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Estimates her entire body 2.75m (over 9ft) above the ground.

FIG wants better, fairer judging. Why don’t they factor in this kind of objective criteria into the score?

In Trampoline they’ve added “time of flight” as a component of scoring. It works.

Vault would be the best first apparatus to measure height, distance and time of flight. Height of gymnasts could be included.

Does he?

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#WChAntwerp 😦

It will be SELLATHURAI Prashanth or ZHANG Hongtao, I’m thinking.

Or … how about a medal for Mexico’s Daniel CORRAL BARRON?

Max and Alberto are deductible, especially compared immediately against Zhang.

Pommel “looking like doomed“:

Filip Ude (CRO), Donna-Donny Truyens (BEL), Daniel Keatings (GBR), John Orozco (USA) and Kristian Berki (HUN) all fell.

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Into the pit.

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I WISH she was at #WChAntwerp. 😦

Does she have dual citizenship with any other nation?

One of the biggest happy surprises at Worlds was this rookie from Vancouver, Canada qualifying to the Floor Final.

Stick some landings, and good things can happen. 🙂

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Scott HIT his other two apparatus also. He’s definitely in the mix for Team Canada 2014, despite competing only 3 apparatus. All Canada needs is a high scoring Pommel, P Bar, Horizontal Bar gymnast to compliment Scott.

Ken Ikeda?

Backspring Arabian. Stuck dismount.

I really hope she makes the Final. 🙂

AND connects everything.

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14.466 = D score : 5.900, E score : 8.566

Mai’s tumbling was probably my single BEST highlight from Day 1 prelims.

… HOW LONG have we been waiting for her to show this acrobatic mastery on the biggest stage? 🙂

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6.3 + 8.166 = 14.466 (heartless judges)
1st place, so far.

Floor should be the best Final.

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Michael MAKINGS (RSA)

• 180 counter salto backward to rollout

• No value given, but can used as choreography

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Dancers take note. This is killer crowd pleasing acrobatics.

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He reminds me of Peng Peng. The more FUN they have, the better they compete. 🙂

Competition has finished for the day here in Antwerp. There are 3 more session of prelims on Wednesday.

UNOFFICIAL Top rankings, so far:

1. Ross USA–59.198
2. Yao CHN–57.965
3. Lopez VEN–55.065
4. Rodionova RUS–54.599
5. Tunney GBR–54.132

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FX: 1.Murakami 14.466, 2.Ross 14.333, 3.Lopez 13.766, 4.Yao, 5.Tunney, 6.Chant

BB: 1.Ross 14.566, 2.Rodionova 14.466, 3.Yao 14.100, 4.De Agostini, 5.Zeng, 6.Hofland

UB: 1.Yao 15.433, 2.Ross 15.133, 3.Huang 15.133, 4.Scheder, 5.Seitz, 6.Sung

VT: 1.Hong 15.249; 2.Murakami 14.345, 3.Nezer, 4.Chant, 5.Leolini, 6.Pinto

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Fall on standing 1/1.

Yet will still most likely make the Final.

Yao Jinnan (CHN), qualifications, Beam : 14.100 (D score : 6.40, E score : 7.70). Great performance on Beam. Second best score today behind Kyla Ross (USA, 14.566).

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I’d call Yao the favourite to win both Bars and Beam.

She has a shot at the AA podium, as well. Her Vault and tumbling were far stronger than I expected.