24. October 2015  
Glasgow, GBR  
WCh, Women

Women's Qualification Rounds: Defending champion USA took over the sovereign leadership on the 2nd day

At these World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2015 in Glasgow with record participation (285 gymnasts from 82 nations) the first two days are intended for the qualification rounds of women only. At each of the two days (Friday 23 / Saturday 24 October), is divided, the entire field of participants in each 6 subdivisions:
A mammoth program that runs from morning 9:15 am up to evening 11 pm for more than 14 hours on Friday, but also on Saturday, October 24.
Russia was the top team after day 1, followed by Great Britain, Italy and Japan but also Canada  took the chances to qualify for Rio de Janeiro next year.
* On Saturday  the titleholder from USA took the lead with a score of 236,611 and with a clear difference of more than 5 points in front of RUSSIA (231,437) GREAT BRITAIN (227,162) and CHINA (225,127), which was started in the earliest morning subdivision already ...!

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Also Italy (5. - 224,452), JAPAN (6.- 223,863), CANADA (7.- 222,780) are qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio.
The Dutch team did a great job and ranked surprisingly on 8th place behind the Canadians and was happy about the directly qualification.
A very strong individual competition shows the Swiss Giulia Steingruber on second place in individual ranking, between the leading Simone Biles and Michelle Dougles fom USA, but her team Switzerland ranked on 16th place only but get the last start ticket for second qualification round at the pre-Olympic event next spring in the Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro.
Germany and Romania plunged dramatically to the ranks 12 and 13, and have to face a second qualifying round (2016 April in Rio) as well, as well as Olympic host Brazil on 9th place, followed by the unlucky girls from France and Belgium.

♦ DAY 2 - Saturday, October 24    ⇒ STARTLIST Day 2
 

♦♦ T e a m s   qualification - final standing:
⇒ Q- direkt :
1. USA - 236,611;     2. RUS - 231,437;     3. GRB - 227,162;
4. CHN - 225,127:     5. ITA  - 224,452;      6. JPN - 223,863;
7. CAN - 222,780      8. NED - 222,354

→ qualified for 2nd  chance  (April 2016 in Rio de Janeiro):
 9. BRA - 221,861    10. FRA - 219,919    11. BEL  - 219,780;    12. GER - 219,261;
13. ROU - 217,220;  14.  AUS - 214,812;  15. KOR - 213,744;    16. SUI - 213,494

- non qualified:
17. ESP - 210,094;   18. HUN - 209,552;   19. POL - 208,527;   20. PRK - 207,987;
21. MEX - 206,628;  22. SWE - 206,262;   23. AUT - 201,793;  24. GRE - 198,943

♦ All-around qualification - final standing
- after Subdivision 12(12)
 1. BILES, Simone                   (USA)  - 61,598
2. STEINGRUBER, Giulia       (SUI)  - 57,640
 3. DOUGLES, Gabrielle         (USA)  - 57,516
 4. BLACK, Elsabeth               (CAN)  - 57,299
5. RAISMAN, Alexandra          (USA)  - 56,798
 6. WEAVERS, Lieke               (NED)  - 56,733
 7. TUTKALIAN, Seda             (RUS)  - 56,599
 8. TINKLER, Amy                    (GBR)  - 56,466
 9. HARROLD, Ruby               (GBR)  - 56,398
 10. MURAKAMI, Mai                 (JPN)  - 56,366
11. OLIVEIRA, Lorrane            (BRA)  - 56,365
12. SHANG, Chunsong          (CHN)  - 56,332 
13. SCHÄFER, Pauline           (GER)  - 55,799
14. Lopez SARRIVA, Flavia   (BRA)  - 55,798
15. MAKRA, Noemi                 (HUN)  - 55,732
16. IORDACHE, Larisa          (ROU)  - 55,698
17. FERLITO. Carlotta               (ITA)  - 55,665
18. FERRARI, Vanessa            (ITA)  - 55,665
19, WANG, Yan                       (CHN)  - 55,566
20. DOWNIE, Elissa               (GBR)  - 55,565
21. TERAMOTO, Asuka            (JPN)  55,532
22. VERSCHUEREN, Lisa     (BEL)  - 55,449
23. JURCA, Laura                  (ROU)  - 55,332
24. HERMANS, Rune              (BEL)  - 55,332
25. UGRIN, Tea                          (ITA)  - 55,299
26. SEITZ, Elisabeth               (GER)  - 55,298
27. ONYSHKO, Isabela         (CAN)  - 55,216
28. Thorsdottier, Eythora        (NED)  - 55,140 (E)
29. BREVET, Marine               (FRA) -   55,132 (E)
30. SPIRIDONOVA, Daria    (RUS)  - 54,998 (E)
...
        ►► Individual All-around qualifi,
           ► All-around final, qualifiers

* Best of Apparatus ..:
   - VAULT: BILES   USA) - 16,000 / 15,266 = 15,6333
     ► .Qualification, 1 vault Sprung       ►  .Qualification, 2 vaults
   - U. bars: SPIRIDONOVA       (RUS) - (6.7) = 15,466
                         ► Qualification, U.Bars
   - B. beam: BILES                      (USA)  (6.3) = 14,966
                         ► Qualification, Beam
   - Floor exc.: BILES                    (USA)  - (6.9) = 15,966
                         ► Qualification, Floor
 
    ►► App. Finals, qualifiers

Romania was eliminated from the final at a major competition for the first time in more than 40 years Saturday morning.
The team has suffered a string of setbacks recently, including injuries to Catalina Ponor and Anamaria Ocolisan, both of whom had hoped to compete in Glasgow. A transcript of the discussion with Comaneci is below.
In a first statement the former Romanian Star Nadia Comaneci shared the pain eith the girls and said: "... They all cried yesterday, and that almost made me cry because I felt the hole they are missing. There was a limited amount of girls, and it’s hard to start a competition with that in your mind. So I’m hoping they will qualify (for the Team Final) because the final is a new life for everyone. But I feel sorry for them."
All is not lost for the Romanians, however: although not among the first eight teams to qualify for the Olympics, they will get a second chance at the Olympic Test Event April 16-19 in Rio. Olympic host country Brazil, along with France, Belgium, Germany, Australia, South Korea and Switzerland will also be in Rio in the spring, aiming to advance a team to the Games. The eight teams will battle for the final four team berths for the Games.


♦ DAY 1 - Friday, Oct 23    ⇒ STARTLIST Day 1

* SUBDIVISION 6: (... with POL, GER .. and individuals)
   - End of Day 1
♦♦ T e a m s :
1. RUS - 231,437    2. GRB - 227,162    3. ITA   - 224,452
4. JPN - 223,863     5. CAN - 222,780    6. BRA - 221,861
7. GER - 219,261    8. ROU - 217,220;  
9. ESP - 210,094;  10. POL - 208,527;  11. SWE - 206,262
12. AUT - 201,793

♦ All-around best ...
    (Intermediate, Day 1)
1. BLACK, Elsabeth                  (CAN)  - 57,299
2. TUTKALIAN, Seda               (RUS)  - 56,599
3. TINKLER, Amy                      (GBR)  - 56,466
4. HARROLD, Ruby                 (GBR)  - 56,398
5. MURAKAMI, Mai                     (JPN)  - 56,366
6. OLIVEIRA, Lorrane              (BRA)  - 56,365
7. SCHÄFER, Pauline              (GER)  - 55,799
8. Lopez SARRIVA, Flavia       (BRA)  - 55,798
9. IORDACHE, Larisa              (ROU)  - 55,698
10. FERLITO. Carlotta                 (ITA)  - 55,665
11. FERRARI, Vanessa              (ITA)  - 55,665
12. DOWNIE, Elissa                  (GBR)  - 55,565
        ►► ... all-around after Day1

! Best of AA after Day1, Canadian Elsabeth BLACK,
was also on top at the balance beam (14,600):


* Best of apparatus ...:
   - Vault: PASEKA        (RUS) - 15,500 / 15,666 = 15,583
       ► ... after Day 1    ►  ... 2 vaults after Day 1Tag 1
   - U.bars:           SPIRIDONOVA     (RUS)  (6.7) = 15,466
                          ► ... after Day 1
   - B.beam:     BLACK                (CAN)  - (5.8) = 14,600
                          ► ... after Day 1
   - Floor exc: MIYAKAWA          (JPN) - (5.7) =  14,100
                            ► ... after Day 1

 

 

* SUBDIVISION 5: (... with ITA, RUS and individuals.)
♦♦ Teams:
1. RUS - 231,437    2. GRB - 227,162    3. ITA - 224,452
4. JPN - 223,863;    5. CAN - 222,780    6. BRA - 221,861
7. ROU - 217,220;   8. ESP - 210,094;

♦ All-around's best ... ( intermediate results)
1. BLACK, Elsabeth                  (CAN)  - 57,299
2. TUTKALIAN, Seda               (RUS)  - 56,599
3. TINKLER, Amy                      (GBR)  - 56,466
4. HARROLD, Ruby                 (GBR)  - 56,398
5. MURAKAMI, Mai                     (JPN)  - 56,366
6. OLIVEIRA, Lorrane              (BRA)  - 56,365
7. Lopez SARRIVA, Flavia       (BRA)  - 55,798
8. IORDACHE, Larisa              (ROU)  - 55,698
9. FERLITO. Carlotta                  (ITA)  - 55,665
10. FERRARI, Vanessa             (ITA)  - 55,665
11. DOWNIE, Elissa                  (GBR)  - 55,565
12. TERAMOTO, Asuka              (JPN)  - 55,532
..
   - Vault: PASEKA  (RUS) - 15,500 / 15,666 = 15,583
   - U.bars: SPIRIDONOVA     (RUS)  (6.7) = 15,466
   - B.beam: BLACK            (CAN)  - (5.8) = 14,600
   - Floor: MIYAKAWA      (JPN) - (5.7) =  14,100

* SUBDIVISION 4: ( ... with BRA and GBR ...)

♦♦ Teams:
1. GBR - 227,162    2. JPN - 223,863;    3. CAN - 222,780
4. BRA - 221,861    5. ROU - 217,220;   6. ESP - 210,094;
7. SWE - 206,262   8. AUT - 201,793

♦ All-around's best  - (intermedaite results)
1. BLACK, Elsabeth                  (CAN)  - 57,299
2. TINKLER, Amy                      (GBR)  - 56,466
3. HARROLD, Ruby                 (GBR)  - 56,398
4. MURAKAMI, Mai                     (JPN)  - 56,366
5. OLIVEIRA, Lorrane              (BRA)  - 56,365
6. Lopez SARRIVA, Flavia       (BRA)  - 55,798
7. IORDACHE, Larisa              (ROU)  - 55,698
8. DOWNIE, Elissa                   (GBR)  - 55,565
9. TERAMOTO, Asuka               (JPN)  - 55,532
10. JURCA, Laura                       (ROU)  - 55,698
..
   - Vault:          DOWNIE, E.   (GBR): - 15,066 / 14,833 = 14,949
   - U.bars:       HARROLD      (GBR)  - (6.3) = 14,666
   - B.beam:     BLACK           (CAN)  - (5.8) = 14,600
   - Floor exc.: MIYAKAWA      (JPN) - (5.7) =  14,100

* SUBDIVISION 3: ( ... with CAN, SWE ... and indiv. gymnasts)
♦♦ Teams:
1. JPN - 223,863;    2. CAN - 222,780    3. ROU - 217,220;
4. ESP - 210,094;   5. SWE - 206,262   6. AUT - 201,793

♦ All-around's - best of ... (- intermediate results)
1. BLACK, Elsabeth                  (CAN)  - 57,299
2. MURAKAMI, Mai                     (JPN)  - 56,366
3. IORDACHE, Larisa              (ROU)  - 55,698
3. TERAMOTO, Asuka               (JPN)  - 55,532
4. JURCA, Laura                       (ROU)  - 55,698
6. ONYSHKO, Isabela              (CAN) - 55,216
..
   - Vault: ROGERS        (CAN): - 15,000 / 14,533 = 14,766
   - U.bars: ROGERS         (CAN)  - (6.3) = 14,166
   - B.beam: BLACK            (CAN)  - (5.8) = 14,600
   - Floor ex.:  MIYAKAWA       (JPN) - (5.7) =  14,100

* SUBDIVISION 2
... with JPN, AUT,  ... UKR with 1 individual gymnast only)

♦♦ Teams:
1. JPN - 223,863;   2. ROU - 217,220;  3. ESP - 210,094;   4. AUT - 201,793

♦ All-around's best  (intermediate results)
1. MURAKAMI, Mai                     (JPN)  - 56,366
2. IORDACHE, Larisa              (ROU)  - 55,698
3. TERAMOTO, Asuka               (JPN)  - 55,532
4. JURCA, Laura                       (ROU)  - 55,698
   - Vault: CHUSOVITINA                (UZB): - 14,766 / 14,600 = 14,638 (!)
   - U. bars: TERAMOTO                 (JPN)  - (5.9) = 14,033
   - B. beam: TERAMOTO               (JPN)  - (5.8) = 14,100
   - Floor exc.: MIYAKAWA            (JPN) - (5.7) =  14,100

* SUBDIVISION 1:
( ... with ESP; ROU; UZB, with Chusovitina ...)
* Teams:
1. ROU  - 217,220; ;     2. ESP  - 210,094

* All-around's best  (intermediate results)
1. IORDACHE, Larisa (ROU)  - 55,698
2. JURCA, Laura        (ROU)  - 55,698
3. CHUSOVITINA, Oksana  (UZB)  - 52,998  (UNBELEAVABLE - with 40 years !!)
...
* Best of Apparatus ...:
- Vault: CHUSOVITINA    (UZB): - 14,766 / 14,600 = 14,638 (!)
! Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) - VAULT 1:

... unfortunately she crashed at her new 2nd valt, a hanspring, double somersault tuck -
    the men named it "Roché", the women "Produnova":

  ... it's pity, thus the 40-years-old gymnast missed the vault final!
- U.bars:        VARGAS               (ESP)  - (5.5) = 13,666
- B. beam:     IORDACHE            (ROU)  - (6.2) = 13,866
- Floor exc.:  JURCA+BULIMAR  (ROU) - (5.7) = 13,800

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