Today, we were treated to some more great gymnastics in its final day at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. This has been a strenuous competition, with five straight days of gymnastics for some of these ladies. As such, it's really no surprise there were some off moments from top competitors, but all the medalists had lovely, hit routines.
Beam Final
This final started out as a splat-fest, with three of the first four falling. However, the later gymnasts were able to pull it together and put out some stunning routines.
Becky Downie started the final off on not a great note, and she was clearly having a terribly off day. After some choreo on her mount, Downie immediately fell on her first skill, a punch front. She sadly also experienced falls on her next two skills as well, her beautiful acro series and Y turn. After remounting the beam for the third time, Downie had a fairly good go of it, though she elected not to go for the ring position on her second switch leap, but she dismounted with only a layout. Downie appeared not terribly upset afterward, accepting that she had just had a very, very bad day. We hope she can put this behind her for Worlds and put up performances like those we have seen earlier this year.
Sadly, Lauren Mitchell followed suit with her beam, up second. She began with her amazing mount series, switch leap mount immediately into front tuck into wolf jump. I love front tucks immediately connected out of other skills so much! Sadly, on her series of two back handsprings into a layout to two feet, Mitchell also came to grief and fell. She went on to have a very lovely routine, including her low-to-beam cartwheel which I just love and her signature turn. Mitchell is very watchable on beam and really makes it a complete unit. Even with her fall, Mitchell was able to reach a 13.000 for her routine for sixth place. She submitted an inquiry which was rejected.
Isabela Onyshko sadly joined the ranks of those who succumbed to the beam today. She has beautiful work on this event, but is also quite inconsistent. Onyshko also fell on her BHS+BHS+layout series. She also has a beautiful split full and switch leap into gainer layout connection. Her final score was a 12.9666 to put her in seventh place. Onyshko is very elegant and I loved her choreography. She could be great on this event if she could get her mind together.
After Onyshko was English Pocket Rocket Claudia Fragapane. I love the composition of her routine. She has a great interesting mount and engaging choreography. Her opening acrobatic element was her back handspring layout connection, which she wobbled on but was able to hold onto. Fragapane had wobbles on lots of skills and stumbled a bit on her aerial cartwheel. She performed her standing full with a bit of a wobble but great power. She had a back handspring connection into her double pike to dismount. Apparently Fragapane lost CR for her dance series because the judges did not think she directly connected her switch leap into her wolf jump. Her score was a 13.133 for fifth.
The two Welsh gymnasts competed in succession. Lizzie Beddoe was the first of the two to mount the beam. She put on a beautiful and solid performance. She connected her switch leap into another with half a turn into a wolf jump. Beddoe continued her lovely dance work with an illusion turn. Her acro series, a BHS+LOSO was lovely. She also had a very solid double turn, which was very special. She dismounted with only a 1 1/2 twist, which kept her difficulty down. Beddoe placed fourth with a score of 13.366.
Georgina Hockenhull was able to build on her teammate's beautiful performance to earn Wales's second medal in WAG at these Games. Hockenhull also had a beautiful BHS+LOSO connection for her acro series. She had a lovely dance connection of a switch leap to a Johnson leap. Hockenhull had a nice split jump out of her aerial walkover to make for a very beautiful connection. Hockenhull also included a switch leap with half twist which had beautiful position in the air. She dismounted with a double tuck, was was landed slightly low and had a step as a result. Hockenhull earned the bronze with a score of 13. 466.
Mary-Anne Monckton, who competed second, was able to overcome the first-half curse and put up a solid routine. She began with a pretty forward roll mount which was followed by her choreography low to the beam. Monckton started her routine in style with a well-fought aerial cartwheel into layout stepout. Her front foot on her LOSO was very off line, but Monckton was able to bring it under control with just a step back. She had a wobble on her dance series of a switch leap connected to a switch leap 1/2. She also had a solid sheep jump in her routine. She also had a double tuck dismount which wasn't able to quite tell if it was stuck. Monckton received a 13.666 for the silver.
Ellie Black stormed the beam final today as the final performer to win by over a point with a 14.900. She began with her double turn, which resulted in a wobble. To quote the BBC commentators, she followed it up with a front pike which she "stamped". Her back handspring to layout connection was also perfect. Her difficulty continues to build with a tuck full connected out of a back handspring. On her front tuck, Black had to fight for it because she was underrotated, but she was able to reign it back under control. She clearly wanted this title. She dismounted with a 2 1/2 which was landed with a "Shannon stick". Black's score today would have tied her for the gold at least year's World Championships.
Floor Final
Lots of great personality was displayed on the floor mat today! This was a great finale to the women's competition in Glasgow and filled with big gymnastics.
Kirsten Beckett got this final started in style with her very exciting and powerful floor routine. She opened with a big half in-half out, which unfortunately went out of bounds. Her double Arabian had nice position in the air and stuck the landing! Her third pass was lower difficulty with only a 1 1/2 twist. She finished with a double tuck. She did not have problems with her dance passage today, where she executed a switch leap into switch leap full. Beckett showed lots of personality and put on an engaging performance! She placed eighth, her score a 13.000.
Jessica Hogg followed Beckett in the lineup. She opened with a big stuck full-twisting double tuck. Her double tuck dismount was a bit overrotated and led to a step back. She had beautiful switch leap variations throughout her routine. Hogg used very upbeat music and put on a good show. Hogg placed fifth with a score of 13.166
Stephanie Merkle had a sparkling performance in her final routine of these Commonwealth Games. She opened immediately with her leap connection which was a switch leap connected into a Johnson 1/2. Her first tumble was a full-twisting double back with a bounce. Like fellow Canadian Ellie Black, Merkle also includes a Popa in her routine. Her second pass was a beautiful 2 1/2 twist punch front. This was followed by a triple twist. Her final pass was a double back with a hop forward. Her choreography was amazing and Merkle really shone in her performance! I loved her choreography low to the floor, and it was definitely a memorable routine for me! Merkle placed fourth with a score of 13.433.
Hannah Whelan of England put up her usual fierce performance on floor. She also started with a full-in, but had a big out of bounds on landing. She followed it with a very strong 2 1/2 punch layout. Her leap series was a switch ring to split full. After her double pike dismount, Whelan performed a Ferarri to end. As always, Whelan sold the heck out of her routine and had a fabulous ending choreography. Whelan placed sixth with a score of 13.133.
Charlotte Sullivan of New Zealand made her second appearance in and individual final today in the floor final. She had a beautiful double turn into double stag connection to open. She opened with a triple twist. Her routine also included a 2 1/2 twist into a stag-ish jump. That doesn't even get bonus anymore. She had a very nice switch ring to switch full passage. Sullivan dismounted with a double tuck. Sullivan received a 13.033 for seventh place.
Ellie Black now has a full set of medals after picking up a bronze in the floor final. I just love her floor because she combines artistic value with incredibly unique and creative tumbling. She had a little bit of a stumble on her opening Popa. Her double layout was high and beautiful in the air with just a small hop. A split leap full was connected into her switch leap full. After falling on her double pike in both the team and all around events, Black made a smart decision and replaced it with her previous double full. However, she went out of bounds on this pass. Her third and final pass was her punch full into double tuck. Black put on an enchanting performance for a score of 13.666.
Lauren Mitchell followed up hear beam performance in the floor final. This is definitely one of her best routines she's ever had. She opened with a full-twisting double pike which bounded backward. On her double Arabian, Mitchell tried to jump out with a stag jump, but instead went out of bounds. Her signature triple wolf turn was the best I've ever seen Mitchell do. It was eased around all three turns. She had a lovely bounding pass with her punch front out of a 2 1/2 twist. She dismounted with a great double pike. Mitchell earned the silver with 13.833. If Lauren Mitchell really is retiring after these Commonwealth Games, this was a fabulous final performance.
Claudia Fragapane added to her collection of gold medals today with the gold on the floor exercise. Unlike how she usually plants her landings, Fragapane had to adjust with a step on her full-twisting double layout. She did follow it up with a planted double layout, though. As always, her breakdancing choreography into her third pass was so much fun to watch! She followed it up with a planted double Arabian with a nice lack of cowboying. I love her new addition before her final pass! When she landed her double pike, everybody knew the gold was hers. Fragapane took her fourth gold of these games with a score of 14.541.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Commonwealths: All-Around Wrap-Up
England swept the podium at today's all around competition!! Claudia Fragapane was able to repeat her result from yesterday to win the title. She was followed by fellow English competitors Ruby Harrold, who had the bars routine of her life, and Hannah Whelan, who just barely scraped into the medals.
I really enjoyed this format of the competition. The bottom 12 qualifying gymnasts competed an entire round of competition on two events at a time, with the top 12 qualifying gymnasts following in the same manner. I liked how it meant that the competition was twice as long(!!) and we got to see all the bottom qualifiers.
In the first subdivision, both hometown favorite Scots competed, and displayed their on-point music selection! Both had strong competitions. Emma White placed tenth, a great accomplishment for Scotland, and Amy Regan finished her competition in fourteenth. Brittany Robertson of New Zealand also had a great competition, scoring above 11.000 on every event. She finished in a very respectable twelfth. Georgia-Rose Brown's problems on beam and floor came back to haunt her today, but her vault and bars were beautiful and should be a highlight of tomorrow's finals. Her floor was also much improved from yesterday, and her Memmel was gorgeous!
There was plenty of great gymnastics from some of the lesser-known gymnasts as well. Stelutsa Savvidou had a rough start on bars and beam, but pulled it together for the leg events, earning her high score of the day, a 13.733 on her last event, the vault. Claudia Cummings and Bianca Mann of South Africa both had great vault rotations, earning their high scores of the day. Cummings and Mann placed twenty-third and twentieth, respectively. Dipa Karmakar had a great competition today, with a nice beam routine featuring a gainer layout dismount and a great powerful vault. Sadly, she fell and rolled out of her final tumble, a double tuck. The Isle of Mann's Grace Harrison had beautiful elegant floor work. Singapore's Janessa Dai and Heem Wei Lim placed in eighteenth and nineteenth with beautiful beam work, despite errors on the event. Nicole Mawhinney of Northern Ireland had a very pleasant floor routine to "Wild Dances Part 2", placing well at seventeenth.
The second subdivision was a nail-biter, with lots of big gymnastics on display.
Charlotte Sullivan, who wins the competition for the best leo of the day, had a bit of a rough go of it, falling down the rankings to sixteenth. However, she finished the event solidly on vault with her beautiful Yurchenko 1/2. Can more gymnasts do this please? It's such a pretty vault! Kirsten Beckett started off the day wonderfully on vault, but unfortunately fell apart on the other events to place fifteenth. On her final event, floor, her foot caught on the carpet and she was unable to execute the second leap in her series. She was visibly devastated and we hope she can put up some stronger performances in the event finals tomorrow and Friday.
Malaysian princess Farah Ann Abdul Hadi had a day of beautiful gymnastics. She had an unfortunate fall on her tumbling series on beam, but pulled it together for the other tow events. On floor, she put on a beautiful performance, and she had a great FTY which scored a 13.933. She was delighted with herself, and especially her score on vault!
Canadians Isabela Onyshko and Maegan Chant placed seventh and ninth, respectively, after a much better outing than yesterday. Both had errors on bars, where each received her lowest score of the day. However, Onyshko caught her Hindorff today. Chant had a beautiful double layout on floor and handspring front 1/2 on vault.
The gymnasts from Wales proved yesterday was no fluke, and came out with some incredible performances. Both had errors on their third event, floor for Georgina Hockenhull and beam for Elizabeth Beddoe, but proved themselves elsewhere. Hockenhull had a high 13.733 on beam for a beautiful routine with a nice switch leap+Johnson connection. Beddoe had an engaging floor with music from Chicago!
Olivia Vivian placed an exciting fifth today, but what really made her stand out was her sparkling attitude! Vivian was constantly addressing the camera between rotations to send out messages to her fans and family and dancing on the floor. Her vault was a bit piked, but the rest of her work was amazing! The standout was her gorgeous beam which should be a model for everyone's in terms of choreography.
Ellie Black had a rough go of it today. Black started out strong with a great Tsuk 1 1/2 and hit bars set (though I still don't get how she doesn't get a huge deduction for that half turn under the low bar). Beam got the best of her, though. After nailing the double spin which got the best of her yesterday, she fell on her BHS+tuck full connection. Floor was also a hard one for her. After a beautiful double layout, Black put her hands down on her double pike and stumbled forward on her double tuck. It's so frustrating, she has such an artistic routine with the most creative tumbling in the world and it's gotten to her both days! However, as she's qualified to all event finals, Black has the chance to redeem herself the next to days. Best of luck to her!
Hannah Whelan was able to capitalize on rough rotations today and earn the bronze. She had a bit of an error on her double pike bars dismount, but held it together in the beam rotation when everyone else fell apart. She hit her Onodi which she erred on yesterday and added a second layout after her aerial. She put everything she had into her floor routine to earn a 13.500 and the bronze by less than .7.
Ruby Harrold had a very strong performance today. She earned the high vault score of the day, a 14.800 for her powerful DTY. Getting past the mistakes of Monday, Harrold caught her Bhardwaj perfectly and put together the best routine on the event of her career. She hit all her connections and had some of the best execution she's had. A routine like that tomorrow could definitely earn her a medal! Ruby sadly fell on her punch front on beam but earned the silver after an amazing floor routine. England should be looking forward to their floor rotation in the team final in Nanning!
Claudia Fragapane to the gold no one would have thought she was anything close to a contender for before this competition. Fragapane took the gold with a 56.132, enough to place in the top ten at Worlds last year in Antwerp! Fragapane had her usual powerful DTY to start the competition. She was able to complete a secure bars routine with none of the problems from Monday. She had a fall on beam on her BHS+layout to two feet connection, but was otherwise solid. Fragapane's final event was her best, her astounding floor. She hit all her tumbling runs out of the park as well as her incredibly exciting breakdance. Her third run was her double Arabian, which so wonderfully is not cowboyed!! Fragapane has really made a name for herself this year in every competition in which she has taken place. This title definitely affirms her stardom and proves she will be an asset to Team GB at Worlds this year!
I really enjoyed this format of the competition. The bottom 12 qualifying gymnasts competed an entire round of competition on two events at a time, with the top 12 qualifying gymnasts following in the same manner. I liked how it meant that the competition was twice as long(!!) and we got to see all the bottom qualifiers.
In the first subdivision, both hometown favorite Scots competed, and displayed their on-point music selection! Both had strong competitions. Emma White placed tenth, a great accomplishment for Scotland, and Amy Regan finished her competition in fourteenth. Brittany Robertson of New Zealand also had a great competition, scoring above 11.000 on every event. She finished in a very respectable twelfth. Georgia-Rose Brown's problems on beam and floor came back to haunt her today, but her vault and bars were beautiful and should be a highlight of tomorrow's finals. Her floor was also much improved from yesterday, and her Memmel was gorgeous!
There was plenty of great gymnastics from some of the lesser-known gymnasts as well. Stelutsa Savvidou had a rough start on bars and beam, but pulled it together for the leg events, earning her high score of the day, a 13.733 on her last event, the vault. Claudia Cummings and Bianca Mann of South Africa both had great vault rotations, earning their high scores of the day. Cummings and Mann placed twenty-third and twentieth, respectively. Dipa Karmakar had a great competition today, with a nice beam routine featuring a gainer layout dismount and a great powerful vault. Sadly, she fell and rolled out of her final tumble, a double tuck. The Isle of Mann's Grace Harrison had beautiful elegant floor work. Singapore's Janessa Dai and Heem Wei Lim placed in eighteenth and nineteenth with beautiful beam work, despite errors on the event. Nicole Mawhinney of Northern Ireland had a very pleasant floor routine to "Wild Dances Part 2", placing well at seventeenth.
The second subdivision was a nail-biter, with lots of big gymnastics on display.
Charlotte Sullivan, who wins the competition for the best leo of the day, had a bit of a rough go of it, falling down the rankings to sixteenth. However, she finished the event solidly on vault with her beautiful Yurchenko 1/2. Can more gymnasts do this please? It's such a pretty vault! Kirsten Beckett started off the day wonderfully on vault, but unfortunately fell apart on the other events to place fifteenth. On her final event, floor, her foot caught on the carpet and she was unable to execute the second leap in her series. She was visibly devastated and we hope she can put up some stronger performances in the event finals tomorrow and Friday.
Malaysian princess Farah Ann Abdul Hadi had a day of beautiful gymnastics. She had an unfortunate fall on her tumbling series on beam, but pulled it together for the other tow events. On floor, she put on a beautiful performance, and she had a great FTY which scored a 13.933. She was delighted with herself, and especially her score on vault!
Canadians Isabela Onyshko and Maegan Chant placed seventh and ninth, respectively, after a much better outing than yesterday. Both had errors on bars, where each received her lowest score of the day. However, Onyshko caught her Hindorff today. Chant had a beautiful double layout on floor and handspring front 1/2 on vault.
The gymnasts from Wales proved yesterday was no fluke, and came out with some incredible performances. Both had errors on their third event, floor for Georgina Hockenhull and beam for Elizabeth Beddoe, but proved themselves elsewhere. Hockenhull had a high 13.733 on beam for a beautiful routine with a nice switch leap+Johnson connection. Beddoe had an engaging floor with music from Chicago!
Olivia Vivian placed an exciting fifth today, but what really made her stand out was her sparkling attitude! Vivian was constantly addressing the camera between rotations to send out messages to her fans and family and dancing on the floor. Her vault was a bit piked, but the rest of her work was amazing! The standout was her gorgeous beam which should be a model for everyone's in terms of choreography.
Ellie Black had a rough go of it today. Black started out strong with a great Tsuk 1 1/2 and hit bars set (though I still don't get how she doesn't get a huge deduction for that half turn under the low bar). Beam got the best of her, though. After nailing the double spin which got the best of her yesterday, she fell on her BHS+tuck full connection. Floor was also a hard one for her. After a beautiful double layout, Black put her hands down on her double pike and stumbled forward on her double tuck. It's so frustrating, she has such an artistic routine with the most creative tumbling in the world and it's gotten to her both days! However, as she's qualified to all event finals, Black has the chance to redeem herself the next to days. Best of luck to her!
Hannah Whelan was able to capitalize on rough rotations today and earn the bronze. She had a bit of an error on her double pike bars dismount, but held it together in the beam rotation when everyone else fell apart. She hit her Onodi which she erred on yesterday and added a second layout after her aerial. She put everything she had into her floor routine to earn a 13.500 and the bronze by less than .7.
Ruby Harrold had a very strong performance today. She earned the high vault score of the day, a 14.800 for her powerful DTY. Getting past the mistakes of Monday, Harrold caught her Bhardwaj perfectly and put together the best routine on the event of her career. She hit all her connections and had some of the best execution she's had. A routine like that tomorrow could definitely earn her a medal! Ruby sadly fell on her punch front on beam but earned the silver after an amazing floor routine. England should be looking forward to their floor rotation in the team final in Nanning!
Claudia Fragapane to the gold no one would have thought she was anything close to a contender for before this competition. Fragapane took the gold with a 56.132, enough to place in the top ten at Worlds last year in Antwerp! Fragapane had her usual powerful DTY to start the competition. She was able to complete a secure bars routine with none of the problems from Monday. She had a fall on beam on her BHS+layout to two feet connection, but was otherwise solid. Fragapane's final event was her best, her astounding floor. She hit all her tumbling runs out of the park as well as her incredibly exciting breakdance. Her third run was her double Arabian, which so wonderfully is not cowboyed!! Fragapane has really made a name for herself this year in every competition in which she has taken place. This title definitely affirms her stardom and proves she will be an asset to Team GB at Worlds this year!
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Commonwealths: Gymnastics Day 2 Wrap-Up
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!!
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!!
Monday, July 28, 2014
Commonwealths: Gymnastics Day 1 Wrap-up (Plus Team Japan)
The Gymternet posted the qualifiers to vault and bars EFs. Gymnastike also has the full score sheet, but organized by team standings.
I was only able to watch the last three subdivisions, but there was quite a bit to be amazed by in just those three rounds! I am now in love with Malaysian gymnastics and add Mackenzie Slee to my list of favorites!
The big news is that Canada is currently in fourth behind Wales after having to count an FTY on vault and a disastrous bars rotation. Replacing Victoria Moors sure looks like a good decision now!! In other news, Becky Downie is also only competing bars and beam. Word is she didn't have as much training time as she was studying for finals, so she decided to focus only on the two events.
Australia was definitely the most solid team of the day. They were the on team to really rock bars, with gymnasts qualifying in 2-4, but Olivia Vivian will miss out on the final due to the 2-per-country rule. England had an uncharacteristically weak bars rotation. Both Claudia Fragapane and Hannah Whelan had shaky routines while Ruby Harrold had an unusually large error, Nastia's-Pak-at-2012-Visa's-ing her Bhardwaj. However, Ruby was able to muscle through it without hitting the ground and still scored a 13.400 and made the final. We will hope for a solid routine there, myself especially as it's my personal favorite! However, with their superior difficulty on vault- where Kelly Simm proved herself well- England is still in the lead ahead of Australia.
Canada's fourth-place position at the midway point was certainly a huge upset. I do believe they will be able to overtake Wales tomorrow, seeing as Ellie Black has a killer beam routine and floor is the team's strongest event, but I do think a silver is now out of the question for them now barring an implosion from Australia. Moors's removal is looking a bit suspect now, or at least the official reasoning for it. Bars was a mess anyway with only one score over 13, and certainly her DTY, full-in dismount on beam, and big floor would be welcome score-boosters for the team? If it really was because of unreadiness, which was evident at selection, why was she selected anyway? Anyway, enough speculation.
With Downie now out of the all around race, the title is basically Black's to win or lose. Though she's currently in fourth, she still has her two best events to come. The others in medal contention are Georgia Rose-Brown and fellow Englishwomen Fragapane and Harrold.
Let's get ready for beam and floor tomorrow!
Across the world, Japan has followed in their trend of naming a Worlds team before the US elite season has even started. Yu Minobe, Asuka Teramoto, Mai Murakami, Natsumi Sasada (she of the layout full beam mount!!), Inoue Wakana, and Hiraiwa Yuna will be making the trip to Nanning this October.
I was only able to watch the last three subdivisions, but there was quite a bit to be amazed by in just those three rounds! I am now in love with Malaysian gymnastics and add Mackenzie Slee to my list of favorites!
The big news is that Canada is currently in fourth behind Wales after having to count an FTY on vault and a disastrous bars rotation. Replacing Victoria Moors sure looks like a good decision now!! In other news, Becky Downie is also only competing bars and beam. Word is she didn't have as much training time as she was studying for finals, so she decided to focus only on the two events.
Australia was definitely the most solid team of the day. They were the on team to really rock bars, with gymnasts qualifying in 2-4, but Olivia Vivian will miss out on the final due to the 2-per-country rule. England had an uncharacteristically weak bars rotation. Both Claudia Fragapane and Hannah Whelan had shaky routines while Ruby Harrold had an unusually large error, Nastia's-Pak-at-2012-Visa's-ing her Bhardwaj. However, Ruby was able to muscle through it without hitting the ground and still scored a 13.400 and made the final. We will hope for a solid routine there, myself especially as it's my personal favorite! However, with their superior difficulty on vault- where Kelly Simm proved herself well- England is still in the lead ahead of Australia.
Canada's fourth-place position at the midway point was certainly a huge upset. I do believe they will be able to overtake Wales tomorrow, seeing as Ellie Black has a killer beam routine and floor is the team's strongest event, but I do think a silver is now out of the question for them now barring an implosion from Australia. Moors's removal is looking a bit suspect now, or at least the official reasoning for it. Bars was a mess anyway with only one score over 13, and certainly her DTY, full-in dismount on beam, and big floor would be welcome score-boosters for the team? If it really was because of unreadiness, which was evident at selection, why was she selected anyway? Anyway, enough speculation.
With Downie now out of the all around race, the title is basically Black's to win or lose. Though she's currently in fourth, she still has her two best events to come. The others in medal contention are Georgia Rose-Brown and fellow Englishwomen Fragapane and Harrold.
Let's get ready for beam and floor tomorrow!
Across the world, Japan has followed in their trend of naming a Worlds team before the US elite season has even started. Yu Minobe, Asuka Teramoto, Mai Murakami, Natsumi Sasada (she of the layout full beam mount!!), Inoue Wakana, and Hiraiwa Yuna will be making the trip to Nanning this October.
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