Two falls on the balance beam unfortunately cost Tang Xijing a spot for the all-around final at the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships due to her teammates, Liu Tingting and Li Shijia, qualifying ahead of her. However, a disastrous performance for Tingting during the team final caused her to withdraw from the all-around final, allowing XijingContinue reading “Tang Xijing: “I want to thank coach Qiao and big sister Tingting””
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Liu Tingting: “The falls from team finals taught me to become braver, face problems, and overcome myself”
The 2018 World Champion on the balance beam, Liu Tingting, came to the 2019 World Championships prepared to defend her title and compete in a world championships all-around final for the first time ever. Unfortunately several falls in the team final caused her to withdraw from the competition. Tingting came back strong during the barContinue reading “Liu Tingting: “The falls from team finals taught me to become braver, face problems, and overcome myself””
2019 World Championships Women’s Team Final Live Blog
The United States is the obvious gold medal favorite, but I’m excited to see how the other teams rank in comparison, and the battle for the bronze. Marching in is happening and Melanie did this. GOLD 👑 #Stuttgart2019 pic.twitter.com/O3BRZWCbEh — Something about Brenda (@Pamchenkova) October 8, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js McCallum VT: Easy DTY, small hop back.Continue reading “2019 World Championships Women’s Team Final Live Blog”
Recap: 2019 World Championships Women’s Qualifications
It was a lot, I know I know. Let’s unpack everything that just happened in women’s qualifications. Lets’s start with Belgium. Belgium competed in the second subdivision and did their job to qualify a full-team to Tokyo. Belgian star, Nina Derwael, qualified first into the bars final as expected with a spectacular routine featuring her NabievaContinue reading “Recap: 2019 World Championships Women’s Qualifications”
2019 World Championships Preview
Before the World Championships have even begun, we’ve already had some interesting developments- mainly concerning team selection (don’t even get me started). Barring from anymore surprises, here are some I’ll be looking for Let’s get the obvious out of the way first, the American women have won the team title at every single World ChampionshipsContinue reading “2019 World Championships Preview”
