I will be at work tomorrow and if someone could post the scores in the comments section for me I would be forever grateful. I am bringing the boys phone to work with me. Thanks.
After looking at the picture of Kyla I chose it amazes me how much older she looks now. That picture is only from last summer. She looks like a different person now.
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Official website
USA-Gymnastics website
Quick Hits from the All Around forum
IG Magazine Facebook will have quick hits
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Stolen from GGMB
Tuesday 1 October 2013:
Subdivision 1: 2-4PM local / 8-10AM EDT
Subdivision 2: 4:30-6:30pm local / 10:30AM–12:30PM EDT
Wednesday 2 October 2013:
Subdivision 3: 1:30-3:30PM local / 7:30-9:30AM EDT
Subdivision 4: 4-6PM local / 10AM– 12Noon EDT
Subdivision 5: 6:30-8:30 PM local / 12:30-2:30PM EDT
Gymtruthteller's Blog 
October 1, 2013 at 3:46 AM |
Bugger I think it is safe to say I won’t be streaming anything at that time of morning for me! will have to read on here once up 😦
October 1, 2013 at 5:19 AM |
I hope I can stream it on my phone
October 1, 2013 at 5:48 AM |
I’m glad that USAG is at least streaming the subdivisions that the US girls are in, but I wish they would also stream the other two. Ah, well.
October 1, 2013 at 8:06 PM |
They are not allowed. They’re doing as much as they can.
October 1, 2013 at 11:53 AM |
The USAG stream has started! I will try to post scores, but I’m working at the same time.
October 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM |
does your feed keep freezing? i had perfect streaming for podium training but now it stops like every 20 seconds..
apparently kaitlyn hofland hit bars.
October 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM |
I’m using a VPN, so it freezes from time to time. It’s also lagging–scores are coming up before the routines.
October 1, 2013 at 12:16 PM
ah ok. im VPN-ing too, that’s probably why. i have to pause it for ages to let it buffer.
October 1, 2013 at 12:13 PM |
Zeng Siqi fell on beam: 13.9.
October 1, 2013 at 1:15 PM |
Shame. I thought she might be able to make a move this year.
October 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM |
Ross: 15.166 on vault
October 1, 2013 at 12:18 PM |
nice vault! yay kyla. just a little bounce back on landing.
October 1, 2013 at 4:44 PM |
Her vault entry was the best I’ve seen it. I didn’t see any leg separation. Wonder where they got all the other E deductions other than the small hop on landing.
October 1, 2013 at 12:21 PM |
is the streaming working?
I just get error page (or my proxy not good enough) …
October 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM |
Wevers had a rough beam set. Too bad–was looking forward to seeing her rock all those turns. 12.233
October 1, 2013 at 12:26 PM |
mine is working but it pauses like every 10-20 seconds… i shouldnt complain but ugh it’s annoying. im lagging behind on the video, just saw wevers fall off beam. i figured it’s my proxy from aus being too far.
October 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM |
I kept getting an error, too. Trying going directly to the youtube site.
October 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM |
THANK YOU!!!
October 1, 2013 at 3:03 PM |
not available in my country 😦
October 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM |
Oh yeah, might want to test your speeds on your proxy because it’s streaming perfectly.
October 1, 2013 at 12:27 PM |
I’m super nervous for Kyla. I think she’s the vulnerable one to get pushed out by Mac and really think she needs to be in the AA. She sticks that DTY so often, still a good score though.
October 1, 2013 at 12:30 PM |
Eeee, she’s warming up on bars. Looking strong.
October 1, 2013 at 12:29 PM |
After first rotation.
1 ROSS Kyla USA
15.166
2 SCHEDER Sophie GER
14.566
3 VAZQUEZ AVILES Nicolle D PUR
13.966
4 ZENG Siqi CHN
13.900
4 MUELHAUSER Nadia SUI
13.900
6 VERSCHUEREN Lisa BEL
13.700
7 MALEC Shaked ISR
13.600
8 BOCZOGO Dorina HUN
13.033
9 HOFLAND Kaitlyn CAN
12.933
10 LEE Ayana JAM
12.900
11 STANILA Alina ROU
12.700
12 GUSTAFSSON Ida SWE
12.633
13 STEPHANIE LIMA da COSTA Leticia BRA
12.366
14 WEVERS Sanne NED
12.233
15 LAURITSEN Michelle DEN
12.200
16 PARK Jisoo KOR
12.066
17 GEIDT Anna KAZ
11.866
18 CHOON Alexandra POR
11.733
19 Mc PEAK India IRL
11.266
20 BOUMEJMAJEN Mira FRA
11.200
21 JANOVA Alice CZE
11.133
22 HUBE LOPEZ Karina CHI
9.975
October 1, 2013 at 12:33 PM |
is alina stalina the same girl as stefania stanila?
October 1, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Yes, her full name is Stefania Alina Stanila. Maybe she prefers to go by Alina so they submitted it shortened.
October 1, 2013 at 12:30 PM |
Ugh…Ross is in such a crappy group. She’ll shine but I’m concerned her scores will be low.
October 1, 2013 at 12:32 PM |
she looked good warming up!!! go kyla!
October 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM |
Ok bars from Ross a not “normal” perfect, but good:-)
October 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM |
Pleas post score as soon as you can. Thanks and thanks Dl you are aweaome. I am at work to and my boss keeps looking at me with my phone.
October 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM
I have the advantage of having two computers and working from home, haha. I might have to buckle down for a bit and actually do work, but I’ll post by rotation and whenever Ross finishes a routine. (I am so so nervous when I watch her.) She’s almost four points ahead of her closest competitor at the moment.
October 1, 2013 at 12:36 PM |
her bars practically flawless! she better score well..
October 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM |
15.133!
October 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM
she makes it look too easy. just gorgeous.
October 1, 2013 at 12:38 PM
wish it was higher though..
October 1, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Not to high score for Ross bars, or?
Quick hits link: http://www.examiner.com/article/quick-hits-women-s-qualification-day-one-at-the-2013-worlds
October 1, 2013 at 12:47 PM |
Did hofland hit bars! That is a low score and it makes me worry less about Kyla’s score. Stritch judging
October 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM
she fell out of her handstand apparently but other than that perfect and stuck dismount. sh!t bars judging???
October 1, 2013 at 4:46 PM
Hang Huidan scored the same as Ross with obvious form breaks in the beginning of her routine.
October 1, 2013 at 8:08 PM
HHD has a higher start score.
October 1, 2013 at 12:43 PM |
Ugh! I wish I could watch! I’m at work as well.
October 1, 2013 at 1:17 PM |
Me too! Super appreciative of the blogging though.
October 1, 2013 at 12:47 PM |
WTF – judges gave kyla 8.733 execution.
SERIOUSLY what drugs are they on?????? it’s antwerp not amsterdam.
October 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM |
I agree with you, I also thought that was low with D score 6.4
October 1, 2013 at 12:51 PM
freaking ridiculous.
October 1, 2013 at 12:54 PM |
Leg separation on the Van Leeuwen…other than that I didn’t catch anything major.
October 1, 2013 at 6:02 PM
She had leg separations on both transitions to HB and was a bit short on a handstand; her feet but otherwise was gorgeous. I’ll have to see some of the other routines to judge how consistent it is, but an 8.733 seems a little low – I would have put it around 8.9 or 9.
October 1, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Yao Jinnan got the same execution. If execution is low in general (floor seems particularly bad), then there’s nothing wrong with that score. Let’s hope Mustafina doesn’t get a joke of a high score though, just for her rep.
October 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM |
anyone have the link to the start list?
October 1, 2013 at 12:52 PM |
http://figlive.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5261-206814-224037-nav-list,00.html
October 1, 2013 at 12:55 PM
Thank you:-)
October 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM |
A lot of falls on beam so far. Ross should definitely not be in this group. Such a huge gap in difficulty and execution between her and the others.
October 1, 2013 at 12:52 PM |
SO AGREE!
October 1, 2013 at 4:48 PM |
Makes the 2 per country rule all that much more ridiculous. People scoring in the 8’s. Really? Most of these girls wouldn’t even be able to qualify for the Secret Classic meet in the US!
October 1, 2013 at 8:11 PM |
Well, who should be? One of the 3 have to be. The draws for the other two make sense, so this one was left.
October 1, 2013 at 12:56 PM |
First ten gymnasts at the halfway mark (the other 14 have yet to go or the scoreboard is lagging):
1 ROSS Kyla USA
30.299
15.166 15.133
2 STEPHANIE LIMA da COSTA Leticia BRA
26.666
14.300 12.366
3 HOFLAND Kaitlyn CAN
26.533
12.933 13.600
4 MUELHAUSER Nadia SUI
26.400
13.900 12.500
5 GUSTAFSSON Ida SWE
25.733
12.633 13.100
6 GEIDT Anna KAZ
24.732
12.866 11.866
7 Mc PEAK India IRL
23.832
12.566 11.266
8 BOUMEJMAJEN Mira FRA
23.366
11.200 12.166
9 LEE Ayana JAM
22.733
12.900 9.833
10 JANOVA Alice CZE
22.399
11.266 11.133
October 1, 2013 at 12:57 PM |
Oh right, I guess this is the group where a lot of the girls aren’t AA. I’ll post the other scores.
October 1, 2013 at 12:58 PM |
The rest of the pack (non AA):
11 SCHEDER Sophie GER
14.566
14.566
12 VAZQUEZ AVILES Nicolle D PUR
13.966
13.966
13 ZENG Siqi CHN
13.900
13.900
14 GRISANE Valerija LAT
13.766
13.766
15 VERSCHUEREN Lisa BEL
13.700
13.700
16 MALEC Shaked ISR
13.600
13.600
17 BOCZOGO Dorina HUN
13.033
13.033
18 STANILA Alina ROU
12.700
12.700
19 van POL Vera NED
12.666
12.666
20 WEVERS Sanne NED
12.233
12.233
21 LAURITSEN Michelle DEN
12.200
12.200
22 PARK Jisoo KOR
12.066
12.066
23 CHOON Alexandra POR
11.733
11.733
24 HUBE LOPEZ Karina CHI
9.975
9.975
October 1, 2013 at 1:03 PM |
I held my breath through Ross’s beam. Slow on the connection to the sheep jump. 14.466.
October 1, 2013 at 1:06 PM |
8.666 E score…
i just cant with these judges.
October 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM
She’s being punished for being in this group. I’ll bet by day 2 we’ll start seeing E score in the 9 range for people who have much worse form.
October 1, 2013 at 1:08 PM
it’s truly unconscionable. this whole score higher with each subdivision is such BS. why cant they just score consistently, what a novel concept.
her coach should protest for real.
October 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM
An 8.666 E score for that routine was inexcusable, that was so close to perfect…I can’t even. WTF Marta, how could you put her in this group?
Thoughts on the routine:
-mount looked a little awkward when she got up, almost like she was too tall for it
-BEAUTIFUL leaps, especially the split to sissone. So elegant.
-Beautiful flight series.
-Slow on connection to sheep jump; probably shouldn’t be counted, but I liked that she didn’t swing her arms back.
-her choreo actually went really well with the FX music in the background, haha
-swung back arms on the back tuck; think they deducted for that?
-Nice dismount
THe E-score here should be SO much higher, I’ll be annoyed if she doesn’t get into beam finals based on that.
October 1, 2013 at 6:15 PM
I don’t think she got credit for the layout to sheep jump – hence she has a 5.9 D score and not the 6.0.
If she doesn’t make beam finals it’s for two reasons: stupid shit beam judges (AGAIN, London repeat); and her D score is not high enough.
I don’t think I ever want to see that stupid double back dismount ever again. I know I will for finals but still. If you can’t stick that dismount then at least add a freakin twist or come out with your arabian already.
Sorry that last rant was more frustration, because it is athletes like Kyla that SHOULD make beam finals as opposed to the Aly Raisman/Simone Biles types. Sorry but that’s just what I think.
As for flow, I thought it was pretty even the whole way through. I guess I’m used to the Kyla pauses while she poses? If they deduct for that then Marta should have better advised her on her routine. Although I can’t count on Marta doing her job when it comes to athletes she does not completely stand behind.
October 1, 2013 at 8:13 PM
She lost 0.2, her full d score is now 6.1 with the wolf jump connection. Really could not afford to lose those tenths. Execution scores cannot be protested, only difficulty.
October 1, 2013 at 4:50 PM |
She missed the one connection and that was it. Where the eff did these judges find any other execution errors. No, seriously. She should have been in the 9’s on execution, easily. I call bullshit. There were no form breaks or anything besides a hop on the double tuck landing. And they tried to give her a 5.8 D score, not the 5.9. I’m glad they challenged that.
Even so with that score Kyla will be hard pressed to make the beam final, which is a tragedy given her routine.
October 1, 2013 at 8:15 PM
Not if the other scores are harsh too. And quite a few fell off beam. Kyla’s prep for her full turn is costly, apparently. I like harsh scoring, once it’s consistent. I cannot stand gymnasts getting 9.3/4+ execution on beam and floor, bullshit.
October 1, 2013 at 8:18 PM
Well if harsh scoring is consistent that’s one thing.
I just don’t trust it to be entirely consistent. I’m sure the Russians – especially Musty, as much as I love her – will not be scored as harshly, but we will see.
October 1, 2013 at 1:03 PM |
Beam was wonderful! I don’t believe she ever connects her sheep jump does she? If she’s suppose to that is the only connection she would’ve lost I believe.
October 1, 2013 at 1:03 PM |
her beam! im gushing over here… beautiful….
jung hong’s floor music made me giggle, it sounded like a 90s snes game! which i kind of love ha.
October 1, 2013 at 1:04 PM |
hong on jong* duh, quick typing.
October 1, 2013 at 1:05 PM |
They better be this tough on Maroney for bars and beam as they are being with Kyla. That beam score will not hold up for finals
October 1, 2013 at 1:08 PM |
I am beginning to have a bad feeling that Maroney will edge her out for AA.
October 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM
i adore mckayla but that would be so unjust.
October 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM
So am I. I am starting to believe GTT and her conspiracy theries.
October 1, 2013 at 1:16 PM
I don’t think Maroney will be able to unless Biles has falls. Maroney doesn’t have near the difficulty or flow on beam or bars.
October 1, 2013 at 1:18 PM
yep, Marta is awful
October 1, 2013 at 1:18 PM
My gut tells me McKayla will have a fall along the way.
October 1, 2013 at 9:51 PM
If Kyla’s UB is an 8.6 in execution, McKayla should be a 7.0 with all those bent knees/bent arms/missed handstands. So her score should be a 12.9 but I am sure it won’t be
October 1, 2013 at 1:05 PM |
Help me out…how is her beam score so low?
October 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM |
She missed the one connecrtion but the rest was near perfect. Judges are being tough on first group.
October 1, 2013 at 1:09 PM |
5.8 D 8.666E. WAY too low. her beam was beautiful and super secure.
October 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Maybe they will protest her score.
October 1, 2013 at 1:12 PM
Gynastike even thought it was too low.
October 1, 2013 at 1:14 PM
They can only protest the D score, alas. Sad, I really thought she could make beam final.
October 1, 2013 at 1:14 PM
i feel like kyla’s coaches are too much of pushovers to protest. even though they SHOULD.
October 1, 2013 at 1:15 PM
The D was correct. Its the E that was BS. Cant protest that.
If Kyla’s routine gets a 8.666, McKayla, in theory, should not be able to break 8.
October 1, 2013 at 1:17 PM
sigh. E scores for bars and beam can’t be justified.
October 1, 2013 at 1:22 PM |
JK apparently they protested her beam and raised it .1
October 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM |
Ross’s lead is now more than 5 points ahead of the nearest competitor.
1 ROSS Kyla USA
44.765
15.166 15.133 14.466
2 GUSTAFSSON Ida SWE
39.599
13.866 12.633 13.100
3 MUELHAUSER Nadia SUI
38.400
13.900 12.500 12.000
4 PARK Jisoo KOR
37.615
13.233 12.066 12.316
5 BOUMEJMAJEN Mira FRA
36.549
13.183 11.200 12.166
6 Mc PEAK India IRL
34.465
12.566 10.633 11.266
7 JANOVA Alice CZE
34.265
11.266 11.866 11.133
(The beam is cursed, just saw another fall.)
October 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM |
Dumb question, but is it “New Life” for Finals??
October 1, 2013 at 1:16 PM |
New life, but they gotta make the cut first.
October 1, 2013 at 1:19 PM |
Thanks!! Feeling Kyla’s bars and beam were under scored but she will final so it really doesn’t matter!! A few form issues and missed connections which is normal first day issues for her!! She is on a roll!!!
October 1, 2013 at 1:19 PM |
I’m digging the rotation music lol! One more to go. Just pull that last pass around and I have faith she will be fine.
October 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM |
Maybe they’ll be this tough on everyone…
October 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM |
After 3rd rotation:
1 ROSS Kyla USA
44.865
15.166 15.133 14.566
2 VERSCHUEREN Lisa BEL
39.866
13.700 13.200 12.966
3 GUSTAFSSON Ida SWE
39.599
13.866 12.633 13.100
4 STEPHANIE LIMA da COSTA Leticia BRA
39.132
14.300 12.466 12.366
5 BOCZOGO Dorina HUN
38.832
13.033 13.066 12.733
6 MUELHAUSER Nadia SUI
38.400
13.900 12.500 12.000
7 SCHEDER Sophie GER
37.965
14.566 10.966 12.433
8 PARK Jisoo KOR
37.615
13.233 12.066 12.316
9 BOUMEJMAJEN Mira FRA
36.549
13.183 11.200 12.166
10 Mc PEAK India IRL
34.465
12.566 10.633 11.266
11 JANOVA Alice CZE
34.265
11.266 11.866 11.133
12 MALEC Shaked ISR
33.566
13.600 9.900 10.066
13 LEE Ayana JAM
31.499
12.900 9.833 8.766
14 HOFLAND Kaitlyn CAN
26.533
12.933 13.600
15 GEIDT Anna KAZ
24.732
12.866 11.866
16 CASTRO LAZO Martina CHI
21.166
9.866 11.300
17 EL DABAGH Sarah DEN
21.133
9.633 11.500
18 VAZQUEZ AVILES Nicolle D PUR
13.966
13.966
19 ZENG Siqi CHN
13.900
13.900
20 GRISANE Valerija LAT
13.766
13.766
21 CHANT Maegan CAN
13.333
13.333
22 STANILA Alina ROU
12.700
12.700
23 van POL Vera NED
12.666
12.666
24 WEVERS Sanne NED
12.233
12.233
October 1, 2013 at 1:21 PM |
is jong doing the TTY in quals?
October 1, 2013 at 1:21 PM |
This subdivision leaves A LOT to be desired.
October 1, 2013 at 1:22 PM |
kyla’s D score went from 5.8 to 5.9…. was there an inquiry??
October 1, 2013 at 1:23 PM
The judges felt the power of our bitching.
October 1, 2013 at 1:24 PM
ha! if only they felt our wrath a little more..
October 1, 2013 at 1:22 PM |
This subdivision is so heinous that Chant is currently the leader on floor: 13.333.
October 1, 2013 at 1:29 PM |
LOL
October 1, 2013 at 1:23 PM |
OMG you guys listening!!!! Oh only one tenth. 5.9. So they did protest? E score is BS though. I swear she is definitely top 3 execution in the world.
October 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM |
One of the best floors of Kyla’s life.
October 1, 2013 at 1:26 PM |
ditto that!
October 1, 2013 at 1:27 PM |
just lovely! she didnt look tired or anything either like she sometimes can.
October 1, 2013 at 1:27 PM |
Of course my feed chooses her routine to freeze. Grr. Score: 14.333.
October 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM |
She did it!! Great landing on the double back! Woo Hoo!
October 1, 2013 at 1:28 PM |
kyla floor D 5.7 E 8.633 14.333
October 1, 2013 at 1:28 PM |
14.333 floor Kyla
October 1, 2013 at 1:28 PM |
14.333 Floor. 59.198 AA. Good score. I think it will be difficult for Mac to top that even going in the last sub.
October 1, 2013 at 1:28 PM |
1 ROSS Kyla USA
59.198
15.166 15.133 14.566 14.333
October 1, 2013 at 1:29 PM |
Best floor ever!!
October 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM |
I think she’s in. Biles has to not freak out and Mac would have to be absolutely perfect to beat her at this point.
October 1, 2013 at 1:31 PM |
What do you think of her AA score, 59.198?
October 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM |
good score but she should have been closer to 60.
October 1, 2013 at 1:34 PM
She could have had another .5 on beam (better E score and hit connection for the full 6.0 D score) and maybe another .1 if she had stuck her vault.
October 1, 2013 at 3:39 PM
She might have been but her not sticking those landings on floor were partly to blame.
October 1, 2013 at 3:57 PM
I blame the sheep jump connection on beam. She has connected that faster before. She did stand there a bit too long and I doubt they gave it to her. That was the only error I saw, which was crazy! I would love to see Kyla in a beam final.
October 1, 2013 at 4:54 PM |
That score is very consistent with what she has been getting in the US. I think it will be McKayla and Biles who will receive the most sticker shock when they get their scores.
The judges better be just as harsh on beam as in the other rotations, but I doubt they will.
I don’t think McKayla will crack Kyla’s score but all the same, I really think Kyla was underscored on her E scores. They are leaving the door open.
October 1, 2013 at 5:29 PM
I dont think Kyla has ever had a more complete competition in the US this year though to get that score. Yeah she could have had an extra tenth or two if she had stuck her vault but honestly this is the best through 4 events I think she’s ever looked. I think both her bars and beam scores could have been in the 8.9/9.0 range for sure though.
Remember day 2 of nats she got a 15.2 on beam with a huge wobble on the side somi.
October 1, 2013 at 1:36 PM |
I think if McKayla is at her ABSOLUTE 100% best on vault and floor she would probably have about a 30.8 going into beam and bars. She would have to average a 14.2 on beam and bars and considering Kyla’s scores, even adding in that McKayla goes late, I just have a hard time seeing that happening.
October 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM |
Can I like what you said? They may be this awful to everyone, or if Im Simone and McKayla Im scared that they are going to mark me down and I miss difficult elements. It wouldnt surprise me to see execution scores in the 6’s. Im just hoping Larissas flat feet, Aliyas helicopter legs and Simones problems are scaled similarly.
October 1, 2013 at 1:49 PM |
After the first subdivision Kyla leads the AA (by 6.533), UB, BB and FX.
October 1, 2013 at 2:05 PM |
Oh cool USAG is archiving the live qualification rounds. That’s new right?
October 1, 2013 at 3:24 PM |
My $0.02 opinion is that McKayla is in the last qualifying round to help her make FX finals. Marta strategizes so that 2 US gymnasts are in each event final.
October 1, 2013 at 3:27 PM |
Kyla looks absolutely stunning. She rocks that red lipstick, and she’s got beautiful gymnastics to go along with it.
October 1, 2013 at 3:54 PM |
I know!! Red is her thing. So stunning. Judges should give pretty points.
Are they doing that longines elegance award this year? The one Porgras won?
October 1, 2013 at 3:52 PM |
Yao had a fall on beam till scored 14.100, she only beat kyla’s bars by 3 tenths. Haven’t watched the routines tho. But it sounds like they’re being genuinely tough across the board on bars.
October 1, 2013 at 3:55 PM |
Gah. What is it with bars and judges. Even at teeny local meets they are sticklers on bars over every other event. Hate it!!
October 1, 2013 at 4:27 PM |
Yao and Kyla actually got the same E scores on bars.
October 1, 2013 at 4:46 PM |
Okay, this is good to know that it’s across-the-board toughness. I’m fine with any combination of US girls making it into the finals, incl. Simone/Mac, but will be seriously pissed off if that happens because Kyla was unfairly disadvantaged by being in the first subdivision.
October 1, 2013 at 4:25 PM |
Kyla ahead of Yao Jinnan by 1.233 at the end of sub 2. Yao had a fall on beam.
Kyla’s scores today were: 59.198– 15.166(5.8), 15.133(6.4), 14.566(5.9) and 14.333(5.7)…23.8
Yao Jinnan’s: 57.965– 14.766(5.8), 15.433(6.7), 14.1(6.4), 13.666(5.5)… 24.4
Kyla’s 1st on beam, 2nd on beam and floor. I think she’s for sure safe to get into both beam and bars finals. Especially since 2 or the 3 Chinese have already gone.
Hell, if McKayla or Simone mess up she could sneak into floor finals as well. LOL.
October 1, 2013 at 4:56 PM |
Yao falling on beam is good for Kyla…hate to say it.
October 1, 2013 at 6:16 PM
Agree, It increases her chances of making beam finals that’s for sure.
October 1, 2013 at 4:47 PM |
Just posting to thank everyone watching and live commenting. So helpful for those of us at work who have to watch later.
October 1, 2013 at 5:01 PM |
Okay, I watched Kyla’s routines posted by USAG online … figured that I could take five minutes. 🙂 I am OUTRAGED by that beam E score, 8.666. Are you kidding me? I understand some of the D score issues, e.g., not giving the connection into sheep jump – she did pause too long. But otherwise, that was so clean and gorgeous that I don’t understand what the heck you’d have to do to get a 9.000 or better from these judges.
Very proud of her. That was a solid showing – not perfect, e.g., hop on vault, not a clean landing on her first floor pass, etc. But on the whole, beautiful, gorgeous, hit gymnastics. She’s definitely made her case for AA. I’ll be surprised if Mac can pull out enough to top it, but now we wait.
October 1, 2013 at 5:25 PM |
It is probably due to nada dynamic, imo, and “long” preparation before several elements. In a way it is good, so we can get rid of “robotic” beam exercises that we have seen too much of by many countries.
October 1, 2013 at 6:05 PM
Fair point. I agree that the routine could have had better flow. She did pause more before each element than I’ve seen her do in the past, but honestly, I think the way she did it was more aesthetically pleasing than moving too quickly and wobbling all over the place.
Anyway, I expect Mac also to elect flow breaks rather than rush through her routine, especially as she is in greater danger of falling off the beam. So if the judges are penalizing for that, the folks who want Kyla to outscore Mac are probably set even if she does not fall off bars or beam.
October 1, 2013 at 5:04 PM |
Maybe this will be a good thing for Kyla to go first. She’ll have enough rest going into finals and maybe some fire in her to go after the connections – ok, the ONE connection she missed on beam. Whatever. By finals scores “should” even out so she’ll come out on top. Honestly she was the best today I’ve ever seen her, especially for a Day 1. If she improves to Finals this could be really good.
I’m still scratching my head on her E scores – she was damned near perfect on everything. This just shows you need to go after D more than E. The judges will mess around and be biased with E scores all day long but the D scores are verifiable and can be argued. So this adds to the argument that Kyla really just needs to add her D elements to be more competitive. You can’t go through a competition hoping other people fall in order to win, that’s just not the way to do it anymore in gymnastics and especially in this code where chucking skills are rewarded more than executing easier skills flawlessly.
October 1, 2013 at 5:14 PM |
I agree, sanity – esp. after seeing here and last year in London that you can successfully challenge D scores to great effect. Not sure how practical it would be, but I wish the judges had to document and publicize their E score reasoning (e.g., .3 step on landing, .1 leg separation, .5 grabbed beam, etc.), so it was subject to review and challenge in the same way as D score. They should have to be accountable.
And it’s too bad that the code rewards poor execution of hard skills over great execution of relatively easier skills. Obviously the point is to reward great execution of hard skills the most 🙂 – but it’s creating a bunch of screwed up incentives for gymnasts.
October 1, 2013 at 6:18 PM |
What is Marta saying here?
October 1, 2013 at 6:31 PM |
How theyre using four year olds to compete. Lol.
October 1, 2013 at 6:43 PM |
“She looks like [a] junior…they not even cheating now, but they cheated before. We will have the ages…oh, leg separation. The pirouette was waaay late…but this age thing, I don’t know, rules. Just look at these kids. I pass by and I’m like, ‘cute babies!'”
LMAO. What a bitch.
October 1, 2013 at 6:50 PM
LOL thanks Karlie that was awesome. “ooh, leg separation” lol…someone needs to do like a Marta cartoon.
October 1, 2013 at 7:04 PM
Haha no problem, I’m decent with accents 🙂 Let me know if you want anything else translated from Marta to English.
October 1, 2013 at 7:03 PM |
I thought she said, “They used to cheat with 1-2 years, now they cheating with 4.” Could either mean “time to the Olympics” or a snarky comment re: how many years underage she believes the Chinese seniors are?
October 1, 2013 at 9:52 PM |
After several edits and different headphones, I think I got as much as I can:
Before Marta starts talking, someone says “youngest in the competition”.
Then I think at the beginning she says “She looks like Julia* who’s 11 years old. They’re not even cheating with 1 or 2 years. Now they’re cheating with 4.”
Another woman says “this is the one I was telling you about”.
Back to Marta. Maybe something about “leg separation”? the something about the “cast” then “that was the pirouette was waaaay late”?
Then after the dismount “this age thing I don’t know how ?? HH and ?? and just look at these kids”.
“I passed by and I said “cute baby” and the coach smiled to me.”
I heard “age” a couple of times in there too, but I couldn’t make out what it was in relation to.
*Marta’s g-daughter Julia turns 11 tomorrow.
October 1, 2013 at 6:18 PM |
When does Simone go up? Apologies for not paying attention…
October 1, 2013 at 6:27 PM |
Zeng Siqi and Yao Jinnan were both scored similarly in beam execution. Zeng counted a fall, yes, but other than that i was nearly perfect, there was just a slight wobble on the full turn and a tiny, tiny step on the dismount. Her execution was a 7.4, meaning that without the fall it would have been around 8.4, far too low IMO given that the rest was nearly flawless. I had a similar problem with Jinnan’s beam scoring – yes, she fell, but otherwise it was almost perfect, and would have only been an 8.7. Typical.
Jinnan’s bars had the same number of form breaks as Kyla’s – two leg separations, although they were more obvious. Felt a little more fluid than Kyla’s, but there was also a questionably short handstand. I hope she’s going to do the Mo Salto in EF!
Last but not least – Seitz got HAMMERED on execution. Yes she doesn’t have very good execution, we all knew that, but she didn’t even break 8 without a fall. So at least they’re being consistently hard, it seems.
October 1, 2013 at 6:29 PM |
also Hong Un Jong must have killed it on her Amanar, 9.33 E-score but only a. 8.566 on the Cheng. Interesting. No TTY.
October 1, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Any videos on Hong Un Jong’s vaults? Looks like McKayla will have some competition after all.
I wonder if she’ll throw the TTY in finals.
October 1, 2013 at 10:16 PM
hong un jong’s amanar was ok in the air but messy landing… crossed her feet and took a step to the side. she got big applause though. didnt she her cheng, i dont think they showed it.
her TTY is going to be MESSY if that’s what her 2.5 is like.
October 1, 2013 at 6:32 PM |
Fail. I youtubed Yao’s bars and ended up watching Huang’s instead. That makes much more sense. Off to try to find Yao’s.
Ok I’ll stop replying to myself now. 🙂
October 1, 2013 at 6:34 PM |
Given this, I can only imagine Brenna’s scores. Probably a good thing Maroney was substituted, as shitty as the situation is.
October 1, 2013 at 6:37 PM |
If you have so many people with similar difficulty you have to differentiate. Somehow, and thats in execution errors. If everyone is being similarly nit picked then I have no problem with Kylas scores. Perhaps Marta knew the judges were getting nit picky and Brennas bars/ beam would be scored embarassingly low. McKayla doesnt matter really because shes not really an all arounder. But I imagine her bars execution score will put her low 13s high 12s if they keep going like this.
October 1, 2013 at 6:29 PM |
This is a gem. Someone got on video Marta talking shit during Huang Huidans bar routine. The part where she sais cute baby to the chinese coaches is hilarious.
http://m.youtube.com/results?q=Huang%20Huidan%20CHN%20UB%20Qualifications%202013%20Worlds%20Antwerp&oq=Huang%20Huidan%20CHN%20UB%20Qualifications%202013%20Worlds%20Antwerp&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3…3124.34606.0.36179.54.50.0.2.2.0.602.7113.2-17j5j0j2.24.0….0…1ac.1.23.youtube-reduced..47.7.1953.TscjAhAnow8
October 1, 2013 at 6:35 PM |
I posted that above – I couldn’t tell what she was saying though! I can never tell what Marta says.
October 1, 2013 at 6:44 PM
See above translation. 😀
October 1, 2013 at 7:11 PM |
awkward … Marta
October 1, 2013 at 6:37 PM |
Mai Murakami has a pretty impressive floor here and her score is still pretty low:
Now, do you guys think Kyla will make floor finals? That would be almost funny. I guess Simone or McKayla would have to have a major mistake though.
October 1, 2013 at 6:46 PM |
8.166 in execution?? BS.
October 1, 2013 at 6:49 PM |
Kyla making floor finals is definitely a possibility now and it would amuse me.
October 1, 2013 at 7:00 PM |
wow, I guess it is possible for her to make finals. Who would have thought! All depends on Simone and McKayla, can’t really see McKayla having a huge mistake, though.
October 1, 2013 at 7:07 PM |
What I miss so much is dynamic, specially on beam. What have happend to the coaches. Dynamic is something that you can easily teach to gymnast that don’t have it “naturally” or improve to picture perfect with those who have it naturally with a just ok choreographer. I dont get the lack of dynamic, or bent knees in bhs at an international level. I is so easy to fix … Sorry for bladibla here but …
Well, in the meantime I go to this among others videos, just to make sure that dynamic is still existing out there 🙂
October 1, 2013 at 7:13 PM |
Beautiful. How old is she? I have to believe she wouldn’t be able to compete here under the new “age” rules because she does not look anywhere near 16.
October 1, 2013 at 7:22 PM
I think she is 15 here. It is from european 1985
October 2, 2013 at 12:19 AM
wow!!! Loved that. You don’t see that anymore.
That mount! Amazing. But made my back ache.
October 1, 2013 at 7:09 PM |
Marta interview today on Kyla and the McKayla/Brenna decision. Interestingly, Marta states that she believes Kyla’s low E scores may be due to her placement in the first subdivision.
http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/251079-2013-World-Championships/video/721388-Martha-Karoyli-on-Kyla-Ross-and-her-Descision-to-go-with-three-All-Arounders
October 1, 2013 at 7:11 PM |
Hah, again I can’t even figure out what Marta is saying. So I’m glad you gave me the gist. 🙂
Oh – and then why did she put Kyla in the first rotation then? Arghhhhh….
October 1, 2013 at 7:42 PM
I think she did it because Kyla needs the least help from the judges out the 3. And We don’t get to pick which subdivision we compete in just which gymnast goes in the ones given. I guess she felt Kyla would be the least effected from going first.
October 1, 2013 at 8:51 PM
I was thinking that today too Tortuga. Simone might have form breaks and/or melt down. McKayla definitely needs subdivision help on bars and beam. Kyla is clean.
October 1, 2013 at 9:18 PM
If Kyla doesn’t make AA b/c of this decision by Marta, it could all blow up in her face. Does she really want Simone and McKayla in the AA? Kyla may have lower D scores, but she’s reliable and should have been rewarded by being placed in a different group instead of treated like this. It could take her out of the beam final. I wouldn’t want McKayla “and” Simone in the final…great gymnasts but neither is reliable on 4 events at this point. Marta acts likes she’s surprised by the E scores…really Marta?
October 1, 2013 at 11:15 PM |
I really think Kyla is safe for the bars and beam final. She holds the top spot on beam after 2 of the 3 Chinese gymnasts have already gone. Who are the 8 gymnasts on beam that could possibly knock her out?
Iordache, Shang and Mustafina if they hit, potentially Biles. Don’t think Nabs can beat her here (if she is even competing). Ferrari and Ferlito have D scores around 6ish but tend to get hammered.
Don’t forget in London beam final was exclusively Big 4 countries and of the 8 from that final Larissa is the only one competing this year (and she was a sub in.) Yao is the only returner from the 2011 beam final as well.
October 1, 2013 at 11:28 PM
I’m thinking the same thing. The competition this year is too watered down with injuries and illnesses; I think Kyla is safely in the bars and beam finals. I even think she’s got a shot at floor finals too which is absolutely ridiculous at this point (although funny).
October 1, 2013 at 11:29 PM
Is there another Romanian besides Iordache who’s good at beam this year? Bulimar is out, right?
October 1, 2013 at 11:38 PM
No. Isbaza is only doing floor
October 1, 2013 at 7:27 PM |
Maybe Kyla is wondering that too:
[Ross] dominated a weak first qualifying group and with 59.198 points towered over everyone else. Especially on beam, she felt she could have earned more.
“I don’t want to create too much controversy but I know that I was a little bit disappointed,” she said.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/01/3662923/kato-into-top-3-of-mens-all-around.html
October 1, 2013 at 7:33 PM |
Ah, I love her. Just kill it at finals, Ross.
October 1, 2013 at 9:13 PM |
If she makes AA, will her score from today be averaged w/ the final or does everyone start fresh? I can’t remember.
October 1, 2013 at 9:15 PM |
Pretty sure it’s a clean slate.
October 2, 2013 at 12:20 AM |
Pretty sure all scores start over for AA final. I think back in the 90’s the totals used to be from prelims + AA finals because they also factored in the compulsory score. I think that is what happened.
October 1, 2013 at 9:24 PM |
That is what I was thinking….sure hope so, or Kyla really got screwed today.
October 2, 2013 at 1:02 AM |
So with day 1 complete, Kyla is 1st in AA and BB, 2nd in UB & FX, 2nd Vault- didn’t do a second.
We could see her in 4 finals.
In reviewing the list of named skills, I was very sad for Brenna as she had a few elements she submitted. Very unfortunate. However, Simone’s double layout with 1/2 will soon be the Biles.
October 2, 2013 at 1:05 AM |
Who is ahead of Kyla in bars?
Don’t you have to do 2 vaults to get to the vault final? Plus, Biles and Maroney should have that one locked.
I’m hoping we’ll see Kyla in at least 2, if not 3 apparatus finals. Of course I want to see her do that all around.
October 2, 2013 at 1:10 AM
Yao Yinnin is ahead on bars
October 2, 2013 at 1:10 AM |
No vault. She only does one vault