08. October 2014  
Nanning, China  
WCh / WM 2014

WCh 2014: USA defend women's Team crown

Golden US-Team

The UNITED STATES women's gymnastics team defended their women's team final title at the 36th Women's World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2014 in Nanning on Wednesday. After glory in Tokyo three years ago, there was no team competition held in Antwerp in 2013, the US won gold once - their fourth in this millenium - again at the Guangxi Sports Centre Gymnasium, in front of host CHINA and RUSSIA.
Victory continued United States' dominance of the sport, after the team also took gold at the London Olympics in 2012. They topped the podium by a winning margin of over five points two years ago, and Wednesday's victory was even more convincing as triumphed with a score of 179.280 and a difference of nearly + 7 points. ...

The biggest training camp of the USA, the "International Gymnastics Training Camp" (IGC) supports the daily GYMmedia WCh coverages from Nanning.
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... Kyla Ross was the only remaining member of the Olympic team from two years ago, and she competed across all four disciplines to help her team to victory.
The U.S. women won the gold medal one day after Team USA’s men earned a team bronze medal in these championships. Led by defending all-around world champion and two-time national champion Simone Biles and “Fierce Five” Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross, Team USA led the standings after each of the four rotations at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.

(L-R) Simone Biles, MyKayla Skinner, Alyssa Baumann, Madison Kocian, Madison Desch, Ashton Locklear
and Kyla Ross stand atop the podium after earning the women's team gold medal at the
2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 8, 2014.

The US-team was so strong that Biles needed just 8.682 points on her floor routine to secure the gold medal for the United States (she scored 15.375). “Overall, I think today went really well for every single girl that competed, especially for Team USA,” Biles said in an interview with USA Gymnastics.
... and that's what Kyla R O S S  said today, directly after the Team Final:
* GYM v i d e o ..: Kyla ROSS (USA)

“We had a couple mistakes … yeah, me, I did, but other than that, we did pretty good.”
Ross, who injured her hip shortly before these world championships, said she was pleased she was able to compete four routines. After being a part of the “Fierce Five” team that won the Olympic team gold medal in London in 2012, Ross said she was glad she could add “world champion” to her resume. “I am super excited to now be a world champion after the London Olympics,” said Ross, with her world gold medal around her neck during an interview with USA Gymnastics. “It’s kind of backwards, but kind of cool to say that.”

China's men had taken gold to delight the home crowd on Tuesday, but their female counterparts were unable to match that achievement: CHINA's girls won silver with 172.587.
RUSSIA, Olympic silver medalists in 2012, took bronze with 171.462 while Romania - who were third in London, just missed out on a medal here with their tally of 170.963. ...



♦  WCh WOMEN's TEAM-FINALE 2014
    - Wednesday, October 08 - Nanning (CHN)
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* ... Start: at 1.00 pm, local time)
> Starting Order (Startliste)   > LIVE RESULTS (Longines)

* Final Teams:
- USA - CHN - RUS - GBR - ITA - JPN - ROU - AUS
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♦♦ Competition report
It wasn’t entirely easy for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to win a second consecutive world championship, but Team USA sure made it look like it. Even though the Americans suffered some bobbles on the beam, they were so much more powerful and precise overall that they were able to win the world crown with 179.280 points — a whopping 6.693 points ahead of host China and 7.818 ahead of third-place Russia. The US-Team, which includes Alyssa Baumann, Biles, Madison Kocian, Ashton Locklear, Ross, MyKayla Skinner and alternate Madison Desch, began with exceptionally strong vault performances.
Biles anchored the vault rotation by performing an Amanar for a 15.866 mark. The U.S. women followed those up with impressive routines on the uneven bars to build a 3.752 lead over the Chinese. The balance beam rotation showed some chinks in Team USA’s armor as Ross wobbled following a side somersault and Biles also had a huge bobble. Still, no other country could come close to catching up to the Americans. On the final rotation, floor exercise, Team USA really showcased its exceptional power. Skinner opened her routine with a layout and tuck double-double that were so huge that even though she stepped out of bounds later in the performance she still garnered a 14.666 score. Appropriately, Biles closed the competition, and her upbeat routine, which scored a 15.375, was practically a victory lap. Team USA won the world championship team title in 2011 when the event was held in Tokyo. At the last world championships in 2013, Biles and Ross finished 1-2 in the all-around competition. The women’s all-around competition in Nanning is set for Friday.
* written by Amy Rosswater / US Team

RUSSIA won Bronze:
With Aliya Mustifina leading the charge, posting one of the highest scores on Uneven Bars at 15.066, Russia’s total score of 171.462 just barely beats out Romania by 0.499 points to claim Bronze in the Women’s Team event.
Team ROMANIA ended on a high note as Larisa Iordache posted the highest score on Balance Beam, with a 15.500, but their total score of 170.963, was just .0499 points shy of the podium.
GREAT BRITAIN's women’s gymnastics team - Hannah Whelan, Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Gabby Jupp, Kelly Simm and Ruby Harrold – have placed 6thin the team final in Nanning, China, behind the medal Trio USU, CHINA and Russia, the only on fourth pjlaced Romanians and Italy an fifth place.
In a high quality final the British team showed great composure on the big stage to produce good routines throughout the competition scoring 168.496 points to finish just short of their record 5th placing from Tokyo in 2011. The team featured three World Championships debutantes in Gabby, Kelly and Claudia all of whom excelled in the final. Becky Downie summed up the team mood after the event saying: “Overall we can be really pleased. It was an incredible atmosphere out there and we all held it together as a team and put in strong performances. Of course we would like to have been in the medals but we are definitely happy and proud to have a team that is looking so strong and that is progressing so well. The younger girls came in and showed they are more than ready for the major senior competitions and that’s really exciting for GB looking ahead to the next Olympics.”

 ♦♦ RESULTS - TEAM FINALE, FRAUEN
1. USA  – 179,280
2. CHN  – 172,587
3. RUS  – 171,462
4. ROU – 170,963;  5. ITA – 169,023;  6. GBR – 168,495
7. AUS – 165,988;  8. JPN – 165,422
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♦ VIDEO on Demand:
And ... well, if you do not understand Chinese: Under the conditions of the special "medial gymnastics ignorance", specially in Germany and in some other western European countries we should be grateful to the World Cup hosts China and its Gymnastics Federation, that both the entire TEAM FINAL by Live streaming was published yesterday, and now still later by VIDEO on DEMAND  has been made ​​available:
* GYM v i d e o --: TEAM-FINAL, Women (Wednesday, October 8r):
 
* Youtube (2.024)