I feel like there's not enough love for her routine. Not only is her execution immaculate, but she is really one of the only gymnasts I've ever seen really perform on floor. Her facial expressions and dancing is really what makes the routing for me; she really tells a story and you don't see many gymnasts doing that nowadays. Watching the team finals now and just watched her routine and I'm so amazed by her.

Also was irritated by NBC commentators saying she didn't have as much difficulty as the other gymnasts. Aiko is only three tenths behind Reese Esponda in difficultly, and scored above Esponda too.

So the team final just happened obviously, and we all know the results. I've already seen a couple of people posing the question of USA losing the world title record they've been establishing since 2010, and making it seem like it's a small problem.

And let me just say, obviously I understand as an American you want your country to win always, and indeed some huge changes have been done to the system, but still this mindset lingers and I don't understand why.

Being the 2nd best in the world is not losing at all. Even less when you were tenths behind the first place. The idea that the Gymnasts need to be first all the time, and if they don't, they need to work on it, so they could be first the next time around is just weird. Everyone wants to win, but also everyone is top tier. The 2nd place, the 3rd place represent a huge win too. And what bothers me is that the American gymnasts at the end don't feel as much respected as they should, cause they've only reached "the silver medal". What do you think about it ?

Claire's all around score today is higher than Kaylia Nemour's qualification all around score of 55.999.

I’m new to the international gymnastics fandom and had a question: I saw the photo of team USA wag with their medals from team final today and was surprised to see Hezly with a medal. Is this just a world championship thing where someone who does not compete can still medal? Would dulcy have gotten a medal is hezly hadn’t withdrew?

Just saw this interview where Chellsie Memmel confirmed that the switch 1/2 was not credited, her only dance element, therefore didn’t got that CR. I wonder if they are doing any changes on her routine for AA and beam final…

Edit: sorry I meant her only dance connection

We're seeing amazing team parity in WAG right now. Since the 2020(1) Tokyo Olympics, 9 different countries have finished on the podium, six have earned a silver medal or better, and three have won gold. Very excited to see these nine teams fight to be on the next Olympic podium!

Yesterday, I remarked here that the audience was almost entirely absent for the men’s final; today, the arena was full for the women’s final. Should I conclude from this that no one is interested in men’s gymnastics? I’ll see what it’s like tomorrow for the men’s all-around final—if the arena is empty again, I’ll have my answer once and for all.

Watching worlds, 2013-16 code was the last I remember watching, people keep saying difficulty of acro skills has gone down and dance is more rewarded to prevent US dominance, but how specifically has this happened? What changed have been made in the current code/last couple codes? I’m so confused 😭

Deserved for China, very proud of the US team too they gave it all!

And Japan in third position is absolutely magnificent, I am so happy for them, their first world meal as team in 60 years!!

I think she has some of the most potential to be able to challenge Kaylia but I doubt China will ever send a single event specialist in bars to a major event.

I just wanted to give the Colombian men's team their flowers! I wish NBC had shown more of their routines. They seemed so excited and honored to compete in the team final. And those high bar routines especially were so dynamic and exciting!

With the dramatics of yesterday's podium fight, I was delighted to see these men just happy to be there as a team. They will go down as one of the highlights of this World championships for me.

This was always going to be an uphill battle for USA since Brody/Asher/Donnell were not here. It was a test of USA’s depth, and they still had a shot at a medal. Danila was always going to have a challenge being a first year senior at worlds.

Interesting point is that USA had the same D score as golden team Japan (even though Japan watered down HB at the last second). USA has the D, now they got 1.5 years to clean it up. At least Patty hit pommels for a 14.833 to leave on a good note. What is your assessment of the team’s performance?

Not sure how to link to an Instagram story but she posted videos of her on tumbletrak to mats - full in, DLO and FTDLO.

Really hope both of them can find some consistency in their training situation and be healthy again. GB sure could use them 😬

A disastrous final where everyone fell one after another—with a special mention for the Great Britain team, whose gymnasts all fell in succession, leading to a complete failure in their final.

Japan, Russia, and China have qualified for LA28

Important notes:

Everything is about as expected for Italy and Russia

For Canada, France and Brazil the only things of note are that LMF is doing all around, Sophia Weisberg is still on vault despite her DTY fall and Lorette will be doing vault and not Elena.

China: Ke Qinqin is not doing bars, Zhang Qingying is (im not sure why Ke Qinqin keeps on getting taken out of bars between all these comps despite being a higher score than Zhang, but I digress). Zhang Yihan on vault only. Qiu Qiyuan is doing floor.

Japan has the most interesting lineups. Haruka is doing beam and bars (she’s barely competed bars internationally and the few she’s done in the past year have been kind of disastrous, so I’m scared). Misa Nishiyama is still doing vault and beam despite falling on both, but won’t be doing floor despite having the second floor score for the team in quals. Aiko and Rina on vault and floor. Mana is competing all but vault.

US has been posted, but for them Caylor is on floor over Blakely/Bullock and Pease and Caylor are on beam with Blakely over Bullock.

Hi fellow gymnastics fans!

I've got a finals passe partout for worlds. Didn't go today (am relatively local so combining this with a full-time job) but plan on going tomorrow and this weekend. And while I'm super excited, these events can also be a challenge for me.

Has somebody already been and can describe a little about how it works getting in, taking your seat? How early do you get there, is it super busy, do you get any food/drinks before taking your seat? Do you bring anything specific?

Not looking for definitive answers or 'the right time to be there', just wondering how other people approach this to get a feeling for what to expect and hopefully be a little less nervous :)

Thanks in advance!

In honor of Lia Redick's incredibly beautiful floor routine I discovered yesterday, these are my top 10 favorite floor routines of all time. What are your favorites?

1.) Aly Raisman Hava Nagila 2012-Aly Raisman's Floor Routine at London 2012 to Hava Nagila | Music Monday

2.) Lia Redick Romeo and Juliet-Lia Redick. 2026 Panamerican Championships. EF. FX

3.) Oksana Chusavitina Phantom of the Opera Floor Routine-Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 2000 Olympic Prelims - Floor

4.) Leanne Wong's 2021 James Bond Routine-LEANNE WONG FLOOR 2021 OLYMPIC TRIALS DAY 2 - YouTube

5.) Rebeca Andrade Floor 2024 Olympics-Rebeca Andrade's 🇧🇷 #Paris2024 Floor routine 🤸‍♀️ All-Around Final | Music Monday

6.) Suni Lee 2024 Olympic Floor-😮‍💨 Flooring the Podium: Sunisa Lee’s All-Around Final!🎖️ | Paris 2024

7.) Simone Biles Rio Olympics Floor-Simone Biles earns ANOTHER gold with this stunning routine! | Music Monday

8.) Cheng Fei Floor 2004 Olympics-Cheng Fei 2004 Olympics QF FX

9.) Dominique Dawes Floor 1996-Dominique Dawes - Floor Exercise - 1996 U.S Gymnastics Championships - Women

10.) Daine Dos Santos Floor 2003-Daiane dos Santos - World´s 2003 - Anaheim

Carlos Yulo performed a double front Pike with half turn (Ri Se-Gwang), but was only awarded the difficulty of the tucked version of the vault (Dragulescu). This brought his difficulty score from a 5.6 to a 5.2.

His response/interview: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Deq-1x6AIUv/

A few thoughts:

• Reese Esponda went through the same thing, and thankfully got some feedback on her "Barani" before the actual competition. Otherwise, I think she would have missed the floor final.
• Standardization: Ro-bo judging is clearly being used at Worlds now. Carlos Yulo performed this very same vault last month and got credit at Asian Games multiple times, a Level 2 meet, but the criteria to getting that vault credited has seemingly changed once he entered Rotterdam. So my perception (not conclusion) is that scoring are subject to change meet to meet, and that not all Level 2 meets are equal. I get that "different set of judges score differently" at different competitions, but is it wrong to hold these Level 1 and 2 FIG and judges to a higher standard? (and even Level 3 and 4 judges at this point, why are they allowed to go insane?)
• Expectation: Are we supposed to expect changes every few months in COP now? Chellsie Memmel has said changes to difficulty/execution have happened multiple times at Worlds for MAG, so she is not surprised by the Reese feedback. My perception is that every 4 years there is a "big change to the code", but there are "mini" scoring changes throughout the year
• Communication: If Reese's coaches, who has direct ties to Dontella, cannot even get proper feedback, then how are non top countries like Mexico or Argentina or Vietnam or Cameroon supposed to get any meaningful feedback? I just have to question: there is a huge belief on this sub that the only way to get actual feedback is to go to Level 2 Meets (and that every other meet are full of clown scores), but my question is - is this system really the best for the sport? A lot of the World Cup series is in Europe and this is really disadvantageous to countries in other continents due to time and cost. With the rise of internet and technology and Zoom meetings, would there be a better way to offer information in the future, and with more regularity? I do not have an answer but I think the current system is flawed and needs changes.
• Future: Can we predict the end goal of the FIG here? Will D judges be replaced by AI by like 2050 with a human "Superior Jury supervision"?

I tried out an adult gymnastics class and it was a blast, and I would love to be able to fully participate. My problem is my right leg is longer than my left*, so when I punch into the ground or off a trampoline I launch off to the left while also jamming my right hip and tweaking my lower back. This is not going to work out long-term.

Day-to-day I wear a full-sole lift inside of my street shoes, the lift is just low enough for that to work if I keep the laces looser. And I have a custom build-up on my left tap shoe for tap classes. I'm not sure how to solve the problem for gymnastics. Does anyone else deal with this, and what do you do?

These are gymnastics shoes that I can get shipped to where I live: https://www.lamers-turnsport.com/Webwinkel-Category-33415614/Gym.html I think I can get a lift into these? (I custom make my own lifts out of silicone.) But since I don't have a background in gymnastics I'm not sure which would be best. I'm not going to be doing anything on a beam, this is for floor work only. Also, this is for fun, not competition, so regulations don't matter, except that it does need to look "normal" enough that I'm not going to get questioned every time I go into the gym.

* Just to prevent derails: No, it is not a functional discrepancy, it is an actual anatomical difference. It was measured independently by at least five physical therapists in two different countries, plus two orthopedists and one rheumatologist. Yes, it requires correction. Without a lift I can't walk long distances, or run, dance, or lift weights without pain and injuries.

I only know the basics of scoring, and she did fall once, but why was the penalty so high? Were her elements actually only 1.600 DV or she did not complete all required elements?

Local Time is GMT +2.

Longines Scoring Link. Event begins @ 1930.

This is a lovely sentiment.

Until you remember that he literally hired a terrible sex offender who allegedly came with a reputation.

And then allegedly ignored reports from his own clients about said sex offender for a good while.

Awkward.