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Nemour performed the 6.7 D routine instead of the 6.9 D, so she played it "safe" here. If she had gone all the way, she would have earned gold. Still, a phenomenal result and the first-ever medal for an African nation at the senior World Championships (an Egyptian gymnast got a medal this year at Junior Worlds).
 
Okay, I have to admire the consistency of Liu, Petrounias and You on rings, but I'm bummed for the other gymnasts. Davtyan has been chasing this medal for more than a decade now... He always comes so, so close!

On pommels, it was a nice result despite a weak final. Excellent performance from the Irish gentleman and the silver-medalist from the USA, but everybody else kind of disappointed me. Still, another impressive medal for Jordan. Who would have thought? Two in a row!

Floor was exciting, but I'm worried about Yulo. He deserves an Olympic medal, still his performances have not been all that great. I'm super happy with a medal for Karimi, though. He's one of my favorite gymnasts!

And I don't even have to mention how excited I am to see Rebeca Andrade becoming the world champion once again! Also, I'm super happy for Yeo. She also deserved this medal so much. Biles took a risk and it did not pay off, but she is the greatest of all time and nobody will take this away from her.

I see  challenging for a medal in men's trampoline, and  and maybe  in women's trampoline, so  will have a hard time, for sure.
 
Now, the men's artistic team is pretty strong and could realistically win the team event depending on who will compete for  and . The women's team will have trouble finishing in the top 3, since on paper  are stronger. I'd say that even with Black, the women's team would have a hard time earning bronze (but one can never be sure with Mexico, who had a great competition at the Pan Am Championships and a somewhat bad one at the World Championships).

it looks like a "last girl standing" competition rather than a gymnastics one
 
so many falls and big mistakes 

@thiago_simoes @Rafa Maciel any tips for W ind all-around final??? 😉

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.

I am having a drink for BRA and FRA teams now as well. Cheers! Caipirinha would be the best choice but for now whisky on the rocks is ok as well 👍

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

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.

France made me eat my words! The girls did NOT crumble under pressure!

And Brazil with a silver medal... I'm ugly crying here!

France made me eat my words! The girls did NOT crumble under pressure!

And Brazil with a silver medal... I'm ugly crying here!

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.

France made me eat my words! The girls did NOT crumble under pressure!

And Brazil with a silver medal... I'm ugly crying here!

France made me eat my words! The girls did NOT crumble under pressure!

And Brazil with a silver medal... I'm ugly crying here!

France made me eat my words! The girls did NOT crumble under pressure!

And Brazil with a silver medal... I'm ugly crying here!

France made me eat my words! The girls did NOT crumble under pressure!

And Brazil with a silver medal... I'm ugly crying here!

Definitely not "early" thoughts, but here are my thoughts nevertheless.
 
 
I'm very surprised with some of the teams that qualified on the men's side, especially and the , two countries that flew under my radar. Canada went from a 238-ish at the Pan American Championships to 249, which is HUGE. Not to mention  and  scoring about 245, which is insanely high for these programs. Overall, I think it was a very fair competition and everyone who qualified seems to have done it the right way. I expected more from  but they had a rough day and kept blaming the organization for mistakes that the gymnasts made, so... No, they don't earn my sympathy.
 
 
On the women's side, even the "shocks" such as  and  not qualifying a team,  placing 12th and  back into the team game were kind of expected because the writing was on the wall all year long. Only  finally managing to qualify was a real surprise, in my opinion.  has a great team with lots of individual talents that unfortunately crumble under pressure and things have not been different this time either. It will be great to see  and  battling for a team medal, while  and  could be the dark horses. Probably the most exciting team final this century because everyone has a chance to walk away with a medal.

Definitely not "early" thoughts, but here are my thoughts nevertheless.
 
 
I'm very surprised with some of the teams that qualified on the men's side, especially and the , two countries that flew under my radar. Canada went from a 238-ish at the Pan American Championships to 249, which is HUGE. Not to mention  and  scoring about 245, which is insanely high for these programs. Overall, I think it was a very fair competition and everyone who qualified seems to have done it the right way. I expected more from  but they had a rough day and kept blaming the organization for mistakes that the gymnasts made, so... No, they don't earn my sympathy.
 
 
On the women's side, even the "shocks" such as  and  not qualifying a team,  placing 12th and  back into the team game were kind of expected because the writing was on the wall all year long. Only  finally managing to qualify was a real surprise, in my opinion.  has a great team with lots of individual talents that unfortunately crumble under pressure and things have not been different this time either. It will be great to see  and  battling for a team medal, while  and  could be the dark horses. Probably the most exciting team final this century because everyone has a chance to walk away with a medal.

Definitely not "early" thoughts, but here are my thoughts nevertheless.
 
 
I'm very surprised with some of the teams that qualified on the men's side, especially and the , two countries that flew under my radar. Canada went from a 238-ish at the Pan American Championships to 249, which is HUGE. Not to mention  and  scoring about 245, which is insanely high for these programs. Overall, I think it was a very fair competition and everyone who qualified seems to have done it the right way. I expected more from  but they had a rough day and kept blaming the organization for mistakes that the gymnasts made, so... No, they don't earn my sympathy.
 
 
On the women's side, even the "shocks" such as  and  not qualifying a team,  placing 12th and  back into the team game were kind of expected because the writing was on the wall all year long. Only  finally managing to qualify was a real surprise, in my opinion.  has a great team with lots of individual talents that unfortunately crumble under pressure and things have not been different this time either. It will be great to see  and  battling for a team medal, while  and  could be the dark horses. Probably the most exciting team final this century because everyone has a chance to walk away with a medal.

@thiago_simoes are you watching??? early thoughts?

A medal didn't happen this time, but is already incredible that for the first time we have qualified a group and an individual gymnast via Worlds qualification. So that's makes me hopeful for better results.

I can only imagine how sad that can be. But, come you know better than me, the Brazilian team is in a brilliant moment, even the individualists are improving a lot both with D and on the artistic side. You should be very proud, and the best is yet to come

I don't think I could be any more heartbroken than I am now. 4th place tied with Italy, but tie-breaking rules gave us nothing and awarded Italy another medal.

I'm really tired of following this sport. Guess it's time for me to "retire" from following gymnastics once and for all.

I agree. Some Wikipedians are hard to deal with, and I have to confess that I've wanted to abandon the project entirely a number of times before. If one user is supported by other users, especially administrators, there's not much one can do. 

I think that he even hasn't a structure ribbon routine, I would be a bit more prudent. Lewinska impressed me during the week, but she has to work slowly, without burn any stage. Los Angeles 28 could be the objective

Sol Fainberg suddenly decided to retire.  
  
gymnastics back to ground zero 🤡 tons of young talents from amateur sports abruptly retiring here in the last few years.