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| Viktoria Komova of Russia. Credit: Adam Pretty/Getty Images |
Anybody who knows anything about gymnastics expected the Russians to take this one, and although they did, it was definitely not as expected.
Komova fell off beam (13.55 BB, 15.7 UB, 14.05 FX, 14.45 VT), Nabieva had several falls on floor (and appears to not have competed UB, although it may just be that her score has not reached us! 11.6 FX, 13.6 BB, 14.3/14 VT) and Grishina only scored on the low 13s on all three apparatus she performed (13.15 BB, 12.9 FX, 13.45 VT).
Team Russia took the team gold and Komova took the AA, but I for one, find these scores unacceptable. Ok, I need to be less mean about this because it is after Worlds and all, but Olympics are just around the corner people!
I like Komova's UB score because it shows that she is consistent on this routine and can score very well. I think a little upgrade would just put it over the edge onto the 16s range. The beam however worries me! I had mentioned on another post (read it here!) that I seriously worry about Russia on beam because they are just not consistent and Nabieva, Komova and Grishina have not done much in this meet to change my mind (and Afanaseyva and Konova at Worlds did not put my mind at ease either!). Even Mustafina who I think is tough as nails has had a lot of problems on beam. They have problems with falls, with turns, with connections! It is a bit of a mess!
Dear Alexandrov, somebody needs to do something about this!
On another note, Victoria Moors of Canada and Emily Little of Australia did a nice job at Marseille this weekend taking second and third in AA respectively. Moors scored a solid 14.55 on floor. Being that it is such a brutal event in terms of deductions, I think it says a lot about her prospects in the sport!
Event finals are yet to come and I hope we will get some videos too!
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