Category: judging

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

Bars results

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. 😦 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

Pommel results

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 MAG Floor Final

Home town fans were thrilled.

1- Dragulescu ROU 14.500
2- Lankin RUS 14.466
3- Shatilov ISR 14.400

Floor

https://twitter.com/uegymnastics/status/855810215249424384

Some impressive tumbling. But I’m not sure any of the gymnasts competed as well as they did in prelims.

I probably would have gone Dragulescu, Shatilov, Cunningham. Larkin benefited from the triple back bonus. 🙂

Europeans WAG Vault Final

1- Devillard, Coline FRA 14.466
2- Downie, Ellie GBR 14.350
3- Devai, Boglarka HUN 14.316
Vault results

An excellent final. Sadly the E-panel judges were unable to accurately rank the best vaulters. #YouHadOneJob

I’ll post video examples later.

Zsofia Kovacs – Bars

I didn’t have access to LIVE scores at the arena. And didn’t pay much attention to scores in any case … but one routine that jumped out at me as too high was Zsofia in the AA Final.

14.333 = (6.0 + 8.333)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Melanie was 8.300 E-score. Ellie 8.400 E-score. Elena (VIDEO) 8.300 E-score. Zsofia was not as clean as any of those three, in my opinion.

Click PLAY or watch Ellie on YouTube.

are Arabians forward or backward tumbling?

MAG Code:

All Arabian elements are in the group of acrobatic elements backward, Example Arabian double front 1⁄2 = same as double back 1/1 (D value). The following Arabian elements (Jump bwd. with 1⁄2 t. to double salto fwd.) have the same value and Code box as the bwd. double salto element with the same amount of twisting: Arabian dbl. str. 1⁄2 (Penev), Arabian dbl. str. (Tamayo), and Arabian dbl. str. 1/1 (Hypolito).

WAG Code:

Arabian elements are considered Forward Elements

There is an argument for both. But FIG should standardize on one or the other. If only Steve Butcher had the FIG job looking at inconsistencies like this. 🙂

arabian-double-front

The takeoff is more critical than the landing position in my opinion. Arabians are much more a backwards tumbling skill than forwards.

Hattie points out that a backward layout with 1 1/2 twist lands forward like Arabian, but no-one would argue it’s a forward tumbling element.

(via Gigi)

Catlina Ponor – Floor

Cata was (after the competition) deducted for missing the forward tumbling requirement.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

She intended to compete a front layout after the 2 1/2 twist, but didn’t have enough rotation.

Watch her podium training routine (VIDEO) and her old Baku routine (VIDEO) with the same tumbling.

It is embarrassing that the judges didn’t catch it immediately. Romanian Press and fans will be disappointed. But I’ll sleep better knowing that the system worked. They got the score right in the end. Schaefer will compete the Final instead of being wrongly knocked out.

Women’s European Championships Apparatus Finalists

Official via UEG
Vault
1 E Downie (GBR) 14.433
2 Paseka (RUS) 14.412
3 Devillard (FRA) 14.267
4 Devai (HUN) 14.233
5 Belak (SLO) 14.216
6 KOVACS (HUN) 14.174
7 Melnikova (RUS) 14.166
8 Volleman (NED) 13.966

Bars (should be the best Final)
1 Seitz (GER) 14.566
1 Derwael (BEL) 14.566
3 Eremina (RUS) 14.466
4 Downie (GBR) 14.433
5 Kovacs (HUN) 14.366
6 E Downie (GBR) 14.266
7 Bui (GER) 14.133
8 de Jesus dos Santos (FRA 14.100

Click PLAY or watch Nina’s Bars on YouTube.

Beam
1 Iordache (ROU) 14.566
2 Wevers (NED) 14.300
3 Thorsdottir (NED) 14.233
4 Ponor (ROU) 14.066
5 Alt (GER) 13.700
6 Boyer (FRA) 13.700
7. E. Downie (GBR) 13.466
8. B. Downie (GBR) 13.333

Click PLAY or watch Lari’s Beam on YouTube.

Floor
1 E. Downie (GBR) 13.966
2 Fragapane GBR 13.766
3 Eremina (RUS) 13.633
4 Mori (ITA) 13.533
5 Thorsdottir (NED) 13.366
6. Melnikova (RUS) 13.233
7 Bui (GER) 13.166
8 Schaeffer (GER) 13.133

Catalina Ponor was initially 4th. But judges eventually realized she was missing the forward tumbling requirement. Revised score 13.066.

Click PLAY or watch Ellie’s Floor on YouTube.

Lauren Hopkins is here. Read her 2017 European Championships LIVE posts on thegymter.net.

Peng’s 10.0 Beam Final

Tiny foot movement on landing. But nobody is complaining. This is one of the best and most difficult Beam routines in College Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch to hear Christine’s reaction on YouTube.

There’s still talk of Peng applying for a 6th year at UCLA due to injury. No talk yet of her trying out for the Canadian team to Worlds 2017 Montreal (though she’d certainly have a good chance on Beam and Bars).

NCAA Bars champions …

Yep.

McMurtry/Bailey/Finnegan/Ross/Lehrmann/Nichols/Kupets/Dabritz/Ding/Liukin … I may be missing a few. 🙂

You’d think having 6 judges would reduce the number of ties.