Women’s Podium Training started this morning with Yang Yilin from China, Ekaterina Kurbatova (RUS) and Dariya Zgoba (UKR) as the biggest figures of the first subdivision.

·         Zgoba had a good beam rotation, with problems on the dismount (ro – double pike off) that were too low. On floor, she landed her full in to her knees, and was low on 1 ½ - layout,

·         Kurbatova performed her usual bars routine only once and was a hit routine. Shaposhnikova – Toe on 1/1 – Tkatchev – Pak, and Shaposhnikova half.

·         Yang Yilin competed a clean floor routine but struggled on vault performing double twisting Yurchenkos to knees.

·         Ivana Kovacova (SVK) showed a solid routine on her best apparatus, bars.

·         Gabriela Dragoi on beam performed a front somi, free aerial – flic – layout, turn with leg at horizontal, side aerial, side somi, double turn, ff – ff – 2 ½ off.

·         Anna Serra from Spain mounted beam with a front somi, switch leap to wolf fjump, sheep jump, flic – layout, free cartwheel, free aerial, side somi, ff – ff – 2/1. On bars, she performed several times a full in dismount off.

·         A gymnast from Puerto Rico showed a double layout off bars.

·         Israel competed in this division with a gymnast  that had a 1/1 to endo and 2/1 flyaway dismount.

·         North Korean presented a gymnast that due to the distance to bars was difficult to identify, she did stalder, stalder overshoot, Jaeger, stalder 1/1 – Tkatchev to Pak, but stopped in the middle of the routine in all her attempts, not showing a dismount at all.

·         Kurbatova’s beam included a switch ring leap, free aerial – flic – layout, switch leap – wolf jump, turn with leg to head and only a layout dismount that I saw. Later on, she added a round-off double back.

·         Emily Armi (ITA) who had a meltdown on bars at this year Europeans, did a solid beam routine with lack of extension. Flic – layout, aerial, switch leap, switch ring leap.

·         North Korean on beam performed a full turn, front tuck, flic – layout, switch leap, free cartwheel, free aerial, side somi. A very wobbly routine with several pauses between elements.

·         Clean Full twisting Yurchenkos for Armi on vault.

·         Yang Yilin). n on bars struggled with the full in dismount, needing help from her coach at the last giant. The rest of the routine was clean, but not as fluid as last year. She kept falling on the dismount in her three attempts.

·         Valentina Holenkova (UKR) competed on bars instead Zgoba, with tucked 1/1 Yurchenkos. Her second  vault was a handspring front pike to fall. At the end, she managed to land a handspring front tuck.

·         Anna Serra opened floor with a double tuck, front through front 2/1, 2 ½, double pike off (steps).

·         Chelaru tumbled a full in tucked, 3/1 (crossed legs), clean triple turn, double back, double pike off. She warmed up a double layout.

·         Kurbatova started with a double spin with leg to head, a short double Arabian, 1 ½ - 1/1, double pike.

·         Puerto Rican gymnast opened with a very low double layout on floor, spotted by the coach.

·         Swedish girl on bars, Alexandra Olsson, did a Pak (legs apart) and double layout dismount.

·         Armi performed a Tkatchev, Pak with legs apart, double layout off.

·         Kurbatova timers were huge layout Yurchenkos on vault; but her DTY was underrotated and landed to the knees. Her twisting technique is strange.

·         Anna Serra did low full twisting Yurchenkos.

·         Elizabeth Seitz (GER) struggled on bars despite a toe on – piked Ray.

·         North Korean on floor, full in, 1 ½ punch layout, double back, double pike off.

·         Zgoba on bars looked heavy, with a very cowboyed double front off.

·         Yang Yilin, sheep jump, onodi to flic – back tuck, switch leap – wolf jump, rulfova, turn with leg at horizontal, free aerial, side somi, switch ring leap, nice ro – 2 ½.

·         South Korean gymnast injured on vault doing a handspring front pike, landing with hyperextended knees.

·         Maria Edner (SWE) performed beautifully on beam, her best apparatu, onodi, free aerial – flic – layout, switch leap – Kotchekova, full turn with leg at head, wolf jump, ff –ff – double pike off.

·         Chelaru did handspring front tuck.  And straddled DTY, low landings.

·         Giorgia Bonora had a clean competition but nothing spectacular. Her form lacks polish and extension.

Subdivision 2

·         Ivana Hong on bars, problems on the overshoot, low Tkatchev, double layout (tucked down). As first contact with the apparatus. Not a full set from her yet.

·         Shona Morgan (AUS), solid beam routine, aerial – flic – layout, ro- double pike off.

·         Japanese girl on floor, 3/1 as opening tumbling to tango music. Double pike, fall on 2 ½ ending tumble.

·         Eva Verbova (CZE) with improved form on beam.

·         Becky Wing (GBR) double Arabian, double back, switch ring leap, 1 ½ through 2/1, 2 ½ underrotated and crossed legs.

·         Kim Bui (GER) with a few problems on the ro-layout mount but otherwise pretty solid routine.

·         Brazilian gymnast doing nice Yurchenko 1 ½.

·         Deng Linlin, stalder to overshoot, endo, endo ½, - Tkatchev, giant 1/1 (bad and lose rhythm), Pak, full twisting double layout (piked down). Not good. Second attempt, labored kip to HS, problems on pirouettes to Jaeger, and piked down again full twisting double layout.

·         Yessenia Estrada (MEX) double back, 1 ½ punch layout, triple turn (completed), double pike off.

·         Thais Escolar (ESP) onodi, free aerial, flic- layout, turn with leg at horizontal, 1/1 wolf jump, Kotchetkova, Switch leap – split jump, 1/1 split jump, ro-double back off.

·         Goksu Uctas (TUR), back tuck, free aerial, flic – whip, free cartwheel, .

·         Deng Linlin, front pike, flic – ff – layout two feet, free aerial – back tuck – sheep jump, slow on connections, switch leap to Rueda, split jump – wolf jump, side somi, ff – ff – double pike off. A bit wobbly today.

·         Yessenia Estrada vaulted a high 1 ½ Yurchenko but sat it down. The next vault was better and landed. As a second vault she is doing a handspring front pike unsuccessfully.

·         Hong on beam, onodi – sheep jump, ff – ff – double pike off. Troubles on the turn in the second beam set of the rotation, falling out of it. Clean gymnastics. Last beam routine, press mount, aerial – flic – layout, turn with leg at horizontal (big wobble), switch leap – back tuck, onodi – sheep jump, free cartwheel, switch ring leap, side somi (wobble), Martha claps…, split jump – wolf jump, ff – ff – double pike off (low chest).

·         Becky Wing keeps falling on her Yurchenko 1 ½. In her last attempt, she tucked it down and landed it.

·         Only Deng Linlin and Ivana Hong are still on the podium right now. Ivana doing her turn and the onodi – sheep jump combo.

·         Kayla Williams warming up some underrotated triple twists.

·         Zoi Lima (POR) on beam, flic – layout, aerial to 2 feet

·         Shona Morgan doing Yurchenko 1/1 tucked.

·         Deng Linlin, double Arabian (a bit low), full in to head, double turn, front through 2 ½, double pike off. She doesn’t seem the same that at National Games.

·         Thais Escolar tumbled a piked full in, tucked full in (fall), front through 2/1, double pike off.

·         Kayla Williams double layout, 1 ½ through double pike (fall backwards), 3/1 (a bit underrotated), piked full in.

·         Toe on shaposh, toe on 1/1, Gienger, double pike off for Becky Wing on bars.

·         USA team wearing a full pink Adidas track suit with white letters….

·         Kayla Williams on vault did a piked Rudi. It’s not layout, the second attempt looks the same but with a big step back. Huge DTY. She vaults a piked Rudi again.

·         Japanese on beam, ull turn with leg at horizontal to full spin, onodi, sheep jump, aerial – flic – layout, ff – ff – double pike off. Solid performer. Without falls.

·         Deng Linlin timing layout Yurchenko several times. Fall on three DTYs attempted. Changes to a 1 ½ Yurchenko, bue she falls too.

·         Gokstu Uctas, Yurchenko 1 ½ (short).

·         Kim Bui with problems catching the Gienger on bars, Jaeger, Pak, Shaposhnikova, full in.

·         Shona Morgan (AUS) stalder 1/1 – Gienger, undershoot, stalder 1/1 – Jaeger,some problems on HS, full in off.

·         Becky Wing, ro – layout mount, omelianchi, aerial – flic – layout, switch leap – back tuck (very wobbly combo), turn with leg at horizontal, ff – ff – 2/1.

·         Zoi Lima (POR) on her best event, floor, tucked full in, 1 ½ punch layout, 2 ½, double pike off.

 

Subdivision 3

·         Brdiget Sloan started on beam, front tuck – flic – layout, turn with leg at horizontal. Free aerial – free cartwheel (wobbly), switch leap – back tuck, sheep jump, ro – double pike off. In her last routine, 1/1 split jump, split jump – wolf jump, front tuck – flic – layout, turn with leg at horizontal, free aerial – free cartwheel, switch leap – back tuck, sheep jump, ro – layout off.

·         Ida Jonsson on beam too. Free aerial, flic – layout – layout to 2 feet, Kotchetkova, switch leap – back layout, ff – ff – double pike off (low).

·         Sui Lui had solid routines on beam, only some minor wobbles on a wolf jump. Front pike to flic – layout, turn with leg at horizontal to full turn, switch ring leap, side somi, free aerial, ro – double pike off. A bit slow at connections.

·         Marissa King (GBR) struggled with her Arabian a couple of times on beam, front tuck, flic – whip, free aerial, side somi, ro – double back.

·         Despite arriving a bit late, we caught Semyonova’s good dismount from bars. She stopped way earlier than the other gymnasts, so we suppose the routine went as planned.

·         Semyonova on beam had a big wobble on the onodi – flic combo.

·         Tweddle on floor, 1 ½ thourgh double Arabian (stuck), double Arabian piked (big stumble forward), had problems on it in practice too, 2 ½ -1/1.

·         Ana Porgaras, free aerial – flic – layout, switch leap,  ff – ff – layout to 2 feet, free cartwheel, switch leap – back  tuck, ff – ff – double pike off (low landing and low chest). The layout to 2 feet is rather inconsistent.

·         Bridget Sloan started floor with a 1 ½ through 3/1 (short and low), piked full in (stumble forward), front – front layout,  double pike.

·         Sui Lui on floor, whip – 3/1 (short), 2 ½, triple turn, 1 ½ -1/1, double turn with leg at horizontal, low double pike to finish. Sui Lui warming up 2 ½ punch 1/1 after her routine. At her last attempt, she full rotates the whip 3/1.

·         Ida Jonsson on floor, full in, double back, 1/1 punch layout, double pike off (stumble forward)

·         Semyonova on beam again, Roll mount, switch leap, free aerial – flic – whip, side somi, free cartwheel, turn in attitude, sheep jump, onodi – flic (problems again), onodi – flic – layout, ro – double pike off to crash. Semyonova up one last time since she’s had problems with beam. On her last dismount, she slipped the foot off and landed to her back the double pike off.

·         Pauline Morel (FRA), switch leap – Rueda, ff – ff – 2 ½ (crossed legs).

·         Miki Uemura (JPN) did train a FTY and a Yurchenko ½ on – layout off.

·         Tina Erceg (CRO) doesn’t do her Arabian mount anymore.

·         Alina Kozich, now competing for Uzbekistan, free aerial – free cartwheel, switch leap (wobble), onodi – side somi (fall), amazing flexibility  and toe point as always, turn with leg to head, ro – double back (fall).

·         Bridget Sloan timers are FTY. Good DTY, without effort.

·         Marissa King on vault Full Twisting Tsukahara. Handspring front pike/layout ½ off.

·         A South Korean does a Voronin on bars with a double layout off.

·         North Korea on beam, full turn, side somi, switch leap – back tuck, free aerial, ro – layout to 2 feet (cold), front tuck, ro – double back off. She is pretty good.

·         Ana Porgras on floor, low chest full in, 2 ½ punch front, double pike, double tuck.

·         Semyonova on floor, full in (oob), 2 ½ punch front, 1 ½ punch front, double pike off.

·         Pauline Morel on floor, 1 ½ through layout, layout, layout. Does she have any problem?

·         Yana Demyanchuk on bars toe – on 1/1 – Tkatchev – Pak. Full in dismount.

·         He Kexin on bars, her usual routine with legs apart on the Pak and a bit struggle on the dismount. Her second routine much better with only a slight problem on dismount.

·         Beth Tweddle on bars fall on Shaposhnikova ½. Piked Ray. Also struggling with the Bi, had to stop the routine twice.

·         Semyonova Yurchenko 1 ½ tucked down at the end to land it.

·         Alina Kozich presented her choreography without tumbling. Beautiful as always.

·         Tina Erceg opns with a double back, 1 ½ - 1/1, back layout,

·         Ana Porgras vaults a FTY.

·         Bridget Sloan problems on toe-on 1/1 on HB. Full twisting double layout, a bit piked down but good. The second one was not that good though.

·         Ida Jonsson, Gienger, Jaeger, Pak, double layout off.

·         North Korea on floor, 1 ½ punch pike front, back tuck, it seems lots of gymnasts are not performing full difficulty.

·         Sanne Wevers (NED) had problems on the double turn on beam.

Subdivision 4

·         Veronica Wagner reappears at high level competition after her Olympics disappointment.

·         Jennifer Senn (SUI) front tuck, switch leap, flic –back tuck, side somi (wobbles and fall), 2/1 off.

·         Britanny Rogers (CAN) slightly bent kneed 1 ½ twisting Yurchenko. As second vault, ro-1/2 on, 1/1 off.

·         Koko Tsurumi started with a nearly stuck tucked full in, 2 ½ - 1/1 (hand down), front 2/1, double pike (near stuck). She controls the landings pretty well.

·         Cha from North Korea starts her routine with Stalder overshoot, hop full – def (fall). Starts again to fall in the def again. Bi – Jaeger (fall). She falls for a third time on her Def. Double layout dismount. The fourth time, she caught the Def, did a German giant to the Bi to Jaeger, but couldn’t do a proper Pak and fell on the double layout.

·         Youna Dufournet on beam with some problems and a low ff – ff- double pike dismount.

·         Britanny Rogers, Markelov, Tkatchev.

·         An Argentinian does a running double front on floor.

·         Koko Tsurumi, FTY.

·         Jennifer Senn, double pike, 1 ½ punch front, 2 ½.

·         Dufournet, stuck piked full in, double Arabian, 1 ½ through 2 ½ to jump, double pike.

·         North Korean on beam, ro – layout to 2 feet, full turn, side somi, front tuck, 1/1 wolf jump, free aerial

·         Veronica Wagner sticks a double front off beam. On floor, she no longer does her front double pike. She dismounts her routine with a running double front and opens with a double back.

·         Tsurumi is short on her overshoot to high bar. She does a Bi ½ but it’s a bit late. Double layout off.

·         Jessica López, full in to Spanish music, 2 ½ punch front (layout during warm up), 3/1, double pike (fall).

·         Dufournet on vault, 1 ½ Yurchenko.

·         North Korean, 1 ½ through 2/1 punch front, back layout, whip whip through double pike, 2 ½. There’s no choreography.

·         Dufournet, Shaposhnikova, stalder 1/1 – Def, stalder ½ - Jaeger.

·         Jessica López, Yurchenko 1 ½ with some difficulties.

·         Hong Un Jong on vault did a DTY. Tried the amanar but fell, pretty good on the air though. The second one was a bit better. The third attempt also resulted in a fall. The fourth try was higher but slower. Attempts the Cheng but it’s too piked and falls.

·         Brittany Rogers, full in, 1 ½ through double back (hand down), 2 ½ (oob), double pike.

·         Dorina Bockzogo on floor, piked full in, nice double turn with leg at horizontal, front handspring – double front (fall), front through 2/1, double pike.

·         Vasiliki Millousi (GRE) on beam, a solid performance without hesitations; double pike off. Switch leap – back tuck – sheep jump, turn with leg at horizontal to full spin.

·         Koko Tsurumi had no major problems on beam, only a slow rotation on the onodi, linked to a sheep jump. Very stable on turn with leg at horizontal to spin,  ro – 2 ½ dismount.

 

Subdivision 5

·         Lauren Mitchell (AUS), stalder ½ - Jaeger, toe on – ½ - double front off.

·         Anna Myzdrikova, flic – layout, 1/1 split leap, switch leap – back tuck, full turn, side somi,

·         Ana María Izurieta,  full in, 3/1 (fall), whip whip through 2 ½, double back. Not her best effort.

·         Becky Downie on beam, front tuck, free aerial – flic, full turn with leg at horizontal, switch leap – wolf jump, free cartwheel, side somi,  switch ring leap, ro – double pike off.

·         Anja Brinker, toe on shaposhnikova – stalder 1/1, struggling a lot with the routine. She hasn’t managed to finish a single routine.

·         Anamaria Tamirjan vaulted a DTY straddled.

·         Rebecca Bross, DTY. Only one attempt, the timer was a layout Yurchenko.

·         Elsa García on beam, recovered from injuries, side aerial, side somi, free aerial – sheep jump, flic – whip, switch ring leap, turn with leg at horizontal, ro – double back,

·         Ariella Kaeslin, 2 ½ - barani, 1 ½ -1/1, turn with leg to head, double back, double pike.

·         Kristina Palesova, 1 ½ - 1/1, double pike, double tuck.

·         Anastasiya Koval, Yang Bo, flic – flic – layout to 2 feet (couple of falls), 1/1 split jump, wolf jump – split jump, side aerial – layout, free aerial – sheep jump, full turn, ro – double piked off.

·         Rebecca Bross, toe on 1/1 straddled overshoot, stalder 1/1 – Tkatchev, stalder ½ - Jaeger, endo 1/1 to Pak (fall), to simple dismount. Second set hit, with full in dismount. Another hit routine for Bross.

·         Maike Roll, press to HS mount, free aerial – flic – layout, front tuck, sheep jump, full turn to leg to head, free cartwheel – side somi, ro – double back. A bit wobbly.

·         Ariella Kaeslin, Rudi piked down. Gets better with the different attempts. As a second vault, she does a Yurchenko 1 ½.

·         Lauren Mitchell on beam, her best event, flic – flic – layout to 2 feet, back pike, problems on split ½ leap, attempt of Humphrey, free aerial – front tuck. Swdouble turn in attitude, switch ring leap – back tuck, ff – ff – double pike off low,

·         Anna Myzdrikova, whip double Arabian, 3/1 – back tuck, double turn with leg at horizontal, 2 ½ - barani to stag jump, double pike (steps). Good presentation.

·         Becky Downie, 1 ½ through to stop, full in, 3/1, triple turn, double pike.

·         Elsa García, stuck double Arabian, triple pirouette, 2 ½ punch front (low), double pike.

·         Anamaria Tmirjan, giant 1/1 – Jaeger, Tkatchev, undershoot, overshoot, double layout.

·         Anna Myzdrikova DTY on vault, short. Ro – ½ on – 1/1 layout off.

·         Luiza Galiulina (UZB) double pike, double tuck.

·         Elsa García 1 ½ Yurchenko (bent knees). Podkopayeva.

·         Becky Downie DTY, a bit low. Yurchenko ½ on – pike off.

·         Ana María Izurieta on bars, giant ½ - Jaeger – undershoot – overshoot, Gienger, double layout off.

·         Free aerial – flic – layout, switch ring leap, side somi, aerial to 2 feet, front tuck, ff – ff – double back.

·         Lauren Mitchell on floor, double Arabian to stag jump, piked full in (a bit low), double pike.

·         Rebecca Bross on beam, Arabian, free aerial – flic – layout, switch leap – back tuck, sheep jump, side somi, front tuck, ro – double Arabian (fall). So far, she is the gymnast looking more consistent and ready. In her last routine, she only had a small hesitation on the side somi.

·         Maike Roll, 1 ½ turn with leg to head, double pike, front handspring – front 1/1, 1 ½ punch front, 2 ½ (underrotated).

·         Ariella Kaeslin, Markelov, Tkatchev, full in.

·         Ana Maria Izurieta, ro – layout mount, flic – layout – layout to 2 feet, switch lepa – wolf jump, sheep jump (bad), side somi, free cartwheel, turn with leg at horizontal, ff – ff – 2 ½.

·         Ariella Kaeslin, ro – layout to 2 feet mount, ro – layout to 2 feet, front tuck, side somi,

·         Lauren Mitchell, DTY (crossed legs) and big steps to the sides.

·         Rebecca Bross on floor, front handspring – front layout – double front, 2 ½ - barani.

·         Anamaria Tamirjan, piked full in, tucked full in, 1 ½ - 1/1, double pike. Uncontrolled landings.

·         Becky Downie, bars, toe on shaposhnikova, giant 1/1 – piked Ray, stalder 1/1 – Ricna, toe on ½ - endo, undershoot, full in. Problems with a stalder 1/1 or 1 1/2, it changes.

Kristyna Palesova injures her knee at the beam dismount (slipped foot) on a 2/1. She is limping. Ice on the right knee.

 That's all for today, hope you join us for tomorrow MAG qualifications.