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US Nationals Recap, Part 2. 2019 Russian Cup
The Up Start
Sunisa “Suni” Lee was my fave junior a couple of years ago and now she’s your Senior, Silver, All Around, medalist. It will be interesting to see what this bar routine scores on the International stage.
Riley McCusker had a shaky first day but probably would have been part of , The comeback kids from day one of the competition if she didn’t withdraw after allegedly throwing up twice on day 2. Her best score came from day one on beam (14.500)
MY GIRL, LILLY Lipeatt, FINALLY made the Junior National team after royally being nitpicked to death by the judges on night one. She clearly had better routines night 1 but her scores went up on day 2. It’s the beam judges I have the biggest issue with here but I’m going to celebrate her at least making the Junior National team this year instead.
Mykayla Skinner
All the haters can suck it. If you’re not impressed with what she accomplished in only 2 months of training, Elite after spending 5 straight months competing every weekend and only falling once then you’re showing your hidden agenda(*)
I’m not blind . I know she needs to work on a lot ( form, technique, leaps etc..) but with a full season of training Mykayla is going to make this interesting.
NO ONE expected her to finish 4th at the Olympic trials in 2016. No one expected her to come back and do as well as she has this last 2 months. She freaking willed herself through hitting 2 bars routines when she couldn’t get anything to work at all on bars, two weeks earlier. You can doubt her being able to make this comeback but don’t doubt her will to try.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wonder what the power gymnasts of the 90’s like Simone Amanar would have been able to do with the floor Simone Biles gets to tumble on. (Don’t whine at me, Simona, did an Amanar on the old vault. I think she could do some amazing tumbling if the equipment of today existed in 96)
Simone doesn’t have to upgrade. She has a 3 point lead on every person competing today so it’s extremely admirable how she still succeeds at upping the anti. She is pretty much guaranteed Vault and Floor Gold and the Olympics aren’t til next year. All she needs to do is stay healthy.
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The Russian Cup AA
1. Vladislava Urazova 114.365 2. Angelina Melnikova 109.832 3. Elena Gerasimova 107.865 4. Lilia Akhaimova 106.732 5. Yana Vorona 106.199 6. Angelina Simakova 105.132
Around 150.51 is the AA ceremony. Kind of weird the lack of updates from this competition. By now all the results are usually up at Gymnovosti but they aren’t this year. Aliya is at the award ceremony. So is Komova. Aliya looks the same as she did a few months ago.
Hey Rocio. Where is Seda?????Aliya out of Worlds
Event Finals Day 1 Video (37.30 Paeska)
1. Lilia Akhaimova VT 1 – 14.733 VT 2 – 14.466 Average : 14.599 2.Angelina Melnikova VT 1 – 14:333 VT 2 – 14.200 Average: 14.266 3.Eleonora Afanasyeva VT 1 – 13.800 VT 2 – 13.600 Average: 13.700
1. Daria Spiridonova – 14.500 (YAY:) 2. Vladislava Urazova – 14.300 3. Angelina Melnikova – 3.966
1. Yana Vorona – 14.300 2. Elena Gerasimova – 14.300 3. Vladislava Urazova – 14.233
1. Vladislava Urazova – 14.333 2. Elena Gerasimova – 13.633 3. Lilia Akhaimova – 13.600
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Qualifications
1. Vladislav Urazova 56.633 2. Angelina Melnikov 53.900 3. Elena Gerasimov 53.700 4. Lily Ahaimova 53.333 5. Jan Crow 52.433
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