After taking both bars and vault titles the previous day, Ellie Downie made history adding to her collection the gold medals on beam and floor.
On beam she had a very strong routine out of 6.1 difficulty (punch front to wolf jump, standing Arabian to split leap, switch leap to switch half, double turn, flick- layout step out, stuck 2 1/2 dismount). She compensated for the small form errors though attack, good rhythm and kept her cool until the end.
Maria Kharenkova placed second but only by a very small margin (.025p). She still looks great on this event, although she had a few short elements. Kharenkova’s routine was out of a 6.3, and up to the 2014 standards: bhs-bhs- layout two to feet, aerial to split leap, ring leap, switch ring leap, switch half, double pike dismount.
Seda Tutkhalian placed 3rd with her packed and very spectacular routine (6.4 D): round-off layout to two fee, split leap to switch half, round-off to layout full (a bit low, almost went off), switch ring leap, double pike dismount. Focused and fearless, Seda looks en route to great achievements on this event.
Ellie Downie also dominated the floor final. She had a pleasant routine overall but the most impressive part was the high tumbling and especially the first two passes (Arabian double front and Arabian double pike).
Russia’s Natalia Kapitanova placed 2nd with an elegant routine. She had pretty good tumbling nonetheless: full in, 2 1/2 to front layout, whip- whip – double back tuck, double pike.
Placing third, was Yaha Horokhova from Ukraine: full in, 2 1/2 twists, double pike, double back tuck. With a nice smile and good presence on the floor, this little Ukrainian is a promising appearance in the senior ranks.
Beam results:
1 Elissa DOWNIE GBR 6,100 14,950 2 Maria KHARENKOVA RUS 6,300 14,925 3 Seda TUTKHALIAN RUS 6,400 14,650 4 Rose WOO CAN 5,800 14,150 5 Adela SAJN SLO 5,300 13,925 6 Ruby HARROLD GBR 5,400 13,275 7 Carolyne M. W. PEDRO BRA 5,100 12,950 8 Yana HOROKHOVA UKR 5,700 11,975
Floor results:
1 Elissa DOWNIE GBR 6,000 14,525 2 Natalia KAPITONOVA RUS 5,800 14,100 3 Yana HOROKHOVA UKR 5,400 13,850 4t Ruby HARROLD GBR 5,300 13,675 4t Paula M. RODRIGUEZ PUR 5,600 13,675 6 Carolyne M. W. PEDRO BRA 5,600 13,625 7 Dorina BOECZOEGO HUN 5,700 13,500 8 Kiristen BECKETT RSA 5,300 13,325
Article: Bea Gheorghisor
Photo Source: Myriam Cawston
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