Despite counting 2 falls on Beam, the ROC — like their men — are top of the podium.
Congratulations.
Simone withdrew after the first apparatus.
Luciana Alvarado for #BLM
Luciana made a statement on social justice as part of her choreography.
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ROC, Japan, China
WOW.
An incredible show.
3-up, 3-count alternating teams is super exciting.
So much difficulty. Yet there were very few large deductions and no falls from the medal winners.
It came down to the final rotation. The final routines.
The gamble of having Dalaloyan compete all 6 apparatus … worked.
Riley McCusker to Worlds?
Seems logical that the USA send Riley to specialist Worlds 2021 in Japan.
Could she do that and still start at Florida this autumn?
I would think so.
There’s a very good argument that Riley should have been chosen for the Olympics spot over McKayla Skinner. Since that didn’t happen — Riley should get first priority on the Worlds assignment, should she want it.
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Beach Volleyball fixed their sexist uniform rules 😀
Where can I bet on Team USA?
“It’s good they didn’t peak now,” added Shane Wiskus.
“Not concerned,” Mikulak said. “Never lose faith in the girls.” …
Sports Illustrated
The story of the day is Russia deservedly defeating USA in the qualifying round.
That happened.
On the other hand, no medals are awarded in qualification. I’m expecting Simone and team to come back with aggressive routines in the Team final. They’ll be far better.
USA qualified the maximum number of Finals positions. I would have loved to see Riley in the Bars final rather than Simone, however.
National Team Coordinator Tom Forster gets too much blame when things go wrong. And too much credit when things go right. That’s in the job description.
Certainly communication has been poor.
But let’s wait until Tokyo is over before analyzing team performance.
Eventually USAG could decide mistakes were made. There’s not much time before specialist Worlds 2021 in October, however.
Rhys reflects on Pommels qualification
He tours the Olympic village on his day off.
The ASICS shop is cool.
Rhys is happy so many of the top guys made the final. He wants Pommels to be an EXCITING event. 🙂
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superb Brooklyn Moors
A case study in artistry for judges.
Can they score higher than 10.0 at UCLA? 😀
She’s one of the reserves for the Floor final.
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Ellie Black – Beam
14.1 and into the Final.
6.3 start. Third highest in the competition.
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WAG Olympic finalists – Apparatus
Despite having a surprisingly off day in prelims, #Simone still qualified to all 4 apparatus finals. She has 6 medal chances in Tokyo.
Vault
- Simone Biles USA 15.183
- Jade Carey USA 15.166
- Rebeca Andrade BRA 15.100
- Yeo Seo-jeong KOR 14.800
- Shallon Olsen CAN 14.699
- Lilia Akhaimova RUS 14.699
- Alexa Moreno MEX 14.633
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.616
Finally. Rebeca Andrade has long been one of the best gymnasts in the world, but had 3 ACL tears, limiting her chances in the past.
She qualified 2nd in the world in the AA and to both Floor and Vault apparatus finals.
Bars
- Nina Derwael BEL 15.366
- Sunisa Lee USA 15.200
- Anastasia Iliankova RUS 14.966
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.933
- Lu Yufei CHN 14.700
— Elisabeth Seitz GER 14.700 - Fan Yilin CHN 14.600
- Simone Biles USA 14.566
The showdown we wanted. Nina v Suni.
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Beam
- Guan Chenchen CHN 14.933
- Tang Xijing CHN 14.333
- Sunisa Lee USA 14.200
- Larisa Iordache ROU 14.133
- Ellie Black CAN 14.100
- Simone Biles USA 14.066
- Vladislava Urazova RUS 14.000
- Flavia Saraiva BRA 13.966
Beam judges were slow. And also bad. What they are doing now makes Olympic Gymnastics look bad to the general public.
China put on a Beam clinic with 5 of the top 11 scores.
It was wonderful to see Larisa hit. Romanian Beam like past Olympics. Sadly she hurt her ankle on the triple twist dismount.
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Floor
- Vanessa Ferrari ITA 14.166
- Simone Biles USA 14.133
- Jade Carey USA 14.100
- Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.066
- Jessica Gadirova GBR 14.033
- Viktoria Listunova RUS 14.000
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.000
- Murakami Mai JPN 13.933
30-year-old Vanessa Ferrari was one of the last qualifiers to Tokyo. And finds herself in the final ahead of unbeatable Simone Biles. Congratulations. Also — vindication for 2010 Worlds where she should have been #1 on Floor, but judges ranked her 6th.
