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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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Commonwealths: Vault and Bars Finals Wrap-Up (plus Injury Updates)
Gymnastics continued today in the Hydro at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Two huge finals were contested today, vault and uneven bars. We were treated to some of the most difficult routines in the world on both events and very, very big gymnastics.
Vault Final
This is a great example of why I love vault finals at smaller meets better than at major internationals. Less crazy sloppy chucked vaults and more simply prettiness! Though there was some insane stuff on display today!
Georgia-Rose Brown got the day started of right with the beautiful vaults. She vaulted an FTY for a very high 14.100. FTYs rarely are able to break the 14.000 barrier. Her second vault was a fairly simple half-on tucked front. She scored a 13.566 to average 13.833 and take seventh place.
Hometown favorite Emma White was second up in the vault final. She began, like Brown, with a very nice FTY. It piked a bit into the ground, but was otherwise nicely executed and scored 13.800. White's second vault was the same as that of Brown's but in a piked position. She tucked her legs too early and was thrust forward. Christine Still said in her commentary that White had landed the vault with her legs locked in the training earlier in the day, which explained her issues. She earned a 13.300 for an average 13.550 and eighth place.
South African great Kirsten Beckett showed very powerful vaults in the final today. She had an amazing 1 1/2 Yurchenko for her first vault. Her only problem was a hop on landing, but it was an otherwise amazing outing, scoring her a 14.366. Her second vault was a Tsuk full which also showed great power for a 13.866. Her 14.116 average was good enough for sixth.
England's Kelley Simm had a very respectable outing on vault today in her first individual final of a major championships. Her first vault was a very powerful DTY, though it was rather sloppy. Her DTY scored 14.633. Simm's second vault was a half-on tuck front half, which she landed a bit low, but was otherwise solid for a score of 13.766, giving her an average of 14.199 for fifth place.
Maegan Chant of Canada placed fourth in the final with both vaults scoring 14.233. She had two very clean vaults but not enough difficulty to put her onto the podium. Her first vault was a handspring front 1/2, which was fairly piked. There was a fair bit of discussion among the commentators about whether it would be credited, which it was. Chant's second vault was a beautiful Tsuk full with only a small hop on landing.
The biggest surprise and the buzz story of today was India's Dipa Karmakar. Karmakar is a hugely powerful gymnast, which is well displayed in her vault work. Her first vault, a Tsuk full, was fairly sloppy. She had a significant leg separation, especially on the block, and also incurred a penalty for out of bounds. She scored a 13.633. However, she matched that vault with her Produnova. I was literally watching through my fingers as she vaulted, expecting a huge crash, when, to everybody's surprise- Karmakar stood her vault up! She likely incurred a deduction for brushing against the landing mat, for she landed in a very deep squat, but she definitely stood it up! Her Produnova earned her a 15.100, the highest score of the final, and earned a bronze medal, India's first in artistic gymnastics.
Elsabeth Black was able to put all prior misfortune behind her today for an amazing vault final. Black had the same first vault as teammate Chant, a handspring front 1/2. It was dead center and almoooost stuck! It was an absolutely beautiful effort. Black saved her more difficult vault, a Tsuk 1 1/2, for second. This time, there was nothing almost about it, she landed in a stick! She tucked her legs slightly coming in for landing and landed fairly deeply, but it was definitely a huge victory! Black scored 14.433 for both vaults to take the silver.
Claudia Fragapane continued her gold streak in her one event final of the day. Fragapane began with bit of a scraggly DTY which incurred a penalty for out of bounds, and on which her feet were flexed. Her DTY earned her a 14.766. Fragapane's second vault was a Lopez. Off the table, Fragapane had a very open layout position. She piked down a bit for the landing, on which she had a hop. The Lopez scored a 14.500 and gave her an average of 14.633.
I love Claudia as much as anybody else, but as much as I would love her to be rolling in gold medals, it was clear she didn't deserve this title. Ellie Black was simply robbed. She put up two textbook vaults of respectable difficulty and had much better landings than Fragapane, who has iffy blocking technique on her Yurchenkos especially and took hops on both of her landings. Black was the best vaulter of the day, and it was obvious.
Uneven Bars Final
Bars showed many very exciting routines with very unique and original combinations. The Brits are some of the best bars workers in the world, and Australia sent a team of many very talented bars workers, so it was quite competitive!
Sadly, the Welsh gymnasts did not see the success and consistency of the team final today. Both gymnasts had very rough outings on the uneven bars today. Lizzie Beddoe was the first gymnast of the final, and her problems began very early in her routine. After her toe-on full, Beddoe had a very well flighted Maloney, but she stalled on her cast out of it which resulted in an empty swing. She then fell on her next move, a Jager salto. Beddoe went on to have a good rest of her routine, and showcased gorgeous lines. Rear Theaker came into this final injured, so many questioned whether she would even participate. It was clear from the beginning of her routine she was not in top form after she stalled on her hop grip change. On an attempt for a Weiler, Theaker fell from the bar. She came back onto the bars for a beautiful Maloney. However, on a clear hip circle, Theaker fell again and chose to end her routine. Theaker was clearly not on top form and working through immense pain, but she put on a gutsy performance and made a wise decision when she saw she couldn't go on.
Ellie Black had a very clean routine today. She began with a clear hip circle into a beautiful Shang release. She had a very nice Jager into Pak down to the low bar. She was off handstand on her giant full, but absolutely PLANTED her Moors dismount, which showed a very good stretched position. I still never quite understand that weird half turn under the bar and how that doesn't kill her score, but it was a great routine otherwise. Black scored a 13.700 and placed fourth.
Kirsten Beckett also had a very clean going of it in finals today, but without much of any difficulty. She began her routine with a nice bail straight into a Ray back to the high bar. She had a giant full which landed beautifully in handstand and then went straight into a HUGE Tkatchev. She finished with a very nice double front dismount. Due to her low difficulty, Beckett scored only a 12.933 and placed in sixth.
Georgia-Rose Brown was once again able to put her difficulties of the past two days behind her and put on a beautiful routine which showcased her gorgeous lines. She brought the original difficulty immediately opening with her gorgeous Maloney+Geinger connection, but caught close with bent elbows. After her toe-on full, Brown executed another flight series with a Jager connected to a bail which hit perfect handstand. From a toe-on 1/2, Brown went straight into a beautiful stuck double front. She was short on handstand for most of her routine, which is where she incurred most of her deductions. Brown scored 13.566 for fifth place.
Ruby Harrold, the final performer of the day, had another of the routines of her life. She had great flight on her Maloney into her Bhardwaj, which she caught well. Then it was back to her Van Leeuwen into Zuchold, which she connected directly into her toe-on full. She had a good Jager, but was over handstand in her cast out. She went into a double front with just one step forward. Harrold had a fair bit of leg separation in her routine, but she hit all of her connections and was very solid. She earned a bronze with a 14.366.
Larrissa Miller of Australia also had unique connections in her routine, and beautiful execution. She had a very unique Ricna into Geinger connection. She had a beautiful toe-on into a Jager, but kipped out of it before her bail. On the high bar, she executed a Stalder full before her full-in dismount. Miller had beautiful lines and lovely execution, and this is definitely a routine that might be seen in the event final come Nanning. She earned the silver with a 14.566.
Becky Downie added a Commonwealth Games title to match hers from Europeans with a 14.666. Her routine opened with the ever-exciting Chow to Hindorff connection. She hit all her connections except for her Ricna into Pak. She went cleanly through the whole slew of releases and transitions very cleanly. Her only significant errors were two small steps on her dismount, but this was definitely unarguably the best routine of the day.
In other parts of the world, two gymnasts pulled out of big upcoming events. Ari Agrapides will no longer be competing in the Secret U.S. Classic this Saturday. According to MG Elite's Facebook, Ari hit her foot on the low bar which created an open cut and fractured her toe. However, word is she will be competing at Championships later in August. Sadly, a major name for the YOG who was expected to be a top contender, Rebeca Andrade will no longer be competing for Brazil and be replaced by Flavia Saraiva. Andrade has broken her toe according to Alexander Alexandrov, and he does not want to risk anything the season before she turns senior. The Netherlands' Wendy de Jong has also withdrawn due to a broken ankle in favor of Isa Maassen.
Vault Final
This is a great example of why I love vault finals at smaller meets better than at major internationals. Less crazy sloppy chucked vaults and more simply prettiness! Though there was some insane stuff on display today!
Georgia-Rose Brown got the day started of right with the beautiful vaults. She vaulted an FTY for a very high 14.100. FTYs rarely are able to break the 14.000 barrier. Her second vault was a fairly simple half-on tucked front. She scored a 13.566 to average 13.833 and take seventh place.
Hometown favorite Emma White was second up in the vault final. She began, like Brown, with a very nice FTY. It piked a bit into the ground, but was otherwise nicely executed and scored 13.800. White's second vault was the same as that of Brown's but in a piked position. She tucked her legs too early and was thrust forward. Christine Still said in her commentary that White had landed the vault with her legs locked in the training earlier in the day, which explained her issues. She earned a 13.300 for an average 13.550 and eighth place.
South African great Kirsten Beckett showed very powerful vaults in the final today. She had an amazing 1 1/2 Yurchenko for her first vault. Her only problem was a hop on landing, but it was an otherwise amazing outing, scoring her a 14.366. Her second vault was a Tsuk full which also showed great power for a 13.866. Her 14.116 average was good enough for sixth.
England's Kelley Simm had a very respectable outing on vault today in her first individual final of a major championships. Her first vault was a very powerful DTY, though it was rather sloppy. Her DTY scored 14.633. Simm's second vault was a half-on tuck front half, which she landed a bit low, but was otherwise solid for a score of 13.766, giving her an average of 14.199 for fifth place.
Maegan Chant of Canada placed fourth in the final with both vaults scoring 14.233. She had two very clean vaults but not enough difficulty to put her onto the podium. Her first vault was a handspring front 1/2, which was fairly piked. There was a fair bit of discussion among the commentators about whether it would be credited, which it was. Chant's second vault was a beautiful Tsuk full with only a small hop on landing.
The biggest surprise and the buzz story of today was India's Dipa Karmakar. Karmakar is a hugely powerful gymnast, which is well displayed in her vault work. Her first vault, a Tsuk full, was fairly sloppy. She had a significant leg separation, especially on the block, and also incurred a penalty for out of bounds. She scored a 13.633. However, she matched that vault with her Produnova. I was literally watching through my fingers as she vaulted, expecting a huge crash, when, to everybody's surprise- Karmakar stood her vault up! She likely incurred a deduction for brushing against the landing mat, for she landed in a very deep squat, but she definitely stood it up! Her Produnova earned her a 15.100, the highest score of the final, and earned a bronze medal, India's first in artistic gymnastics.
Elsabeth Black was able to put all prior misfortune behind her today for an amazing vault final. Black had the same first vault as teammate Chant, a handspring front 1/2. It was dead center and almoooost stuck! It was an absolutely beautiful effort. Black saved her more difficult vault, a Tsuk 1 1/2, for second. This time, there was nothing almost about it, she landed in a stick! She tucked her legs slightly coming in for landing and landed fairly deeply, but it was definitely a huge victory! Black scored 14.433 for both vaults to take the silver.
Claudia Fragapane continued her gold streak in her one event final of the day. Fragapane began with bit of a scraggly DTY which incurred a penalty for out of bounds, and on which her feet were flexed. Her DTY earned her a 14.766. Fragapane's second vault was a Lopez. Off the table, Fragapane had a very open layout position. She piked down a bit for the landing, on which she had a hop. The Lopez scored a 14.500 and gave her an average of 14.633.
I love Claudia as much as anybody else, but as much as I would love her to be rolling in gold medals, it was clear she didn't deserve this title. Ellie Black was simply robbed. She put up two textbook vaults of respectable difficulty and had much better landings than Fragapane, who has iffy blocking technique on her Yurchenkos especially and took hops on both of her landings. Black was the best vaulter of the day, and it was obvious.
Uneven Bars Final
Bars showed many very exciting routines with very unique and original combinations. The Brits are some of the best bars workers in the world, and Australia sent a team of many very talented bars workers, so it was quite competitive!
Sadly, the Welsh gymnasts did not see the success and consistency of the team final today. Both gymnasts had very rough outings on the uneven bars today. Lizzie Beddoe was the first gymnast of the final, and her problems began very early in her routine. After her toe-on full, Beddoe had a very well flighted Maloney, but she stalled on her cast out of it which resulted in an empty swing. She then fell on her next move, a Jager salto. Beddoe went on to have a good rest of her routine, and showcased gorgeous lines. Rear Theaker came into this final injured, so many questioned whether she would even participate. It was clear from the beginning of her routine she was not in top form after she stalled on her hop grip change. On an attempt for a Weiler, Theaker fell from the bar. She came back onto the bars for a beautiful Maloney. However, on a clear hip circle, Theaker fell again and chose to end her routine. Theaker was clearly not on top form and working through immense pain, but she put on a gutsy performance and made a wise decision when she saw she couldn't go on.
Ellie Black had a very clean routine today. She began with a clear hip circle into a beautiful Shang release. She had a very nice Jager into Pak down to the low bar. She was off handstand on her giant full, but absolutely PLANTED her Moors dismount, which showed a very good stretched position. I still never quite understand that weird half turn under the bar and how that doesn't kill her score, but it was a great routine otherwise. Black scored a 13.700 and placed fourth.
Kirsten Beckett also had a very clean going of it in finals today, but without much of any difficulty. She began her routine with a nice bail straight into a Ray back to the high bar. She had a giant full which landed beautifully in handstand and then went straight into a HUGE Tkatchev. She finished with a very nice double front dismount. Due to her low difficulty, Beckett scored only a 12.933 and placed in sixth.
Georgia-Rose Brown was once again able to put her difficulties of the past two days behind her and put on a beautiful routine which showcased her gorgeous lines. She brought the original difficulty immediately opening with her gorgeous Maloney+Geinger connection, but caught close with bent elbows. After her toe-on full, Brown executed another flight series with a Jager connected to a bail which hit perfect handstand. From a toe-on 1/2, Brown went straight into a beautiful stuck double front. She was short on handstand for most of her routine, which is where she incurred most of her deductions. Brown scored 13.566 for fifth place.
Ruby Harrold, the final performer of the day, had another of the routines of her life. She had great flight on her Maloney into her Bhardwaj, which she caught well. Then it was back to her Van Leeuwen into Zuchold, which she connected directly into her toe-on full. She had a good Jager, but was over handstand in her cast out. She went into a double front with just one step forward. Harrold had a fair bit of leg separation in her routine, but she hit all of her connections and was very solid. She earned a bronze with a 14.366.
Larrissa Miller of Australia also had unique connections in her routine, and beautiful execution. She had a very unique Ricna into Geinger connection. She had a beautiful toe-on into a Jager, but kipped out of it before her bail. On the high bar, she executed a Stalder full before her full-in dismount. Miller had beautiful lines and lovely execution, and this is definitely a routine that might be seen in the event final come Nanning. She earned the silver with a 14.566.
Becky Downie added a Commonwealth Games title to match hers from Europeans with a 14.666. Her routine opened with the ever-exciting Chow to Hindorff connection. She hit all her connections except for her Ricna into Pak. She went cleanly through the whole slew of releases and transitions very cleanly. Her only significant errors were two small steps on her dismount, but this was definitely unarguably the best routine of the day.
In other parts of the world, two gymnasts pulled out of big upcoming events. Ari Agrapides will no longer be competing in the Secret U.S. Classic this Saturday. According to MG Elite's Facebook, Ari hit her foot on the low bar which created an open cut and fractured her toe. However, word is she will be competing at Championships later in August. Sadly, a major name for the YOG who was expected to be a top contender, Rebeca Andrade will no longer be competing for Brazil and be replaced by Flavia Saraiva. Andrade has broken her toe according to Alexander Alexandrov, and he does not want to risk anything the season before she turns senior. The Netherlands' Wendy de Jong has also withdrawn due to a broken ankle in favor of Isa Maassen.
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!!
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