Kate McDonald (AUS) – Bars

One of the big surprises at Worlds has been the Aussies.

Recall they didn’t qualify to the Tokyo Olympics with a full team.

In 2022 on Bars they are not all that far behind the USA. #respect

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Yunseo LEE (KOR) – Bars

My FAVOURITE new-to-me gymnast at Worlds. She’s terrific on everything.

Her piked Stalder work on Bars is particularly impressive.

Korea hit all routines on Vault and Bars. Great job.

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Ana Barbosu – Bars

The new Romanian senior looked good in Liverpool.

She hopes ROM will be back in 2023 with a full team. Their Juniors are good.

The looming question for Romania has always been … Bars?

Historically, they didn’t wear grips. That era is over.

Still, they need use Sole Circle, not Free Hip as their main circle swing. Stepping into Sole Circle is an excellent progression, but not the end goal for an Elite gymnast.

BUT I was impressed with Ana’s Bars. And it scored well.

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Nina – Bars

The Olympic Champion is back. Her first competition since Tokyo.

And she’ll certainly qualify for the Bars final with this set.

It looks so easy for her.

Shilese JONES leads Worlds

After the first qualifying rotation:

JONES Shilese 55.766

CAREY Jade 55.132

After a terrific first 3 apparatus, Jordan Chiles (53.998) had two surprising falls on Beam. The 11.366 dropped her behind two teammates, so won’t qualify for the AA Final.

USA was impressive, despite one fall on Bars and two on Beam.

Shilese Jones – qualification Bars

Nice.

14.566

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Vasiliki Millousi comeback

Worlds Schmerlds.

The BIG news of the day is that 38-year-old Vasiliki Millousi is going to resume training.

A triple Olympian and many time international medal winner on Beam, she was always a fan favourite.

Married to Olympic Champion Eleftherios Petrounias, Vasiliki only stopped Gymnastics to have 2 kids.

They run a Gym. She started training again for fun and decided to go for Elite again.

Vasiliki Millousi, Greece