2018 Worlds Qualifications – Subdiv 9

Russia started on floor with a solid effort by Alekseeva  13.066/5.1 . Akhaimova was up 2nd with a lot of big tumbling full twisting DLO, DLO bent legs,  double L turn, double Arabian, double wolf turn, full in tuck, big routine, well done! 13.600/5.7. Melnikova hit one of her best routines in a while: L turn to full turn, DLO with full twist, DLO hop fwd,  double wolf turn, punch front double back tuck, Memmel, double pike with good landing It looks like it’s Angelina’s time to shine 14.033/5.9.

Aliya Mustafina replacing at the last minute injured Simakova: full in bounced OOB,  1 1/2 to front 1/1, triple turn, double back tuck, Memmel 13.200/4.9 Not much happening in this routine, but not much to deduct either, 8.4 execution. She has beautiful dance.

Russia then moved to vault: Irina Alekseeva FTY, very well done, Melnikova DTY with messy legs  14.266/5.4, Podkopayeva 13.758/5.2, Simakova crashed badly a Rudi and got a 0. Akhaimova – 14.566 for her Rudi, Tsuk 2/1 for  13.633/5.6.

On to bars: Melnikova, a good solid routine with some form issues – she had inbar full, Komova, Pak, Komova II 14.300/6.3;  Irina Alekseeva also delivered a nice routine 13.833/5.9, Simakova fell on Geinger and scored in the mid 12s. Aliya was close to perfection, hitting every handstand 14.433/5.8

Irina Alekseeva opened on beam with  layout to two feet mount, flick loso, loso, double full dismount 13.133/5.5. Simakova had a lovely routine (redemption at last) 13.400 /5.3. Melnikova also hit: punch front mount, switch ring leap, flick loso, aerial walkover, side somi chest low, double back pike, with hop back 12.866/5.1. Mustafina sealed a successful qualifying day for Russia with flick loso, aerial to two connected jumps, switch ring leap, Onodi, side somi with big wobble double back tuck small step 13.233/5.600.

165.497 was Russia’s total, finishing 2nd in the team qualifications, after 9 subdivisions (although no team can surpass them, in the next two subdivisions). Melnikova got 55.465 and for 5th all around while Ira Alekseeva finished 12th with 53.532. Mustafina will make bars finals.  Akhaimova will be in the vault final (and probably floor); Melnikova will also be in the floor final.

Brazil started on vault with an Yurchenko full from Fidelis 13.533/4.6; Barbosa did  Yurchenko double, remember she is a Worlds medalist on this event-14.50/5.4; Saraiva hit her DTY  for 14.466/5.4 – I am surprised she can vault so well; Andrade finished a fantastic rotation for her team with a DTY and 14.566/5.4

On bars Oliveira was first up with Maloney to Pak, toe on, van Leeuwen, half to el grip, full to el grip to Jaeger, double front with steps; Barbosa also a good routine Chow II to Tkatchev, Ricna to Pak, Maloney to bail toe up, toe full, giant, double layout with step 13.333/5.800. Saraiva has some execution issues 12.400/5.2 pike Tkachev, Pak, Maloney, Tk, toe on full; Andrade: Maloney, Tk to Pak, to van Leeuwen, pike Jaeger, toe on full to full in, nice routine 14.333/6.100.

There were some troubles for Brazil on beam: Andrade got 12.633/ 5.500, Flavia had a hit routine with round-off layout to two feet and flick-loso-loso 13.233 / 5.700 (too many wobbles to make finals).

The final event for Brazil was floor, a strong apparatus for them: Barbosa with full in, full in pike, 1 1/2 to front 1/1, double pike received a score of 13.200/5.2 Saraiva showcased her lovely choreo with a hit routine for 13.900/5.5. Team’s total on this event was 40.233.

Brazil finished the day with a total of 162.529, 5th team so far, pretty much guaranteed a team final spot. Saraiva will make it to the all around and floor too!

Great Britain started on vault with Kelly Simm and her Lopez for 13.9;  Alice Kinsella did a nice DTY 14.3; Ellie Downie gets a 14.366 /5.4 for another DTY GMF 13.400/ 4.60 On bars Kelly Simm hit for  13.800/6.3, Ellie Downie had a good routine with Maloney, Ricna, full turn (almost lost it here) to pike Tkachev to Pak salto, DLO 13.466/5.9; Georgia Mae Fenton sadly wen right off  on the first release (Downie?), the rest of the routine went well 13.200/6.2. Becky Downie hit a “watered down routine” (for her), out of 6.2 to receive a 14.400.

Beam was a low scoring event due to numerous checks and wobbles.  Kinsella started on the wrong note with a fall on layout stepout series, in an otherwise good routine switch leap – switch 1/4,  round-off 2 1/2 12.300/5.0; Georgia-Mae Fenton had a hit set with flick loso loso 12.900/5.0;  Ellie Downie struggled punch front, switch to switch 1/2, flick loso with big wobble, side aerial with huge wobble, 12.500/4.9;  Kelly Simm: back dive to chest mount, standing back full, switch 1/4, 12.333/5.0.

Kinsella: 1 1/2 to 2 2/1 to punch front, tuck double, pike double 12.733/4.8; Kelly Simm hit routine with double Arabian, full in, double tuck double pike 13.066/5.0, Ellie Downie also hit with double Arabian, double front,  2 1/2 for 13.2/5.1. Fenton did a nice routine with triple full  2 1/2 to front tuck, double back tuck OOB 12.433/4.9

Unfortunately the weaker beam rotation had GB drop to 9th, outside of the team finals, with a total of 160.964 a little over one tenth behind Germany (sitting on 8th place at the end of the 9th subdivisions).

Kelly Simm with 53.099 will likely make all around finals, while Becky Downie should be in the bars winal with her 14.4/6.2.

Here are the standings after 9 subdivisions:

RK	NF	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total
1	USA	45.166	43.465	42.732	43.066	174.429
2	RUS	42.332	42.566	39.766	40.833	165.497
3	CHN	41.999	43.099	41.099	38.999	165.196
4	CAN	42.933	40.499	40.832	39.633	163.897
5	BRA	43.532	40.832	37.932	40.233	162.529
6	JPN	42.399	41.016	39.699	39.066	162.180
7	FRA	41.632	40.732	39.566	39.699	161.629
8	GER	41.166	42.690	39.216	37.999	161.071
9	GBR	42.566	41.666	37.733	38.999	160.964
10	NED	40.432	39.766	39.765	39.066	159.029
11	BEL	40.799	40.099	38.807	39.265	158.970
12	ITA	40.932	38.033	38.399	39.466	156.830
13	ROU	40.932	36.399	38.099	38.333	153.763
14	KOR	41.232	36.974	37.799	37.232	153.237
15	AUS	40.366	38.700	36.132	38.033	153.231
16	PRK	41.533	39.132	35.966	36.165	152.796
17	HUN	40.499	37.965	36.099	37.832	152.395
18	UKR	41.066	36.232	35.899	37.132	150.329
19	POL	39.233	36.273	37.332	36.833	149.671
20	ARG	39.932	36.274	36.965	36.432	149.603
21	AUT	38.233	34.332	35.632	35.532	143.729
22	POR	38.566	35.266	32.766	36.700	143.298
23	COL	39.398	35.099	33.465	34.900	142.862
24	TUR	39.432	33.649	34.066	35.099	142.246
25	FIN	39.165	34.532	31.233	36.099	141.029
26	NOR	38.766	33.232	32.832	35.932	140.762
27	SVK	38.699	33.099	33.233	34.733	139.764
28	ISL	37.833	32.299	32.232	35.265	137.629
29	MAS	38.899	30.832	32.265	34.666	136.662
30	NZL	38.399	29.433	33.632	34.300	135.764
31	BLR	36.599	34.066	29.166	35.032	134.863
32	DEN	37.566	30.066	32.032	34.866	134.530
33	CRC	36.865	31.199	29.266	34.733	132.063
34	JAM	37.999	29.132	31.065	33.299	131.495

RK	Name	NF	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total
1	Biles Simone	USA	15.966	14.866	14.800	15.333	60.965
2	Hurd Morgan	USA	14.600	14.466	13.466	13.933	56.465
3	Murakami Mai	JPN	14.433	13.666	13.433	14.100	55.632
4	Derwael Nina	BEL	13.466	15.066	13.766	13.266	55.564
5	Melnikova Angelina	RUS	14.266	14.300	12.866	14.033	55.465
6	Black Elsabeth	CAN	14.033	14.000	13.733	13.233	54.999
7	de Jesus dos Santos Melanie	FRA	14.466	13.866	12.566	13.900	54.798
8	Mc Cusker Riley	USA	14.266	14.133	13.100	13.266	54.765
9	Luo Huan	CHN	13.466	14.466	13.266	12.933	54.131
10	Saraiva Flavia	BRA	14.466	12.400	13.233	13.900	53.999
11	Downie Elissa	GBR	14.366	13.466	12.500	13.200	53.532
12	Alekseeva Irina	RUS	13.500	13.833	13.133	13.066	53.532
13	Chen Yile	CHN	13.433	14.300	12.900	12.866	53.499
14	Teramoto Asuka	JPN	14.433	13.400	13.133	12.500	53.466
15	Simm Kelly	GBR	13.900	13.800	12.333	13.066	53.099
16	Hatakeda Hitomi	JPN	13.533	13.800	13.133	12.466	52.932
17	Visser Naomi	NED	13.300	13.433	12.966	13.133	52.832
18	Seitz Elisabeth	GER	13.666	14.566	11.700	12.866	52.798
19	Golgota Denisa	ROU	14.266	12.366	12.733	13.400	52.765
20	Barbosa Jade	BRA	14.500	13.333	11.700	13.200	52.733
21	Moors Brooklyn	CAN	13.333	12.666	13.133	13.500	52.632
22	Zhang Jin	CHN	14.233	10.733	14.100	13.200	52.266
23	Mori Lara	ITA	13.366	12.633	12.800	13.400	52.199
24	Kovacs Zsofia	HUN	13.633	12.833	13.066	12.633	52.165
25	Charpy Lorette	FRA	13.433	13.000	13.066	12.666	52.165
26	Klinckaert Axelle	BEL	13.700	12.033	13.175	13.166	52.074
27	Yeo Seojeong	KOR	14.566	11.908	12.600	12.966	52.040
28	Ricciardi Sara	ITA	13.733	12.600	12.833	12.833	51.999
29	Fenton Georgia-Mae	GBR	13.400	13.200	12.900	12.433	51.933
30	Vanhille Louise	FRA	13.500	12.933	12.900	12.600	51.933
31	Kajita Nagi	JPN	13.333	13.550	11.866	12.400	51.149
32	Modaro Erin	AUS	13.400	12.400	12.633	12.600	51.033
33	Dominici Martina	ARG	13.466	13.033	12.166	12.333	50.998
34	Varinska Diana	UKR	13.966	10.533	13.300	12.666	50.465
35	Martins Filipa	POR	13.400	13.066	11.400	12.500	50.366
36	Brown Georgia-Rose	AUS	13.466	13.400	11.133	12.366	50.365
37	van Pol Vera	NED	13.766	13.000	11.066	12.500	50.332
38	Crisan Ioana	ROU	13.266	12.233	12.666	12.033	50.198
39	Lanza Irene	ITA	12.566	12.100	12.766	12.666	50.098
40	Kim Su Jong	PRK	14.233	12.666	11.500	11.533	49.932
41	Janik Gabriela	POL	13.233	12.766	11.866	12.000	49.865
42	Castles Jessica	SWE	12.825	12.000	12.233	12.800	49.858
43	Whitehead Emily	AUS	12.666	12.900	11.566	12.533	49.665
44	Jurkowska-Kowalska Katarzyna	POL	13.400	11.841	12.366	12.000	49.607
45	Pyon Rye Yong	PRK	14.000	12.900	10.733	11.866	49.499
46	Boeczoego Dorina	HUN	13.466	12.366	10.800	12.766	49.398
47	Yun Narae	KOR	13.366	12.366	11.533	12.100	49.365
48	Castro Simona	CHI	13.133	12.200	11.766	12.200	49.299
49	Osipova Valeriia	UKR	13.466	11.700	11.466	12.666	49.298
50	Irfanaluthfi Rifda	INA	13.433	10.600	12.700	12.533	49.266
51	Rooskrantz Caitlin	RSA	13.133	12.466	11.933	11.666	49.198
52	Yilmaz Tutya	TUR	13.100	11.533	12.000	12.533	49.166
53	Pihan-Kulesza Marta	POL	11.500	11.633	13.100	12.833	49.066
54	Fedorova Yana	UKR	13.600	12.466	11.133	11.733	48.932
55	Tarabini Ayelen	ARG	13.100	12.133	13.133	10.500	48.866
56	Kim Jury	KOR	13.100	11.233	12.566	11.633	48.532
57	Traukova Hanna	BLR	12.933	12.100	11.133	12.066	48.232
58	Nekrasova Marina	AZE	12.808	10.633	12.733	12.033	48.207
59	Francis Danusia	JAM	13.333	10.766	12.033	12.066	48.198
60	Feher Nora	HUN	11.966	12.766	11.033	12.433	48.198
61	Erichsen Julie	NOR	13.400	11.266	11.966	11.466	48.098
62	Vihrova Elina	LAT	12.800	11.900	11.166	11.800	47.666
63	Radivilova Angelina	UKR	13.500	12.066	10.266	11.800	47.632
64	Mader Jasmin	AUT	13.200	12.100	10.400	11.766	47.466
65	Ardila Garcia Dayana	COL	13.566	10.966	11.533	11.400	47.465
66	Nguyen Tienna Katelyn	VIE	13.400	11.733	11.133	11.133	47.399
67	Leinonen Maija	FIN	12.766	11.766	11.100	11.733	47.365
68	Bunce Chiara	SVK	13.066	11.833	10.500	11.800	47.199
69	Escobar Betancur Ginna	COL	12.966	12.233	9.933	12.000	47.132
70	Mendez Ana Karina	PER	13.200	11.133	10.900	11.800	47.033
71	Fishwick Maia	NZL	11.833	11.800	12.166	11.200	46.999
72	Smith Meaghan	IRL	12.700	11.833	9.933	12.400	46.866
73	Maguire Angela	RSA	12.333	11.300	11.600	11.633	46.866
74	Abdul Hadi Farah Ann	MAS	12.966	9.966	11.866	12.033	46.831
75	Suto-Tuuha Agnes	ISL	13.133	10.833	11.166	11.633	46.765
76	Daries Naveen	RSA	13.133	11.466	10.500	11.633	46.732
77	Mutlu Demet	TUR	13.066	11.850	10.800	10.866	46.582
78	Salas Heika del Sol	CRC	12.366	12.133	9.933	11.800	46.232
79	Nathan Nadine Joy	SGP	13.166	10.933	12.233	9.800	46.132
80	Mouffok Janna	ALG	12.566	11.233	11.300	10.966	46.065
81	Bunagan Corinne Leanne	PHI	13.266	10.991	9.500	12.133	45.890
82	Valastiakova Veronika	SVK	12.900	9.500	11.833	11.633	45.866
83	Sahin Ilayda	TUR	12.633	10.266	11.266	11.700	45.865
84	Lopuszanska Wiktoria	POL	12.600	11.666	10.100	11.466	45.832
85	Torres Marcela	SWE	13.333	11.533	9.666	11.266	45.798
86	Pitrez Mariana	POR	12.500	11.100	10.466	11.700	45.766
87	Dias Beatriz	POR	11.766	11.100	10.900	12.000	45.766
88	Kettunen Enni	FIN	12.633	10.100	10.800	12.133	45.666
89	Adalsteinsdottir Thelma	ISL	12.100	11.100	10.366	11.766	45.332
90	Vydurekova Viktoria	SVK	12.733	11.766	9.400	11.300	45.199
91	Soederstroem Julie	NOR	12.700	11.233	9.033	12.200	45.166
92	Marianito Mariana	POR	12.666	10.266	9.966	12.200	45.098
93	Bauyrzhanova Aida	KAZ	12.166	9.300	11.933	11.633	45.032
94	Tan Ing Yueh	MAS	13.200	10.633	8.966	12.200	44.999
95	Aldaoud Ruba	JOR	12.825	11.408	9.833	10.816	44.882
96	Tracie Ang	MAS	12.733	10.233	11.433	10.433	44.832
97	Nygaard Thea Mille	NOR	12.666	10.733	9.066	12.266	44.731
98	Robinson Mackenzie	JAM	12.100	9.800	11.566	11.200	44.666
99	Pisos Agustina	ARG	13.066	8.066	11.433	12.066	44.631
100	Ryan Charlotte	NZL	13.400	9.400	10.333	11.400	44.533
101	Brett Isabella	NZL	13.166	8.233	11.133	11.700	44.232
102	Hulgaard Mette	DEN	12.500	11.133	8.500	11.866	43.999
103	Palacios Ana Irene	GUA	12.966	8.266	10.766	11.966	43.964
104	Lastouskaya Maryia	BLR	11.866	10.700	9.933	11.433	43.932
105	Dubova Anastasija	LAT	11.700	10.900	9.866	11.166	43.632
106	Castaneda Arianna	CRC	12.566	10.566	9.033	11.400	43.565
107	Saukkonen Siiri	FIN	12.600	10.566	8.333	11.833	43.332
108	Lavy Meitar	ISR	12.433	10.366	8.800	11.733	43.332
109	Theocharous Anastasia	CYP	12.133	9.133	10.900	11.000	43.166
110	Olafsdottir Sonja Margret	ISL	11.766	10.366	10.066	10.666	42.864
111	Netsiazhenka Aliaksandra	BLR	11.800	11.266	8.100	11.533	42.699
112	Murillo Mariangeles	CRC	11.933	8.500	10.300	11.533	42.266
113	Winther Emilie	DEN	12.466	8.533	9.733	11.400	42.132
114	Rutty Raegan	CAY	12.100	9.400	9.466	11.166	42.132
115	Chuikina Yekaterina	KAZ	12.433	7.700	9.833	11.566	41.532
116	Turobova Sabina	UZB	12.066	8.666	8.533	11.066	40.331
117	Vasquez Diana	BOL	13.200	8.666	8.766	9.400	40.032
118	Volleman Tisha	NED	0.000	12.833	12.766	13.433	39.032
119	Richmon Kiara	JAM	12.566	8.566	7.466	10.033	38.631
120	Temmami Chama	ALG	9.600	8.566	10.533	9.866	38.565

Article: Bea Gheorghisor

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