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Uncle Tim:

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Max Whitlock went for his harder pommel horse routine today (7.2 vs. 6.6), hoping to give himself more leverage against the leaders. The plan worked. He scored a 15.633, which was 0.225 better than his score in prelims.

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Sam Mikulak schooled the boys on how to stick on floor. 15.366.

… Sergio Sasaki and his teammate Arthur Oyakawa threw the hardest floor routines in the all-around finals. Sergio opened with a front double pike to barani, which he followed up with a back 1.5 to punch double front.

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After watching Kohei hold an inverted hang for so long, I started paying attention to inverted hangs. Sergio Sasaki did 4 of them.

This, in my opinion, should receive a deduction for poor composition. According to the Code, “Contemporary gymnastic exercises are characterized by transitions between elements of swing and strength or the reverse.” An inverted hang isn’t an element of strength or swing. 14.600

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Based on the screenshot alone, what would you give this vault in execution?

A 9.333 in execution? Yeah, no, but that’s what Kohei Uchimura got.

I like Kohei a lot, but I also have to recognize the fact that Kohei bonus exists. At times, the Code of Points is more a suggestion rather than a rule.

… Final Results: 1. Kohei Uchimura, 91.990 2. Ryohei Kato, 90.032 3. Fabian Hambuechen, 89.332 4. Max Whitlock, 89.031 5. Sergio Sasaki, 88.959 6. Sam Mikulak 88.548 7. Daniel Purvis, 88.106 8. Andrey Likhovitskiy, 87.423 9. Lin Chaopan, 86.864 10. Zhou Shixiong, 86.631

There’s much, much more on – 2013 World Championships All-Around Recapped

I like how Uchimura lands. Chest low.

Good technique on landing SHOULD mean bringing all the massive impact forces to zero. He’s one of the best that ever lived at doing that. We should study the best of the best at landing, and start requiring that technique.

They land like cats.

Two of the worst landers in history: Sacramone and Legendre.

Almost never. His line and form are as good as any gymnast who’s ever lived.

… posted the highest score of the 24 gymnasts on three of six apparatus, totaling 91.990 points. American Sam Mikulak was in position for a medal until a major error on his final event, high bar. …

Japan’s Ryohei Kato took silver (90.032), and Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen stepped up for bronze (89.332).

Uchimura, 24, became the first gymnast to win four world all-around titles, breaking his tie with retired Russian Svetlana Khorkina, whose three were not consecutive like Uchimura’s four have been. …

read more on NBC

He still won’t be happy, not meeting the goal of scoring above 9.0 points in execution on each of the six.

He was: 9.158, 8.933, 8.900, 9.200, 8.933, 8.633 (Horizontal Bar).

On the other hand, aside from Vault, FIG judges rarely award more than 9.100 — it’s the new 9.900.

Examiner – Quick hits: Men’s all-around finals at the 2013 World Gymnastics Championships

BY LEIGH WALSH on bleacher report got 2 of the 3 medalists correct:

Kohei, Sam, Fabian

I predicted the same podium, calling for Fabian to score 13.70 on his weak apparatus, Pommels. He scored 13.333. From that 1st event Fabian climbed his way back into contention. His HUGE Horizontal Bar routine helped immensely.

related – Kohei Uchimura, Olympic gymnast or anime action hero?

@OfficialFIG:

Congrats to @bethtweddlenews (GBR) on being elected the athlete representative for Women’s Artistic

Elisabeth Tweddle MBE (GBR – 28 years), Alicia Sacramone (USA – 26 years) and Angelina Kysla (UKR – 22 years) were the candidates. All running to replace Nastia Liukin.

FIG by email:

In Men’s, we have new candidate Igor Radivilov (UKR – 21 years) and incumbent Jani Tanskanen (FIN – 38 years).

The Athletes’ Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) counts 6 gymnasts, all of whom are elected by peers in their respective disciplines and who participate actively and with voting rights in Technical Committee activities.

For other Federation disciplines, Lioubov Charkashyna (BLR – 26 years) was elected at the Rhythmic worlds in Kiev (UKR), alongside Aldrin Rodriguez Garcia (MEX – 29 years) for Aerobic and Ayla Ahmadova (AZE – 28 years) for Acrobatic.

Finally, Trampoline will elect its own representative to the Commission in Sofia (BUL) this November. Today only one candidate has been registered, Nuno Merino from Portugal.

MAG AA results 1.Uchimura, 2.Kato, 3.Hambuchen, 4.Whitlock, 5.Sasaki, 6.Mikulak, 7.Purvis, 8.Likhovitsky

FIG did not post videos LIVE during the competition. I assume they’ve sold the TV rights.

But highlights to come, one way or another.

In training.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

HOW did McKayla Maroney get so good at Yurchenko?

Her age group coach, Howie Liang, emphasized HEIGHT from an early age. Here she is with Kyla at J.O. Nationals 2008. The Gym-Max girls from Costa Mesa, California finished 1-2-3 on vault in a very tough competition.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Dave Adlard pointed out that team to me. I’d never heard of McKayla Maroney or Kyla Ross before.

It was already obvious that Howie coached Vault with care and enthusiasm. He was very safety conscious with those young kids.

BBC … you blew it. 🙂

China’s Yao Jinnan competes on the uneven bars at the 44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp.

Spotted by Lauren. Thanks.

Compare the Execution scores.

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Amanar at #WChAntwerp

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The surprising thing is not that Maroney is higher & further, but rather that Hong is so close.

Hong Un-Jong (2008 Olympic Champion) and Biles will most likely be the other two gymnasts on the Vault podium.

Of the 3, Un-Jong was the least consistent in training.

FIG has a great summary of what happened yesterday in prelims. With gorgeous photos:

Simone Biles rules Women’s preliminaries at Antwerp Worlds

Host BELGIUM had a record best 13th place as a team in the 2012 London Olympics Test Event. And now has qualified 2 gymnasts to the top 24 AA Final for the first time ever. Gaelle Mys & Laura Waem.

CONGRATULATIONS!

related – IG Online Interview: Gaelle Mys

McKayla stayed in bounds. Did a terrific routine.

Seems she would have qualified for the Floor final without the 0.1 penalty at #WChAntwerp.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

6.1 + 8.333 – 0.1 = 14.333

– 0.1 is for overtime. In the end of the video the scoreboard shows 1:31.

USA is as prepared and professional as any nation. This coaching error is a big unhappy surprise.

On the other hand, neither McKayla (6.1 D) nor Kyla (5.7 D) would be medal favourites.