On 9th was Laura Jurca from Romania who had replaced Andreea Iridon. Unfortunately the coaches decided to swap the two hoping that the slightly higher D scores would give Laura an advantage in an AA situation. However, Laura is not in her best shape at the moment and had mistakes on vault (probably fell on DTY) as well as troubles on bars and floor. As it turns it would have been perhaps smarter (on top of just rightful) to let Andreea Iridon compete.
Here is the ranking of the 18 finalists:
1 473 MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS D 58.566 2 479 STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI D 56.699 3 461 WEVERS Lieke NED D 55.065 4 437 SCHEDER Sophie GER D 54.932 5 454 UGRIN Tea ITA D 54.331 6 407 MYS Gaelle BEL D 53.799 7 442 BOCZOGO Dorina HUN D 53.465 8 431 PIKUL Valentine FRA D 52.999 9 470 JURCA Laura ROU D 52.632 10 426 CARMONA URBANO Ainhoa ESP D 51.966 11 434 SIMM Kelly GBR D 51.932 12 465 JANIK Gabriela POL D 51.532 13 481 YILMAZ Tutya TUR D 50.831 14 483 KYSLA Angelina UKR D 50.631 15 405 NEKRASOVA Marina AZE D 50.098 16 440 MILLOUSI Vasiliki GRE D 49.599 17 451 FELDON Tzuf ISR D 49.599 18 480 MOKOSOVA Barbora SVK D 48.832
Article by: Bea Gheorghisor
Photo Cover: the AA podium, via UEG on Facebook