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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.

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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.

“@BTOgymblog: Good job, New York Times. Kohei is an excellent skater. pic.twitter.com/6AMRwjjny1” wow shame on you NYT and AP… #FactCheck

— Elizabeth Grimsley (@AllFlippedOut) October 2, 2013

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Actually, this is the first bit of hilariously wrong media coverage I’ve seen.

Leave a comment if you have seen anything else like this.

#WChAntwerp Men’s AA

2T. Sam Mikulak, USA
2T. Ryohei Kato, Japan

4. Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine
5. Lin Chaopan, China
6. Zhou Shixiong, China
7. Max Whitlock, Great Britain
8. Fabian Hambüchen, Germany
9. Sergio Sasaki, Brazil

Uncle Tim Talks Men’s Gym – 2013 Worlds: Introducing the Peloton of the Men’s All-Around

Ono is here in Belgium.

She thinks Hambüchen is ranked too low, Oleg too high.

The Chinese guys are consistent, I’ll give them that. Kato too.

Just to keep the conversation lively, I’ll go for the entertainers:

2. Mikulak
3. Hambüchen (hits Pommels for 13.70)

4. Zhou Shixiong, China
5. Ryohei Kato, Japan

#WChAntwerp

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14.216 = D score : 6.20, E score : 8.016

@theallaround:

BB qualifiers 1.Iordache, 2.Shang, 3.Ross, 4.Rodionova, 5.Biles, 6.Ferrari, 7.Ferlitto, 8.Mustafina

Mustafina? … That’s a crime.

Who was knocked out of the Beam final due to incompetent E-panel judging?

Oh. Only Yao Jinnan, one of the best two Beam routines in the competition. Sob. 😦

I’d like know Michel Léglise’s opinion of a set of Judging rules that rewards this kind of performance with qualification to a World Championships Final.

He’s Head of FIG Medical Commission.

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1st Vault : 14.900 (D score : 7.0, E score : 7,90), 2nd Vault : 14.466 (D score : 5.80, E score : 8.666). Average : 14.683.

Obviously 1.0 is not a big enough penalty on Vault. It would need to be 2.0 or higher to stop gymnasts from chucking it with or without a fall.

@theallaround:

Vault qualifiers 1.Maroney, 2.Biles, 3.Hong, 4.Phan, 5.Steingruber, 6.Chusovitina, 7.Peña, 8.Netteb

Fadwa Mahmoud from Egypt also competed the double front Vault. Similar landing position. But no fall. Better, but still dangerous.

Crazy and crazy difficult.

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The British girls are super creative on Bars.

@theallaround:

UB qualifiers 1.Yao, 2.Ross, 3.Huang, 4.Downie, 5.Mustafina, 6.Biles, 7.Harrold, 8.Scheder,

Gorgeous, as always.

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14.733 = D score : 6.20, E score : 8.533

Provisory 2nd best score in Floor, behind Simone Biles (15.033).

Sadly, Victoria Moors fell on her new double double layout. Won’t qualify for the FX Final.

@theallaround:

FX qualifiers 1.Biles, 2.Izbasa, 3.Iordache, 4.Ferrari, 5.Murakami, 6.Ross, (Maroney), 7.Steingruber, 8.Black

At the 2013 Europeans, the all-around final Ruby finished 8th with a total score of 54.633, becoming the first British woman ever to produce a top-10 performance in an all-around European Championships final. …

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14.600 = D score : 6.30, E score : 8.300

hmm ..

Because I like the originality, I’ll shaddup on this E score.

@theallaround:

Provisional results after 4 subdivisions UB: 1.Yao, 2.Ross, 3.Huang, 4.Mustafina, 5.Biles, 6.Harrold, 7.Scheder, 8.Nabieva

With one flight left to go: 1.Biles, 2.Iordache, 3.Ferrari, 4.Murakami, 5.Ross, 6.Maroney, 7.Black, 8.Makra

Keep your fingers crossed for tiny Noemi from Hungary.

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The judges deliberated long before awarding:

13.966 = D score : 6.0, E score : 7.966