Germany earned their team spot at the Olympics after finishing the day with a total of 223.977. They are now 2nd overall after Brazil, with just two more teams to go. Germany started on balance beam, with a lot of emotions and a few wry skills from Alt (14.066) and then Tratz (11.200). Scheder was also quite nervous and only managed a 12.300 for her routine. But worlds bronze medalist Pauline Schaefer (14.50) and the experienced Elisabeth Seitz (13.500) boosted the team total on this event. On floor, Leah Griesser was charming and received a 13.866 of her performance while the rest of the team hit their routines as well, despite a lower level of difficulty overall: 13.766 for Scheder, 13.66 for Alt and 13.133 for Tratz were the scores that counted. On vault Schaefer broke the mold with a handspring front layout for 14.366, followed by 4 clean Yurchenko fulls. The bars rotation was the highlight of their competition, proving once again that they are one of the top team in the world on this event: two scores of 15+ (from Seitz and Scheder) and two in the low 14s (Alt and Grieser) counted towards their team total.
South Korea finished with just a 203.838 total. Vault, where they throw four full twisting Yurchenkos, was their highlight event. Although they had good skills and portions on bars and beam, they didn’t manage to hit full routines and their scores really suffered.
Team results after three subdivisions:
The top individual competitors of thir subdivision were:
Ana Sofia Gomez from Guatemala, who finished with a huge 55.640 all around score after top performances on beam (14.233) and vault (14.366). Marcia Vidiaux from Cuba finished with a 53.832 total; her best scoring event was vault (14.800). Claudia Colom from Spain finished with 53.732, after consistent performance in the 13’s on all four events. Unfortunately Emma Larsson from Sweden had a terrible day, with falls on bars and beam, but her total of 51.499 should keep her in contention for a spot. Phan Thi Ha Thanh from Vietnam didn’t have the most brilliant competition either, finishing with a 52.700 but she did ok on vault (14.30) and beam (13.800).
All around ranking after three subdivisions:
1 Steingruber Giulia SUI 15.066 13.600 14.233 14.708 57.607 2 Saraiva Flavia BRA 14.533 13.633 14.566 14.150 56.882 3 Alt Tabea GER 14.100 14.166 14.066 13.666 55.998 4 Barbosa Jade BRA 14.966 12.733 14.233 13.891 55.823 5 Oliveira Lorrane BRA 14.608 14.066 13.566 13.400 55.640 6 Gomez Ana Sofia GUA 14.366 13.733 14.233 13.166 55.498 7 Lopez Arocha Jessica Brizeida VEN 14.333 13.633 13.633 13.666 55.265 8 Kaeslin Ilaria SUI 13.833 13.433 13.800 13.533 54.599 9 Millousi Vasiliki GRE 13.366 13.733 13.966 13.366 54.431 10 Kovacs Zsofia HUN 14.700 13.033 13.300 13.366 54.399 11 Scheder Sophie GER 13.966 15.100 12.300 12.966 54.332 12 Zhang Jin CHN 13.700 13.166 13.900 13.550 54.316 13 Perez Ana ESP 13.900 13.900 12.833 13.566 54.199 14 Nedov Emma AUS 13.900 13.200 13.733 13.366 54.199 15 Kysla Angelina UKR 13.800 13.433 13.733 13.233 54.199 16 Bulimar Diana Laura ROU 14.033 11.733 14.141 14.033 53.940 17 Vidiaux Marcia CUB 14.800 12.733 13.233 13.066 53.832 18 Mizzen Rianna AUS 14.100 13.833 12.733 13.133 53.799 19 Colom Claudia ESP 13.766 13.066 13.725 13.175 53.732 20 Brown Georgia-Rose AUS 13.966 13.666 13.066 13.000 53.698 21 Martins Filipa POR 13.766 14.133 12.400 13.275 53.574 22 Jurkowska-Kowalska Katarzyna POL 14.166 12.775 13.966 12.533 53.440 23 Janik Gabriela POL 14.100 13.600 12.933 12.700 53.333 24 Afrati Argyro GRE 13.766 13.266 12.800 13.333 53.165 25 Phan Thi Ha Thanh VIE 14.300 11.600 13.800 13.000 52.700 26 Karmakar Dipa IND 15.066 11.700 13.366 12.566 52.698 27 Mokosova Barbora SVK 14.066 13.566 12.400 12.500 52.532 28 McGregor Courtney NZL 14.400 12.533 12.400 13.133 52.466 29 Chusovitina Oksana UZB 14.833 11.666 13.200 12.766 52.465 30 Gebeshian Houry ARM 13.983 13.133 12.733 12.566 52.415 31 Vulcan Dora ROU 13.766 12.800 12.733 12.966 52.265 32 Orrego Ariana PER 13.800 13.166 12.666 12.600 52.232 33 Makra Noemi HUN 13.500 13.266 13.033 12.133 51.932 34 Castro Simona CHI 13.766 12.600 12.033 13.458 51.857 35 Tratz Pauline GER 14.066 13.300 11.200 13.133 51.699 36 Larsson Emma SWE 13.866 12.000 12.900 12.733 51.499 37 Dick Marisa TTO 13.466 12.366 13.200 12.333 51.365 38 Derek Ana CRO 13.933 10.533 12.933 13.575 50.974 39 Escobar Gomez Catalina Elena COL 13.966 12.033 12.400 12.500 50.899 40 Dickson Kylie Rei BLR 13.658 13.041 12.566 11.533 50.798 41 Jeong Heeyeon KOR 13.466 11.800 12.033 12.400 49.699 42 Valente Ailen ARG 12.933 12.733 11.566 12.366 49.598 43 Nekrasova Marina AZE 12.900 12.400 11.733 12.100 49.133 44 Abdul Hadi Farah Ann MAS 13.600 12.500 10.166 12.866 49.132 45 Kim Chaeyeon KOR 13.600 12.966 10.633 11.533 48.732 46 Lee Goim KOR 11.933 11.000 12.100 35.033
Article: Bea Gheorghisor
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