Category: judging

Men’s AA ranked by Difficulty and Execution

Execution:

  1. Artur Dalaloyan- 52.298
  2. Xiao Ruoteng- 51.898
  3. Artur Davtyan- 51.640
  4. Sun Wei- 50.998
  5. Sam Mikulak- 50.673
  6. Marios Georgiou- 50.232

Difficulty:

(Note this is just the difficulty they were credited with in the final, so many of them will have lower difficulty counted here than planned due to errors.)

  1. Nikita Nagornyy- 36.1
  2. Xiao Ruoteng- 35.7
  3. Kenzo Shirai- 35.5
  4. Artur Dalaloyan- 35.3
  5. Oleg Verniaiev- 35.2
  6. Sun Wei/Kazuma Kaya- 35.0

See the full list on MAGnastics.

watch the Men’s AA recap

Though Xiao Ruoteng and Dalaloyan ended up tied, I’ve yet to hear even one slow motion video judge conclude that the final AA ranking should have been different.

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Nush’s Beam dismount

FIG won’t allow her to slide mats further to the dismount side.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Recall Alan Nolet and Davide Bardana competing Flyaway double back off the side of P Bars. We were allowed to move the mats.

men’s team final recap

Many felt this was the most exciting team final in years.

I was impressed by how many guys HIT, actually. Just a couple of days ago we were convinced this Pommel Horse was faulty.

It was generally a good competition despite the pressure of 3-up, 3-count.

Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.

related:

KUKSENKOV: ALMOST ALL THE GUYS WERE CRYING

China Edges Out Russia for World Team Title; U.S. Men Take 4th

Russians suffered just one fall during the competition, while the victorious Chinese had three.

You can certainly argue that RUS should have, could have been slightly ahead of CHN. It was that close. But none of the 8 teams had a perfect meet.

Valentina Rodionenko didn’t blame judges for stealing the gold medal as she so often does.

E Judges did — as usual — box the scores. They go low on those with the best execution, high on those with the worst execution. This keeps them in range but tends to give advantage to those with higher difficulty. It’s most obvious on Vault.

NO face painting in WAG

Sounds like FIG WTC is trying to clarify what is and what is not allowed in terms of makeup.

Needless to say, that’s not easy.

They want artistry, but want to put limits on theatrics.

On the upside, Celine’s a bit of proud of being the last.

The gymternet is going to have a field day talking implications, sexism and inconsistencies.

 

Beam Scoring: Montreal vs Doha

Montreal was stupid. At the peak meet of the season judges suddenly began applying the code rules on fluidity more rigorously. I felt it was very unfair to the gymnasts.

Breaks in the flow were deducted more:

Adjustment – 0.1

Pause (2 sec)  -0.1

Click PLAY or watch examples on YouTube.

Judging geeks should check stats on Score For Score:

Beam Scoring: Montreal 2017 vs Doha 2018

Judges have been slightly tougher than at meets earlier in the season, but it’s not been super severe as it was in Montreal.

AND gymnasts have been much more fluid on Beam since Montreal.

Kara Eaker’s Ring positions

All agree Kara Eaker is one of the best in the world on Beam. Coach Armine Barutayn has developed many world class routines over the years.

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But there is this issue. I was speaking to a judge at Worlds podium training about it.

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related – How First-Year Senior Kara Eaker Stands Out Among U.S. Gymnasts

practice your Judging shorthand

STS Gymnastics Interactive is the online software recommended by FIG.

You can try it for free. After that it’s $5 / month (for exam study) or $45 / year.

They’ve just added a scripting feature.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Thanks Jeff.

new WAG elements submitted Doha Worlds

See them here.

Yesterday I was honoured to meet Koichi Endo, the genius who does the FIG illustrations. His father popularized the Endo on H Bar.