know it by the scores. Judges are far more lenient in the NCAA than at FIG meets.
Oklahoma wins again
A thriller.
1. Oklahoma 431.950
2. OSU 423.700
3. Illinois 422.100
4. Stanford 421.500
5. Minnesota 414.200
6. Nebraska 412.900
Saturday night at Christl Arena in West Point, N.Y., the University of Oklahoma menβs gymnastics team etched its legacy in the history books, notching a team score of 431.950 to claim its third consecutive NCAA national championship. β¦
The title is Oklahoma’s 11th overall β¦
Oklahoma’s championship caps a third straight perfect season. The Sooners have won every meet they have competed in since finishing second at the 2014 NCAA Championships. β¦
Marian Dragulescu – Gold Floor
The highlight for Romanian fans, so far.
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Landings – aside from the triple pass – weren’t great. But none of the finalists nailed their landings
European Bars Champion Nina Derwael
6.1 D, 8.533 E
Very clean. No turning angle deduction.
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6.0 D, 8.300 E
I felt the judges got that E-score wrong. The Nabieva is amazing. Amazing with an execution deduction. Followed by many more small errors. And at least a medium error on a way late 1/1 turn.
It’s impossible to have those two routines less than 0.3 apart.
Belu is back coaching
Seems the legendary Romanian coach was inspired to make a comeback. He’s enlistedΒ Sandra IzbaΘa and other former greats to return, as well. π
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Europeans Bars Final
1. Nina Derwael BEL 14.633
2. Elena Eremina RUS 14.300
3. Elisabeth Seitz GER 14.133
3. Ellie Downie GBR 14.133
Why don’t I recognize the Belgian National anthem? That’s right. This is the first Europeans Gold medal ever.
Big credit to the Federation and all the gymnasts who built up to this historic result.
What should have been the best and most competitive final went poorly, as Apparatus Finals sadly so often do. π¦ Defending Champion Rebecca Downie was injured and couldn’t finish her routine.
Elena Eremina again competed a fantastic Nabieva release. But I wouldn’t have ranked her in the top 3 due to poor form and angle deductions.
Europeans Pommel Final
1. David Belyavskiy RUS 15.100
2. Krisztian Berki HUN 14.900
3. Harutyun Merdinyan ARM 14.833
Berki would have won. But for some reason he received a 0.3 neutral deduction.
It sounds like he did not mount the Pommels in the 30 seconds after being signalled to begin. A Hungarian appeal was denied.
David’s never looked better on Pommels.
Europeans Rings Final
1. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 15.433
2. Courtney Tulloch GBR 15.066
3. Igor Radivilov UKR 15.033
This was the best of the day 1 Finals. Very competitive. All the guys were awesome. Rings has never been better in the history of the sport.
Tulloch had the highest D-score 6.4.
Personally I love Butterfly skills as included by Davtyan and Tulloch.
