Today’s slate will deliver the first five event finals, starting with men’s floor. Men’s floor brings the only withdrawal we know about so far, with Zhang Boheng scratching after his all-around silver last night. He’s replaced by Benjamin Osberger of France, who had the #2 E score in qualification but a lower D score.

After his spate of 15s in this competition and 5-tenth qualifying margin, Carlos Yulo will enter as the favorite for another world floor title in this first final.

I love when people pronounce FIG like the word because then I imagine a sport called “Fig gymnastics” and that is amusing to me.

Men’s Floor

Karimi – punch randi side pass, stuck – front full to double front pike, sits it down – back 2.5 to double front, sits it down as well – double double tuck, hop back – good wide arm handstand – back 1.5 to front 2/1, small hop to the side, a little under – 3/1, small step forward. Well, with Karimi we always knew it was either going to be perfect or a catastrophe, and it was the latter.

With only one final going at a time all day, get ready for some painfully long feeling judging breaks.

12.100 for Karimi.

Doi – doubler double tuck, good height, hop back – back 1.5 to front 2/1, side winder 1.5 but solid – back 2.5 to randi, excellent stick – 3.5, small hop – front full to front 2/1, stagger on landing, looked OOB – 3/1, small hop back.

14.266 to take the lead.

Bartolini – punch randi, little steppy – doubel front pike 1/2 out, great stick – double double tuck, bounce back – back 1.5 to front 2/1, small hop – punch rudi, stuck – good handstand position – back 2.5 to front lay, little shuffle forward – 3/1, holds the stick. Well done.

Most importantly, there is now a chain link fence around the neck-unlucky, which really brings the whole milieu home.

14.233 and second place. Boo. We think he got hit for a short hold on his press handstand.

Osberger – punch randi, stuck – double double tuck, stuck – back 1.5 to front lay to front full, little hop – russians, solid – 2/1 side pass, lovely, stuck – front 2/1 to front tuck full, stuck – 3/1, little hop. Well, the execution score should be excellent. We’ll see how the D compares.

14.233 and second place, tied with Bartolini but ahead on E, which was huge, but just a 5.6 D score.

Break for the second half of warmup now. 14.266 is the leading score, which is still very beatable for everyone left to come.

Yulo – 2.5 to double front pike, falls – DLO 2/1, small hop forward – front full to randi, shortish, hop forward – 3/1 side pass, stuck – back 1.5 to front 2/1, slide back – 3.5 final pass, large bound forward.

But for why?

13.300 for Yulo. Personally. I wanted him to medal with a fall.

Regini-Moran – triple double, lunge back, steps with both feet – solid doubel double, small rebound – 2.5 to front lay to front 1.5, little hop – 2/1, holds landing with a lean – doubel front pike, shuddle back – randi, small hop – 3/1, stuck landing. Good one.

14.533 puts Regini-Moran into first place.

Ryu – double front pike 1/2, large bounce back – front full to randi, small hop – back 1.5 to front 2/1, good stick – russians – 3/1, stuck landing – back 2.5 to front lay, little hop – 3.5, little hop. A good one!

14.200 with an 8.3 E score. Similar to GRM on E but down 3 tenths on execution.

Hashimoto – triple double low chest but under control – short double double with bound forward – front full to randi, small bounce back – 2/1, stuck – 2.5 to front lay, lovely stick – 3/1, holds the landing. Very good.

14.500 into second place and only just.

FINAL:
Regini-Moran 14.533
Hashimoto 14.500
Doi 14.266

Bartolini should have medaled here and I will die on this hill thank you very much.

Women’s Vault

And we’re seeing alternate Lihie Raz introduced instead of Jessica Gadirova here.

Raz – VT 1 – DTY full crash, very short, barely lands feet first, lands on hands and knees. 12.133

Raz – VT 2 – Tsuk layout full is hit, small hop to the side, some piking throughout. 13.066. 12.599 avg.

Devillard – VT 1 – rudi with very good height, lunge back, controls the lunge to avoid another step, tenth for direction but stays in the area. 14.500

Devillard – VT 2 – DTY with a chest down landing, medium step forward, one foot lands in the red. 13.833. 14.166 avg, down a bit on her qualification average.

Yeo – VT 1 – rudi big crash – she landed feet first but they were not too much earlier than her full face. 12.666

Yeo – VT 2 – DTY second vault – lands a good one – under control with just a small hop back, good direction and distance. 14.033. 13.349 avg and 2nd place.

Black – VT 1 – handspring front layout full – her usual, good control on landing with just a little hop – soft knees – good direction – some pike to initiate. 14.200

Black VT 2 – Tsuk lay 1.5 another solid one – medium hop forward – knees. Her total D is down 6 tenths on Devillard, though her total E should be higher given Devillard’s issue on the DTY. Will be close.

14.033 second vault. 14.116 avg, which is just .050 behind Devillard.

Chiles – VT 1 – good DTY, not large on the slide back – solid direction – little bit of leg crossing. 14.500 a big number for her DTY, her best of the meet. Matches Devillard’s rudi score.

Chiles – VT 2 – Lopez is excellent, good layout position, only a small movement in place. Should comfortably move into first. 14.200. 14.350 avg and first place.

Carey – VT 1 – Cheng is hit solidly – a bit of direction, slide to the side back centrally and back – legs on table – some knees and feet, especially toward the end. 14.733 and a 9.133 execution.

Carey – VT 2 – DTY is solid – medium slide back, good distance and direction. 14.300. 14.516 avg into first place.

Vaelen – VT 1 – handspring rudi is hit, crossover step, some chest position and legs in the air. We should see a lower score than Devillard’s rudi due to dynamics. 14.266

Vaelen – VT 2 – Tsuk layout full, good, medium pace back, won’t have the D to challenge the top of the standings. 13.200. 13.733 avg.

Miyata – VT 1 – another nearly great landing on her DTY, but did take a larger step back into salute as she tried to control – good direction, knees in the air. 14.066

Miyata – VT 2 – Tsuk layout 1.5 – really good one, only a small step with one foot and some knee form. But she would have to get a huge E score to challenge Devillard. 13.933. 13.999 avg into 5th place.

FINAL:
Carey – 14.516
Chiles – 14.350
Devillard – 14.160

Devillard is like, we can’t take pictures yet I have to cry forever. Almost like Devillard should have been on more worlds teams or something.

Pommel Horse

So, we’re still introducing him as Ned Erotic.

De Munck hits scissor to handstand -good russians between the pommels – legs together through russian travel, small loss of form on tong fei, magyar and sivado are clean and then he collapsed going up for his dismount. It was going perfectly until then. Gets up to redo his dismount and does so successfully.

13.533.

Doi good scissor up to handstand – full spin on one pommel, nice – and his hand slips on his Russian travel. TWO FOR TWO. Redoes his russian travel with a leg break – magyar is good, loses some height and knees position in sivado. Gets through his dismount.

12.933

McClenaghan – scissor up to handstand – russian on one pommel, good – and between the pommels, excellent – magyar and sivado clean – russian travel is good, as is russian on the end of the horse  – good his dismount, hit routine. Nearly leaned so far forward on dismount that he stepped, but an excellent one.

15.300

Nedoroscik good russian on one pommel – hits kehr – one loss of form on a circle, keeps going into russian travel, magyar and sivado, clean – gets through his routine well, with a hit, but not as clean as McClenaghan.

14.400. I think he just said he thought it would go 14.700. 6.2 D and 8.2 E.

Kurbanov magayr and sivado are clean – huge form break on one pommel, total frog legs – has to work to get himself up to handstand for the dismount but does.

14.533 goes ahead of Ned Erotic. 6.3 D and a 8.233 E.

Abu Al Soud great quick work (meaning I lost track of the skills and am not tuyping them) retains excellent form throughout, nice hit and does have the D working in his favor.

14.866 into 2nd place.

Ude has a large straddle on his russian between the pommels but keeps it going, though probably doesn’t have the D score to afford something like that – and can’t get up to dismount. Resumes and still can’t get his dismount and is like BYE FOREVVVS. 12.500

Merdinyan finishes the final with a hit—6 hits after the first 2 falls got me hoping for an OOPS ALL FALLS horse final—14.733 gives him the bronze medal, which also curbs any question about whether Kurbanov or Nedoroscik should have been ahead since they both had errors.

FINAL
McClenaghan 15.300
Abu Al Soud 14.866
Merdinyan 14.733

Uneven Bars

Andrade – maloney to stalder 1/2, error, meant to do a stalder full and comes off. She was like, “I already gave you want you wanted in the AA” – resumes with smaloney to stalder full to tkatchev piked to pak to van leeuwen, solid connection, little dead hand at the end – piked jaeger, nice – FTDT, step back.

12.800

Jones – stalder full to stalder shap to tkatchev, hit – toe full, solid finish to stalder piked tkatchev to pak to van leeuwen, nicely done – toe 1/2 – double front, nearly found the stick, hop forward. 

14.766 is a strong score for her.

Visser – arches over on very first cast handstand and falls – stalder ktkatechv 1/2 to yezhova, lets but hit – maloney to pak to van leeuwen, solid – toe full – FTDT, small hop to the side.

13.233

Veerman – jaeger, hit – stader tkatchev piked to pak – no connection to maloney to bhardwaj, hit, just a little floppy – good toe full to van leeuwen, some feet – FTDT, hop forward. Should easily move into 2nd.

14.166 for 2nd.

Seitz – stalder shap to stalder tkatchev, hit – jaeger, nice – toe tkatcehv piked to pak, very clean – van leeuwen, hit, some legs – toe full, just a bit late – to FTDT, stuck landing. Very good.

14.366 is into 2nd place.

Derwael – Stalder Tkatchev to 1/2 to yezhova to shap to pak to maloney to bhardwaj, clean combination – van leeuwen, legs together – toe full, feet into FTDT, hop back.

14.700 goes in just behind Jones. Abotu the same E score but one tenth lower on D than Jones.

Wei – inbar full to inbar shap to pak, clean – van leeuwen, legs together – toe 1/2 to healy to line, just a bit late into piked jaeger, hit – cast 1/2 is somethat late – DLO 1/1, stuck landing. just a bit of pike.

Inquiry for Nina rejected. Presumably over the tkatchev 1/2. The judges are like, no we said no to that specifically.

14.966 for Wei into first place.

Luo – goof healy to ling to layout jaeger and hits the pak with her feet! Continues into pak – to maloney to gienger, nice – healy 1/2 – FTDT. Alas. Without that hit she was my easy gold medalist.

13.800

FINAL
Wei 14.966
Jones 14.766
Derwael 14.700

Rings

And we finish with rings.

Avetisyan – his shoulders are fully blue with tape – hits initioal planche position – lower to maltese, cross, good – secure handstand position – yamawaki to maltese solid – cross – another well exevuted planche – some arch and swing in final handstna d- DLO 1/1, stuck landing. Excellent execution.

14.600 with an 8.6 E

Davtyan – pulls up to planche, good – cross – solid up to maltese – some arch and swing in hs – yamawaki to maltese, good – planche, some body angle – DLO 1/1, holds stick with an arm wave.

14.533, just behind Avetisyan on execution.

You – pulls up to inverted cross, excellent – lower than up to planche – maltese, nice and flat – some swing in handstand – layout saltos, roll to cross – up to maltese – yamawaki to cross – holds handstand – DLO 2/1, LARGE lunge back, big step after the lunge too. Should be critical.

14.600 and into 2nd on tiebreak behind Avetisyan. His D score held him up a lot.

Asil – pull up to planche, hit – maltese – invert cross – yamawaki to maltese – roll to cross – planche, comfortable glat positions – holds handstand -, gaining some swing before dismount but sticks double double tuck.

14.933 and easily into first place.

Zou – opens with inverted cross, lower to v sit – planche, nice and streaight – yamawaki jonasson to maltese, clean position again – cross,s ome twist – up to maltese – some leg movement in handstand – double double tuck, lunge forward.

14.866, just behind Asil. The dismount.

Tulloch – raises up to planche – solid maltese position -s – yamawaki to handstand, holds it – some swing in planche, lower to cross – quick – more swing in his next cross – holds handstand – DLO 1/1, stuck landing, some pike. ‘

14.733 into 3rd place.

Kamoto – maltese – planche, solid – inverted cross, works to control – layouts to maltese is very nice – yamawaki to handstand – DLO 2/1, lunge back.

14.466

Whittenburg – well I thought I was typing that whole routine but I guess it didn’t save (oops…..rings….), but a solid hit – step back on double double layout dismount.

14.433

FINAL
Asil 14.933
Zou 14.866
Tulloch 14.733

 

 

We had a qualification surprise in the men’s all-around with Tanigawa Wataru placing first rather than heavy pre-meet favorites Zhang Boheng or Hashimoto Daiki. Still, those standings were heavily influenced by Zhang’s rings and vault falls and Hashimoto’s horse disaster, so theoretically we would expect the favorites to rebound and battle it out for gold and silver today.

Tanigawa, Carlos Yulo, Joe Fraser, and any number of others (depending on how much of a splatfest we have) are likely to fight it out for bronze.

If we take each athlete’s best score on each event so far in the competition, Hashimoto would have an advantage of about 8 tenths on Zhang, but while Zhang had a mess of a qualification day, he had an strong team final performance—far stronger than Hashimoto, who struggled on vault and high bar. If the team final were to be repeated tonight, Zhang would win the all-around.

Keep an eye on Joe Fraser—and not just because the British are the only country to have medaled in every category thus far. He hasn’t hit pommel horse to his capability yet in the competition, and if he were to today, he could zoom up to bronze position.

After the first rotation, do expect Carlos Yulo to be in first since the lead group is starting on floor. The real test for Yulo will be whether he still stands within striking distance after going to horse.

In terms of withdrawals, Adem Asil pulled out (so Turkey will have no representatives in the all-around) and is replaced by Nestor Abad, and Ryu Sunghyun pulled out and is replaced by third reserve Krisztofer Meszaros after Omar Mohamed and Mohamed Afify also withdrew from the reserve list.

Yesterday, when they were introducing all the national flags, there was a big cheer for Luxembourg and then later a big cheer from the exact same place for the Netherlands, and my theory is that these Dutch fans mistook the Luxembourg flag for their own. And that pleases me.

Rotation 1

Zhang – FX – front full to fouble front pike, hop forward – back 2.5 to front lay, another somewhat large hop – punch randi, chest down, hop – 2/1, small slide, at least small slides on every pass if not large ones – 3/1, bounce to the side. An OK hit but a lot of landing hops.

Jarman survives pommel horse. A lot position, basically scraping the pommels throughout, but no major errors. No scores in yet, even for Burtanete’s vault.

14.033 for Zhang. 14.500 for Burtanete.

Fraser – FX – front lay to double front piuke, stuck – double double tuck, chest down, step to the side – back 2.5 to 1.5, against gets pretty low but not large on the step – 2/1, stuck – double Arabian, good stick – FTDT, chest down, cross step

13.333 for Jarman on horse, which is solid for him. 13.866 for Fraser.

Calvo – VT – Yurchenko 2.5, some knees, bounce to the side. Souza hits horse.

Yulo – FX – back 2.5 to front double pike, little hop – DLO 2/1, excellent, small slide – front full to randi, stuck, excellent – 3/1, small slide – back 1.5 to front 2/1, strong – 3.5 final pass, stuck landing. Excellent.

Casimir produces a minor miracle by staying on horse through all his leg breaks.

Abad finishes rings with a step back on his double double tuck dismount.

Yulo’s score is in as 15.166.

Hashimoto – FX – triple double, low but good control on landing – double double, stuck, excellent – front full to randi, holds onto the stick – 2/1 – good control on russians – 2.5 to front lay, clean, little slide back – 3/1, bounce back. Good one.

Malone is through a hit pommel horse routine.

14.666 for Hashimoto on floor gives him a non-small advantage over Zhang after 1.

Tanigawa – FX – front 2/1 to front lay, stuck – double double tuck, good stick – double front pike, small hop forward, nearly holds onto landing – manna – 2/1, arm wave and a slide back trying to stick it, kind of surprised himself – 2.5 to front full, holds the stick – double arabian 1/2 out, very nice finish, stuck.

Malone 13.766, which is a strong score for him.

Plata’s hand slipped early in his pommel routine for a rare fall in this first rotation.

14.266 for Wataru to put him in 6th behind Yulo, Hashimoto, and 3 vaulters.

Hong – FX – front full to double front pike,s tep OOB – DLO 1/1, slide back – front tuck full to double front, bound forward – good flare work – 2.5 to front lay, holds the stick, good layout position – 3/1, stuck. Nice finish but very bouncy at the beginning.

Soares and Souza both hit their horse routines today. Where was that in TF? Soares’ hand looked like it was about a millimeter from slipping off the horse on that dismount but he got it around.

14.266 for Hong is a strong score for him.

After 1:
Yulo – 15.166
Hashimoto – 14.666
Burtanete – 14.500
Heggemsnes – 14.466
Calvo – 14.400

Fine with that as a final result.

Rotation 2

Joe Fraser was nearly through pommel horse this time, but it’s just not happening at this event with another fall that will open things up in the bronze race. Which he is still in, depending.

Kovtun with a fairly large lunge forward on Kas 1.5. 14.300. Abad follows with a bit of a stumble on his Kas 1/1.

13.166 with the fall is still Fraser’s best PH of the event.

Yulo doesn’t come off but hits every part of his leg against the horse just before his dismount, so as well as a fall.

Calov – PB – front toss – makuts, hit – peach to one, a little lean but holds it into healy, small leg break – peach 1/2, hit – diam goes crazy and he falls in between the rails.

Malone with a large bounce back on his double double tuck on rings.

Yulo 11.900 on horse, which is still slightly better than qualification.

Hashimoto through pommel horse, a first for this rotation, which will keep him in good stead.

14.333 for Hashimoto on horse is just a tenth short of his TF score and is exactly what he was looking for.

Joel Plata with a bounce back on his double double tucked on rings. Tanigawa hits pommel horse to give himself the edge in the bronze race for now.

Malone went 13.666 on rings, also about on line which what he has been scoring in this event. he had been 13.766 and 13.700 thus far.

13.766 for Tanigawa. Hong’s flare work is a crowd pleaser as he gets through his best horse routine of the event. 13.700

Small step back for Jarman on double double tuck on rings. 13.000

Zhang Boheng helps himself at least keep within sight of Hashimoto with a hit routine on horse.

Zhang goes 14.233 to put himself into third behind Hashimoto and obvious medalist Lorenzo Casali.

After 2:
Hashimoto – 28.999
Casali – 28.566
Zhang – 28.266
Van den Keybus – 28.199
Tanigawa – 28.032

The obvious top 5. Zhang will be eager to gain a little bit of ground on Hashimoto in the rings rotation because this 7 tenth advantage is starting to grow large enough that Hashimoto would have to actively give things back. Tanigawa and Hong currently hanging close in that bronze battle. The problem for Hong is that he has to end on high bar.

Rotation 3

Yulo opens on rings with hits flat maltese positions – some swing in inverted cross – front pike to cross – double double tuck, shortish, hop forward.

Schmidt – VT – kas 1.5, some leg form, step to the side –

Calvo – HB – hits Liukin 9some form) and Kolman – tak 1/1 is quite past horizontal – tak 1/2 – DLO 2/1, good position, hop back

Kovtun on PBars – really good diam 1/2 position – hits the rail with his leg on a makuts, keeps going – double front hop back

Malone – VT – solid Kas 1.5 – small hop to the side.

Yulo 13.500 on rings.

Hashimoto has some hesitation and back arch on his inverted cross on rings , has to control some swing in handstands – double double tuck, little hop back. Did what he can do there.

Abad with a fairly large lunge forward on double front dismount on PBars.

13.866 for Hashimoto on rings. Zhang will expect 14s.

Heggemsnes – HB – layout tkatchev, good – tkatchev – quast – front stalder, solid – stalder – DLO 2/1, chest forward, large bound

Jarman – VT – Dragulescu – very good, medium step back, good direction, comfortably completed.

Yulo just got an upgrade to 13.800 on rings on appear, which is a big deal for him.

Wataru 13.833 on rings.

Obvious silver medalist Casali is through a good hit on HB, but two bounces back on double double layout dismount.

Souza – VT – botches his Dragulescu attempt and just does a double front to sit.

Dauser – PB – small hesitation in makuts but gets it – diam, nice – stutz, slight elbow hesitation – next Makuts element is quite good – diam – stutz, solid – double front 1/2 out small hop.

Hong 13.833 on rings. which is a bit down on what he wanted but fine.

Zhang with a hit on rings, lunge back on double double tuck.

Van den Keybus sticks his DLO 1/1 dismount on HB, just a bit of pike.

14.100 for Zhang on rings gains a bit on Hashimoto, but Hashimoto will still have .5 of a lead heading to vault, where the landing will be critical considering that Zhang fell in qualification and Hashimoto had a basically a fall in the team final.

Abbadini PB with an arch on his pull under mount but keeps it together – stronggles to get up to handstand after a healy – diam to stutz, secure – stutz to one – doubel pike, bounce back.

Fraser 13.600 on rings.

After 3:
Hashimoto – 42.865
Zhang – 42.366
Malone – 41.932
Tanigawa – 41.865
Dauser – 41.832

Malone and Dauser move up as they have been able to do vault and PBars respectively. Hong sits in 6th. Malone with a test now to see whether he can work out a Pbars routine at this event since the top group is going to vault. Tanigawa is keeping things close enough, but he’ll end on high bar, which is not a great score for him.

Rotation 4

Balasz with a large lunge OOB on a double front on floor.

Hashimoto – VT – lands a pretty strong Kas 2/1 today. chest down but not much movement on landing.

Malone – PB – makuts, hit – peach – siam, clean – stutz, small arch – front straddle solid – finishes with a double front, deeper landing, large bounce back

Tanigawa – VT – STUCK his double front pike 1/2. Wow. Tucks at the end, chest well down. But, you know, stuck and survived.

14.366 for Malone on Pbars, which is his best Pbars of the event. 

Tanigawa goes 15.000 on vault to get closer to Hashimoto.

Hong – VT – well, he landed it on his feet? A couple times? Very short Ri Se Gwang landing, a large lunge forward, then a second lunge, and then a couple little hops on one foot. 14.166 puts him behind Malone now.

Zhang – VT – Kas 2/1 – very nice, small hop to the side, looks like he kept his foot out of the red.

Soares with a big struggle on his Makuts on PBars.

Tang CH – HB – zou li min, hits into a liukin – yam, nice height – tkatchev to piked tkatchev – tak 1/1, late, tak 1/2 – stalder – DLO 1/1 – Good hit. Some form.

14.900 for Zhang. He remains 5 tenths behind.

Fraser – VT – sits down double front vault.

Jarman – PB – peach 1/2, large arch and a walk – diam, hit – bhavsar, smooth – tippelt, nice height – stutz – double front 1/2, good stick.

Abbadini off high bar on a Tkatchev

Yulo – VT – hands down on his piked Dragulescu attempt – it looked so good in the air too but he bounded back out of it and had to parkour himself on the mat.

Second fall for Abbadini.

Jarman goes 14.166 on PBars to keep himself close, just behind Hong.

Souza – PB – peach 1/2 – peach – double front tuck to arms, lovely tuck shape – small struggle up to handstand – front straddle, good – tippelt, solid height – double front 1/2 out, stuck finish.

Yulo went 14.166 on vault to sit currently in 7th.

Kovtun – HB  – zou li ming to yamawaki, closeish catch – layout tkatchev to tkatchev, solid – tak 1/1, normal – tak 1/2, lateish – stalder – quart – DLO 2/1, great height but deep landing, large lunge forward, possible hand down

Schmidt – PB – makuts, hit – diam, solid vertical – some feet – stutz, good – tippelt, hit – doubel front, lunge back

Calvo with a stagger OOB on his final pass on floor.

12.866 for Kovtun. 13.733 for Schmidt.

After 4:
Hashimoto – 57.765
Zhang – 57.266
Tanigawa – 56.865
Malone – 56.298
Hong – 55.965
Jarman – 55.299
Yulo – 55.032

Top three looking pretty solid right now, especially since Hong has to do HB and Malone has to do floor, which has been a struggle this week. Yulo is capable of a huge PB score, but that vault may have taken him too far down. Most of the other members of the top group are also capable of high 14s on PBs.

Rotation 5

Plata – HB – tak 1/2, really nice finish position – layout tkatchev to tkatchev – tak 1/1, also good vertical – DLO 1/1, hop forward.

Tanigawa – PB – front toss – healy, clean – stutz big struiggle, not to handstand – peach 1/2, good vertical – bhavsar, smooth – tippelt, clean – super high front straddle – double front 1/2 out, slide back. Mostly great work but one larger error oin there.

14.766 for Tanigawa. His other PB were 14.866 and 14.933, so just a ltitle lower.

Hong – PB – good bhavsar – tippelt, solid – makuts, clean – healy – diam, very nice vertical – stutz, solid – double front 1/2 out, stuck landing. Excellent routine.

Jarman – HB – layout tkatcehv, a bit low – tkatchev – tak – fraont talkder – stalder – DLO 1/1, stuck landing with aoms epike

14.900 a bigggg PB number for Hong. He’ll be 8 tenths behind Tanigawa now.

Zhang – PB – peach to one, little lean – to healy – diam, good – peach, hit – front straddle, solid – bhavsar, clean – tippelt, not the highest but solid – double front 1/2, small hop forward, chest down. Good.

15.066 for Zhang is quite strong. That could allow him to gain some ground on Hashimoto.

Fraser – fully crazy body position on long swing diam but he stays on – large lean to one rail and has to grab the other – not his day today – and he eventually falls

Kovtun – FX – front full to double front, small hop forward – double front pike, lunge forward OOB – pretty back 2.5 – randi, little slide – 1.5 to front lay, small slide – 3/1, stuck.

And now a second fall for Fraser. I really identify with his “but I want to stoppppp” face after that second fall.

11.533 for Fraser.

Yulo – PB – holds on one rail for 18 hours, healy – makuts, clean – healy – bhavsar, clean – tippelt, solid – diam, right to vertical – double front 1/2 out, small slide back.

Malone still waiting on the score for Schmidt. Now it’s in as 13.000.

Malone – HB – zou li min – cassina, hit – Kolman also solid – layout tkatchev to tkatcehv to piked tkatchev, solid – tak 1/1, solid vertical today – tka 1/2, later – quast – DLO 2/1, stuck landing. Excellent routine.

Hashimoto – PB – peach 1/2, hit – peach – front straddle, good height – bhavsar, smoothly done – tippelt, solid – stutz – double front 1/2 out, nearly finds the stick, leans to the side and ends up hopping.

Pommel horse still going in this rotation as Calvo finishes after a fall. 14.500 for Malone, so he’ll be less than a tenth behind Hong in 4th place.

15.000 for Hashimoto, so didn’t let Zhang gain much there. he retains a .43 advantage going to an event where he’d be favored to score higher.

Once Calvo’s PH score comes in, we’ll still have Balasz to go to finish the rotation.

10.400 for Calvo.

After 5:
Hashimoto – 72.765
Zhang – 72.332
Tanigawa – 71.631
Hong – 70.865
Malone – 70.798
Yulo – 70.198

Big scoring advantage for Hashimoto and Zhang in this final rotation, and Tanigawa should have enough of a buffer if he stays on high bar. We shall see.

Rotation 6

Soares – FX – good stick on doubel double whip to bck 2.5 to front lay, hand down.

Hong – HB – falls immediately on Kolman – redoes the Kolman and catches it, somehow, on his wrists???? Like, the bottom of his grips is I think what caught – Kovacs is hit – tkatchev – DLO 2/1, large lunge forward.

11.500 for Hong will drop him way down. Probably. Finishes on 82.365.

Zhang – HB – tak 1/1, late – tak 1/2, excellent – layout tkatcehv – Cassina, just a bit close but fine – Kolman, very good – stalder – DLO 2/1, hop to the side. Solid one.

Nice stuck double front pike off rings from van den Keybus,

14.433 for Zhang, which Hashimoto will view as small potatoes.

Jarman’s floor 14.433 puts him ahead of Hong.

Fraser peels off on his Kolman and he’s down on the mat, at first it seemed like injury based but it was actually FML based. Does resume with a hit, lands his double double layout with a small hop.

Schmidt – FX – nice double front pike first pass, little hop – front full to double front, lunge forward – doubel arabian 1/2 stuck

Yulo – HB – Yam, good form – tak 1/2, clean – kovacs, very close catch, can’t swing out of it, stops agains high bar for a moment – tak – stalder – DLO 2/1, hop forward.

Abad falls on horse.

11.900 for Yulo drops him behind Hong and Kovtun.

Hashimoto – HB – tak 1/2, solid – Cassina, clean – kolman, solid – layout tkatche vo tkatchev, hit – tak 1/1, very late – DLO 2/1, stuck. That will do the gold.

Malone finishes routine on floor with 2/1 side pass, small hop – 3/1, bounce back. A hit today, some larger bounces on a few passes, but a hit that should set him up to move into position to take advantage if Tanigawa misses.

14.133 for Malone so he finishes on 84.931.

Hashimoto 14.433 is actually a bit lower than I thought but he goes ahead of Zhang by 4 tenths for the win.

Tanigawa – HB – Cassina, caught with some form – layout tkatchev to tkatchev, hit – tak 1/2, a bit late – stalder – DLO 1/1, bound forward. Won’t be a huge score, but he had rather a large margin on Malone. Will be closer than he wants it to be though.

13.600 comes up for Tanigawa to give him the bronze by 3 tenths over Malone, who finishes 4th. Jarman ends up in 5th, and Hong is 6th.

Zhang’s applause there was a big mood.

 

After the waking trauma response that was the men’s and women’s team finals, we arrive at the all-around portion of the competition. Because let’s see how everyone does when they are even more tired!

The first news is the withdrawals, with Flavia Saraiva pulling out (replaced by first reserve Maellyse Brassart), Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos pulling out (replaced by Aline Friess, who was 2-perred), and Tang Xijing pulling out (replaced by second reserve Karina Schoenmaier), as well as third reserve Natalia Escalera pulling out of the reserve list (replaced by fourth reserve Anna-Lena Koenig). So that’s just great. Everything is going fine.

Today, if everything goes to plan, Rebeca Andrade should take the lead with vault and not relinquish it the entire time, so if at any point you see her not in first place, things haven’t gone to plan.

In the first rotation, expect Andrade’s Cheng to put her in first and Carey’s Cheng to put her in second, and then we’re looking at the other DTYs from Jones and Gadirova and the bars routines from D’Amato and Visser as the top potential scores, so they’ll all hope to outdo each other for that third spot after one event.

In the second rotation, Jones will look to use her bars score to move into second place (if she’s not in 2nd after two events, her medal hopes will have taken a hit), though we probably won’t have much of a sense of the wide open race for the bronze and perhaps silver medals until the lead group has all gone to beam and we’ve seen who survived. In terms of late comers, keep an eye on Kinsella. She’ll probably start out down in the standings because she’s in the beam group, but she ends on two possibles 14s.

Fragapane is standing on the mat to be interviewed by Nush and she’s still significantly shorter than her.

Intros starting now. Not sure if Gadirova thrives in the spotlight. It’s so hard to tell.

Eythora is FEVERISHLY prepping the bars with the chalk umbrella during this intro group.

They did not fix the graphic, so Freiss was introduced with Melanie’s picture and name.

Rotation 1

Schoenmaier hits her front tuck beam mount with a check – switch to split, solid – bhs loso, no trouble – full turn, small arm wave – side aerial, check – side somi, a step to the side and a len forward but she keeps it on – 2/1, bounce back. A hit.

Carey – VT – They’ve been done with the vault warmup for a while so looks like she’s being held until the end of floor – Cheng is pretty much her usual, smaller hop to the side – knees, legs apart on block

Visser – UB – stalder tkatchev 1/2 to yezhova attempt and hits her legs on the mat – can’t get her 1/2 turn on low and hops off

Casabuena gets a very good 13.333 on floor.

14.733 for Carey.

Jones – VT – DTY – very good control on her landing, the best DTY she has done here – just a bit of direction, nearly into the red, small shuffle of the toes.

Godwin – BB – switch mount, hit – side somi, solid – bhs loso, arm wave check – switch, back leg – pause before side aerial, leg up wobble – wolf triple is solid – double pike, hop back

14.233 for Jones.

Andrade – VT – magnificent Cheng, small hop back.

Miyata through bars with a hit.

Barbosu 11.933 on floor. Godwin 12.400 on beam.

Kinsella – BB – switch mount, small pause – aerial to split, hit – side aerial loso loso hit with a small lean – wolf double, solid – pulls out her double pike dismount, head nearly on mat, for a beam hit.

15.166 for Andrade.

D’Amato – UB – maloney to tkatchev, hit today – stalder tkatchev piked to pak to van leeuwen and she peels off on the van leeuwen.

Gadirova – VT – struggles on her DTY today, nice in the air, but chest down and a larde lunge to the side and out of bounds

13.100 for Kinsella on beam. 13.266 for Alice on bars.

Friess – UB – maloney, good height to clear hip to pak, straddled – toe full, solid finish position to van leeuwen, blind to jaeger, low but hit – doubel front, deep, pulls it out. Solid. 13.000

Maggio hits her Y1/5 with a hop forward today.

Vaelen falls on beam. Good DLO from Kuusikko in a hit floor routine.

Black – UB – maloney to hindorff, good – black to yezhova, hit well – van leeuwen, strong – giant full – toe tuck 1/2, stuck landing. Really good one!

Brown – FX – wolf 2.35 – double tuck, bounce up and back – falls on final double pike

Yamasa – BB – wolf double, good – swtich, leg-up check – bhs loso, secure, some knee position – front tuck, very deep, pulls it out – aerial, check – wolg to sissone, hit – split ring jump, secure – side aerial, good – double pike, hop back.

Brassart – UB – Maloney to tkatchev, hit – toe full, pulls it out verticall, to pak – van leeuwen, some legs – toe on – blind to front giant to double front 1/2 out, small hop. Nice one.

Lee YS – FX – double y, gets it around, slightly falls out of it – double tuck, jarred back – 3/1, large stumble, a couple bounces on one foot – switch ring to switch 1/2 – back 1.5 to front full, hop, some knees – wolf 1.5 – double pike, deep, hop back

Heduit – BB – switch mount, hit – wolf doubel, hit with a little arm lean – onodi, secure – side aerial to loso, off line and falls – switch to sissone, lovely back leg position – aerial, small check – double pike, stuck, chest down.

After 1:
Andrade – 15.166
Carey – 14.733
Jones – 14.233
Maggio – 14.033
Black – 13.933

Rotation 2

The lady who just shook her head at the guy when he tried to get her to do the in-arena entertainment is my hero.

Miyata – BB – switchmount, hit – layout 2 feet, solid – switch to sissone – aerial to split – double turn nearly falls apart, saves it with a bend at the hips – side aerial, another larger check – side somi is hit – double pike, solid landing, a couple steps.

Godwin has a couple lunges forward OOB on her double front

Jones – UB – good first hs – stalder full to stalder shap to tkatchev, hit – toe full to Downie to pak, small leg break – van leeuwen – toe 1/2 to front giant to double front, larger lunge forward. Hit.

Volleman secure landing on FTY, small hop back.

12.966 for Miyata. Godwin still goes 13.033 which is not bad.

Kinsella – FX – 1.5 through to 3/1, secure, small hop back – back 2.5 to front full, controls landing, slide, knees – wolf double is around – split leap full to switch full, maybe not quite around – double pike, bounce back.

14.366 for Jones.

Andrade – UB – maloney, good to stakder full,a  lit late into piked tkatchev to pak to van leeuwen, hit – goes over on her cast! – corrects to do piked jaeger – toe full, very late into FTDT, step back. Well, she stayed on but several errors in there. She can afford that, but it puts more pressure on beam.

Friess is off beam on her 2 foot layout.

Kinsella goes 13.633 on floor, which is a big number for her in her bronze quest.

Vaelen with nice amplitude on a split leap full on floor.

Andrade still manages to eke out a 13.800 on bars, but she lost nearly a point versus her potential. 

Ou – UB – van leeuwen, hit – large arch on high bar but pulled it back – late pirouette into a very close piked jaeger – pak – toe on to maloney to gienger – has to muscle up cast – FTDT, hop to the side. Well, that is how worlds has been going for China. Just 13.200

Gadirova – UB – piked jaeger, close but caught – tkatchev 1/2 to yezhova, form but gets it – maloney to pak – van leeuwen, hit – giant full, late – FTDT, step forward. Much better than her warmup.

Black – BB – switch mount to switch 1/2 to korbut is hit – double turn, larger break, bend at the hips – full turn to straddle jump – punch front, holds it with an arm wave – bhs layout 2 feet, good – side somi, secure – 2.5, knees, small hop in place.

13.233 is a strong score for Gadirova on bars.

Maggio – UB – Ray to pak, hit – stalder full, nice to maloney to tkatchev, close but hit – bail to toe full, small arch, hit – higgins to front giant 1/2 – souble arabian dismount, looked locked leg, rebounds and puts her hand down. Maggio and bars. She walked a few steps and now has stopped still on the mat and will be looked at.

Heduit – FX – FTDT, step back, just a little low – double arabian, sits it down – 

13.433 for Black on beam to move into 3rd.

Brassart with a large break on beam on her side aerial, lean to the side – bhs loso and falls

12.800 for Maggio on bars.

Carey – UB – Ray, hit with some foot form, yezhova, solid – short cast – maloney, legs to bhardwaj, hit – van leeuwen – goant full, crooked and a bit late – FTDT, small hop.

Visser – BB – saves her bhs mount, could very easily have fallen – turn, little step, arm wave – switch, pause before side somi, secure – split jump 1/2 from side, little lean – straight jump full, hit – side aerial to bhs, another lean to the side with arm wave – double turn was pretty, but another wobble – split leap to sissone – round off bhs 2/1, hop back

Carey’s 13.166 moves her into 3rd ahead of Black and Gadirova.

After 2:
Andrade – 28.966
Jones – 28.599
Carey – 27.899
Black – 27.366
Gadirova – 27.066

Rotation 3

This group on beam. Brace yourselves.

Andrade – BB – Here we go – switch mount, good – switch, pause – switch 1/2, hit – bhs loso, secure – aerial to split ring jump, solid – switch ring to split jump to bhs, solid work – side aerial, hit – full turn, check, lean to the side – wolf jump to sissone, good – ro bhs double pike, step back.

A huge hit for her. Big deal. I honestly thought there was no way she was staying on beam after that tentative early switch.

Kinsella hits a good DTY with a bounce back. 14.166

Vaelen – VT – rudi – solid one, a couple steps back, chest up

Volleman goes 13.133 on bars.

13.533 on beam for Andrade means she’ll just have to not lose this thing on floor.

Ou – BB – fhs front tuck, secuyre, deep – switch to switch 1/2 to korbut – switch ring, small hesitation before split ring to bhs, good – aerial to straddle to bhs, nice – full turn, wobble – side somi, secure – 2.5, hop to the side

Black – FX – popa, good – front full to double pike, step back, stays in bounds – front 2/1 to front tuck, small hop – split leap full is very low – switch full is higher in the passage of dance – 2.5, good control on landing. It was really only that weird split full but she worked it out.

Ou Yushan goes 13.866 on beam.

Gadirova – BB – candle mount, hit – switch to switch 1/2 to korbut, hit combination – wolf double, lean, hit – aerial to split to straddle, solid – bhs loso, secure – side aerial, well done – double pike dismount, lunge back to hold it. One of her most secure beams.

Gadirova with a huge 13.733 on beam with an E score over 8. She and Kinsella are CLOSE.

Maggio – BB – switch mount, check – switch to sissone, nice – bhs loso, check – full turn, lean to the side – switch ring, holds it – side aerial, secure – aerial, squeeze correction – side somi, arm wave to control it – double pike, small hop back

Visser hits her 3/1 front tuck on floor – L turn 2.5 to double turn – double y to illusion in the same spot – 2/1, bounce back – double tuck, bounce back

13.033 on beam for Maggio.

Carey – BB – forward roll mount – full turn, check – bhs loso, no second loso, step back – side aerial to split jump to straddle, secure – aerial, secure – switch to switch 1/2, shortish but not excessive – switch side – split jump 1/2 from side, under split – bhs bhs double pike, deep landing but held the stick somehow. A somewhat tight showing but stayed on.

Miyata – FX – DLO 1/1, good secure landing, knees throughout – whip whip 3/1, also very well controlled – wolf double, some crazy arms but around – 1.5 to front full, solid – switch – split lepa full was under split – double pike, step back. Really good landings. Some body position things, but great control.

Just 12.633 for Carey which drops her to 5th with Jones still to come.

Jones – BB – full turn – Arabian, very solid – switch to sissone, nicely done – bhs loso, good – switch side, lean with the arm – straddle jump from side, a little tentative on those but hit – side aerial, secure – bhs bhs double pike, small step.

Miyata went 13.733. Waiting on the Jones score.

13.100 for Jones keeps her in a comfortable 2nd heading to floor.

After 3:
Andrade – 42.499
Jones – 41.699
Kinsella – 40.899
Gadirova – 40.799
Black – 40.699
Carey – 40.532

Bronzzeeeeeee. Could go any which way since everyone is capable of a 14 on their remaining events.

Rotation 4

Ou – FX – whip whip 3/1, hit, chest down – 2.5 to front lay, secure, some knees – wolf triple, pulls it around – double tuck, step back – triple turn – swtich ring and switch 1/2 are good – doubel L turn, around – 13.733

Friess only vaulted the Tsuk lay full.

Kuusikko hits her bhs loso series – switch to split, solid – wolf 1.5, hit – aerial, large break, bend way overat the hips – side aerial is secure – 1.5 dismount, stuck. Good day for her.

Black – VT – handspring layout full – hits it, a little short, slide back, knees. She did what she could do in the quest.

Gadirova – FX – double double tuckedish – bounce back – DLO 1/1, solid landing, small hop – switch ring to split leap 1.5, a little bounce – switch leap full, around – popa, hit – front full through to double tuck, bounce back. Good hit. Expecting giant score.

Black is done on 54.732

Romi Brown is off beam on a side aerial.

Gadirova gets a massive 14.400 (6.0/8.4). Have to imagine that’s going to clinch a bronze for her unless Carey pulls it allllll out and gets some E help. Kinsella can get close on bars, but can she get there….

Maggio – FX – gets wolf triple around – DLO, couple small hops back – front loso to double pike, small hop – split ring to switch ring 1/2 – FTDT, hop back – double tuck, great stick. 13.866 great number.

D’Amato finishes with a hit DTY, bounce back

Carey – FX – double double layout, small bounce into the corner – DLO 1/1, strong, another small bounce – switch full, around – front loso to double tuck, shuffle back, both feet – split leap full – FTDT, shuffle back again.

Godwin good landing on DLO to finish bars. 13.500

Kinsella – UB – toe 1/2 to piked jaeger, strong – short cast hs – stalder tkatchev piked ot pak – maloney to gienger, caught, legs apart – toe full – double arabian, pace forward.

14.166 for Carey, into 3rd behind Gadirova.

Jones – FX – wolf double, under rotated, probably a single – double double tucked, small step – split leap full – DLO, chest a bit forward, small shuffle – double L, looks like she just did get it around – front tuck through to double tuck, secure landing – L hop full to switch 1/2, hit. 4 for 4 in an all-around final.

I’m watching to see what happens to her D score. It could get CLOSEEEE with Gadirova.

Kinsella 14.166, now she’s in 2nd behind Gadirova.

13.700 for Jones (she lost 2 tenths of D) is enough to move ahead of Gadirova.

Andrade – FX – front full through to FTDT, small shuffle back – DLO 1/1, shuffle back – switch leap full, around – falls out of double Y, not as bad as qual but a deduction – DLO, wonderful landing – split leap full, bounce on landing – double pike, step back. That will clinch the title.

We still ahve a final beam routine from Volleman – who just his front walkover to front kickover – L turn, hit – side somi, secure – double turn, well done – switch, low, connected to cat leap – kotbut, hit – gainer layout full, hop.

14.400 for Andrade, who will win by a ton.

FINAL:
1) Andrade – 56.899
2) Jones – 55.399
3) Gadirova – 55.199
4) Kinsella – 55.065
5) Black – 54.732
6) Carey – 54.698
7) Ou – 53.899
8) Miyata – 53.798

 

 

 

So if last night is any indication, it’s time to get ready for our world bronze medalist South Korean team.

Today, we have Japan entering as the major favorite after their unique non-disaster of a qualification performance that outpaced everyone else by 8 points. The big mystery is China. China had a deeply terrible qualification performance to place 4th, and while we would typically expect that to be reversed in the team final for a gold/silver-level performance, Sun Wei is a major question mark after his qualification injury. He’s slated for four events today, including floor and vault, but if he is not able to hit, there’s no way China can make up 10 points on their qualification performance the way one might otherwise think they could.

As for Great Britain and the US, neither had a strong performance in qualification, with GB ending up a half point ahead of the US, so it’s really going to come down to who flops fewer times today.

Intros starting now. Pretty sure “Stephen Ned-erotic” was just introduced. Brazil is going for a HOODIES milieu for their intro. A TRY.

On to the warmups for the first rotation.

Rotation 1

Tanigawa K – FX – front front pike 1/2 out, bounce back – front 2/1 to layout, stuck – double  double tuck, stuck – 2.5 to front full, side pass, hit – double arabian 1/2 out, stuck landing. Amazing start for Japan.

Asher Hong through a hit pommel horse, and Nory hits a clean Kas 1.5, small hop.

14.566 for Nory. 13.566 for Hong.

Sun Wei is off on pommel horse. The first break of the day belongs to China. Again.

Still waiting on Tanigawa’s score. Just give him a 50. Alright 14.400

Abbadini SR – 13.033

Hall – FX – GBR – double double tuck, bounce back – double arabian 1/2 out, bounce back – front 2/1 to front full, small hop – 1.5 to layout, hop – randi, chest forward, little hop – 3/1, step.

Sun Wei 13.633

Brody Malone technically dismounted but mostly just heaved himself sideways off the horse, so he’ll need to get up and do it again.

14.500 for Caio Souza’s Dragulescu with two steps.

14.200 for Hall on FX.

Hashimoto – FX – Japan – triple double is quite short, bound forward – double double, also a little short with a hop – front full to randi, good, small hop – 2/1, stuck – 2.5 to layout, super clean, little shuffle back – 3/1, bounce back. Fine, not his strongest.

Guimaraes hits a doubel front on vault, though it was very deep, bounces up quickly.

Malone just 11.733 on horse. SO there’s that.

Zhang Boheng puts up a hit for China on horse. 13.966

Near fall for Kin Hansol on vault, very deep

Regini Moran – FX -OOB step on triple double – double double, small step forward – 2.5 to front lay to 1.5, small hop – 2/1, bounce back – doubel front pike 1/2 out, stuck, well done – randi, short landing, lunge – 3/1, little hop forward.

Ned-Erotic had a large leg break on a Russian so not as strong as qualification, but a good hit overall.

Malone D score inquiry is rejected.

Regini Moran 14.166.

Doi – FX – double double tucked, bounce back – back 1.5 to front 2/1, hop forward – back 2.5 to front 1.5, somewaht low, good control – 3.5, small hop – 3/1 bounce back. Good. 

WOAH Nedoroscik got 12.966. So I must have missed something. Also just a 5.1 D score.

13.433 for Yang Jiaxing to finish horse for China.

Doi 14.366 on floor.

Jarman – FX – triple double layout, hit, hop forward – triple double tucked, bounce – back 2.5 to front 1/2 to 1/2, stuck, some piking – 3/1 side pass, hop – front full to randi, bounce back – 3.5 dismount, hop. Hit, lots of hops.

They have submitted an inquiry for Nedoroscik’s horse D score of 5.1.

So that does it for the first rotation. The big loser there was the US with a Nedoroscik score in the 12s to drop them nearly 4 points from their qualification total on horse. Pretty much everyone else will be OK with their prospects after the first event.

Rotation 2

James Hall is off PH on a Tong Fei to make the US feel better.

Zou’s v sit on rings gets a big roar – double double tuck dismount, near stuck, small step.

Levantesi hits a double  front on vault with a step

12.200 on horse for Hall.

14.866 on rings for Zou. As China’s leadoff.

Hashimoto definitely through a hit on horse this time – Malone is taking some time to secure handstands on rings before his dismount, small step.

Casali vaults a Kas 2/1 with leg form, step to the side, for Italy.

14.433 for Hashimoto, 13.766 for Malone.

Zapata crashes a double front on vault, does not attempt the posted Dragulescu. Jarman stays on horse for 12.566.

You Hao has a large lunge back on his rings dismount.

Doi is off horse for Japan. It looked like he whacked his leg on the horse at the very beginning and then fell not that far into his routine.

Bartolini large bound forward on Kas 1.5

Caio Souza with a lovely front straddle on PBars – tippelt, good height and handstand – double front 1/2, small hop.

Asher Hong bounce back on rings dismount.

13.033 for Doi.

14.033 for Hong on rings.

Joe Fraser just had the most ridiculous horse routine, with a couple early form breaks and then a full Nedoroscik-at-trials where it was miraculous that he stayed on – but then he came off shortly after – and then another large break when he resumed. Oh dear.

Joe Fraser goes full Tang Xijing with a 10.466.

Tanigawa K just stepped down from one pommel. Falls later in his routine. And then sort of flopped apart on his dismount after that.

Whittenburg sticks double double layout on rings.

Well Japan and GB just joined the US in the YUCK YUCK POMMELS club, definitely starting to open the door for someone to have a Canada moment.

Rotation 3

Malone – VT – Kas 1.5 – a little short, hop back. 14.400

Nory – HB – tak 1/2 – layout tkatchev to tkatchev to piked tkatchev, clean – quast – falls on layout jaeger 1/2

Yang – VT – China – hits a Kas 2/1, chest down, and then a somewhat large bounce back

Casali hits PBs for Italy – doubel front 1/2 out, hop forward

12.866 for Nory. Yang goes 14.533.

Walker – VT – USA – handspring randi – large stumble, multiple lunges back and off the mat. 13.900

Wataru started Japan on rings with 13.900.

James Hall with a couple small steps on rings dismount.

Souza – HB – Brazil – tak 1/2,to kolman, good – Cassina, some legs, caught – lauyout tkatchev – tak 1/1, normal late – to yamawaki to gienger, hit – DLO 2/1, lunge back. 13.9

Zhang Boheng hits a very good Kas 2/1 today. 14.966. Wow.

Hong – VT – USA – he landed his Ri Se Gwang, probably the best one we’ve seen him do here – large lunge back and out of the area

Ryu – HB – KOR – yamawaki, some pike -stalder rybalko very late – double double layout, hop forward

Sun Wei does land his Kas 2/1 today, large lunge to the side and off the mat for him as well. 13.833

Fraser step back on double double tuck on rings. 14.033

Clean DLO 1/1 dismount from Soares on HB with a step back.

Levantesi – PB – peach, diam,  – tippelt, solid – bhavsar, smooth swing – siam to stutz – tuck 1/2 to arm – doubel pike, chest down, hop forward.

Lee JH – HB – KOR – tak 1/2, good position, Kolman, was very close, does a fully frog-legged giant out of it – catches cassina – DLO 2/1, step back.

Plata – PB – Spain – peach 1/2 with some walking – diam – front toss – healy down, clean – tippelt, clena – stuatz, a little short of vertical – doubel front 1/2 out, nicely stuck. 14.266

Tulloch’s rings will finish the rotation – DLO 1/1 dismount, some piking, step back.

Rotation 4

Regini Moran – VT – Kas 2/1 to start their rotation, very good, medium step back. 14.600

Mir – HB – tkatchev to puiked tkatchev, good – quast – 1.5 – tak 1/2, solid – stalder – DLO 2/1, stumble back, probably 3 steps. So good until the dismount.

Doi – VT – Japan – gorgeous yurchenko 2.5, stuck landing. 14.700

You does have a larger hop forward on his doubel front 1/2 out dismount, but will be a huge improvement on his 12 from qualification as Japan has to start being nervous now.

Jarman – VT – Falls on his Kas 2.5 attempt, large lunge forward and off the mat and all kinds of hands down. 13.733

Important 14.366 from Guimaraes on floor for Brazil.

14.666 for You gains almost 2 points on qualification by himself.

Hong – PB – good bhavsar – tippelt, solid height – makuts, hit – finishes with a very deep double front 1/2, but lands it with hop forward.

Wataru vault – excellent handspring double front pike, hop forward. 14.766

Abad with a couple steps back on his HB dismount.

14.533 for Hong. Good number.

Souza – FX – Brazil – front full to double front, small slide back – open back tcuk 1.5, step forward, lovely in the air – front 2/1 to front tuck full, short, larger slide back – back 2.5 to front lay, hop – 3/1, small bounce back

Tulooch – VT – hits his Dragulescu, crossover step backward –

Zhang had a large hesitation on one rail on Pbars but pulled it back – doubel front 1/2 out, large lunge forward.

You’s score changed to 14.866.

Tulloch 14.500 on vault.

Hashimoto with a very rough Kas 2/1 on vault, short landing, lunge forward, another step off the mat.

Malone – PB – hits mount – clean makuts – balked his diam but did it the second time – good stutz and front straddle – tippelt, smoothly done – healy, small hand movement – doubel front, hop forward

Hashimoto just 13.866 on vault. JAPAN.

Nory – FX – doubel front pike, good, small shuffle – front 2/1 to front tuck to prone – whip 2.5, hop forward – back 1.5 to front full – doubel arabian, small shuffle forward.

13.966 for Malone. 

Zou’s PBars double front 1/2 out is what dreams are made of. Can the Chinese men’s team go to the Chinese women’s team and do a clinic on turning it around from qualification?

Macchini with a very nice hit for Italy on high bar, which keeps hitting routines in its quest to be a Canada but also still has to do horse.

15.766 for Zou. LOLOLOLOL.

Walker – PB – front toss – makuts, hit – peach – long swing diam – bhavsar, solid height – tippelt, good height – healy – stutz, double front, small hop forward. Some formies but a good one.

So China is way out in front now, Brazil hanging onto 2nd but still with horse to do, Japan moves back up to 3rd, and USA is in 4th. Italy in 5th.

Rotation 5

Abbadini – FX – back 2.5 to clean front lay, – double arabian, good stick – 2/1, stuck – front full, stuck –

Whiitenburg – HB – tak 1/1, pretty solid finish position – tak 1/2, quite late – quast – layout tkatchev – tstalder rybalko bault late – yamawaki, hit – stalder – double double layout, tries to hold the stick with a couple swims, hop forward

Diogo Soares is off horse in the leadoff spot. 11.900

13.733 for Abbadini. 13.133 for Whittenburg.

Sun – HB – hits his Kolman – Cassina, also caught – layout tkatchev to tkatchev, clean – DLO 2/1, stuck landing. Excellent. 14.666

Hit PBars from Wataru leading off for Japan. 14.933

Walker – HB – crazy Tak 1/2, has to stop against the bar – tak 1/2 repeated – kolman, caught – kovacs caught, big elbow bend on swing out of it – layout tkatchev – tkatchev – yamawaki – DLO 1/1, hop forward.

Everyone trying to lose bronze.

Bitencourt has a couple huge form breaks and nearly survives them but comes off in the end.

Hall 14.033 on PBars.

Colt Walker 11.700 is terror for the US.

Zhang – HB – tak 1/1, hit – tak 1/2, very nice finishing posiution – layout tkatchev – Cassina, super clean – Kolman, good – DLO 2/1, small hop. Good one.

14.766 for Kamoto on Pbars, which is not quite what they would have hoped for from him. Zhang goes 14.433 on high bar.

Malone – HB – Cassina is good – molman, hit – layout tkatchev to tkatchev to piked tkatchev, strong – tak 1/1, very late – DLO 2/1, small shuffle – hit routine.

Bitencourt went 10.600 on horse.

Regini Moran 14.233 to Malone 14.366.

Yang – HB – does a full one arm catch on Cassina but stays on the high bar – layout tkatchev is hit – tkatchev – DLO 2/1, stuck landing.

Kakeru looks like he clipped the rail on his PBars dismount, lands it to his feet but with a couple stumbles.

And Souza is off horse to complete the triple fall for Brazil.

14.300 for Kakeru on PBars.

Fraser on Pbars to anchor, sticks his dismount to keep GB in this as well going to the final rotation.

Fraser went 15.000 on Pbars to put GB back in the race for bronze. It looks like China, then Japan, and then a race between Italy, GB, and the US for bronze. “Italy” he began to whisper over and over again.

Rotation 6

Sun – FX – double double, stuck – front 2/1 to front lay, a little slidely – 2/1, holds stick with a lean – 2.5 to front full, small hop – 3/1, step back. So I guess he was mostly OK today?

Hall – HB – Cassina, hit with some form – Kolman, solid – tkatchev – tak 1/1, great finish position – tak 1/2 – DLO 2/1, small step back.

13.866 for Sun. front full to double front pike, hop forward OOB – DLO 1/1, deeper landing, hop forward – front tuck full to double front, small hop – back 2.5 to sloaty front lay, stuck with some knee form – 3/1, forward, hop.

13.700 for James Hall.

Doi – HB – hits Cassina – stalder rybalko, late – tak 1/1 – tak 1/2 OK – Kolman, solid – DLO 2/1, holds stick with a lea to the side.

13.300 for Macchini on horse. IT BEGINSSSSS.

13.933 for Hong.

Yang JX with a solid hit on floor for China to continue their quest toward gold.

13.533 for Diallo on horse.

Fraser – HB – tak 1/2, solid – kolman, hit – Cassina is strong – layoutk tkatchev – tak 1/1, very late – lunge forward on dismount. Hit.

Bartolini stays on horse as well.

Malone – FX – front full to double front pike, small slide back – 2.5 to front….tuck, botches his punch with a very deep landing if not a fall – double double, short landing, lunge forward – front 2/1 to front lay, hopo – 2/1, stuck – 3/1, small hop.

Just 12.766 for Bartolini, which will not help compared to GB’s score on HB so far. Fraser gets a 14.000

Kamoto – Hb – lay tkatchev, hit – Cassina, hit – Kolman, also solid – tkatchev – inbar – stalder – DLO 2/1, step back.

Nooooooo Abbadini’s hand slips off on his pommel horse dismount and he clatters front first to the ground.

So basically GB has the bronze is their hands now if Jarman stars on HB in any kind of manner.

Jarman – HB – tak 1/2, late – layout tkatchev – tkatchev, hit – tak – front stalder – stalder – DLO 1/1, hop forward.

Whittenburg – hits double front, hgop – DLO 2/1, chest forward, hop – front full to double front pike and sits it down – 2.5 to front lay, whips it over but stuck – double double tuck, small hop – souble arabian 1/2 out, hop forward.

Jarman’s 13.100 will clinch the bronze for GB.

Hashimoto – HB – will need a 7 to get into silver – falls on his Liukin and he’s down – but he’s back up and rechalking – Cassina is hit – Kolman, good – layout tkatchev – tak 1/1, very late – stalder – DLO 2/1 stuck landing.

China’s massive improvement
Japan’s implosion for silver
GB’s least-bad-of-the-rest for bronze

With Whittenburg’s 13.466, the US will finish behind Italy, who will take 4th.