Watch ’til the end to see some bad dancing. 🙂
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Europeans AA competitions
If you missed it yesterday, both competitions were excellent.
Tabea Alt, one of the favourites, withdrew due to illness.
Here are some wrap-up reports.
Oleg Verniaiev conquers Europe again!
Ellie Downie writes her name in the history books
Ellie Downie: ‘I Definitely Exceeded My Expectations’ (prelims)
Downie Overtakes Kovács For European All-Around Gold
British Gymnewstics – Talking AA, Report and Video
And the comic version – Balance Beam Situation
8 different countries place in the top 8 …
Time’s 100 Most Influential People – Simone
Zsofia Kovacs – Bars
I didn’t have access to LIVE scores at the arena. And didn’t pay much attention to scores in any case … but one routine that jumped out at me as too high was Zsofia in the AA Final.
14.333 = (6.0 + 8.333)
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Melanie was 8.300 E-score. Ellie 8.400 E-score. Elena (VIDEO) 8.300 E-score. Zsofia was not as clean as any of those three, in my opinion.
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Final 6 Men’s NCAA Gymnastics teams
The qualifying teams are Oklahoma (430.60), Illinois (421.30), Stanford (420.45), Minnesota (420.10), Ohio State (414.65) and Nebraska (413.05). …
Nebraska earned a trip to the Finals for the first time since 1999. It was a well-earned reward for an inspiring team. …
Watch some highlights.
Logan Bradley:
NCAA Session 1 Recap
NCAA Session 2 Recap
NCAA scores are higher than FIG.
The team, all-around and event champions will be crowned during Saturday’s team finals. Bonus points are also available for stuck dismounts on every event but pommel horse. A ‘C’ dismount can earn 0.10, and a ‘D’ or above can add 0.20. Any stuck vault earns 0.10 regardless of its value.
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos – Bars
The best Bars routine at Europeans in my opinion.
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No surprise. Valentina Rodionenko blamed the judges for the fact that Elena Eremina finished 4th AA, Melanie 3rd AA. Elena fell on her Beam mount.
The judges got the ranking correct. The rest of the world is catching up to Russia in women’s Artistic Gymnastics. Especially on Bars.
OUR RUSSIAN SEASON feels that the Russian Men are on the rise (for sure!) while the WAG program has serious problems.
via Gymternet Clan
Ashleigh Gnat – Amanar
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why are there no LIVE results at Europeans?
SmartScoring seems to have bungled the European Gymnastics Championships. No statement. No apology. I assume it’s the last time they’ll get a job with Gymnastics.
Here’s what you’ll see on their Facebook page. Every second matters. But we’ve gone 3 days with no LIVE results.
are Arabians forward or backward tumbling?
MAG Code:
All Arabian elements are in the group of acrobatic elements backward, Example Arabian double front 1⁄2 = same as double back 1/1 (D value). The following Arabian elements (Jump bwd. with 1⁄2 t. to double salto fwd.) have the same value and Code box as the bwd. double salto element with the same amount of twisting: Arabian dbl. str. 1⁄2 (Penev), Arabian dbl. str. (Tamayo), and Arabian dbl. str. 1/1 (Hypolito).
WAG Code:
Arabian elements are considered Forward Elements
There is an argument for both. But FIG should standardize on one or the other. If only Steve Butcher had the FIG job looking at inconsistencies like this. 🙂
The takeoff is more critical than the landing position in my opinion. Arabians are much more a backwards tumbling skill than forwards.
Hattie points out that a backward layout with 1 1/2 twist lands forward like Arabian, but no-one would argue it’s a forward tumbling element.
(via Gigi)
Ellie Downie European Champion
- Ellie Downie GBR 55,755
- Zsofia Kovacs HUN 55,432
- Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos FRA 55,065
- Elena Eremina RUS 54.266
- Kim Bui GER 53.499
- Martina Maggio ITA 53.199
- Nina Derwael BEL 52.832
- Filipa Martins POR 52.832
Women’s all-around official results.
Whatever happened to the cliché of British gymnasts being inconsistent? Ellie hit 8/8 huge difficulty routines.
The top 4 had a terrific battle for the podium. Elena fell on Beam mount. Zsofia got a bit of a gift on Bars. But the ranking ended up correct.
Melanie from France has amazing potential. I’m going to be following her closely from here on in.
Kim. Martina. Fantastic gymnasts. Nina and Filipa should be very proud of their performances.
A great meet. 🙂
Read Lauren’s European Championships All-Around Finals Live Blog
