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GOLD: Kohei Kameyama, JPN
SILVER: Max Whitlock, GBR
SILVER: Daniel Corral, MEX

Fantastic.

Click PLAY or watch Kohei Kameyama on YouTube. A specialist, not likely to be back on the Team this quad.

Click PLAY or watch Max on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Daniel Corral Barron on YouTube.

First Worlds medal ever for MEXICO!

Tony Pineda will be proud.

Click PLAY or watch Alberto Busnari on YouTube.

This kind of routine is the FUTURE of Pommel Horse. … But FIG should not allow this many handstands combos.

Fantastic medalists … after a scary Final.

Click PLAY or watch McKayla on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Simone on YouTube. RIGHT down the MIDDLE.

Click PLAY or watch Hong Un Jong on YouTube.

Congratulations to North Korea. It’s good to have you back.

Kenzo Shirai (JPN) FX 2013 Worlds EF

16.000 (7.4, 8.600)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

NOW … When FIG “fixes” the rules to disallow so much use of one kind of skill, Kenzo will STILL win. 🙂

1. Kenzo
2. Jake Dalton (VIDEO)
3. Kohei Uchimra (VIDEO)

I would have had Kohei ahead of Jake.

FIG Execution judging is in 2013 as bad as ever.

Judges “box” the scores: the best are too low, the worst too high.

Judges are afraid (except on Vault) to award high E scores. The 9.8s of the past would be 8.8 or less in 2013.

Famous gymnasts and those from top nations tend to be over-scored. (Not always, as we saw with Kyla Ross in prelims, but more often than not.)

One way to separate the best from the rest would be to deduct more severely crossed legs on twisting.

It’s easy to see this error. Deducting more would dissuade gymnasts from trying to add one more half twist — at the risk of landing injuries.

About.com Gymnastics – Good Form: Twisting on Vault

Moors 2

Victoria killed it. 🙂 Finished 10th in the AA Finals.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Congratulations. Folks back home are SO proud of how well the Canadian girls are competing.

After a couple of hours sleep I’m off to a meeting held in conjunction with the World Championships. I’ll be trying to watch the next 2 days of Apparatus Finals online.

Congratulations to the organizing committee. To the superb FIG, USAG and British media contingents. To the hard working and long suffering bloggers who, like me, paid all their own costs. Labour of love. 🙂

The women’s AA Final was great. But the guys Final was even more exciting.

Click PLAY or watch HIGHLIGHTS on YouTube.

That’s the first time I saw Kohei holding up 4 fingers. 🙂

Twitter really is the best way to follow a LIVE event. If you have the right hash tag.

It's so cool that #WChAntwerp is now trending! pic.twitter.com/tWXybpfibV

— Fiona O'Sullivan (@SullivanShiloh) October 4, 2013

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Vanessa had a great day. I’m thinking this is her best choreography ever. She’s always been a great tumbler, skillful at sticking landings.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Rumour is that she’s engaged to be married. 🙂

More WAG AA Final VIDEOS.

#WChAntwerp

It was fairly certain that Simone and Kyla would go 1-2 … if they hit 4/4.

They did.

The strongest rival was Iordache. But even 4/4 I don’t think she would have overtaken either.

Sadly, she fell on Beam.

The happiest story was Aliya Mustafina. Once again coming through when it counted, confirming her place in the Gymnastics HALL OF FAME.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube. New skill. Her dismount back.