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24 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Why is it the worst subdivision? :d 

Rank order bias. Performances can only ever be compared to the preciding ones, not the ones that follow, and there is a tendency in humans to overemphesize novel positive features (like for example when we are out shopping and comparing things). Another thing is that at a start of a competition, judges may be more reluctant to award minimal deductions.

 

Of course these judges are professionals, but it can add up, sometimes resulting with athletes going late in the draw getting more leniency.

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The first subdivision is always bad. No one wants to go first.

 

On the women's side, :BRA, :MEX and :KOR could greatly benefit from being in the last subdivision. :UKR, :ITA and :JPN were out of luck, and it will be especially hard for Urara Ashikawa to reach beam finals now, unless she does something truly remarkable. Mai Murakami also might suffer competing first, especially because her floor routine could be outscored by the Americans, Russians and even French, Canadians and Brazilians who will compete much later. :ROU Iordache will get to compete in the same subdivision the :USA will be in, so it's going to be interesting to see if her scores will go up by this proximity. In my opinions, judges more often than not score the Americans higher -- sometimes, WAY higher -- than they deserve, so judges might "forget" about some deductions for Iordache too, if they're willing to do so. Let's see.

 

On the men's side, things are usually more fair, but the first subdivision is still undesired. :CRO will not suffer so much because Srbic will compete on the high bar in the very last rotation, so judges will have a clear view of the field by then, especially after :CHN, :NED, :RUS and :UKR will have competed on the apparatus. So, it's not the end of the world for Srbic. :NED Zonderland, on the other hand, will start on the high bar and he's definitely going to be scored a couple of tenths lower than he would have been had he competed in the last subdivision. Basically, the worst possible draw for him. :CYP Georgious has enough potential to reach at lest one of the event finals, but competing in the first subdivision will hurt his chances. The last subdivision is going to be especially interesting for the Rings, because :ITA, :FRA, :TUR will compete.

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6 hours ago, thiago_simoes said:

The first subdivision is always bad. No one wants to go first.

 

On the women's side, :BRA, :MEX and :KOR could greatly benefit from being in the last subdivision. :UKR, :ITA and :JPN were out of luck, and it will be especially hard for Urara Ashikawa to reach beam finals now, unless she does something truly remarkable. Mai Murakami also might suffer competing first, especially because her floor routine could be outscored by the Americans, Russians and even French, Canadians and Brazilians who will compete much later. :ROU Iordache will get to compete in the same subdivision the :USA will be in, so it's going to be interesting to see if her scores will go up by this proximity. In my opinions, judges more often than not score the Americans higher -- sometimes, WAY higher -- than they deserve, so judges might "forget" about some deductions for Iordache too, if they're willing to do so. Let's see.

 

On the men's side, things are usually more fair, but the first subdivision is still undesired. :CRO will not suffer so much because Srbic will compete on the high bar in the very last rotation, so judges will have a clear view of the field by then, especially after :CHN, :NED, :RUS and :UKR will have competed on the apparatus. So, it's not the end of the world for Srbic. :NED Zonderland, on the other hand, will start on the high bar and he's definitely going to be scored a couple of tenths lower than he would have been had he competed in the last subdivision. Basically, the worst possible draw for him. :CYP Georgious has enough potential to reach at lest one of the event finals, but competing in the first subdivision will hurt his chances. The last subdivision is going to be especially interesting for the Rings, because :ITA, :FRA, :TUR will compete.

Rhys McClenaghan will be in subdivision 1. Do you know in which rotation he will compete on pommel?

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