… Russia started in which one is one of their best apparatus nowadays, uneven bars.
Aliya Mustafina is the starter but she struggled connecting a stalder 1/1 – Tkatchev – Pak – stalder 1/2 combo, at the end, she was able to do it succesfully; her routine also includes a stalder 1/1 on low bar to toe on shaposhnikova 1/2, inside stalder 1/2 – pikded Jaeger.
Tatiana Nabieyva was the second with a stalder 1/1, shaposhnikova, giant 1/1 – Pak, shaposhnikova 1/2, inside stalder 1/2 – Jaeger, stalder 1/1 – full in. The dismount combo didn’t work the second try.
Ekaterina Kurbatova did a clear hip shaposhnikova, giant 1/1 – Tkatchev – Pak (twice too close to the bar), shaposhnikova 1/2, Ono – full in off.
On beam, Semyonova was unstable with a fall on the onodi – flic – layout combo, she also had a big wobble out of the free aerial – flic – whip, that prevented her to connect it to the sheep jump, her routine also had a free cartwheel, a side somi and a ro – double pike dismount.
Mustafina did a beautiful double turn, arabian, switch ring leap, flic, free aerial – side somi, side somi, onodi, ro – 2 1/2 off. Secure. The decision for the Russian coaches is who to use for the last beam position during team finals.
Kurbatova performed a switch ring leap, free aerial – flic – layout, Kochetkova, turn with leg at head, ro – double back (close to beam). In my opinion, Myzdrikova did a much better effor with a free aeral – flic – layout, switch 1/1 leap, side somi, switch leap – back tuck, 1 1/2 turn, split jump – wolf jump, ro – double pike off. It’s a tough decision.
On floor, Semyonova surprised with a double layout opening tumble that watered down to a double back at the moment of tumbling with the music, her routine also included a 2 1/2 – barani – stag jump, 1 1/2 – 1/1, doulbe pike off. Ekaterina Kurbatova did a double arabian, 1 1/2 – 1/1, double back, double pike. Aliya Mustafina, surprisingly, did floor with a doulbe arabian (stuck with a beautiful position to open it), 2 1/2 – 1/1, turn with leg at head, 1 1/2 – 1 1/2 and 3/1 off. Anna Myzdrikova performed a whip – double arabian, 3/1 – back tuck, 2 1/2 – barani – stag jump, double pike off. This must be the most beautiful floor line up in recent history.
Russia finished on vault where Mustafina, Nabieva, Kurbatova and Myzdrikova all vaulted double twisting Yurchenko. Out of all of them, Mustafina’s was the best one followed by Nabiyeva, Kurbatova and Myzdrikova. The last three gymnast had second vaults, piked podkopayeva that turned into layout for most of them. Myzdrikova even tried to add an extra 1/2 twist on it but she couldn’t land it. It will be difficult to choose the three vaulting gymnasts since Myzdrikova’s second vault is the best of all of them, but her Yurchenko double twist is really bad and full of deductions. …
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