Catlina Ponor – Floor

Cata was (after the competition) deducted for missing the forward tumbling requirement.

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She intended to compete a front layout after the 2 1/2 twist, but didn’t have enough rotation.

Watch her podium training routine (VIDEO) and her old Baku routine (VIDEO) with the same tumbling.

It is embarrassing that the judges didn’t catch it immediately. Romanian Press and fans will be disappointed. But I’ll sleep better knowing that the system worked. They got the score right in the end. Schaefer will compete the Final instead of being wrongly knocked out.

Women’s European Championships Apparatus Finalists

Official via UEG
Vault
1 E Downie (GBR) 14.433
2 Paseka (RUS) 14.412
3 Devillard (FRA) 14.267
4 Devai (HUN) 14.233
5 Belak (SLO) 14.216
6 KOVACS (HUN) 14.174
7 Melnikova (RUS) 14.166
8 Volleman (NED) 13.966

Bars (should be the best Final)
1 Seitz (GER) 14.566
1 Derwael (BEL) 14.566
3 Eremina (RUS) 14.466
4 Downie (GBR) 14.433
5 Kovacs (HUN) 14.366
6 E Downie (GBR) 14.266
7 Bui (GER) 14.133
8 de Jesus dos Santos (FRA 14.100

Click PLAY or watch Nina’s Bars on YouTube.

Beam
1 Iordache (ROU) 14.566
2 Wevers (NED) 14.300
3 Thorsdottir (NED) 14.233
4 Ponor (ROU) 14.066
5 Alt (GER) 13.700
6 Boyer (FRA) 13.700
7. E. Downie (GBR) 13.466
8. B. Downie (GBR) 13.333

Click PLAY or watch Lari’s Beam on YouTube.

Floor
1 E. Downie (GBR) 13.966
2 Fragapane GBR 13.766
3 Eremina (RUS) 13.633
4 Mori (ITA) 13.533
5 Thorsdottir (NED) 13.366
6. Melnikova (RUS) 13.233
7 Bui (GER) 13.166
8 Schaeffer (GER) 13.133

Catalina Ponor was initially 4th. But judges eventually realized she was missing the forward tumbling requirement. Revised score 13.066.

Click PLAY or watch Ellie’s Floor on YouTube.

Lauren Hopkins is here. Read her 2017 European Championships LIVE posts on thegymter.net.

Cintia Rodriguez – Floor

The highlight of the first subdivision for me was watching Cintia have a good all-around competition. She was underscored on Floor.

8.1 E score on this routine?

What most gymnasts do poorly Cintia does superbly. Yet there’s little credit for excellence in form and flexibility.

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GREAT season for U Washington

I couldn’t be happier for first year Head Coach Elise Ray and her team.

Argyro Afrati – Floor

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