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)

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)