Category: judging

highest Floor E-score Liverpool

It looks like Utkirbek was protecting some injuries in the qualifying round. BUT a 9.0 E-score on this simple routine still resulted in 13.000 final.

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JURAEV Utkirbek (UZB)

turns on Floor are a mess in 2022

As Spencer pointed out in Liverpool, right now gymnasts are throwing themselves into spins hoping to get credit for as many as possible.

The penalty for lack of control (or “falling” out) is not big enough to detour attempts.

BEST would be for FIG WTC to cap the value of turns. We don’t need to see the sextuple. 😀

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Beam 1-arm Handstand

FIG WTC really should encourage these skills more.

The greatest Artistic gymnast all time was Jackie Bender.

https://twitter.com/Pamchenkova/status/1443202614892576774

1-arm handstand mount (Rankin) is a fantastic way to start a routine.

At 2022 Worlds we cheered Nikolett.

Was Liverpool Judging improved?

I don’t pay much attention to scores when watching routines. The current FIG system is foolish, execution scores “boxed” too narrowly between best and worst.

BUT there were fewer complaints about judging at Worlds than usual.

And my gut feeling is that fewer blatant mistakes were made. Panels more willing to award a fair score to less well known gymnasts.

No doubt number crunchers will be looking more closely over coming days.

Rebeca Andrade – Cheng

Best single routine at the World AA Championship.

Some feel the gap between Rebeca and others should be greater, but realize the judges are all in a line now. They can’t see form breaks as easily as in the past.

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MAG TEAM results Worlds 2022

Unofficial

Automatic qualification to Paris for the top 3.

A disappointing Final. Too many falls. It looks bad. Makes Pommels look like a joke apparatus.

Only China improved (a lot) from the qualification round.

Shout out for Italy and Spain, however. Good job.

Men’s Gymnastics is going the wrong direction

My main takeaway from the TEAM competition is that rules reward DIFFICULTY too much.  Quality not enough. 

Eythora – Floor

Another of the most anticipated routines at Worlds.

You know judges will use this as an example of what “artistry” means under their very vague Code of Points.

Is it inspired by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? If Eythora says so, yes it is.

Pain of the Nation.

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Kaylia Nemour 6.95 E-score

Many were surprised at this evaluation for Kaylia’s awesome Bars routine.

Aside from the great SAVE on one regrasp, most of the deductions were for handstand angles, something for which FIG WAG puts far too much importance IMHO.

As a coach, I’d recommend Kaylia switch to straddle cast handstand, used in 2022 by almost every Elite past about age-10.

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