Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Championships 2021

[thepharoah 2,405]

broooooooonze for Finland 

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

SORAVUO!! 

[heywoodu 14,942]

Gold for Bartolini, Italy is almost literally winning in every single sport this year aren't they  

[Quasit 865]

17 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Gold for Bartolini, Italy is almost literally winning in every single sport this year aren't they  

And to think Italian sport was dying.  

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

That was... magical! 18 years later and we'll finally have another female world champion for Brazil! I can't believe it! 

Now I'm crossing my fingers for Geurts and Taman on my dream podium.

[heywoodu 14,942]

Oh no, Geurts  

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

Noooooo...

I can't believe it, Geurts and Taman...

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

Taman 4th... 

 

And Melnikova with another lucky medal, though not exactly undeserved despite a horrible second vault. But she was deducted accordingly, at least. 

[thepharoah 2,405]

i really hate those 4th place finishes  , i guess Nancy deserved more than this 14.333 in 2nd vault and maybe the Italian was over scored in her 1st vault ! 

 

3 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

Taman 4th... 

 

And Melnikova with another lucky medal, though not exactly undeserved despite a horrible second vault. But she was deducted accordingly, at least. 

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

1 minute ago, thepharoah said:

i really hate those 4th place finishes  , i guess Nancy deserved more than this 14.333 in 2nd vault and maybe the Italian was over scored in her 1st vault ! 

 

The biggest deductions on vault come from landing and height of the vault. How high one person reaches in the air counts a lot. Taman's second vault was a little bit low, so she was deducted because of it. I even thought she received a higher score than I had imagined, to be honest. The main problem, however, is that she had a hefty deduction on landing in her first vault. It was a quite difficult vault, though, so she deserves a big round of applause for even attempting it.

Believe me: I would have been a lot happier if Taman got a medal instead of Melnikova, but I'm afraid that the results are fair.