The time has come, the time is now, to talk of Worlds and things, of hits and hopes and average scores, of champions and swings, of who has upgrades under wraps, and what the judges think. Calloo, callay, we'll sing today, of champions and swings.
AA Prediction
1. Ragan Smith
2. Larisa Iordache
3. Angelina Melnikova
Compared to Larisa, I have more confidence in Ragan that she won't 1.fall apart, 2.be downgraded a bunch, 3.get hammered in execution all over the place.
AA Fantasy
1. Rebeca Andrade
2. Ragan Smith
3. Ellie Black
REBECA!!! And I would also just love for Ellie to medal, especially at home!
Update: Well, now Rebeca's out, put in Larisa or Morgan for bronze.
VT Prediction
1. Maria Paseka
2. Shallon Olsen
3. Rebeca Andrade
The Chengmanars in front, of course. I always want someone with beautiful vaults to win, but Bee Farm always seems to get it.
VT Fantasy
1. Rebeca Andrade
2. Giulia Steingruber
3. Jade Carey
Once again, REBECA!! How gorgeous are her vaults! Giulia because duh, and then I just want Jade Carey to do the level-10-to-World-medalist-in-under-a-year thing. Because of course.
Update: Again, now Rebeca's ACL destroyed all our hopes again, slot in Jade Carey for the prediction and Chuso for the fantasy.
UB Prediction
1. Nina Derwael
2. Fan Yilin
3. Anastasia Iliankova
While bars is absolutely stacked, these three look to be coming in the clear frontrunners. I moved Iliankova into third because of the injury/rough training stuff.
UB Fantasy
1. Nina Derwael
2. Anastasia Iliankova
3. Diana Varinska
Can you tell what kind of bars routines I like? So many breathtaking gutsy combinations! So many Ezhovas! So many Tkatchev halves! So incredible!
BB Prediction
1. Ragan Smith
2. Liu Tingting
3. Larisa Iordache
Once again, I don't trust Larisa as much in certain key medal-getting areas. Liu's routine depends more on finicky combinations, so I'm wondering more about her D score. But then there's the wolf turn/side jump issues with Ragan's routines.
BB Fantasy
1. Sanne Wevers
2. Pauline Schaefer
3. Luo Huan/Morgan Hurd
All I want is Sanne and Pauline to medal on beam. That's it!! They just have such lovely, lovely work. #makebeamartisticagain I couldn't decide between Luo and Morgan-- I'm allowed one tie, right?
FX Prediction
1. Mai Murakami
2. Larisa Iordache
3. Ragan Smith
Mai seems to have the momentum this year. She's beyond due for a World floor medal! Larisa's apparently busting out a Silivas, so slot her in. And Ragan consistently does hit routines that get good scores.
FX Fantasy
1. Claudia Fragapane
2. Yesenia Ferrera
3. Mai Murakami
I'm still waiting for Frags to get her floor medal. And she's grown so much as a performer! I just love this routine. Same for Yesenia! Please let her get her medal here. And again, Mai's just overdue.
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