(BBC) WAG All Around Final Rotation 4/ 2023 European Championships

[@blakewalsh879]

Szofia kovacs still did amazingly and made history.

[@saragrant9749]

Her day will come I’m sure. I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do against the rest of the world.

[@timothychiles6675]

This should boost her confidence to a new level!

[@giacomospaziani]

6:37 what a nice routine from Georgia Mae Fenton! She is really elegant and precise, both coreography and acrobatic elements, and also the floor music remembers me the fabulous silvia mitova in 1992, what a revival! Silvia Mitova will be proud of her❤

[@mariawardrop-day4256]

She gets lovely height on her double tuck. I feel like she could add a Biles' 1/2 twist one day...

[@saragrant9749]

So that’s why it sounded familiar!

[@matthewhines9787]

1:16 "Kovacs is the only medalist in the AA from HUN ever on the women's side." Well feck you Henrietta Onodi.

[@liukin95]

Yeah lets rewind back to 1990 Euros...

[@matthewhines9787]

@@liukin95 Lets! Absolutely fabulous meet. Bogi swept everything including floor with her too brief Bolero routine. Pasca was rightfully crowned UB champ, and the judges even noticed Maria Neculita superior beam work. Onodi gave terrific vaults, LOSO to Onodi on beam, the lowest release moves possible on UB and died beautifully as Maria on FX.

[@saragrant9749]

Exactly what I thought.

[@leykimayri]

Onodi took part in the European women’s artistic gymnastics championships (held from 1967 to 2004). Since 2005 we have the “European Men’s and Women’s artistic gymnastics individual championships”. This one in Turkey was the 10th in a row

[@julesindigoblue4441]

Although the Gadirova sisters are the best in the world, every one of these gymnasts deserves a Gold medal. Absolutely wonderful gymnastics and I so appreciate the work and dedication that goes into every routine. Thank you ladies!

[@pedrojorge1912]

Zsofia litterally lost the gold by downgrading her 3rd pass from qualification. The 0.2 would be enough to put her on top.

[@saragrant9749]

There were a couple of places where she lost points. On beam her double spin was (rightly) downgraded because she put her foot down BEHIND rather than in front. She also downgraded her acro series because she was a little off at the beginning of it. On floor her first leap wasn’t close to 180, which was costly plus her last tumble landed short. Any one of those discounted would have at least tied her with Gadirova.

[@pedrojorge1912]

@@saragrant9749 It's obvious that I'm not being litteral. The whole set of deductions combined leads to final score, anything a bit better would've enough for gold.

[@tracylatak556]

Does any one know where u can find this whole competition and team final

[@nabojsa]

there was no team final, qual results count as TF (just to determine which teams will qualify to worlds).

[@evanleeuwen3118]

6:38 is that an OOB deduction?

[@gaodrob7938]

10:16 she wasn't deducted if you look at her score

[@evanleeuwen3118]

@@gaodrob7938no i saw that. But I wanna know if it should be

[@20031bibi]

​@@evanleeuwen3118no, she didnt touch the outside (red) part of the floor

[@honeyfromthebee]

Lisa Vaelen is allergic to back handsprings it seems 😂

[@neatodude3339]

Naomi Visser looks like Shang Chunsong on the floor in terms of her physique. I hope she is working with a nutritionist.

[@legolass163]

I'm so sad for szofia. She is my champion♥️

[@alissonsouza8907]

Zsofia maravilhosa

[@eimardgomes1128]

everyone still not getting gadirova's scores in the competitions...

[@Beargeek616]

Why is she so overescored? Is she banging the judges or something?

[@fraustolluba9311]

Would have loved seeing Szofia on the top of the podium, for me she is so much more elegant And what a great day for the belgian team 💝

[@matthewplampton955]

I think the downgrade by Gadirova has been smart, creates a far cleaner looking routine. It amazes me that the rest of the athletes have still not caught up with Gadirova on floor after the last 18 months, and haven't clocked that they need to actually dance and nail those leaps if they want to not give away so much to her.

[@michaelhoward5786]

It's a shame that simone wasn't around to put her in her place.

[@alexhartley538]

I'm not sure it's a permanent downgrade. Since worlds, she has been nursing an injured foot that still isn't right and didn't even compete AA at the British a few weeks back. Was quite surprised to see her in AA here. Totally agree with your comments re dance and leaps.

[@leykimayri]

@@michaelhoward5786 Simone is NOT European, m0r0n

[@chewiegym2765]

Yeah, but if you say this online apparently you're insane and ignoring the OVerScOrInG 🤷‍♀️

[@SilvermoonProductions]

@@michaelhoward5786 i love Simone but i fear she would be hammered with maximum artistry deductions this quad which have demonstrated to make a considerable difference!

[@wkim22]

Ellie Downie won the Euro AA (with the Russians). This one kind of feels unconvincing.

[@saragrant9749]

This gold is NO LESS spectacular or convincing just because a country of butchers and performance enhancing drug users wasn’t there. That is selfish, arrogant, and disrespectful thinking to diminish such an accomplishment just because one country wasn’t there. How childish.

[@wkim22]

@@saragrant9749 name a Russian gymnast on drugs. I'll wait. 🤔

[@saragrant9749]

@@wkim22 in gymnastics? None yet- that have been caught. Over the course of the past twenty years in a plethora of other sports? Too many to mention or count. Here’s a short list. Kamila Valieva is the most recent to test positive. 2014 Winter Olympics- Nineteen Russians disqualified for performance enhancing drugs. London 2012- 50 Russian athletes tested positive. 2016- banned from the Paralympic Games entirely, banned by certain sports jn regular Olympics after video of athletes bragging about steroid use was revealed. 2018- banned from the Winter Olympics, athletes competed independently. Curling bronze medalist Alexander Krushelnitsky failed his drug test. In 2014 a report revealed that more than 1,000 Russian athletes were involved in the state sanctioned doping. If you look at the history of the Olympic Games, Russia has had the vast majority of positive drug tests and have lost nearly 50 medals as a result. You can also read a number of articles that detail athletes who switched urine samples to avoid being caught. With a track record like this, Russia most certainly does not deserve to be allowed to compete at the Olympics- even as independent athletes. Perhaps a complete ban will teach the country to participate in an honest and fair fashion. Oh wait, that’s not in their makeup because winning is all that matters to them.

[@alexhartley538]

@@wkim22 A point on the whole drug testing thing.... since the whole Raducan thing (/not thing) in 2000, where is the transparency on drug testing in gymnastics? There are a plethora of reasons why certain countries who persistently dope in other sports might want to use puberty delaying or "slimming" (to put it kindly) drugs in gymnastics to back up state programs but there is very little data when you look for it on out of competition testing etc. When you look at countries who have been proven to have doped at a national level generally in sports (organised by the state not rogue individuals on the make)...... I would rephrase the question. 1) How many Olympic level athletes from that country have been caught doping? 2) How many have been tested, at what frequency and who did the testing (was it the national sports agency from that country)? 3) Where is the detail on the testing program from the FIG? (Number of athletes tested from each country, number of positive tests, who was reponsible for the testing? If it's still RUSADA in Russian gymnastics taking the tests then..........

[@wkim22]

@@alexhartley538 "names" please.

[@askan300]

Without Russia, one must not forget. 😁

[@alexhartley538]

I mean, if you want a country currently invading another sovereign country whilst butchering and raping their citizens represented when pretty much all their athletes are army club members then that's your call. I prefer not.

[@gymfan1997]

So what?

[@saragrant9749]

Russian arrogance at its finest. That country does not deserve to participate in ANY elite sport right now. Stop murdering innocents and you’ll be able to compete. Also, stop encouraging the use of performance enhancing drugs and you’ll be respected and welcomed by the world. Oh wait, that’ll never happen because you all have no respect for sports, so that’s a moot point.

[@wkim22]

​@@saragrant9749 it seems people are selectively forgetting the Iraq invasion who killed many innocent people based on lie. Coz Iraqi's ain't white. My bad for questioning your outrage. Let's talk about facts, not your feelings. Name a Russian gymnast who uses drugs? I know non Russian who uses/used methylphenidate last quad though but that's beside the point. Still waiting...

[@askan300]

@@saragrant9749 Are you a little crazy? I'm not from Russia. I'm only interested in the sporting achievements of Russian gymnasts. Nevertheless, I can condemn the aggressive war.

[@italolima9680]

And once again Gadirova is benefited by the judges, unfortunately a rancid was born around her and every British woman since last year's world championship, gold medals that were never theirs.

[@saragrant9749]

This gold WAS deserved. Kovacs a made some crucial mistakes, especially on beam and floor which cost her.

[@leykimayri]

Instead of wasting your time writing stupidities online, you could use it to learn the CoP

[@CarlitosJS]

Worst top 3 ever!

[@saragrant9749]

Why, because you liked others better? The top three performed the best and were rightfully rewarded.

[@tired4748]

Personally one of my favourite top 3 ever but ok