Day 1 of event finals results:
Vault
1 HONG Un Jong PRK 6.300 6.400 9.466 9.033 15.766 2 BILES Simone USA 6.300 5.600 9.600 9.608 15.900 3 SKINNER Mykayla USA 6.400 5.800 9.300 9.233 15.700 4 SOSNITSKAYA Alla RUS 6.400 5.800 8.866 9.166 -0.300 14.966 5t FRAGAPANE Claudia GBR 5.800 5.600 9.033 9.000 14.833 5t STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 6.200 5.000 9.033 9.200 15.233 7 MORENO MEDINA Alexa MEX 6.200 6.000 8.833 8.366 -0.300 15.033 8 PHAN Thi Ha Thanh VIE 5.800 6.200 8.608 8.533 -0.300 -0.100 14.108
Uneven bars
1 YAO Jinnan CHN 6.900 8.733 15.633 2 HUANG Huidan CHN 6.800 8.766 15.566 3 SPIRIDONOVA Daria RUS 6.400 8.833 15.283 4 LOCKLEAR Ashton USA 6.500 8.766 15.266 5 DOWNIE Rebecca GBR 6.600 8.566 15.166 6 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 6.300 8.800 15.100 7 HILL Lisa Katharina GER 6.300 8.033 14.333 8 HARROLD Ruby GBR 6.100 7.566 13.666
All around results [Link] reactions:
“Biles Defends World All-Around Title” [Link]
“Simone Biles sixth woman to win consecutive titles at gym worlds” [Link]
“It was a tough competition but our girl competed exceptionally well” [Link]
Mustafina unwell, caked stamina for the all around final [Link]
Team final results [Link] reactions:
“U.S. Women Win Back-to-Back World Titles” [Link]
Mustafina helps Russia win bronze medal [Link]
Romania’s fourth place, a good performance considered the circumstances [Link]
Yao Jinnan and Kohei Uchimura win elegance prize [Link]
Simone Biles – on leading the all around competition from the start “I didn’t really think anything because I know that we still had a couple more events left, and that I was really struggling on bars, competition wise, not in the gym. I just had to go out there and do what I did in training.” [Link]
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics’ Queen Elisabeth reflects on the Russian drama and uncertainties with quotes from Elena Vaitsekhovskaya, Svetlana Khorkina, Larissa Latynina. [Link]
Larisa Iordache’s uneven bars routine, which was not included in the tv coverage, but was her best routine of the year, can now be found on facebook [Link]
the bee attacks
the bee also has a twitter account, in case you want to follow (thanks Emma for the screen capture):
Yao Jinnan masters the art of creative floor ending [Link]
In video:
(not available in the US)
Replay of the team final:
Replay of the all around final:
Replay of the day 1 of event finals:
In pictures:
Jessica Lopez , who achieved her best AA performance (8th) at 28!
this lady is stunning despite the unusual “hat”
pink and a megawatt smile, essential for an AA medal
a heartwarming moment (Larisa Iordache and Roxi Popa)
international friends – USA, Romania and Japan
Italy, thrilled with their TF performance
Olivia Vivian and Yu Minobe
Article by Bea Gheorghisor
Photo cover: Nadia Boyce