European Team Final
What I loved:
- Russia had hit routines (other than Tutkhalyan on beam, of course)
- France got the bronze!!! Beautiful. I love this team.
- Hungary, man
- Luca Diveky rising to the occasion on three events after not competing anywhere in qualifications
- So many DLOs!
- Ilaria everywhere!
- Allison Lapp on bars was lovely
What I didn't:
- On the converse of France getting the bronze, Switzerland was in fourth, and I was pulling for them to pull out their third place from qualifications again since they don't have a team at the Olympics
- GB didn't have their best day
- Becky Downie had another Commonwealth Games-style crazy off routine
- Romania again falling off the map
- Giulia continuing to have problems on beam
Junior Classics
What I loved:
- Emma Malabuyo and Gabby Perea were able to capitalize on the opportunity and finish on the podium after falls from the top competitors
- No falls on the podium!
- Irina Alexeeva's beam. 'Nuff said.
- Chiles did an Amanar, and it wasn't scary! (I don't have Gymnastike Gold or whatever it's called now they're FloGymnastics so I have no idea how it looked in Jesolo)
- Morgan Hurd upgraded like crazy (but still only has a 5.7 D score on beam?)
- Tori Tatum is my new obsession
What I didn't:
- Deanne Soza is just not looking great in her mental game (but, then again, she could very easily be blind right now, so how important is it, really?)
- Abi Walker scratched everything WHY?? I love her so much. I hate all the random scratches from Texas Dreams.
- So many falls/off routines from top competitors
Senior Classics
What I loved:
- CHRISTINA DESIDERIO WAS ON THE BROADCAST SQUEE!!!
- Aly hit her Amanar landing for the first time since quals in Glasgow
- And she had a super solid beam, which hasn't always been the case in her comeback
- Ragan's beam. Her Patterson had issues to say the least, but it's finally shown itself in competition and other than that it was about as close to perfect as Ragan can get.
- Alyssa Baumann was featured on the broadcast and it was wonderful. Her beam was killer and she's just such a diva on floor and I LOVE IT.
- Gabby's standing full and awesome save on her front pike on beam
- Way more high difficulty beam skills (fulls, Arabians) than we were led to expect in the first half of the quad
- The Svetlana Boginskaya interview!!
What I didn't:
- I totally get why no one did AA, but it definitely didn't lend itself to the most exciting competition. Floor especially felt pretty empty.
- Even though I'm not too disappointed about Ragan's Patterson, that was still sad
- Even though she was never on the start lists, it was a bit disappointing to have Bailie Key be there but not compete- I want to see her on floor especially again!
European Event Finals
What I loved:
- Giulia is putting everything on the table going into the Olympics! Her Rudi looked so effortless and I really want her to go for a front double eventually.
- Ellie Downie's gorgeous vaulting got rewarded
- SLAAAY BECKY!!! 6.9?!? How ridiculous!
- Beautiful routines from all three on the bars podium
- NO FALLS IN A BEAM FINAL!! It happened!
- Marine Boyer really did her job at this championships. And a second medal for France!
- Marine Brevet was in the floor final with her Pink Floyd routine. That is always a plus for me.
- Giulia pulling out a last minute DLO 1/1 from her floor routines in the previous rounds!
- And her Gogean of life which deserves its own mention
What I didn't:
- I really thought Zsofia was cleaner than that in the bars final
- Martina Rizelli's super rough go of it
- I personally would have liked to see Ilaria get the bronze on beam but then what do I know
- Cata seemed to have a strangely not solid beam routine
- Claudia's errors on floor
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