Kaylia Nemour is the top qualifier into today’s AA final, about a half point ahead of Skye Blakely in second. Nemour is the top-scoring AAer in the world this year but had errors on bars and beam in qualification, while also exceeding expectations on vault with a strong DTY.

Roshchina and Colas qualified in 3rd and 4th, with Ke QQ and Zhang QY just behind them. Claire Pease is in the second rotation group, though her score from the team final would have been the top total if it had happened in qualification. After a rough first day, Sugihara is down in the floor group. But, you know, Sugihara.

Peacock went with Skye Blakely as the header photo for today’s stream, so props for selecting someone who is in the actual competition. That is a genuine accomplishment in gymnastics I guess, considering the FIG still uses Simone’s beam on the website for streaming apparatus world cups (Simone allllwaayysss competed at challenge cups, you guys). Remember when NBC used a picture of Sarah Persinger for all their Rio streams, and we were like…ummmm??? Because I do. Our Star of the Rio Olympics, Sarah Persinger.

Anyway, let’s get this show on the road, shall we? I’ve reached the point of musing about Georgia gymnasts who have been retired for over a decade, and no one has even fallen yet.

Coverage has begun. Roadddddd to Losssss Angeeellllesssssss.

Does the worlds mascot have fire for hair? Did not one even trip walking down the stairs? Uh oh, going to be a mess of a final.

Rotation 1

Prat – BB – France – loso mount, very nice – pause before bhs loso loso series but strong as well – switch to switch 1/2 to bhs, good combo speed, great back leg on first switch – side aerial to split jump, small squeeze to hold it – wolf double, good – side somi, comfortable – double tuck, deep but hit, step back. Excellent one but just 12.9. We’re smashing D score today too. Switch 1/2 is over?

Glotova – UB – inbar 1/2 to piked jaeger, clean, good – inbar full to stalder tkatchev piked to pak, good – maloney to gienger, good amplitude, leg separation, short hs on high – FTDT, step back. 14.333

Roshchina vaulted 14.033.

Sugihara – FX – Japan – double L turn around well – DLO, hit, little pike down, little bounce back – back 1.5 through to double tuck, hop back – switch ring to tour jete 1/2, around well – memmel turn – back 2.5 to layout, landst OOB and short with a hop back, that will hurt – double pike is great and stuck. 13.400 is useful, but not the 13.9 she can do. Only got 0.1 for OOB not 0.3 though.

Blakely vaulted 14.200.

Welp, I’m sure we’ll see whatever happened to Kaylia on vault, but the AA just changed. 12.366.
The American Experience: Watching a commercial for a Disney cruise while the most important thing is happening instead.

14.033 bars for Visser. 13.066 on the Tsuk full for Zhang. 13.133 floor for Martin.

No, we’ll just ignore what happened to Kaylia. These are world feed decisions, not NBC decisions, but y’all, just an absolute lack of awareness of the actual competition.

Pease – UB – USA – front stalder 1/2 to inbar full to inbar, loses rhythm but keeps going – shap to tkatchev is hit – pak, good height – stalder shap 1/2 is good – short hs – toe 1/2 to double front 1/2, absorbs to hold the stick. Some handstands and back position and rhythm, so not her smoothest, but a hit. 13.833 is down on her potential.

We remember vault is an event, Roshchina with a very good DTY, leg crossing but only a little hop.

Scott – BB – Australia – switch mount, connects to switch and straddle well – layout 2 foot is off line and falls – resumes with a nice wolf double – front tuck, hop forward – double pike, step back.

Let’s see Blakely’s vault for 6 months ago – hit DTY but a little too hoppy steppy on landing – a couple little bounces and some direction, good dynamics

Oh, now let’s see Kaylia’s vault – overcooked the round-off and punched on the collar instead of the springboard, only did a Yurchenko layout. Devastating. All I want in the world now is for Kaylia to still win with a 12.366 vault.

Seeing Zhang’s vault, lunge back on Tsuk full, lots of pike.

Petisco – UB – Spain – jaeger, nice foot position – Church to pak, right on – maloney to bail, toe point maintained – toe on to toe shoot – shoot hs on high – giant full – FTDT, stuck. Awesome routine. Asymmetrica Gloriana. 13.766.

Ke – VT – China – DTY – good twisting form but large lack of control with a couple bounces back

Colas – VT – France – FTY, good height but piking, bounce back. 13.200

Perotti – BB – Italy – switch mount to switch 1/2, now every foot on a switch 1/2 landing is like uh oh, pause before korbut – bhs loso, hit – switch ring, good position – aerial, little hesitation to split and straddle – side aerial, hit – wolf double, bend lean to hold it – double tuck, hop back.

Looking back at Flavia’s bars – toe full to tkatchev piked to pak, good combo – toe on to maloney to gienger, a little close, keeps going – blind to front giant to double front, struggles to control landing with a large lunge forward

After 1
1. Glotova – 14.333
2. Blakely – 14.200
3. Roshchina/Visser/Ke – 14.033

Just like you thought. Chaos has taken over the all-around final with Nemour going 1.666 lower than qualification on vault.

Rotation 2

Visser – BB – NED – bhs mount, good – aerial, good extension – side aerial to bhs, off line, elbow bend, large wobble with step forward top stay on – switch and side somi are good – straight jump 1/1 from side with a wobble – double turn, large break, bend forward lean with leg up – split leap to sissone – 2.5 dismount, a couple hops forward. 12.533

14.266 big DTY score for Sugihara.

Blakely – UB – USA – stalder full to toe tkatchev piked, hit – stalder tkatchev piked to pak is clean – toe full, good finish into van leeuwen, small leg break – short hs – toe higgins to front giant to double front 1/2 good stick. Good one. 14.400

Pease – BB – USA – pulls around wolf triple, small lean – switch to split to onodi, nice rhythm there – bhs loso loso and falls, was slightly off, large leg up wobble and couldn’t save – aerial to straddle, deep into bhs, little lean correction – side aerial – swich 1/2 – 2.5 dmt, hop forward. Chaosssssss. 12.533

Nemour – UB – Algeria – inbar full and doesn’t connect out, form break on re kip – Nemour 1/2 to yezhova to maloney to stalder full to tkatchev tkatcev piked to pak to stalder shap 1/2 is very strong – short hs on high – DLO 1/1, step back. You kind of thought it was going to be a mess after the first element but she pulled it back together. 14.866, a little lower than qualification. She needed the perfect one to come back from vault.

Anyway, Flavia fell on beam too.

Zhang – UB – China – weiler to weiler 1/2 to pak is good – maloney to tkatchev, OK – 1/2 finish position is good – toe on to toe full to FTDT, step back. Solid. She’s in position to move way up with beam. 13.933

Petisco – BB – Spain – loso mount, hit – switch to switch 1/2, check – wolf double, kind of a struggle, stands up a little and teeters to rotate it but gets it – bhs bhs loso, right on – side aerial, hit – split jump 1/2 from side, holds it – double pike, little hop forward

Ke – UB – China – front stalder to front astalder 1/2 to shap to pak, hit – toe full, slightly crooked finish – to stalder shap to gienger, close, leg sep, casts out OK – DLO, some pike at the end, step back. 13.900

A look back on Sugihara’s DTY, shuffle lean with a college step salute.

Kinsella – VT – GB – apparently her vault is actually just a picture of her baby. Submitted for D score. We’ll see what Donatella thinks.

DTY landed solidly, chest down, lunge back.

Perotti – FX – Italy – wolf triple, good – FTDT, hit, chest well down – front loso through to double pike, hop to the side – leans out of memmel turn – switch ring to split ring – double tuck, deep, bounce back. 12.866

Glotova – BB – bhs mount, hit with an arm circle – switch to split leap – side aerial to loso and falls – switch 1/2, pause before korbut – wolf double and falls a second time – aerial – double tuck, step back. 11.066

Roshchina 14.333 bars moves her into 2nd behind Blakely. She’s hitting well through two.

Colas – UB – France – inbar 1/2 to front stalder 1/2 to maloney to stalder full to Ricna to pak, excellent combo, good form – van leeuwen, legs together well – toe full, a big past – into FTDT, step forward. 14.433

Roshchina – UB – inbar shap to stlatched tkatchev piked to pak, hit – stalder shap to gienger, feet but solid – toe 1/2 to piked jaeger – very short hs on giant 1/2 – toe full to FTDT, two small steps back. 14.333.

After 2
1. Blakely – 28.600
2. Roshchina – 28.366
3. Ke – 27.933
4. Sugihara – 27.666
5. Colas – 27.633

Nemour jumped back up to 6th. Blakely in control right now if she hits beam for a 14, though watching out for Ke, who can make up a ton of ground on beam.

Rotation 3

Nemour – BB – Algeria – loso mount to loso loso is hit, wobble – bhs bhs layout 2 feet, keeps it on with a check – side aerial, check – switch to switch 1/2, hit, little rebound – aerial to straddle to bhs is well connected – wolf double – bhs bhs double pike, deeper, hop back. Tentative but stayed on. 14.500 big comeback number.

Pease – FX – USA – Moors, hit, some pike, small shuffle back – double double tuck, lunge back OOB – switch ring to switch 1/2, good amplitude – back 1.5 to rudi, little bounce – wolf triple, around – 2.5 final pass, lots of leg crossing, step back. 13.733 is a solid number.

Zhang – BB – China – switch, little pause before switch 1/2 and korbut, good – layout 2 feet, perfect – switch ring to bhs to split jump – switch 1/2 to straddle, pauses before back dive – switch to split jump 1/2 to straddle jump 3/4 – full turn – double pike, shorter with step forward

And now it’s Zhang’s turn to get smeeshed on D score. 14.233.

Looking back at Kishi – VT – Japan – DTY, hit, a little under rotated with a lunge back. 13.900

Kinsella – toe 1/2 to piked jaeger, hit – Ricna to pak, good – maloney to gienger, smooth – toe full, little arch, into double arabian, very deep landing, chest jerked way down with a lunge. 13.466

Ke – BB – China – switch mount to switch 1/2, step back – bhs to front tuck, soooo high, too high with a step forward, keeps it on – aerial to split ring to korbut, hit – switch ring, little pause before bhs, to stag ring, lovely position, step back correction – side aerial to straddle to split, nice – full turn, little check – double tuck is rough and sits it down. Oof. 13.833.

Beam has been so frustrating at this worlds because that was a super shaky routine with a fall but because she got her D, it scores close to Zhang’s good hit. We’re living in a beam world where doing a split jump kind of near a straddle jump is more important than difficulty or hitting.

Vaelen – UB – Belgium – weiler 1/2 is well short – arch on cast hs – shap to hindorff, hit – Church to pak, tucks it to swing through – van leeuwen – giant full – FTDT, lunge forward.

Colas – BB – France – switch mount to switch to straddle, good – side aerial to loso, right on – wolf double, lean forward wobble – switch 1/2, under split but hit – aerial to split to bhs, smooth – double pike, bounce back and step forward to salute. 13.933

Martin – UB – GB – toe full, past – maloney to tkatchev, good height, some leg break – jaeger, hit – pak – van leeuwen, hit – short hs – FTDT, hop. Solid.

Roshchina – BB – front tuck mount, step forward – switch ring, little pause before bhs and split ring jump but hit elements – side aerial, waver – fhs front tuck, little step forward – wolf jump to sissone – aerial to split to korbut – wolf double, slower but hit – double tuck dismount, chest down hop back but hit. Tentative stay on. 13.433

Visser – FX – NED – memmel to illusion turn, good combination – whip to triple to front tuck, under on triple but doesn’t matter because she connected out – goes for the big L turn combination, couldn’t tell on rotation – switch 1/2 – double tuck, chest down, hop – 2.5, good control

13.533 bars for Sugihara –

Blakely – BB – USA – neck roll – wolf triple, solid – back tuck full is right on – fhs to front tuck, checky, a couple small leans back and forth, stays on – front pike, secure – switch to switch 1/2, everyone holds their breath – aerial to split, a little slow into straddle as a dance combo back up she adds – double tuck dismount, step back. 14.200, a hit routine and gets her intended D.

She added dance combo backup, ultimately maybe didn’t need it this time, but after the TF, you do it. And with beam being the way beam is at this event, you do it.

Look back at Sugihara bars – shortish first hs – toe 1/2 to jaeger – toe full to pak, clean combo – maloney to gienger, legs togther – really short hs – double arabian dmt, hop to the side. Good hit, the handstand positions will hurt the E score.

After 3
1. Blakely – 42.800
2. Roshchina – 41.799
3. Ke – 41.766
4. Nemour – 41.732
5. Colas – 41.566
6. Zhang – 41.232
7. Sugihara – 41.199

Big lead for Blakely now. Roshchina in great position. Nemourrrrrrrrr.

Rotation 4

Zhang – FX – China – split jump 1.5, around – FTDT, great stick, chest well down – front layout full, holds landing – switch ring, good back leg – tour jete 1/2, right around – wolf 2.5 – double pike, more of a rebound back, lunge – switch ring 1/2 – 12.866

54.098 final for Zhang.

Alba Petisco got a 54.198 you guys. Great result. Finished with Y1.5, clean twist, little shuffle back .

Saraiva – VT – Yfull, high, large lunge back

Ke – FX – China – wolf triple, around well – 3/1, around, little bounce back – split jump 1/1, lovely – front tuck through to 2/1, some pike, bounce back – switch ring to split ring 1/2, rotated – double tuck, chest down but secure – switch ring 1/2. 13.266 very good number.

Kinsella – BB – GB – switch mount – wolf double – aerial, check – split to straddle, hit – side aerial to loso is way off, similar to podium training

We didn’t see Pease vault, 14.133 for Cheng. 54.232 final.
Ke into first for the moment with 55.032.

Colas – FX – France – whip full to double tuck, chest down, hop forward – 2/1 clean, slide back – switch ring, tour jete 1/2, great – front through to double pike, very low, pulls it around with bounce back – switch 1/2 – wolf triple, around. 13.100

54.666 for Colas, currently into 2nd place behind Ke.

Visser vaults yfull, piking, bounce back.

“We’re seeing a lack of difficult all around here,” Sam is done with this final, you guys.

Roschina – FX – very interested to see how this goes because she has some real D – DLO, pikes down in second salto, shows control – back 2.5 to pike 1/2, little hop – switch ring to switch 1/2, good – 2/1, secure landing – leans out of memmel turn, not all the way around – wolf triple definitely around – double pike, chest down, bounce back. 13.400 is just enough to get ahead of Ke QQ.

A look back at Pease’s Cheng, way off direction this time, similar to TF but farther out of the areas, knees, chest, hop back.

Blakely FX – USA – back 1.5 to front full, a little low, step forward and some knees – double arabian to stag is hit – tour jete 1/2 to switch ring is hit – wolf triple comes up just a little under three turns – switch 1/1 is around – front 2/1, lunge forward. 12.933 and into first place.

Sugihara – BB – Japan – switch mount, arm wave to control – split ring jump to korbut, hit – aerial to split to straddle, holds it – bhs loso, lean to the side arm correction – y spin – side aerial, another check – switch ring, check – double pike, great landing, just arm wave to hold the stick. Checky but a stay on. 13.566 and a 54.765. So close.

Nemour – FX – Algeria – to finish things off – DLO, low but pulls it out, hop forward – whip whip to 3/1, under rotated with a hop to the side – switch ring to tour jete 1/2 to knee – wolf triple is around – front tuck to double pike, very deep but landed to her feet – switch full.

13.266 for Nemour is justtttttt short of a medal. 54.998.
Only about .750 out of gold after losing 1.666 on vault.

FINAL
1. Blakely – 55.733
2. Roshchina – 55.199
3. Ke – 55.032
4. Nemour – 54.998
5. Sugihara – 54.765
6. Colas – 54.666
7. Pease – 54.232
8. Petisco – 54.198
9. Zhang – 54.098
10. Perotti – 54.098

Blakely hit the best day of anyone in the final to win gold. Roshchina recovers from TF to do more like what she did in qualification for a solid silver. Ke Qinqin had three solid events and also a fall on beam that took her out of the gold medal.

Nemour into 4th, which sucks for her, but also an AA medal for a Yurchenko layout would have been a little eh. I mean, I would have loved it, but a little eh.

Let’s all wait to certify the resultsssssssssssssss. Fun.

Clean day for Colas. She’s full difficulty on the leg events away from being a medalist here as well.