The Pacific Rim Championships came to a close today with all four event finals and four different champions. After consultation with Marta Karolyi, USA’s Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez gave up their spots in order to rest their bodies. (Biles qualified for all four finals and Hernandez qualified for beam and would have qualified for FX if Biles had been the only one to pull out.) It’s hard not to imagine that decision reflects anything other than their solid standing going into this protracted, Olympic trial process. Marta has seen enough from them for now.
Alas, that’s another discussion.
On vault, Canada’s Shallon Olsen took the title with an average score of 14.75 with a very clean DTY and a solid yurchenko half-on, tucked 1.5 twist off. She was followed by teammate (and second place qualifier, after Biles) Brittany Rogers, who struggled to put a DTY to her feet but performed a much cleaner tuskuhara full with a half to bring in an average score of 14.437. Coming in third was New Zealand’s Courtney McGregor, who brought in an average score of 14.25.
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