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Bobby Kriangkum – Thailand

For those nations that will not qualify for the top 24 teams, this IS the Olympics. It’s great to see teams from so many developing nations. Even Angola. 🙂

I’m thrilled for Mykayla, a super talented gymnast who’s suffered a lot of criticism online for lack of artistry. And for doing her Cheng vault with 1-hand.

The quality of her gymnastics has improved a lot. She hit 4/4 in prelims at Worlds. And her push on the Cheng vault is not a major problem, perhaps not even a major deduction.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Vault 1 : 15.666, Difficulty : 6.400, Execution : 8.300. Vault 2 : 15.033, Difficulty : 5.800, Execution : 9.233)

Hands are square. She touches but does not push, wrapping into the twist quickly. In full speed it’s very difficult to see.

Good chance for a vault medal.

Compare with SOSNITSKAYA’s Cheng. (VIDEO)

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Half the gymnasts have competed, so far.

full results:
1 USA 235.038
2 RUS 228.135
3 NED 214.662
4 BEL 214.469
5 CAN 214.102
6 MEX 212.795
7 ESP 211.727
8 BRA 211.621

Top 8 teams after day 2 go to the Team Final.

Top 24 teams after day 2 are invited to World Championships 2015.

Mexico, Belgium and Netherlands have far exceeded expectations already. Congratulations.

Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Romania, China, Italy and more yet to come.

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Some of the top scores from preliminaries, so far. (Maximum 2/nation)

Half the gymnasts have competed.

full results:
1 BILES Simone USA 59.599
2 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 58.874
3 ROSS Kyla USA 57.941

SOSNITSKAYA Alla RUS 56.740
POPA NEDELCU Roxana ESP 56.398
PIHAN-KULESZA Marta POL 55.665
BLACK Elsabeth CAN 55.532
STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 54.966
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ BLANCAS Elsa MEX 54.833
WAEM Laura BEL 54.241
ONYSHKO Isabela Maria CAN 53.899
VERSCHUEREN Lisa BEL 53.865
VAN GERNER Celine NED 53.466
MATIAS HYPOLITO Daniele BRA 53.399

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Some of the top scores from preliminaries, so far. (Maximum 2/nation)

Half of the competitors have competed.

Vault Results:
1 BILES Simone USA 15.450
2 SKINNER Mykayla USA 15.349
3 SOSNITSKAYA Alla RUS 15.016
4 MORENO MEDINA Alexa Citlali MEX 14.816
5 PHAN Thi Ha Thanh VIE 14.800
6 STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 14.700
7 KARMAKAR Dipa IND 14.483

Bar Results:
1 LOCKLEAR Ashton USA 15.233
2 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 15.166
3 SPIRIDONOVA Daria RUS 15.100
ROSS Kyla USA 14.650
ADLERTEG Jonna SWE 14.100
POPA NEDELCU Roxana ESP 14.033

Beam Results
1 BILES Simone USA 15.133
2 BLACK Elsabeth CAN 14.466
3 ROSS Kyla USA 14.391
4 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 14.308
STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 14.033
WEVERS Sanne NED 13.933

Floor Results:
1 BILES Simone USA 15.366
2 SKINNER Mykayla USA 14.700
3 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 14.500
4 POPA NEDELCU Roxana ESP 14.166
CROKET Julie BEL 13.900
PIHAN-KULESZA Marta POL 13.900

USA got the job done. Most likely qualified the finalists they wanted. But something tells me Marta is not going to be all smiles and giggles. She will want better in the Team Final.

I believe these ladies had only 1 fall over 20 difficult routines. Respect.

after 5/12 divisions:
RUS, NED, BEL, CAN, MEX, ESP

They want to be Olympians. 🙂

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What were we worried about? 🙂

6.4 + 8.833 – 0.1 = 15.133

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Say no more.

One of the favourites to medal on Vault in the Men’s competition is injured. Pain forced him to walk off Floor in the middle of the routine. 😦

But by the time he limped to Vault he’d recovered enough to (somehow) land piked Dragalescu. And his eponymous Vault to qualify to the Final.

Click PLAY or watch Vault #2 on YouTube.

Vault 1 : 15.400
Vault 2 : 15.100

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