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3:01 pm. Final Results
1. Gabby Douglas 60.165
2. Maggie Nichols 59.699
3. Ellie Black 57.132
4. Amy Tinkler 55.932
5. Carlotta Ferlito, 55.598
6. Mai Murakami 54.431
7. Tabea Alt 54.399
8. Tisha Volleman 52.666
9. Lorrane Oliveira 50.298
2:56 pm. Douglas’ score is 14.833 (6.0 / 8.833). She wins with a 60.165! Almost exactly half a point ahead of Maggie aka the difference between Maggie’s Amanar and DTY. But Maggie’s Amanar prob wouldn’t have gotten an execution as well as her DTY did.
Black, Canada, FX- One more routine Ellie!!! 2.5 through to double tuck, steps OOB. Front double full to front tuck. Solid front full through to double pike.
2:52 pm. Nichols’ score is 15.2 (6.3 / 8.9)!
Douglas, USA, FX- Solid double Arabian to stag and then hits tucked full-in. Nails double pike. More crowd clapping. Nails double tuck. Great work.
2:45 pm. Tinkler’s score is 13.066 (5.9 / 7.166).
Nichols, USA, FX- Sassy walk out, LOL. Bless. Double double, good. Slight hop back. Tucked full-in with a hop. Piked full-in, good landing. Crowd clapping along. It’s ALY ALL OVER AGAIN. Double tuck to finish is low and hopped back but overall a great job.
2:43 pm. Tinkler, Great Britain, FX- Full-twisting double layout, great! Tucked full-in, little scoot back. 1.5 through to double tuck, crashed. After SUCH a good day. Finishes with a double pike. Well, Ellie, it’s all yours now!
2:40 pm. Murakami’s score is 13.866 (5.6 / 8.266).
2:36 pm. Alt’s score is 12.5 (5.4 / 7.2 / -0.1)
Murakami, Japan, FX- Good double layout, slight hop. Hit second pass well. Quad turn! 1.5 to front full is good. GUESS WHO ELSE HAS THE XTINA MUSIC randomly in the middle of this routine. Carlotta’s probably like NOOOOO MEEEEEEEEE. Double pike with a hop.
2:32 pm. Ferlito’s score is 14.266 (5.6 / 8.666).
Alt, Germany, FX- Ugh, crashes double layout and somersaults out of it. NOOOOOOO. High double tuck. Double pike stepped back OOB. #Cries
2:29 pm. Ferlito, Italy, FX- Stuck tucked full-in. Stuck double tuck. People are loving this routine. This is SO GOOD LIVE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW. Nails double pike. DAMN CARLOTTA.
2:27 pm. Volleman’s score is 12.733 (5.6 / 7.233).
2:24 pm. Oliveira’s score is 11.466 (5.4 / 6.166 / -0.1 ND).
Volleman, Netherlands, FX- SO EXCITED FOR THIS. Quad turn right off the bat. High double tuck, just bounced back a little. Her weird L turn with the knee bend (which she tried to submit as a skill) and a pirouette. UGH, crashes triple full.
2:20 pm. Oliveira, Brazil, FX- UGH, sits the Dos Santos. LORRAAAAANE WHY. Tucked full-in is low. This music is from an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and also from the Laurence Rees Aushwitz documentary and it’s always super awkward when I hear it on floor, which is surprisingly frequent, especially as a techno remix like this one is. Sits her double tuck to finish. LAWD HAVE MERCY ON THIS CHILD.
2:16 pm. Current standings…
- Gabby Douglas, 45.332
- Maggie Nichols, 44.499
- Ellie Black, 43.066
- Amy Tinkler, 42.866
- Tabea Alt, 41.899
- Carlotta Ferlito, 41.332
- Mai Murakami, 40.565
- Tisha Volleman, 39.933
- Lorrane Oliveira, 38.832
2:15 pm. Nichols’ score is 14.833 (6.3 / 8.533)!
2:11 pm. Volleman’s score is 12.9 (5.2 / 7.7).
Nichols, USA, BB- Get it girl! Wolf turn 2.5 and then a double wolf turn, that’s fun. I thought she was gonna decide between the two but I guess she’s doing both! Means she will count all D skills and above which is great. Front aerial to sissone to split jump, side somi, wolf jump to front tuck, side aerial, switch ring, bhs loso is decent, not her best. Double pike is good, slight hop back!
2:07 pm. Ferlito’s score is 14.566 (6.1 / 8.466).
Volleman, Netherlands, BB- I hope she hits. Nails front tuck mount, yay! She fell on that in training. Front handspring is supposed to go into a front tuck but she misses the connection and does the front tuck separately. Double turn. Split leap to wolf hop to side somi, yay! Full turn to opposite direction full L turn. Switch leap. Random back walkover because why not. Sheep jump, slight check. Ooh, Steingruber dismount, aka a gainer layout full off the end! That’s an upgrade I’m 99% sure. But she’s missing a flight series unfortunately.
2:04 pm. Tinkler’s score is 14.2 (6.1 / 8.1).
Ferlito, Italy, BB- Front aerial to sheep jump, tiny bobble. Bhs bhs layout with a slight check, split ring, side aerial (slight check), switch ring with a step forward, good double pike…probably the best of those doing double pikes. Just a hop back but she’s the only one who has had her chest up.
2:01 pm. Tinkler, Great Britain, BB- Crowd loves her split mount! I’m holding my breath for her triple loso series. Super nervous for it. YAS IT’S LITERALLY PERFECT. GAINER LOSO LOSO LOSO!!!! Front aerial to split jump to full turn, tiny check. Side aerial, switch half a little low, standing full, a little low but hits! DAMN AMY. Hits leaps. Triple full with a step. LOVE! Remember when she just became a brilliant little beam worker?!
1:56 pm. Black’s score is 14.4 (6.2 / 8.2).
1:51 pm. Alt’s score is 13.3 (6.1 / 7.2).
Black, Canada, BB- My heart is now exploding. Please, Ellie. I will die. Check after double turn, punch front pike with a little wobble but holds it, bhs layout is solid, just some leg sep. Phew. Test still to come though and my heart is like, not living anymore. Here we go, big prep, bhs tuck full wobble but HOLDS IT ELLIEEEEEEEEEEE I’M IN TEARS. Switch to switch half. Oh my goodness. Just FINISH IT. Punch front tuck with a slight step back, 2.5 with some leg form issues but rotated well. YAS ELLIE YAS.
1:46 pm. Oliveira’s score is 12.4 (5.4 / 7.0).
Alt, Germany, BB- EEK holding my breath for this. Please be amazing! Side aerial loso loso is AMAZING and she gets so much applause!!! YAS TABEA!!! Switch to straddle jump, NOOOOOOOOOO misses her footing on her switch ring and falls. NOT HAVING IT. Full turn, front aerial with a slight check, sissone to side somi has a little check but love the combo. Check on switch half. Double pike, chest down and a little jump back.
1:41 pm. Murakami’s score is 12.833 (5.9 / 6.933).
Oliveira, Brazil, BB- Punch front tuck mount, a wobble but she saves it. I’ll be devastated if she falls here. Split ring, solid bhs losofront aerial with a check, misses connection to sheep jump. Switch, UGHHHHH. Misses her footing and scrapes her butt on the side of the beam. I’M OUT OF HERE, not having this, gym gods. Split jump to sissone, full L turn, double tuck is a bit short, step forward.
1:38 pm. Douglas’ score is 14.966 (6.3 / 8.666).
Murakami, Japan, BB- Bhs bhs layout, UGH, FALLS. Hits jumps, side aerial, form issues on sheep jump, switch to back tuck, double pike is way short and she takes a step forward.
1:34 pm. Douglas, USA, BB- Literally can’t hear because this crowd is HERE FOR THIS. Punch front pike to split jump, legs are a little tucked but she hit the connection. Clean bhs loso. I’m so far from beam so excuse me if I miss little form things. NAILS standing full. DAYUM. I TOLD you this girl doesn’t train well but then nails it. DON’T BE A JINX. Switch to switch half. Nails punch front tuck. Full L turn which she fell on twice this morning. Switch ring is clean. THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE FOR REAL. Front aerial to split jump to pike jump. Double pike a little short with a slight hop. DAAAAAAYUM.
1:32 pm. I wanna be the timer who yells out how many seconds are left in warm-ups!!!
1:30 pm. Current Standings:
1. Gabby Douglas, 30.366
2. Maggie Nichols, 29.666
3. Amy Tinkler, 28.666
3. Ellie Black, 28.666
5. Tabea Alt, 28.599
6. Mai Murakami, 27.732
7. Tisha Volleman, 27.033
8. Carlotta Ferlito, 26.766
9. Lorrane Oliveira, 26.432
1:29 pm. Ferlito’s score is 12.666 (5.5 / 7.166).
1:26 pm. Tinkler’s score is 13.833 (5.7 / 8.133).
Ferlito, Great Britain, UB- Chow to bail to stalder full to Ray, stalder to stalder half to front giant to Jaeger, huge height! Short handstand before giant half, and then UGH she sits her arabian double front. Like no height off the bar for that dismount at all, doesn’t even look the least bit surprised when she lands it right on her butt.
1:24 pm. Black’s score is 13.866 (5.8 / 8.066).
Tinkler, Great Britain, UB- Toe full to toe-on to Maloney to Tkachev, caught close but she got it first try! Pak with leg sep, van Leeuwen with leg sep, front giant, high stuck full-in! AMY!!!!!
1:21 pm. Alt’s score is 13.933 (5.9 / 8.033).
Black, Canada, UB- Here comes my heart attack! Though I think I should save that for beam for Ellie today. Clear hip to Shang is good, loses form a little going into the Jaeger to pak, more leg sep and form issues. Toe-on to van Leeuwen, leg sep. That’s just par for the course right now. Giant full, layout toe-front half, hop. The form wasn’t cute but she made it through!
1:15 pm. Oliveira’s score is 11.466 (4.9 / 6.966 / -0.3 ND)
Alt, Germany, UB- Toe-on to toe full to Maloney, clean, to pak, leg sep. Van Leeuwen is very nice! Toe half to Jaeger, good. Full-twisting double layout is a little short and she steps forward but better than training!
1:12 pm. Murakami’s score is 13.066 (5.4 / 7.666).
Oliveira, Brazil, UB- Toe-on to van Leeuwen, nice. Blind change to front giant to big piked Jaeger and she lands SO far forward, not safely at all. Like, on her sternum it looked like. Looks like she whacked her chin. Shame…she fell on that once Thursday but it looked good today. Crowd is really behind her though, aww. Poor thing. Maloney to bail to toe shoot. Short handstand before blind change, front giant full to double front with a step back. Oof. Welp, there goes my bronze prediction. Shame because she looked SO prepared in training…
1:09 pm. Douglas’ score is 15.266 (6.5 / 8.766).
Murakami, Japan, UB- Toe-on to Maloney to Gienger, clear hip, blind change to piked Jaeger, bail, giant full, full-in with a small hop.
1:07 pm. Nichols’ score is 14.633 (5.8 / 8.833).
Douglas, USA, UB- Eep my heart! Toe full to piked Tkachev to pak is good. Inbar half to Endo half to stalder to Chow half, a little crooked but she catches. Inbar, then she winds up for the double layout, tiny hop. Not the cleanest but better than she trained it. Crowd is bananas. A small child is SHRIEKING behind me. I. Will. Find. You.
1:05 pm. Volleman’s score is 13.033 (4.9 / 8.133).
Nichols, USA, UB- Toe full to Maloney to pak to toe-on to van Leeuwen, good. Toe-on to toe half to Jaeger, flexed feet. Double layout stuck. GET IT.
1:04 pm. Volleman, Netherlands, UB- Blind change to Jaeger, good bail, clear hip to toe-on to toe shoot, WOW. She looks REALLY good. Short on handstand, giant full to full-in with a step. WOW. Well LOOK AT THAT, TISHA.
12:58 pm. Okay, so Gabby and Maggie are in the lead now. Apparently there’s a lot of nonsense about Gabby’s vault not being great, but like…did you not see her training? It was a freaking mess in training. Relatively that was a fantastic vault. So it lacked distance. It’s also MARCH. Clearly you know very little about Miss Gabby Douglas and peaking.
12:57 pm. Black, Canada, VT- Handspring front layout full, leg form is a little meh and she’s a little piked, but she sat that earlier today and only has a little hop now so good for her!
12:55 pm. Alt’s score is a 14.666 (5.8 / 8.866).
12:54 pm. Alt, Germany, VT- She’s gonna go for the DTY!!! Deep breaths. A tiny bit short and maybe a little messy in the legs as she lands but damn, what an awesome upgrade for her!!!
12:53 pm. Oliveira’s score is a 14.866 (5.8 / 8.066).
12:52 pm. Oliveira, Brazil, VT- DTY, also very clean. Not a ton of distance, though, and she takes a slight step to the side.
12:51 pm. Murakami’s score is a 14.666 (5.8 / 8.866).
12:49 pm. Murakami, Japan, VT- DTY, mostly clean in the air, chest down and a little scoot back on the landing.
12:47 pm. Back after the mid-rotation break. Vault is still warming up a little while rings is going on.
12:45 pm. Douglas’ score is a 15.1 (5.8 / 9.3).
We’re watching Carly Patterson music videos for some reason.
12:44 pm. Douglas, USA, VT- People are losing their freaking minds. I MEAN, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. It’s Lady D. Stuck DTY cold and walks off with a look on her face like “suck it.”
12:42 pm. Nichols’ score is a 15.033 (5.8 / 9.233).
12:41 pm. Nichols, USA, VT- Ooooh son here we go! DTY…SUPER clean, tiniest hop back. To be picky, her ankles got a tiny bit crossed on the second twist. But otherwise great.
12:40 pm. Volleman’s score is a 14 (5.0, 9.0)! Good for her.
Bitencourt on rings, good job I guess.
12:39 pm. Volleman, Netherlands, VT- FTY, excellent! Great landing. Piked down a little at the end though.
12:38 pm. Ferlito’s score is a 14.1 (5.3 / 8.8).
Brägger on rings looked a little rushed and stumbled his dismount to the side.
12:37 pm. Ferlito, Italy, VT- Yurchenko 1.5, looked mostly clean in the air, but she stumbled it forward a couple of steps. Just a slightly loose body line in her latter half twist.
12:36 pm. Tinkler’s score is a 14.833 (5.8 / 9.033).
Mikulak on rings now. How is it even physically possible to do any of rings? Stumbled back his dismount.
12:35 pm. Tinkler, Great Britain, VT- DTY, clean! Nice form in the air. Over-rotates it a tiny bit on the landing and takes a step back. SO much power!
12:33 pm. Here we goooooooooooo!! Men are going first on rings. I’ll keep my idiotic MAG commentary to a minimum. Whittenburg up first. I wish we had rings mounts instead of coaches just lifting them up like babies. Double pike front, his arms are like “we are steel,” hit dismount with a step.
12:32 pm. Good vaults so far. Excellent FTY from Tisha. Decent DTY from Maggie though not as good as it looked in training earlier…a tad short and a hop. Gabby’s was great though.
12:29 pm. Here come the women!
12:28 pm. I just had to wave to like 400 people so I missed Wei’s routine but he got a 15.033 so I’ll go back and watch that I suppose. Bretschneider is up now, muscles the handstand before his dismount.
12:22 pm. Kato up now. His air flairs become CRAZY hahahaha but he keeps his momentum going and hits, albeit not great. And yet his e-score is an 8.066 so I guess everything else was great. Park also hit his routine.
12:20 pm. Warm-up for the second half of the pommels rotation. A dad is getting silly stringed. Typical competition.
12:17 pm. Bitencourt up now, I think Brägger was a bit messy, am I good at pommels now? Bitencourt slows his speed a bit at one point and then loses his momentum and opts to come off.
12:15 pm. Brägger’s turn for torture. Hey how was Sam’s e-score with a fall higher than Donnell’s without a fall? Donnell had that handstand struggle but can someone explain to me what was wrong with Donnell’s routine? Genuinely curious!
12:13 pm. Sam’s up on pommels now. Crashes his legs into the horse at one point and has to come off. Hit the rest, dismount was pretty I suppose.
12:11 pm. Big applause for Donnell as he goes up for pommels. The current leaders yo. So far so good…applause as he gets closer to the end to keep him pumped, oh, struggles on a press handstand before his dismount but he hits!
12:08 pm. Wilson first on pommel horse. Not even going to pretend I know even the slightest thing about this event. He had a fall, that’s all I can tell you.
12:07 pm. For live scores, by the way, you can follow along at MyUSAGym.
12:05 pm. Shoutout to volunteer coordinator Craig Zappa, aka coach to Olivia Dunne!!
12:03 pm. Wei stumbled out of his first pass but nailed a gorgeous double layout. 2.5 with a little bobble. The rest looks good. Again the crowd is like WHAT ARE FLAIRS YAS. He’s over time. Triple full to finish, chest down. Donnell owned that rotation.
12:00 pm. Park…double layout was a little stumbled back. I was talking to someone for most of this…but what I saw it looked hit. Not a difficult routine though.
11:57 am. I missed the first floor back because of shenanigans. So much easier with WAG when you are a toddler (like me!)and the shiny music clues you into a new routine. Kato up now. Lots of twisting. All good, mostly, some looked a little short in terms of chest down, but nothing really under-rotated that I could see. Roll-out skills terrify me.
11:51 am. Pablo time. Pike double front (bends knees before landing) and a tucked double double. Hands down on his third pass.
14.166 for Sam.
11:48 am. Mikulak sexy pants time. Lots of cougars are swooning. 2.5 to double front! Bananas. Front full to front double full I think. Damn I’m bad at twists, I need to be fully focused and I never am. 1.5 to front layout??? Okay. Puts his hand down on his last pass, I think a triple full.
15.433 for Donnell!
11:46 am. Whittenburg’s looking good. His front tumbling is bananas. Just did the front double pike aka…THE DOWELL. #MomentOfSilenceForBrennaAlways Looked like a great routine.
11:42 am. Wilson on floor now, had a mishap on his second pass. 2.5 to barani side pass and for his flairs the crowd is like oh. my. LANTA!!!!! Front double full to hitch kick, LOL YAAAAS. We need more hitch kicks. Last pass is half a twist short so he jumps it around.
11:41 am. I’m back! I’m bad at MAG so I won’t seriously live blog it but I’ll let you know if anyone has a major dilemma or does something really pretty. I think Bretschneider just hit floor. I came back in the middle of his routine. #Applause
11:15 am. Okay, training is done! I’ll be back around 11:30 or so, I guess? When this whole shindig starts.
11:13 am. Carlotta time again. Chow to bail to stalder full, that’s it. Ellie’s back. clear hip to clear hip, balks the Shang, maybe was just working the clear hip aspect. Mai’s doing a toe-on to Maloney to Gienger, NICE. Clear hip arches over and she comes off with a smile on her face.
11:11 am. Toe-on to Maloney from Mai. Big full-in dismount. Tabea time! Beautiful toe full, full-twisting double layout looks clean but she lands it on one knee. Lorrane does a front giant full to double front dismount very well in what I think is her last turn up.
11:10 am. Ellie on bars…clear hip, holds the handstand for 40 years, Shang is great but then breaks form on her hop change. Pauses for a second, Jaeger to pak (leg sep). At least she seems to have calmed down a little from vault and beam.
11:09 am. Carlotta catches the Jaeger with a spot this time. Good handstand before her giant into the double arabian dismount.
11:07 am. Good FTY from Tisha. Excellent piked Jaeger to pak from Lorrane this time, super clean. I think vault is done.
11:06 am. Maggie just stuck a DTY cold. PLEASE keep this forever unless your Amanar looks exactly like this vault just did. SO GOOD.
11:05 am. Great DTY from Gabby, just a little short with her chest angled down. Lorrane looks good on bars, big piked Jaeger, tries to connect to pak but tucks her legs. Amy crashed her DTY. Carlotta just tripped on a mat LOL. Bless. She’s on bars now…Chow to bail to stalder full to Ray, nice! Stalder to stalder half to front giant to straddle Jaeger, a million miles from the bar but her coach catches her.
11:03 am. Mai on bars. Toe-on. That’s it. Hahaha she’s like “nope.” Tabea, toe full to Maloney to pak (leg sep), SUUUUPER clean van Leeuwen. GIRL KILL IT TODAY.
11:02 am. Basics…Yurchenko timers from vault. Giants on bars. Did you know Tisha is training a DTY? That would be a huge get for her. Ellie’s doing toe-on work, Maloney. FTY timers from the Americans. Good toe-front half from Ellie off bars.
10:57 am. Carlotta and Tisha are having a little chat while Carlotta chalks up and Tisha gets ready to leave the podium. #PALS I hope Ellie has a good bars warmup or else I’m going to cry and cry and cry.
10:56 am. Lorrane’s doing the DTY! I’m still fully all about her getting bronze. I think it’s gonna happen. She just looks so calm and together. DTY for Mai as well.
10:54 am. Gabby’s definitely having some struggle bus moments. Tisha has a nice giant full to full-in with a hop. Carlotta hit her Yurchenko 1.5.
10:52 am. Gabby on bars, inbar full to piked Jaeger to pak, catches with her elbows. OOF. Inbar half to Endo half to Chow half is good. Inbar, and a double layout with a hop.
10:51 am. Great full set from Maggie just now, and Ellie just sat something on vault but I missed the entry. Again she looks super frustrated.
10:48 am. Gabby looks 800% better on bars right now. Inbar work and Endo half on the low bar is all super duper clean. Amy has a clean pak, van Leeuwen, full-in with a hop.
10:46 am. Just basics so far on bars and vault. Now Maggie’s up. Maggie’s toe full to Maloney to pak to van Leeuwen looks great. Toe-on to toe half to Jaeger (flexed feet), good double layout.
10:43 am. The Americans, Amy, and Tisha have just moved to bars with the rest over at vault.
10:41 am. I’m like crying at this 2003 video, tbh. What a magical year. Now the U.S. winning gold at worlds is like “yawn, again? How many points this time?”
10:37 am. Oh no, there’s a Courtney Kupets interview up and she’s screaming NCAA commentary style. Bless. It’s like a tribute to Martha Karolyi and the camp system. Oh and to 2003 worlds. No Chelsie Memmel in this though. OH HERE SHE IS YO CHELLSIE. She was literally the hero of this meet and better be there. (Still waiting on equipment to go up, by the way.)
10:31 am. Bars are still going up. LOL shoutout to a commercial for Nastia’s book on the arena screen.
10:30 am. Bars are about to go up (they have to take the high bar down) and then the ladies will rotate there and to vault.
10:28 am. I love watching guys warm up because when they know they’re about to fall, they don’t try to save it, they literally just like, make the fall look as ridiculous as possible, flailing and yelling. Why not?
10:27 am. Good bhs bhs layout from Mai. Switch ring with a hop forward. Tabea also busts out a bhs bhs layout, a really good one too. ANOTHER fall from Ellie who looks SO freaking frustrated.
10:26 am. Ellie’s off on her tuck full series, the bane of my existence. I hope she has someone in the crowd using the force on her this year the way Mykayla Skinner had last year…if by “the force” you mean having a CRAZY GOOD CORE. Good 2.5 dismount but she gets right back on and does the tuck full again, and is off again UGHHHH I will jump into a fire.
10:25 am. Carlotta just sat her double pike off beam after a great set. Tabea’s side aerial + loso + loso was FLAWLESS. I hope she really surprises here…she has low expectations for her meet today, it being her senior debut and all, she’s just kind of hoping to make it through with no mistakes, but I think she could pull off a high finish if she’s at her best.
10:24 am. Double pike from Mai off beam and a double tuck from Ellie. Maggie and Gabby look like they’re having a dance-off with Martha watching. Can we get Martha as a judge on some reality show like that? I’d be here for that.
10:23 am. I haven’t seen much tumbling from the Americans on floor…mostly just a few dance elements. Actually I don’t think I’ve seen any of Maggie’s tumbling. She’s working her cool new choreo bit now with the leg hold into the back walkover.
10:20 am. Tabea’s missing a couple of connections on beam, Ellie’s looking GREAT now though. Solid turn connection, double to full. Ooh, Tisha’s also going for a triple full on floor!! A little under-rotated. Ellie’s going for her tuck full now and hits it with just a step.
10:17 am. Amy’s double layout is a tiny bit short but SO perfectly straight, arms right by her sides. Double pike from Gabby. Little kids are yelling WE LOVE YOU GABBY and she’s like #ignored. Nice front aerial to sheep from Carlotta, Tisha puts her hands down on her tucked full-in, which tbh is pretty ambitious tumbling considering she’s from the Netherlands!
10:16 am. Good double tucks from Gabby and Tisha, and Ellie is having a few wobbles on beam, including one where she just took a step back and casually almost fell, LOL. I LOVE HER.
10:10 am. Tisha’s off on her mount again and her gainer layout off the end looks a little piked. Maggie hit her switch to back tuck. SOMEONE BRING ME PIZZA. Ellie’s 2.5 through to double tuck is a little short but she holds it up no problem.
Looks like beam training is done and they’re about to rotate.
10:08 am. Ellie just did a double full and then jumped around to get to the 2.5 but stumbled right off the mat and directly into her coach’s arms. Someone make a rom com where this happens!!!!! But age appropriately.
10:07 am. Gabby’s punch front pike is definitely more piked today. Front tuck to wolf jump is solid. Off on a full L turn, LOL, of all things. Oh Gabster. Wobbles on it the second time. Is this an upgrade for her? Front aerial, misses connection to jumps, does it a second time and gets it to the split jump to pike jump.
10:06 am. Mai Murakami is here by the way. I know I freaked out about her not being at podium training. Big double layout off the bat. Maggie is doing her 2.5 wolf turn so I’m thinking we’ll get that instead of the double today…she trained both on Thursday. Otherwise looks good. Side aerial looks much better. Little stumble on the switch ring.
10:03 am. Great Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands are on beam. I don’t have a great view of leos from here but it looks like Gabby and Maggie are in sparkly purple. Many are still in training leos.
Tisha just fell on her punch front mount. Front aerial to front tuck was an awesome connection. BEAUTIFUL double spin. GOD I love the Dutch. Full pirouette to opposite direction L turn.
Ellie’s hitting some solid tumbling on floor.
9:58 am. Just arrived at the Prudential Center! General stretch is underway at the moment.
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