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COMPETITION
I: Team qualification WOMEN
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CZE |
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MEX
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Russia
bombs.....!
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Flying Olympic Champion Zamolodchikova....but
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So, the leader after first rotation was... Poland. Lead
by the ever present Joanna Skowronska, competing in
these championships with her twin sister Malgorzata,
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Rotation
1:
The
sixth group started with a shocker when Brenda Magana (MEX)
crashed on bars and lay motionless for a while. At first, no
doctor or paramedics appeared, much to the annoyance of
FIG medical expert Michel Leglise. Magana was eventually
able to walk off the podium without help.
Over on floor, there was another shocker going on as
Russia, one of the top favourites, staggered and fell:
Maria Zassypkina started with a fall on her 2 ½ twist
to punch front full and followed it up with a fall on an
Arabian double front.
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Lyudmila Yezhova put her hands
down on a double pike. Natalia Ziganshina stayed on her
feet, but not in bounds on her triple twist.
Svetlana
Khorkina turned on the charm using her Olympic floor
routine but was not flawless and the judges awarded her
with a generous 9.4 (9,8 SV). Visibly injured Yelena
Zamolodchikova went out of bounds twice.
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the
team quietly went about their business nailing their
vaults. Joanna Skowronska, competing in these
championships with her twin sister Malgorzata, the team
quietly went about their business nailing their vaults.
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Rotation
2:
Russia
redeemed itself with good vaults, highlighted by
Svetlana Khorkina’s half –on front tuck with 1 ½
twists off which she nailed for a 9,562 (9,9 SV). Olympic
champion Yelena Zamolodchikova only vaulted a
full-twisting Yurchenko due to her injured foot.
Russia’s
sixth team member, Yekaterina Privalova, fractured her
foot in training. Not having brought a reserve gymnast,
Russia is now competing all gymnasts on all events.
Poland
lost ground on bars with lack of difficulty and poor
execution. The Czech Republic climbed into second place
with a better showing on floor than previously on beam.
Twins
from Poland:>>
Malgorzata and Joanna Skowronska
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Joanna & Malgorzata ...
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Natalia Zasypkina
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Rotation
3:
The Russian team
got going on bars with Zassypkina and Zamolodchikova
setting the stage for brilliant routines from Ziganshina
(full-twisting giant into Shushunova; split legged
double layout) and Yezhova (10 SV). Mutliple bars
champion Khorkina finished the rotation with her usual
flair and style – beautiful stalder into Takchev and
stalder full on the low bar. Her 9,662 is the highest
score of any gymnast on any apparatus to date.
Zuzana
Obonova vaulted a zero, landing her layout Yurchenko on
her back but Jana Kormskova nailed her Podkopayeva,
keeping the Czech Republic in a secure second place.
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Rotation 4:
Disaster
hit the Russian team on beam. Nerves got the better of
the inexperienced
Zassypkina
who fell twice – once on a front walkover and the second
time on a ff-whip. Things only got worse when
Zamolodchikova took to the beam. She went down on a
full-twisting ff-ff combination and then only did a simple
back tuck for a dismount. Khorkina couldn’t add more
than an 8,6 after a huge wobble. The comedy of errors
continued with Ziganshina’s hand touching the beam on
her front pike mount. A clutch performance by their last
athlete Lyudmila Yezhova prevented a complete embarrasment
for the team. Her score of 9,612 should earn her a well
deserved trip to the finals.
The Czech Republic managed to squeak ahead of Argentina
while first round leader Poland dropped all the way to
second last in the standings.
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Svetlana Khorkina
- the best in all-round after 6 subdivision
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Report:
Nora Schuler / Photos by Don Johnson
Web editor: Eckhard Herholz
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| Team
Standings after
6
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the top eight nations are qualified
at the Team final at Wednesday
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| 1.
USA 145,147 |
2.
NED 144,159 |
3.
RUS 144,134 |
4.
ESP 142,797 |
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UKR 140,559 |
6.
GER 138,477 |
7.
GBR 138,671 |
8.
CAN 138,506 |
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BRAS 138,320 |
10.
BLR 136,108 |
11.
BUL 132,659 |
12.
BEL 131,885 |
| 13.
CZE 130,509 |
14.
ARG 130,482 |
15.
HUN 128,934 |
16.
RSA 128,221 |
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LAT 127,408 |
18.
FIN 123,895 |
19.KOR
121,920 |
20.
POL 118,884 |
| 21.
IND 98,522 |
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