We were treated once again to some very exciting gymnastics at the Hydro this morning! The team final results were totally unexpected, with Wales taking home the bronze! Wales definitely raised their profile yesterday, but few expected them not to be overtaken by Canada! England won the title by almost 6 points, with Australia, Wales, and Canada came in places 2-4, just over 2 points apart. This is very exciting news for British gymnastics, because it shows that they are developing depth outside of England.
Canada was not able to pull it together after their disastrous first two rotations yesterday. They counted several falls on beam and were not able to put up the routines they are capable of on floor. Yesterday's rock, Ellie Black, had some errors, the biggest being a fall on her double turn on beam. Black was able to pull it together for floor, but had two low landings on her double pike and double tuck, both done in connection. However, it was great to see her 2 1/2 twist into 2 twist upgraded to a 2 1/2 into double pike. When will FIG get their heads on straight and make this a .3 CV!
Wales put on a magnificent performance! Wales has qualified four gymnasts- Elizabeth Beddoe, Rear Theaker, Georgina Hockenhull, and Jessica Hogg- into seven spots in four finals. Two Welsh gymnasts will be in the bars, beam, and all around finals and Wales will be represented by one gymnast in the floor final. No one- including the gymnasts- expected this success, and it was a wonderful surprise!
Australia was not as steady as yesterday, but did well to take home the silver. It was an unfortunate day for Georgia-Rose Brown, who made errors on both pieces, but she will have the chance to redeem herself in tomorrow's all around and Thursday's vault and uneven bars finals. Lauren Mitchell did well to qualify into both beam and floor finals despite a large step on her beam dismount. She made an inquiry on her beam score which was slightly confusing to some, seeing as it wouldn't have made a difference to the team standings or her own personal beam qualification, but it was accepted. Mary-Anne Monckton also did well on beam to just qualify in eighth.
England was the clear leader and no one could argue their win. Beam was bit of a shaky rotation with Becky Downie falling (she appeared to have some ankle or heel discomfort) and scary moments from both Ruby Harrold and Hannah Whelan. After floor got off to a rocky start with Kelley Simm falling, Ruby Harrold and Hannah Whelan both put on solid routines with great performance quality. The highlight routines of the day, however, belonged to Claudia Fragapane, who proved herself a clutch performer putting on incredible routines as the anchor on both events. She has qualified first into the all around final, where she has now made herself into a favorite for a medal, perhaps even the title itself, and into vault, beam(?), and floor finals. British gymnastics should be very pleased with Fragapane and her potential for the team!
In other news, Kirsten Beckett has qualified for all around, vault, bars, and floor finals! Great job for her and South Africa! Also, Malaysian angel Farah Ann Abdul Hadi qualified into the all around final! Georgia-Rose Brown and Isabela Onyshko both changed their floor music. I was sad about both, because I loved Brown's Nessun Dorma, and I thought Onyshko's routine was in some ways nicer than Moors's to the same music.
I was quite annoyed with the BBC commentary in the final subdivision. They seemed a bit to eager for Canada to make major mistakes in favor of Wales.
Let the all around final begin!!
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