thiago_simoes

What a pity for . This team almost make me laugh, but they got lucky today and Tunisia was not on its best day. What a pity.

I despise Neymar, so I hope he stays out as long as the World Cup lasts for us.

I'm quite late to comment, but what a boring match between Iran and Wales. By the way, Denmark and Wales make me wonder how bad Italy must have been to not even qualify when these nations barely know what they are doing.

What a goal!

What a boring match. I expected a lot more action, but I got zero excitement from the first half.

So, FIFA should keep separate quotas according to the FIFA ranking. The system as it is doesn't make any sense, anyway. Increasing the number of teams will only make the competition look even more like a farce.

Poor guys. FIFA is going to make things worse for this sport by allowing more teams to suffer like this.

After this match, I won't be surprised if Saudi Arabia advances.

Uruguay was a World Cup champion in 1930. It's not like the nation had zero experience in football and no titles to celebrate, unlike North Korea and the United States. But I get your point. For sure, a top 5 surprising defeat, alongside the USA and North Korea ones, and both the Maracanazo and the 7 x 1.

This is nothing compared to our 7 x 1. Just take it easy and hope for the best in the next match. Thankfully this was the right moment to have a bad day and there are still a big chance to qualify and move ahead.

LOL, this is fantastic. I didn't expect to have such a good laugh with the World Cup.

Why does it look like they're trying to sell me jelly or pudding?

I forgot to mention about the craziest thing I've seen at Worlds. But first, let me explain something. As most people know, scores are divided in execution and difficulty. There are separate scores for each. The execution score can never be contested, but the difficulty score can. Inquiries can be sent to the judges' panel only by a gymnast who challenges the difficulty score of his/her routine. This means that it is impossible to challenge the difficulty score of another routine. Jade Carey received a 6.0 D score and 13.833 in total. She believed she deserved a 6.1 D score, so she decided with her coach, who is her dad, to challenge her D score. At that point, she was guaranteed a medal with Jessica Gadirova still to come. Rebeca Andrade received 13.733 (5.9 D) and was in third at that point, with soon to come Jessica Gadirova seriously threatening her chance of getting a medal. Andrade sent an inquiry about her score before and the inquiry was rejected. Carey's inquiry, however, caused her score to change... but it was changed to a LOWER score. So, Carey's difficulty was reduced to 5.9 and her final score was 13.733. Now, this meant that Carey tied Rebeca. Gadirova performs and wins, and then Carey gets a bronze medal along with Rebeca. If Carey had not challenged her own score, she would have earned the bronze medal and Rebeca Andrade would have been fourth. So, basically, Jade Carey unknowingly gifted Rebeca Andrade a medal everybody was not expecting her to win.

Everything was set up from the start for Jessica Gadirova to win gold. No surprises here. Absolutely disgusting. I hope Great Britain never hosts the World Championships again.

Another horrible, horrible final with two random Japanese girls getting medals. The greatest achievement of the medalists was not to fall or have a big balance check. It's been almost 10 years since we had a good World/Olympic final on beam where gymnasts could perform big skills without falling. That being said, congrats to Ellie Black. Not my favorite routine, but she did it very well and deserved a medal.

She had mistakes every single day. During qualifications, she had a terrible second vault and missed VT finals. In team finals she had a fall off the beam. In the all-around she had a big mistake on bars. In the bars final she fell. In the beam final she fell. Her mind game is completely off. She came to the Worlds as a superstar and while she's leaving the competition with the most prestigious medal, gold in the all-around, we expected a lot more from her.

He informed he would not go to Tokyo and then he kind of disappeared. He probably has retired with little fanfarre.

Not so unlucky. She has a World medal and an European title. Given her execution, this is a lot more than I expected from her.

What a weird podium on bars.

What a beautiful podium on the pommel horse. I'm almost in tears. So, so deserved and fair!

has a medal!!!! Let's gooooo!

For once I'll not complain about Great Britain being overscored. It was a fair result. Now, silver and bronze are totally wrong. Hashimoto was super overscored here and Doi should be ashamed to be gifted a medal. Some of his pirouettes were clearly incomplete. Bartolini and Gischard were much more deserving.

Hashimoto vs Boheng is the best rivalry that could have happened in men's all-around. Uchimura was basically ahead of everyone and even when he had problems, the judges would turn a blind eye. I guess we all remember when Verniaiev was robbed of a gold medal in Rio, or when Japan was gifted an undeserved team silver medal in London. This time, however, the judges are not eating up Hashimoto, and Boheng has the talent and the mental strength to challenge him. The only problem for me (and this has nothing to do with the quality of his gymnastics, just a pet peeve of mine) is that Hashimoto, pretty much like Uchimura, is as charismatic as a cucumber.

At the halfway mark, the difference between the third place and twelfth place is only 0.799. Currently, Jake Jarman sits in 12th. I have a feeling I know where this will end.