Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Championships 2023 Road to Paris 2024

[NearPup 2,167]

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

It’s not *that* hard to beat Biles on UB, you sort of have to in order to content for a medal :P

Edited October 4, 2023 by NearPup

[George_D 874]

Sad to see Romania school of gymnastics (in women especially) to decline

[Rafa Maciel 1,259]

So  miss out on both team medals which, whilst disappointing, isn't necessarily a bad thing. Getting a reality check the year before Olympics will hopefully fuel the team to make the necessary adjustments over the winter.

 

My thoughts on the individual performances across the team events:

 

Max Whitlock - Whatever happens in the pommel horse final, I think he has established himself as the elder statesman in the team and will have 1 foot on the Eurostar. He knew that as a single apparatus specialist, he would not be able to fight his way on to the team but he's come back with ability to contribute across pommel, parallel bars and horizontal bar - his scores on P-bars and horizontal bar won't necessarily trouble the top of the leaderboard, but they are safe routines scoring high 13 to low 14s which is what they are looking for in qualification.

 

Harry Hepworth - Had a great qualification competition - competed on three apparatus and was top GB scorer across all three. He wasn't as consistent in the team final which whilst disappointing, will still have been a great learning experience. It will be interesting to see how he performs in his individual finals but he has certainly done his chances of making the team next year no harm.

 

Jake Jarman - Probably one of the most frustrating gymnasts across the squads because despite his abilities, he has never been able to put together a complete round. In the team final, he had a great vault and floor routine but was down across the rest of the apparatus. He definitely has the difficulty, so hopefully he can spend the winter focusing on delivering on execution. Nevertheless, barring injury, he too has 1 foot on the Eurostar.

 

James Hall - The work horse of the team, he's going to be disappointed by two falls in the team final particularly as he had a good qualifying competition.

 

Courtney Tulloch - I'm not 100% convinced that Tulloch is fully fit this week - he didn't seem to be on top of his routines. His value to the team comes through his potential to post big rings and vault scores, but neither were brilliant in qualifying. Given it is unlikely that he will be in the rings final - unless someone withdraws - I would have expected him to go all out on his rings routine in the team final and yet his score was down 0.2. With Hepworth stepping up with some solid rings scores, Tulloch's place in the team begins to look a little less solid than it has done in previous seasons. 

 

 

Jessica Gadirova - Will be disappointed by her vault and I wonder if that impacted her as she went through uneven bars and balance beam with both scores down a fair bit on qualifying. Nothing that happens this week is likely to jeopardise her place on the team next year.

 

Ondine Achampong - Put in great scores on both vault and balance beam and still has a place in the all-around final to look forward to. She'll be on the team for Paris.

 

Alice Kinsella - Despite having a fall on balance beam, she didn't have a bad qualifying competition. She may have been disappointed that she didn't get the nod to be in the vault for the team final. On both uneven bars and floor, she was one of the few gymnasts who managed to maintain her scores from qualifying. If she can cut out the mistakes on balance beam, she has potential to post good scores and she'll be on the team next year.

 

Ruby Evans - Solid performances across qualifying and in the team final. She has a good level of difficulty but needs to work on moving those execution scores out of the high 7s and consistently into the 8s. 

 

Georgia-Mae Fenton - Not a great team final for her with falls on both uneven bars and balance beam. The selectors will know that these performances aren't true reflection of her ability and will probably keep faith with her for next year. 

 

 

[thiago_simoes 1,359]

This was a much better team final than last year's.  score good enough for silver last year wouldn't even be enough for a medal this year. was the only team that did not count a fall today, just like  in 2022, so consistency is key in winning a medal.  had to count a fall, but difficulty was a lot higher this time, so we had a nice cushion.

 

Now, all I want is:

 

1) a medal for  Nemour;

2) a medal for  Yeo;

3) a medal for  Andrade on beam.

Everything else that happens will be just a bonus.

[rafalgorka 1,383]

Time for M All-around. I wonder if Zhang Boheng would win this thing if he was there.

[rafalgorka 1,383]

Is there any website where you can look at the top lists - best scores of the season on each apparatus? Sth like in figure skating.

 

 

[rafalgorka 1,383]

Found it.

 

https://thegymter.net/the-best-mens-scores-in-2023/

[rafalgorka 1,383]

What a vault by Jarman!

[rafalgorka 1,383]

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[Illya 422]

A fu.ing stunning final from Illia Kovtun who did excelent job today. New medal for him today and hopefully not last from this year WCh