She trained two or three more difficult variations, including double double tucked dismount. It will be interesting to see what she decides on for Finals.
… There are only 5 E panel judges. The highest and lowest scores are dropped, the remaining three averaged. This results in scores like 13.366 or 14.383.
In addition to the E panel judges there are two E reference judges whose scores are used if the difference between E scores is too big. …
I talked to one of the reference judges on Bars after day 1. She said they only rarely needed to use the reference scores. Evaluation was pretty consistent, she felt.
… Coaches told me they felt Bars was the most severely judged apparatus, so far.
The Men will also have reference judges. They’ve been added to all FIG disciplines, part of Grandi’s campaign for justice. (A campaign that swung into high gear after MAG judges bungled the 2004 Olympics.)
If you are just getting around to checking up on what’s happening at the Women’s Artistic World Gymnastics Championships, check out this summary of the day 1 action posted by FIG.
A total of 236 gymnasts from 44 different countries are competing in 12 subdivisions, aiming to qualify for the Individual All-around Final (24) and the Apparatus Finals (8 each).
At the same time, the competition determines the 24 best teams to qualify for the 2011 World Championships, the initial stepping stone on the way to the London Olympic Games, as well as the top eight ranked teams to proceed to the Team Finals on Wednesday …
… Midway through the preliminaries, Aliya Mustafina of Russia leads the Individual rankings …