Time: 18:00 Glasgow
The List of Starts:

Props to Glasgow for adding a series of precarious steps for gymnasts to go down after their intro poses. We know how well gymnasts do with steps.

Two rotation groups with 9 athletes each, so be sure to check into a retirement facility before we start.

Crystelle Lake is Scotland’s top qualifier. We need more gymnasts named after courses in 1080. Can’t wait for Golden Forest to make the US team for 2028.

Rotation 1, Part A

Scott – VT – AUS – yfull, solid position, light pike, good block and legs together, pretty large bounce back to try to control. 13.100 (4.2/8.9)

Z Daries – UB – RSA – maloney with leg separation, connects it to the gienger well – toe 1/2 to piked jaeger, solid – slightly shy on some hs but fine – bail, hit with little pike – toe full on low bar – toe shoot, pretty good amplitude for a toe shoot – DLO, small hop. Good one. 12.600 (5.2/7.4)

Evans – VT – WAL – does the DTY, excellent height, fairly large bounce back – very slight knee and foot position throughout. Strong. 14.100 (5.0/9.1)

Lake – UB – SCO – toe full, little form moment but works through to van leeuwen – jaeger, nice foot position and amplotude – pak, hit, small foot break – maloney to gienger, hits it, legs apart on catch, a couple short hs – double front, hit with lunge forward. Well done. Totally beat Ricky Winterborn with that. 13.250 (5.6/7.650)

E Black – VT – CAN – Tsuk 1.5 is solid, step forward, not quite the control on landing of the team competition but will be a good score. 13.850 (4.8/9.050)

N Davies – UB – RSA – toe full to maloney, small leg breaks, connects to giener – toe blind is past but hits connected jaeger – bail, shorter of vertical – also solid on her toe shoot to high – only dismounts with a flyaway. 12.600 (4.7/7.9)

E Roper – VT – WAL – yfull is hit, medium hop back, some pike, chest up really well though. 13.300 (4.2/9.1)

A Yap – VT – SGP – yfull as well, similar to Scott, clean in the air, slight pike, pretty large bounce back. 13.000 (4.2/8.8)

Tan – UB – SGP – excellent gienger, great height – pak, legs together, some foot flexing – 1/2 turn on low is past – toe shoot to high, hit – over on hs on high but pulls it back – giant full is past, and also dismounts with a flyaway. 11.000 (3.4/7.6)

Donatella, what are we doing about these flyaways?

Busuttil – UB – MLT – maloney, small leg break, connects to pak, a bit low but gets it – cast 1/2 on low – shoot to high – hits gienger on high bar with leg separation on catch – well past 1/2 turn on high – clear hip 1/2 to front giant 1/2 – clear hip full, very late – flyaway dismount. 9.750 (4.5/5.250) E score well down because of the pirouette finishing positions despite staying on.

Rotation 1, Part B

Amankwaah – VT – ENG – yfull is hit, lands shorter than the others we’ve seen with chest down, hop, a bit more piking. 12.950. (4.2/8.75)

Cheetham – UB – SCO – toe 1/2 with leg separation, connects to piked jaeger – giant full to pak, clean pak execuion – short on the cast hs – maloney to gienger, connected with leg separation on catch – double tuck dismount, hop forward. Solid hit. 11.700 (4.8/6.9)

Martin – VT – ENG – DTY is hit, bounce/step back is fairly big and more leg crossing and chest down on landing than we saw from Evans. 13.600 (5.0/8.6)

Teh – UB – MAS – pretty endo 1/2 to attempted stalder shaposh 1/2 but has to bail on it halfway through and falls between the bars – resumes to try again, hits stalder shap to pak, leg separation, good feet – maloney to gienger, hit – giant full – FTDT, step to the side. Our first miss of the final. 11.550 (5.4/6.15)

Fontaine – VT – CAN – great amplitude on DTY, pretty solid control on the hop back, not too big, just a bit of leg separation. Good, best of the DTYs. 14.300 (5.0/9.3)

Yeap – UB – MAS – toe full, straddle – connects to pak, hit – maloney with leg separation into gienger, caught, looked like more solid legs together position- blind to front 1/2 1/2 – FTDT, hop back. 12.250 (5.1/7.15)

Godwin – VT – AUS – Tsuk vault but bails out of her intended layout 1.5, does only a Tsuk tucked full, got no block. 12.900 (4.4/8.5) So they gave her layout position but just the full.

McGregor – UB – NZL – toe full, a bit past but not too much, hit – maloney, leg separation, connects into bail, short of vertical – toe shoot, hit – blind to jaeger and falls – finishes with a flyaway. 10.800 (4.2/6.6)

After 1
1) Fontaine – 14.300
2) Evans – 14.100
3) Black – 13.850

Biggest development there for medal purposes was Godwin only being able to do Tsuk tuck full, while Fontaine, Evans, Black, Scott, and Martin all got about the scores they were looking for on vault.

Rotation 2, Part A

Lake – BB – SCO – switch mount, hit with a hesitation – switch 1/2, wobble – wolf double, keeps in on with an arm waver – bhs loso, hit solidly, only a small landing hesitation – aerial to split, small pause before straddle with break series bonus but good elements – hits double turn with a step wobble, keeps it on – side aerial, small arm check – 1.5 dmt, bound forward. 2 for 2 to start the competition. 12.350 (5.2/7.150)

Evans – UB – WAL – clear hip shaposh to pak, good position with legs tgoether – maloney to gienger, caught with a leg separation – giant full, past – blind to front giant to double front, very large bound forward but keeps it to her feet. 12.850 (5.2/7.65)

N Daries – BB – RSA – switch mount to split and straddle, a little hesitant in the combo and under on the split – side aerial is hit – switch 1/2, not bad on split completion there, check – bhs loso, to her feet, front foot step adjustment – switch – wolf double, holds onto it with a check – layout full dmt with hop back 12.300 (4.7/7.6)

E Black – UB – CAN – maloney to clear hip tkatchev piked, gets it but doesn’t connect out, closer catch – pak, legs together solidly – good hs – clear hip shap to clear hip 1/2 to yezhova, big leg separation break in yezhova – van leeuwen is hit – giant full – toe tuck 1/2 dmt, nearly holds onto stick but college step-salutes back. 13.250 (5.7/7.55)

Tan – BB – SGP – candle mount – wolf single, hit – standing back tuck, step back before a bhs – punch front is very solid – side somi, good – switch to split to straddle, gets the series – side aerial, comfortable execution – front pike dismount with hop forward. Won’t have an acro series in there. 11.700 (3.9/7.8)

E Roper – UB – WAL – toe full to stalder shap to pak, pretty pak – van leeuwen, only small foot form moment – jaeger, good height and feet – short hast on 1/2 turn – FTDT, stuck. Excellent. 13.300 (5.3/8.0)

Busuttil – BB – MLT – bhs mount and attempts her mount series but comes off on the bhs after the bhs mount – wolf 2.5, pulls it around- back extension roll to pretty switch to split jump 1/2 attempt and falls again – aerial, check – side aerial – 2/1 dmt, hop back. A real “can’t have nice things” routine because some of the best beam form in the final, so she fell twice. 9.650 (4.2/5.45)

A Yap – UB – SGP – piked jaeger – nice position – pak, legs together well, just some small foot flexing – toe 1/2, ll past vertical -toe shoot to high – little arch in hs – giant full is past – flyaway dismount with step-salute forward. 11.450 (4.1/7.35)

Cheetham – BB – SCO – candle mount, rolls a bit past handstand – switch to split jump 1/2, good back leg on switch, lower on split jump, secure – side aerial, lean to the side correction – wolf double and fully Chileses up out of it as she finishes the second turn standing upright – double turn, pretty strong, only a small check – bhs bhs loso and falls, just a bit angled at the end – 1.5, small hop back. 10.700 (4.6/6.1)

Amankwaah – UB – ENG – front stalder, good, into front stadler 1/2 to stalder tkatchev piked, slightly tucks the pike on catch, connects to pak but very close catch, pauses and almost stops in a seated position – stalder full to van leeuwen is hit – stalder 1/2 with legs, into double front, large bound forward. 13.350 (6.0/7.35). Do allllll the difficulty, survive it somehow, get a big score.

Rotation 2, Part B

Teh – BB – MAS – fhs to front tuck is hit, just a little deep – side aerial, secure – switch ring, little bounce wobble on landing, pretty solid back leg closure – split to split jump to split jump 1/2 all from side position is sublime – switch, pause before split ring jump, pause before bhs, so no combo bonus but good elements – full turn – front layout full. Yes you did. 12.950 (5.6/7.350)

Martin – UB – ENG – toe full to maloney, leg separation, connects to tkatchev, good height – can’t cast up out of hit as she tries to hop grip change – resumes with jaeger – pak, way way high, larger leg break and close catch and her rhythm is gone, toe circle and comes off – van leeuwen, hit – FTDT, deep landing, hop. Feels like she’s ready for a gift certificate to one of those axe throwing places. Let’s all go together. 10.950 (5.3/5.650)

Yeap – BB – MAS – switch mount – pause before switch and split 1/2, lovely positions – popa, nice attempt, lands just a little under rotated but pretty close – bhs loso, smooth landing – tour jete 1/2 attempt, like the popa, a little under but hit it – front tuck, little step forward – switch to split to straddle, wobbles after but gets the series – double pike dmt, step back. Hits it. 12.650 (5.4/7.250)

Fontaine – UB – CAN – toe full, hit into maloney to giegner, good combo – blind to jaeger, hits, some foot position – pak, small leg break but connects into van leeuwen – some short hs – DLO, a little flung out but it works for her with a stick. 13.100 (5.7/7.4)

McGregor – BB – NZL – front tuck mount, very strong – switch, a little slow into switch 1/2 but keeps moving, under split – bhs back pike series, lands it to her feet, larger leg up wobble – side aerial, pause before split and wolf jumps – full turn – 1,5 dmt, hop forward. Good hit. 11.650 (4.6/7.05)

Godwin – UB – AUS – weiler 1/2 to maloney to clear hip, connected – recasts to grip change to weiler to jaeger on high bar, hit – pak, legs together smoothly – toe on to van leeuwen, small leg separation – solid hs on high – giant full – DLO, little piking, hop forward. Solid one. 12.850 (5.2/7.650)

Z Daries – BB – RSA – switch mount, pretty fast into switch leap to switch 1/2, wobble at the end with leg up – attempts to do some actual side choreo and is punished for it with a wobble – bhs loso is low and falls – wolf double is hit well – back tuck, very small slide back – switch ring attempt, large wobble, a couple steps and leg up, keeps it on – 2/1, hop to the side. 10.750 (5.2/5.55)

Scott – UB – AUS – blind to piked jaeger, fingertips but gets it – pak, pretty form – clear hip shap to clear hip to giant 1/2, pretty solid vertical – giant full – DLO 1/2 hop back. Lovely execution overall. 13.100 (5.0/8.10)

After 2
1) Fontaine – 27.400
2) E Black – 27.100
3) Evans – 26.950

Scott currently in 6th but beam is her good one, so we’ll see if she moves up. Godwin still 7th after the lower vault score. Fontaine is up 1.4 on her vault and bars total from team.

Rotation 3, Part B

N Daries – FX – RSA – split jump full – gets the wolf triple – double pike, chest down, hop forward – attempts an arabian step out through but ends up Grishina 2012ing the pass and does a straddle jump at the end – 2/1, hop back – switch – switch 1/2, somewhat under split. 11.400 (4.3/7.10)

E Black – BB – CAN – switch mount, little pause, doesn’t connect to switch 1/2 + straddle – double turn, holds it into full turn – front tuck, very solid – bhs loso, hit – side somi with a bigger wobble, arm wave and a lean – 2.5 dmt, leg crossing, hop forward. Good hit. 13.200 (5.2/8.0)

Tan – FX – SGP – double pike, some bounce lunge back – popa, around – double tuck, solid control – switch – tour jete 1/2, around clearly – wolf triple, doesn’t quite get all three around – front tuck step out to back layout full. 11.700 (4.3/7.4)

E Roper – BB – WAL – loso mount is hit well – wolf double, big lean forward but keeps it on the beam – bhs loso, secure – straight jump 1/1 from side, hit – aerial, little step before split and straddle – switch to switch 1/2, gets the connection – double tuck dmt, deep but gets it to her feet. Good one. 12.550 (5.3/7.250)

Busuttil – FX – MLT – wolf double, hit – double tuck, short, chest down stagger but doesn’t put a hand down – back 1.5 to front lay, lower but gets to her feet – split jump full, scoots it around a little after landing – switch ring to tour jete 1/2 – switch 1/2 – 2/1, somewhat under with a hop forward. 10.45 (4.3/6.15)

Yap – BB – SGP – switch mount, good split position, little check – switch 1/2 to split, wobbles at the end but finesses the connection – switch ring is excellent – bhs back pike, hits with a step back – full turn – front aerial is off line and falls – straddle to a very nice stag ring – front tuck, secure – bhs bhs 1.5 dmt, under with a slide back. 11.950 (5.0/6.95)

Cheetham – FX – SCO – wolf triple, around and then some – FTDT is big but she gets bounces right OOB and falls, hands down – front tuck through to 2/1, little hop – switch, good back leg – tour jete 1/2 is around – popa – triple turn, falls out of it toward the end – double tuck, solid, small slide back 10.550 (4.8/6.150)

Amankwaah – BB – ENG – switch, hit – side aerial, secure – switch to split, good split 180 – bhs loso, also smooth, very good start – front tuck, deep but holds it – wolf double but grabs the beam to secure herself – gainer lay/pike full, a little ragged with hop to the side. 12.200 (4.9/7.3)

Teh – FX – MAS – split jump full – wolf double – double tuck, good tuck form, chest down – front full bounce forward – double L turn to full turn, will get the double L – split and switch rings in passage of dance – 2/1, hop back. 11.8 (4.6/7.2)

Martin – BB – ENG – candle mount – wolf double is strong – side aerial, secure – bhs loso loso, also solidly landed – switch to split jump 1/2 – wobble before straddle and wolf, a backup dance element to get the combination requirement – aerial, wobble, lean forward at the hips – switch 1/2, check – double pike dmt, hop back. Stays on for a hit. Nailed the first half. 11.650 (5.2/6.550)

Yeap – FX – MAS – wolf double is around – tour jete 1/2 to popa, rotation is around – double pike, hop back – front full to front 1/2, chest down hop, kicked out on that front 1/2 like a trampolinie – switch, switch 1/2-3/4ish – double tuck, slightly steppy, solid chest position. 11.900 (4.8/7.1)

Fontaine – BB – CAN – loso mount is very high, wobble to keep it on – bhs loso loso right on – switch 1/2, little hesitation – full turn, biggest issue so far, bigger bend forward – straddle to wolf jump, under on wolf jump position – lone korbut – side aerial, secure – wolf double, good – double tuck, stuck. Got very scratchy in the middle as she was trying to get a dance combination but the beginning and end were strong. 12.250 (5.2/7.05)

McGregor – FX – NZL – memmel turn, probably not quite around – double pike is high, rebound back out – switch full, nice completion there – split jump full, around, loower back leg – back 1.5 to front lay, hoppy – switch to tour jete 1/2, good – front full, bigger bounce forward. 11.350 (4.3/7.05)

Godwin – BB – AUS – switch mount – little pause before straddle and split – side somi, very good, secure and high – bhs lay/pike, a little more laid out than the other attempts but still piking, hit but a step back – switch, check – side aerial, comfortable – wolf double, very smooth – double pike, bounce back and then another step, solid hit. 12.500 (5.1/7.4)

Z Daries – FX – RSA – wolf 2.5 – back 1.5 to back 2.5 combination, hits it with a step to the side – front tuck through to 2/1, hop to the side, leg crossing in twists but getting them – switch ring, good attack on back leg position – switch 1/2 – double pike, hop back. 12.200 (5.0/7.2)

Scott – BB – AUS – switch mount, connects to switch leap, good back leg – round off to an actual 2-foot layout, hit, arm wave correction – side aerial, strong – aerial, good extended position – wolf double, solid – split to wolf, good – front tuck, little arm correction – double pike, chest down, hop forward. Great. First chair. Everyone else pack it in. 13.900 (5.7/8.2)

Lake – FX – SCO – gogean, pulls around the rotation – front lay to rudi, hit with hop back – wolf triple, gets it – back 1.5 to front full, can’t get it around, lands deep and hands down – 1.5 Y spin, drops early – double tuck, lands it, chest lower, step – switch – switch 1/2. 10.700 (4.7/6.1)

Evans – BB – WAL – front tuck mount, large break and lean forward but brings it back onto the beam – wolf double, good – switch, a little slow to split and straddle but keeps moving, good back leg – switch 1/2 to korbut – bhs loso, little teeter to control it – double turn and falls – aerial, wobble, pulls it back – 2/1, dmt, hop back. Alas. She gets to go axe throwing with Abi. 10.950 (5.1/5.85)

After 3
1) Black – 40.300
2) Scott – 40.100
3) Fontaine – 39.650

Evans drops back to 7th after beam.

Rotation 4, Part A

E Roper – FX – WAL – wolf double, hit – tucked full in was nicely done – struggles on the punch of her front full, does it into another front full and sits it down – tour jete 1/2 to switch 1/2 to popa, nice – switch full, a little under rotated on landing – double tuck, good tight position, step back. 11.200 (4.9/6.4)

Tan – VT – SGP – tsuk tuck full bounce back 12.500 (3.8/8.7)

A Yap – FX – SGP – double pike, good position, lands chest down – tour jete 1/2,hit – front through to 2/1, way way short, lands hands down – switch ring to switch 1/2, good positions – regular shushunova – wolf 1.5 – double tuck, hop back. 10.900 (4.6/6.3)

Busuttil – VT – MLT – yurchnko layout with step. 11.600 (3.2/8.4)

Amankwaah – FX – ENG – back full through to double tuck, little hop – memmel, leans out at the end into double stag – front full to stag – split ring jump, good position – tour jete 1/2, around well – wolf double – double pike, a bit down with a hop forward. 13.050 (5.2/7.85)

Cheetham – VT – SCO – solid Yfull, comfortably completed with a step back. 13.050 (4.2/8.850)

Martin – FX – ENG – super high DLO 1/1, bounce back OOB – popa, good lift – DLO, hop back, stays in bounds – tour jete 1/2 and switch 1/2, a little low on split, completed – wolf double to intentional Paseka log roll out – front full through to double tuck, short, stagger step, doesn’t put hands down. 12.600 (5.7/7.0)

Teh – VT – MAS – Tsuk tuck full, step to the side. 12.000 (3.8/8.2)

Fontaine – FX – CAN – double double tuck, bounce back and steps OOB – double L turn around well for credit – DLO, chest a little down, small hop – triple turn – switch – switch 1/2, a bit under split – wolf triple, also around – front tuck through to double tuck, couple small steps back. Good day for her, will win a medal. 13.150 (5.7/7.55)

Yeap – VT – MAS – yfull, hit, pikes down at the end with a hop to the side. 12.900 (4.2/8.7)

52.800 for Fontaine leads at the halfway spot, Amankwaah right after her with 51.550.

I love when people at this competition have signs that say “Go Ruby” because like…which Ruby. No woman in the commonwealth isn’t named Ruby.

Rotation 4, Part B

McGregor – VT – NZL – Y1.5 is hit, hop forward, some tucking, solid. 13.350 (4.6/8.750)

Godwin – FX – wolf triple is around – front lay to double front, hits but takes it too far OOB with both feet – tour jete 1/2 – switch 1/2 – front full front full stag – popa – double tuck, hop back. 12.700 (5.3/7.7)

Z Daries – VT – RSA – yfull to her feet, chest down but hits it with hop forward. 12.700 (4.2/8.5)

Scott – FX – AUS – DLO, nice position – pretty large bounce up and back on landing but keeps it in – front tuck through to 2/1, good twisting, little hop up – switch – tour jete 1/2 – wolf tirple, around – y turn single – switch 1/2 – double pike, step back. Great day for her. 12.800 (5.0/7.8)

Lake – VT – SCO – y1.5, lands it, somewhat under with a step back to save it but does save it

52.900 for Scott moves her a tenth ahead of Fontaine and into the lead for now. The shot of Fontaine with that red blanket was Ponor-2005-level.

Evans – FX – WAL – DLO, hit, small pike down at the end with hop back – front lay to front 2/1, good, just a little hop – tour jete 1/2 – switch full – front full front full, a little under with hop to the side – wolf double, does a little hop up in between, but basically keeps it going? – double tuck, bounce back. Good recovery after beam. She’s like, life is pain, everything is stupid, time to become goth. 12.950 (5.3/7.65)

N Daries – VT – RSA – yfull, hit, some piking, hop to the side

Ellie Black needs better than 12.600 to win. She went 12.700 in team.

E Black – FX – CAN – she’s like, ARTISTRY THIS DRAMA – front full through to double tuck, solid, small hop – popa to pike jump full – back 2.5 through to 2/1, step back OOB, leg crossing through the combo, hit it – wolf hop through to switch full, around, under split position – rudi final pass, deep but lands it. Probably did enough, but will be close.

12.750 for Black gets her the gold by a tenth and a half over Scott, and then Fontaine is a tenth back of Scott. Close one!

FINAL
1) Black – 53.050
2) Scott – 52.900
3) Fontaine – 52.800

Amankwaah is 4th, Godwin 5th, and Evans 6th.